{"id":520014,"date":"2026-04-08T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520014\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:26:12","slug":"itv-im-a-celebrity-fans-call-for-new-series-to-be-axed-after-south-africa-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520014\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV I’m A Celebrity fans call for new series to be ‘AXED’ after South Africa debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m A Celebrity South Africa viewers have taken to social media to slam the ending of Tuesday’s show after it concluded with a nail-biting cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

Fans argued that since the I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here spin-off is pre-recorded, unlike the original series, there was no need for the episode to leave viewers in suspense.<\/p>\n

The instalment ended as Gemma Collins and Craig Charles were about to go head-to-head for their trial, with the pair deciding how much they were prepared to consume in the eating challenge before the credits rolled.<\/p>\n

Some angry fans went as far as to state the spin-off show should be axed altogether after the episode left many unimpressed.<\/p>\n

\"Craig<\/p>\n

I’m A Celeb South Africa fans weren’t pleased by the Craig Charles cliffhanger<\/p>\n

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ITV<\/p>\n

The instalment ended as Gemma Collins and Craig Charles were about to go head-to-head for their trial, with the pair deciding how much they were prepared to consume in the eating challenge before the credits rolled.<\/p>\n

Some angry fans went as far as to state the spin-off show should be axed altogether after the episode left many unimpressed.<\/p>\n

The South Africa-based show was filmed at the end of last year, unlike the original edition which airs live from Australia.<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for criticism to flood in, with one writing on X: “WHAT THE F***. Axe this pre-recorded format immediately WHAT DO YOU MEAN ending the episode on a cliffhanger in the MIDDLE OF A TRIAL?! #ImACeleb.”<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/p>\n

ITV fans flooded social media with complaints about I’m A Celebrity South Africa <\/p>\n

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ITV<\/p>\n

“Just find cliffhangers pointless for reality shows on every night, for a drama, you can kinda understand, on once a week,” another wrote.<\/p>\n

Someone else added: “ITV taking the absolute p*** cutting us off mid trial…”<\/p>\n

“This series should’ve been live, especially as they’re only like an hour ahead of the UK,” another agreed.<\/p>\n

Another commented: “Half way through second episode #ImACelebrity #ImACelebrityAfrica #ImACeleb and it’s already feeling like the Ashley Roberts show.”<\/p>\n

\"Ant<\/p>\n

I’m A Celebrity South Africa returned to screens this week<\/p>\n

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ITV<\/p>\n

Others had more positive assessments of the early episodes though, with one adding: “OMG #imaceleb South Africa is already iconic. Such great work by all involved.” (sic)<\/p>\n

The comments flooded in as elsewhere in the episode, a major feud seemed to be brewing between three campmates.<\/p>\n

After Beverley Callard’s mention of her controversy with David Haye was followed by further drama surfacing for the former boxer.<\/p>\n

Fellow celebs became irritated as Mr Haye complained about the evening meal he was given, despite the group receiving better portions and food than the second camp.<\/p>\n

He told Sinitta that his portion wasn’t sufficient, but was later unable to finish his plate.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the Bush Telegraph, the actress and singer pointed out Mr Haye’s attitude.<\/p>\n

She predicted that both she and Ms Callard would likely clash with Mr Haye at some point during the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’m A Celebrity South Africa viewers have taken to social media to slam the ending of Tuesday’s show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[830,96,6463,347,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-520014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-celebrity","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","11":"tag-itv","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}