I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Exclusive (2006)
I'm a Celebrity: Unpacked (known originally as I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Now! until 2015 and later I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp from 2016 until 2019) is the companion series to I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, that was originally broadcast live on ITV2 from August 2002 to December 2020, and returned in November 2024. It features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with contestants after they have been voted off by the public.
In the first series, the show was presented by Irish TV presenter Louise Loughman.[1] From series 2 to 4, the show was presented by Mark Durden-Smith and series one runner-up Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.[2][3][4] For the fifth series in 2005, Durden-Smith did not return to present the show, as he decided to spend time with his children instead. He was replaced by Matt Brown.[5] An additional companion show was aired on ITV2; presented by Andy Goldstein,[6]Jungle Drums was similar in format to Big Brother's Big Mouth and was broadcast each weekday in an early evening slot.[7] Palmer-Tomkinson and Brown did not return for series 6.
In series 6, Brendon Burns initially presented the show, but left after three episodes. This led to Durden-Smith returning for the rest of the series, where he presented from the UK. He was joined by new presenters Kelly Osbourne and Jeff Brazier (briefly Steve Wilson before Brazier took over), who presented from the jungle in Australia.[8] Also this series, a 5pm teatime programme, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Exclusive, ran each weekday on the main ITV channel. It was co-hosted by series five runner-up Sheree Murphy and Phillip Schofield in 2006. It did not return for a second series.
For series 7–8, series six winner Matt Willis and his wife Emma took over from the previous hosts, Kelly Osbourne and Jeff Brazier, in Australia. Because they were having a child in early 2009, they did not return to present series 9. Durden-Smith also presented segments of the show, from the UK, for the final time. From the ninth to nineteenth series, the programme had been filmed completely live in Australia with occasional celebrity interviews based in London, shown through webcam.
Series 9 to 10 saw new presenter Caroline Flack take over with series eight winner Joe Swash as roving reporter, email/people reporter Russell Kane, and a panel of celebrity pundits, which changed approximately every three to five days. For series 11, Flack left in order to present another ITV2 show, The Xtra Factor, and was replaced by Laura Whitmore. Swash and Kane both stayed on for the eleventh series.[9]
For series 12, Russell Kane was replaced by stand-up comic Rob Beckett.[10] All three presenters returned to present the thirteenth and fourteenth series of the show.
Due to tour commitments, Beckett did not return for the fifteenth series. He was replaced by comedian David Morgan.[11]
On 14 April 2016, Laura Whitmore stated that she would not be returning to the Jungle. On 31 May 2016 during an interview on Up Late with Rylan, Morgan confirmed that he would not be returning to the series due to other work commitments. They were replaced by two former winners Vicky Pattison, Stacey Solomon and comedian Chris Ramsey. The show was also renamed I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.[12]
On 13 April 2017, Pattison and Ramsey both stated on social media that they would not be returning to the show later that year. The winner of the sixteenth series Scarlett Moffatt was announced as a new presenter in September 2017 and would join long-running presenter Swash on the new series.[13] It was also confirmed that Joel Dommett, who was runner-up to Moffatt, would also be joining and thus, for the first time, the presenting lineup consisted of all former campmates. On 20 July 2019, it was confirmed that both Swash and Moffatt had left the show and would not return for the series that year.[14] It was confirmed on 9 October that former finalists Emily Atack and Adam Thomas would join Dommett for the 2019 series.[15]
Cancellation and replacements
On 9 January 2020, it was announced that series had been axed due to high production costs and would not return later that year.[16] The series was replaced by online spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...The Daily Drop, hosted by Vick Hope on ITV Hub and repeated on ITV2.[17] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and due to flexibility and cost savings, The Daily Drop was filmed "as live" on a virtual set in London using virtual technology and AR.[18] In October 2021, it was announced that the online spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...The Daily Drop had been axed, with no plans for a replacement.[19]
In October 2024, it was reported that a new ITV2 companion show would accompany the upcoming series next month; later that month Dommett and Sam Thompson were reported to be the hosts.[20][21] On 29 October, the show's return was confirmed by ITV with Capital UK radio DJ Kemi Rodgers joining the line-up of presenters for the newly retitled show.[22]Unpacked was repeated on ITV1 the following day in an afternoon slot.[23]
Presenters
Various TV presenters and comedians have hosted the show since it began in 2002, with Joe Swash having presented the most series, at ten.
