It’s been revealed that bosses on the ITV reality show had to implement an emergency plan
10:17, 24 Nov 2025Updated 10:23, 24 Nov 2025
The I’m A Celebrity campmates(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here camp has been dramatically evacuated after a horror storm hit Australia.
It’s been revealed that bosses on the ITV reality show had to implement an emergency plan and urgently shelter the campates amid giant hailstones and lightning.
The campmates – which include Manchester stars Aitch and Angry Ginge – were reportedy ushered into the Bush Telegraph where they huddled together for an hour while the worst of it passed.
It came after the Queensland Bureau of Meteorology had earlier issued a warning of what it described as a “very dangerous storm” to hit the area. It said how the thunderstorm was producing “large to giant hailstones, damaging and destructive winds and heavy rainfall causing flash flooding.”
Insiders have since said that the camp was left “drenched” and that filming was delayed by up to three hours. The celebs’ belongings were all soaked, and they spent Monday afternoon trying to use the campfire to dry everything.
A show source told the Mirror: “Our health and safety weather contingencies kicked in and we evacuated the celebrities immediately to the Bush Telegraph until the storm passed and it was safe to return to camp.”
The camp before the storm is thought to have hit(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
The latest evacuation will also undoubtedly hit camp morale. One insider said: “The Bush Telegraph is tiny but the only place where the campmates can be evacuated too. With all twelve contestants in there, it would have been very, very uncomfortable. Plus they were all drenched. It couldn’t have got any worse.”
The same insider said that the wet conditions will see an influx of LEECHES set to hammer camp mood even more. They added: “It’s going to be very grim indeed. The wet weather always brings out the leeches, plus a whole host of other biting insects too. After what has seemed quite a harmonious camp, we expect it to get a little fraught from now on.”
The evacuation is only done in extreme circumstances, according to sources. Bosses have highly advanced weather tracking systems where they can monitor storms.
Last year was also affected with the camp being hit by record rainfall and suffering flooding. It was similarly evacuated at one point. It’s not known if bosses will air the latest evacuation scenes.