ITV I'm A Celebrity fans 'gutted' at show announcement as they ask 'how?'

I'm A Celebrity fans are 'gutted' that it's nearly time for one celebrity to leave camp.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly announced on Thursday night's episode of the ITV series that viewers could now start voting for their favourite celebrities, with the campmate with the least number of votes set to leave the jungle on Friday night's show.

Viewers took to social media to share their shock that at how 'fast' the series has gone - and several said they were 'not ready' for the first elimination.

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Fans will now have to vote for their favourite celebrities to keep them in camp. Previously, viewers had been voting for who they wanted to take on the dreaded bushtucker trials. From now on, the campmates will decide who will try to win food for camp.

Over on X, formerly Twitter, viewers shared their disappointment that the series had already got to the elimination stage.

"How is someone gonna be leaving already?" one fan asked, while another echoed the sentiment, saying: "No wayyyy it’s the vote offs already, this series has gone too fast." A third commented: "Vote to leave already, why does it feel too early for that?"

"Gutted that it’s already time to stop voting for trials and time for people to leave," a fourth wrote. Another added: "Can’t believe it’s the vote outs already… it always goes too fast."

Some viewers said they would struggle to choose who to save after growing fond of several of the celebrities this year, with Danny Jones, Reverend Richard Coles and Coleen Rooney among the bookies' favourites.

"I absolutely love this year's cast," one viewer said. "I'm not ready to start staying goodbye to the campmates from tomorrow night." Another agreed, writing: "Voting already… I don’t want to choose between these guys."

Somebody else added: "I don’t want to lose any of the camp mates tomorrow! It will be so hard."