Matt Hancock's time in the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! could come to an end next week as bosses start planning the first eviction of this series.
TV sources say that one campmate is likely to be booted out the jungle on Friday November 18, and the disgraced former health secretary is one of the favourites to go.
The ITV programme on Friday has been extended to 95 minutes, which will make it the longest running time since the show started on Sunday November 6.
The last three series held in Australia also saw their first eviction on the Friday night of the second week of the series, writes The Mirror.
A TV source said: "Things can change quickly in camp, especially if someone was to quit, but at the moment we look all set for evictions to begin from Friday.
"Currently Charlene, Scarlette and Matt are the favourites to go with bookmakers. If there is a second eviction over the weekend it means there would be two chances for viewers to get Hancock out this week.
"So much has been made of him wanting to look human and how he told the group in camp that he wants our forgiveness. We will find out soon if some people forgive him and if they are willing to vote to save him and keep his jungle journey going."
Before the series started we can also reveal that bosses planned a large number of trials involving two people. One of the reasons they did this was so that if anyone was chosen for every trial they would not be the centre of attention throughout.
The source added: "The two player games are a clever way of getting others involved. Hancock is still a big focus but we saw Owen getting involved on Saturday night and the Who Wants to Look Silly On Air? task even had a phone a friend section so Sue Cleaver got some of the spotlight as well.
"It is a clever way of stopping any one person taking over."
Hancock has done five successive trials now but three of them have involved others including Owen Warner, Boy George and Seann Walsh and that will continue even if he is chosen for more.
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