I’M A Celebrity has been thrilling fans, since the show burst onto ITV in 2002.
Over the years, the hit reality show has become harder and harder, with gruesome trials and lack of food – but some fans wonder if the campmates get any contact with the outside world.
Do I’m A Celebrity contestants have contact with the outside world?
Whilst taking part in I’m A Celebrity, the campmates are completely cut off from the rest of the world.
The only outside contact they get is with hosts Ant and Dec, the show’s producers, and also the medical team
They are not allowed mobile phones, or any kind of communication with friends and family when they are in the jungle.
Just like on Love Island, the celebs also aren’t allowed to know the time.
Smuggled in contraband is also taken off celebrities immediately, and usually ensues a punishment.
Over the years, contestants taking part have admitted to having secret signals that they use to communicate with loved ones at home.
For the 2022 series Owen Warner has revealed he will be making a heart shape with his hands during the live segments of I’m A Celebrity, as a way of communicating with his mum, Polly.
Speaking to HOAR he said: “I will give her a little one of these [makes a half heart with his hand] it is half a love heart and she does the other half.”
In past series’, 2020 Queen of the Castle Giovanna Fletcher was seen touching her nose and wiggling her fingers near the end of the show as celebs were told by presenters Ant and Dec who would be taking part in the dreaded trials.
This was later revealed by her husband Tom Fletcher that this was her “secret signal to her family”.
Meanwhile, another bend of the rules for the season 22 sees Matt Hancock being allowed to talk to his aides.
ITV has relaxed rules just for the MP, so he can keep communicating with staff if there’s a constituency emergency in his West Suffolk patch.
Who is in the cast of I’m a Celebrity 2022?
The 2022 series sees a mix of A-List stars, soap actors, reality stars, and even a royal.
The line up for I’m A Celebrity 2022 is:
- Culture Club singer Boy George
- Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver
- Hollyoaks star Owen Warner
- Love Island star Olivia Attwood.
- Former England rugby ace Mike Tindall.
- Former A Place in the Sun host Scarlette Douglas
- Loose Women and ITV News’ Charlene White
- Radio host Chris Moyles.
- England football star Jill Scott
- Comedian Babatunde Aléshé
- Comedian Seann Walsh
- Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock
