ITV I'm A Celebrity camp gets exciting makeover ahead of new series

This year's I'm A Celebrity will start with an exciting competition challenge and a new look camp, as part of a makeover for the show. Olly Nash, the executive producer, shared details with the Mirror about the new camp features, including a Leaders Lodge furnished with a bed and rocking chairs.

This season, two lucky celebs will become co-leaders of the camp after winning the opening competition, 'Snakes And Leaders'. In contrast to previous seasons, which typically began with a 'Walk The Plank' event atop a Gold Coast skyscraper, this reimagined start represents a significant change.

Olly Nash said: "Every year, we try and create something new, and try and create a better or different race to camp or different journey to camp.

"This year we're going out for an ultra competitive series, you've got a really positive cast, everybody's really happy and up for it, very few sort of nerves. Everybody's terrified, but can't wait to get in. So the advantage with all of them, is that faced with the competition from the very beginning will hopefully lead on to healthy competitions throughout the run."

The new series will see a mix of stars including WAG Coleen Rooney, singer Tulisa Contostavlos, Coronation Street's Alan Halsall, and McFly's Danny Jones teaming up. After the celebs make their way into camp, show exec Olly revealed a new feature, stating: "There is a new building that is called the Leaders Lodge that will have wonderfully comfy beds sheltered from the rain, nice plush pillows and big duvets, or doonas, as they call them, in Australia, which will keep them nice and snug and warm. As opposed to everyone out here who's exposed and sleeping in Swags.

He added, "The reason why there's a leader chair for two and the Leaders Lodge is because this year, our walk in, our journey to camp is an epic race. All the celebrities will be pairing up into pairs, and those five pairs will go head to head in a number of challenges."

Olly continued, "The winners will become the first leaders of camp, exempt from all chores, and live in the leaders Lodge, and they'll be running camp, setting up the way they want and the way they like for the first few days. There is a twist coming, which will give them more power than they expected before. So there's more stuff to come, and there are additional perks that they don't get. I would imagine they will be leaders at least until the end of that first week."

Small enhancements have also been made to the campsite, including a requirement for two people to pump water for a hot bath, and a red Leaders chair by the fire which contrasts with the ordinary log seating for the others.

I'm A Celebrity 2024 full list of campmates

The list of confirmed campmates for I'm A Celebrity 2024 includes:

• Danny Jones
• Alan Halsall
• Tulisa Contostavlos
• Dean McCullough
• GK Barry
• Barry McGuigan
• Coleen Rooney
• Oti Mabuse
• Jane Moore
• Melvin Odoom
• Rev. Richard Coles
• Maura Higgins

I'm A Celebrity 2024 start date

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! starts this Sunday November 17, on ITV1 and ITVX.