'I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here's crew's biggest bust ups were over who would film the shower scenes.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly

A number of secrets from behind the scenes on the ITV show have been revealed ahead of the new series, which gets underway next Sunday (17.11.19).

Scriptwriter Mark Busk-Cowley, who has worked on the show since its inception 19 years ago, said: "If you've got a hot bod, there's nothing like wandering around the jungle in a bikini to win some votes. The younger celebrities are well aware of this and, more often than not, it's when evictions are on that the clothes come off. The moment those phone lines open, you'll find our sexy young things diving into the pool or heading off to the shower for the third time that day."

Celebrities are not allowed contact with the outside world for a short period of time ahead of their time in the jungle but boss Becca Walker chose to break the "rules" in 2012 to tell MP Nadine Dorries that she had been suspended from the Conservative party because she decided to go on the show.

She shared to The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "We decided it would be unfair of us to let her go ahead into the jungle without letting her know she had been fired. We said to her, 'It's up to you, we know this is your career' - but she made the decision to carry on."

And co-creator and executive producer Richard Cowle has shared how the celebrities always act "way better than they ever expected".

He says in the new 'I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! The Inside Story' book: "For all the forward-planning, the reality of how celebrities respond is always different, and often way better than we ever expected."

'I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here' returns on Sunday November 17, with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

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