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The source claims that Nine\u2019s pitch for the show may have seen the it moved back Down Under as a prerecorded series.<\/p>\n
The insider also claimed that Ten ended up having second thoughts about axing the show, and at the eleventh hour \u201crealised what they\u2019d lost\u201d.<\/p>\n
As the power struggle for the show went on, Seven reportedly came in with the \u201cstrongest\u201d vision for the franchise, which has been declining in popularity in recent years after becoming a somewhat stale format.<\/p>\n
Seven reportedly pitched a \u201crefreshed\u201d version for the iconic show, with plans to draw from it\u2019s array of in-house talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven is reportedly hard at work trying to find a new host for I\u2019m A Celebrity after it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[387837,400344,387879,387849,400335,387872,400348,400334,400332,389873,400345,387856,400324,387832,400319,387840,400329,64,172001,63,400341,447,10846,387841,134,24941,400320,400346,400328,400318,400337,387886,400323,400343,387860,400325,37310,16761,400333,378577,400342,1917,51393,400349,400331,380174,387834,283723,24297,35821,400322,81330,36352,387852,205792,47714,51646,106656,19023,45060,387881,400339,400338,400336,376941,378533,387884,379824,379840,400321,387871,387864,387838,387833,400326,387870,376436,400330,376555,384482,378595,60939,400340,376867,387843,387861,400327,36191,400347,110591,29258,6624],"class_list":["post-827193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-s-array","tag-s-hunt","tag-s-pitch","tag-a-refreshed-version","tag-a-celeb-host","tag-a-celebrity","tag-a-completely-new-era","tag-a-major-franchise","tag-a-measured-approach","tag-a-new-host","tag-a-prerecorded-series-the-insider","tag-a-proven-tentpole","tag-a-somewhat-stale-format-seven","tag-a-tv-insider","tag-an-established-face","tag-another-major-event-series","tag-any-meetings","tag-au","tag-audiences","tag-australia","tag-broadcaster-ash-london","tag-celebrities","tag-channel-10","tag-earlier-this-month","tag-entertainment","tag-execs","tag-former-home-and-away-star-sophie-dillman","tag-his-links","tag-his-recently-announced-new-gig","tag-in-house-talent","tag-its-crucial","tag-its-future","tag-its-highly-anticipated-reboot","tag-its-options-insiders","tag-its-schedule","tag-itself-it","tag-names","tag-network-10","tag-news24-com-au-the-source","tag-one-source","tag-one-television-industry-source","tag-plans","tag-popularity","tag-potential-hosts","tag-potential-names","tag-recent-years","tag-rival-networks","tag-rivals","tag-robert","tag-robert-irwin","tag-robert-irwin-instagram","tag-rumours","tag-sam-pang","tag-second-thoughts","tag-ship","tag-sky-news","tag-source","tag-stiff-competition","tag-talent","tag-ten","tag-the-strongest-vision","tag-the-2026-tv-week-logie-awards","tag-the-22-year-old-wildlife-conservationist-and","tag-the-behind-the-scenes-search","tag-the-chance","tag-the-decision","tag-the-eleventh-hour","tag-the-format","tag-the-franchise","tag-the-hosting-combination","tag-the-hugely-popular-show","tag-the-iconic-reality-series","tag-the-iconic-show","tag-the-network","tag-the-new-era","tag-the-power-struggle","tag-the-reins","tag-the-right-face","tag-the-role","tag-the-scenes","tag-the-series","tag-the-show","tag-the-show-following","tag-the-source","tag-the-tv-insider","tag-their-biggest-franchises","tag-their-rival","tag-tooth-and-nail","tag-tv-execs","tag-tv-personality","tag-weeks","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}