How many people volunteer for this?!
For some of us, the prospect of being filmed 24/7, eating live insects, holding giant spiders, jumping from heights, crying in front of millions of people, having to wear the same three pairs of pants for weeks on end and showering in a freezing waterfall in front of the nation doesn’t actually sound like a good time. But for celebs this is a pretty sought after booking…
35. Producers consider up to 90 different celebs for each series
Here’s Becky Vardy, a contestant in series 17, wishing that they’d booked any of the other 89 prospective campers and not her.
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Once they’ve whittled it down, show runners keep a list of reserves in case any of the A Listers get cold feet.
34. They use over 50 cameras to get the footage for the show
This isn’t a show for the camera shy, with a massive fifty cameras deployed to capture every horrifying moment.
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Plenty of the cameras are unmanned, running 24 hours a day in order to gather enough footage for the nightly shows.
Smile, you’re on camera
34 hidden cameras and 46 hidden microphones are dotted around to catch celebs every glance and whisper. Not being able to have an emotional breakdown in relative privacy would be a deal breaker for me.
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