IN A WHILE CROCODILES: I’M A CELEB COULD NEVER RETURN TO OZ
With I’m A Celeb returning to Gwrych Castle for the 2021 season, bookmakers now see Wales as the favourite to be home for the 2022 season as well, making the show increasingly unlikely to ever return to Australia.
Paddy Power make it odds-on at 4/7 that the celebs will set up camp in Wales again next year, with the chances of them heading down under rated at a longer 5/4.
The pandemic forced ITV bosses to swap the Aussie Bush for North Wales for the first-time last year and now the series is 3/1 to be permanently based in Wales.
Covid could further impact the show, with ITV priced at 4/6 to announce a contestant’s replacement due to COVID and 5/1 odds being offered on ITV being forced to end the 2021 series early due to COVID concerns.
And there’s nothing to split the locations for the 2023 edition, with both Wales and Australia rated at 5/6 to host.
However, following the decision to stay in Wales another year, rumours are circulating that the show could be on the way out with the 2021 season priced at 10/1 to be the finale.
Alternatively, IAC is backed at 14/1 to replace the outback in Australia for the rainforest of Brazil in time for the 2022 season.
Spokesman Paddy Power said: “The jungle experience has been such an important part of I’m A Celeb, and producers will be desperate to get back out to Australia sometime soon. But after a successful 2020 series in Wales and with global travel still a shambles, there may be extra incentive to keep things local for a while.
“After all, once the celebs start undertaking gruesome trials and eating unmentionables – it doesn’t really matter where they are, does it?”
I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE! SPECIALS
4/7 2022 series to take place in Wales
5/4 2022 series to take place in Australia
4/6 ITV to announce a contestant’s replacement due to COVID
5/6 2023 series to take place in Wales
5/6 2023 series to take place in Australia
3/1 ITV to announce series is permanently based in Wales
4/1 Ant and Dec to host with Holly Willoughby alongside them for 2021
5/1 ITV to end the 2021 series early due to COVID concerns
8/1 2022 to be the last ever series of the show
10/1 2021 to be the last ever series of the show
10/1 ITV to announce an all-new host line up for 2021
10/1 ITV to announce South Africa as the location for 2022 season
14/1 ITV to announce Brazil as the location for 2022 season
25/1 ITV to announce Peru as the location for 2022 season
