Ant and Dec issue 'bad news' just hours before I'm A Celeb live show starts

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TV favourites Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have made an "important announcement" to I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

fans on social media. Taking to their shared Instagram account, Dec revealed: "Hi everybody, Ant and Dec here. But you knew that. We've got a little update for you, because we know lots of you've been asking about Jungle Club this year.

"We've got some good news and we got some bad news. I'll start with the bad news, shall I?" To which Ant responded: "Jungle Club will not be going on straight after the main show. Sorry. The good news is it will be going on straight after the new ITV2 show. Yay!"

Dec added: "So we are back, but we're a little bit later. Yes, we are. It's Jungle Club: Late and Live. One for all you night owls out there."

The pair explained that Jungle Club will take to Instagram live following the main show, offering fans their unique takes, storytelling, and some behind-the-scenes scoops.

Ant and Dec have been the hosts of this online extra since 2022.

The Jungle Club will then be followed by the all-new post-episode show - I'm A Celebrity: Unpacked - on ITV2, hosted by Joel Dommett, Sam Thompson and DJ and former Mirror journalist, Kemi Rodgers. Tonight's launch show will see the celebrity contestants split into two teams with team one's Danny Jones, Jane Moore, Tulisa Contostavlos, Oti Mabuse, and Dean McCullough being put to the test before joining forces with team two which includes Coleen Rooney, Melvin Odoom, Barry McGuigan, GK Barry and Alan Halsall, reports the Mirror.

The opening episode will feature team one in a race to become camp leaders. They are informed that there is a helicopter waiting for each of them and they will need a parachute as they are about to go skydiving.

Ant and Dec further explain the task, stating that once they land, they will meet the other five celebrity contestants and will need to select one of them to form a team with. The victorious team will then become the first camp leaders and receive special privileges including exemption from the first Bushtucker Trial and the privilege to sleep in the Leader's Lodge.

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Ant and Dec summon two waiters and the celebrities are presented with five welcome cocktails, a less than appetising concoction of blended bull's penis and fish eye, garnished with vomit fruit. Ant and Dec clarify that the speed at which they finish their drink will influence the rest of the challenge by determining the order they jump from the helicopters and subsequently choose their partner.

The celebrities then each take their drink as they prepare to down it and start the race. Danny dives in straight away and is the first to finish, meaning he gets helicopter one and will have first choice of the other group of celebrities to team up with.

Latecomers to the camp are expected to be Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles.

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