When are Harry Redknapp and Jimmy Bullard finally joining I’m A Celebrity?
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! South Africa is set to welcome two new arrivals very soon.
So far, ITV viewers have been watching Gemma Collins, Scarlett Moffatt, Adam Thomas, Ashley Roberts, Beverley Callard, Sinitta, David Haye, Seann Walsh, Craig Charles, and Sir Mo Farah tackle their second stints in the jungle.
But at the end of Friday night’s episode, a cheeky preview teased the return of Harry Redknapp and Jimmy Bullard, much to the group’s shock.
The nation can then see them in action properly on Monday.
It’s been said that the dynamic in camp shifts ‘drastically’ once the new campmates enter, promising more drama for viewers who have already been gripped by Sinitta’s feud with the GC and found themselves raging over boxing champ David’s ‘peacocking’.
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‘Camp life as the celebrities know it is about to drastically change, with the late arrival of two new campmates, Harry Redknapp and Jimmy Bullard, in Monday’s episode,’ an ITV spokesperson said.
We’re also said to be in for our first proper row of the series, with former footie star Jimmy, 47, having clashed with Waterloo Road actor Adam, 37.
Consequently, the pair are no longer on speaking terms.
A source previously claimed that Adam ‘totally lost it’ after a trial, leaving Jimmy blindsided.
‘He started screaming at Jimmy, calling him a c**t and every other name under the sun,’ an insider told The Sun.
‘It was completely unexpected and deeply shocked the other campmates, including Jimmy, who didn’t see it coming.’
They added that ‘intensely competitive’ Adam took his jungle return ‘very seriously’.
‘He was frustrated by what happened in the Bushtucker Trial and lost his temper,’ it’s been said, with the high-stakes challenge resulting in the dreaded ‘I’m a celebrity, get me out of here,’ phrase being used to call things off.
And Adam isn’t the only campmate thought to be in Jimmy’s bad books.
According to sources, Jimmy was ‘furious’ upon discovering that ex-manager Harry, 79, was being paid more than him, believing they should’ve received the same fee.
‘However, Harry is considered one of the biggest names of the South Africa series,’ a source told The Sun ahead of the series launch.
‘He also loves spending time at home with wife Sandra, and it would have taken a big fee for him to spend time in South Africa without her.’
It’s currently unknown what the two contestants are being paid for their returns, but in 2018, Harry was, at the time, one of the highest-paid campmates ever.
He got a £500,000 fee, a sum that Boy George and Caitlyn Jenner are also thought to have received. In recent years, Nigel Farage and Coleen Rooney have topped the six-figure sum, though, after being paid £1.5million for their appearances.
As for Jimmy, he first did I’m A Celeb in 2014, where he was eliminated first before Carl ‘Foggy’ Fogarty was crowned the winner.
It’s thought he was given £100k at the time, which is significantly lower than Harry’s payday.
Although at the time, he didn’t kick up a fuss about the agreed fee, saying he would’ve done the show ‘for nothing’.
‘I would have paid them a little bit of money to get me in there,’ he claimed.
Jimmy and Harry actually have history, as Harry signed him for £20k in 1999 to play for West Ham United.
Alas, it was a short stint, and he was let go at the end of the 2000-01 season.
He will surely be hoping for more success on I’m A Celebrity this time. Despite being pre-recorded, a winner has yet to be decided.
The format is notably different from the original series, which sees campmates booted out one by one via a public vote. The public also gets a say in who takes on the trials.
This time, however, the nation has been rendered powerless for the most part. Instead, the campmates themselves do the voting out.
That continues until the final, which is actually live and sees a winner declared by hosts Ant and Dec.
ITV has already confirmed that the finale will be broadcast from London on Friday, April 24, with the remaining campmates in the running for the title of the next Jungle Legend.
In 2023, Myleene Klass was crowned the first-ever winner of the All Stars edition.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! South Africa continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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