It’s a spin-off of a popular series in the U.K.<\/p>\n
A group of U.K.-based celebrities will be heading to southern B.C. soon.<\/p>\n
They’ll be participating in a spin-off of the popular U.K. show\u00a0I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here.<\/p>\n
While the original shoots in Australia, the new version, called\u00a0I’m a Celebrity: The Wild Frontier,\u00a0will have its first season in Callaghan Valley<\/a> (where the Winter Olympic Park is), west of Whistler.<\/p>\n Hosts\u00a0Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, better known as Ant and Dec, have already come to Whistler to prepare for the show.<\/p>\n “It’s a brand new show with an exciting new format, loads of new trials and challenges, and we can’t wait to bring it to you,” says Dec in a promo released last week<\/a> for the upcoming show.<\/p>\n None of the celebrities have been announced for the Whistler show, but past participants in the original version have included George Takei, Boy George\u00a0and Alfonso Ribeiro. Typically, there’s a range of public figures, from pop singers to politicians to reality stars to athletes.<\/p>\n The hosts play up the wilderness factor of the region.<\/p>\n “Out here in the Canadian wilderness, danger lurks around every corner,” says Ant. “One word: bears<\/a>.”<\/p>\n The pair have been staying in the area<\/a> and producing their podcast in a Canadian-themed space<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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