How I'm A Celebrity producers keep cast anonymous
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has been back on Aussie screens for a week, and now an inside source has revealed how everything works.
Speaking to Yahoo Lifestyle, the source revealed that the show will be dropping one more celebrity into the jungle, this time "a 'famous' Australian actress that is known internationally," with the code name 'Seal'.
The code names are an essential part of ensuring that the celebrities stay anonymous before they go into the jungle, with this year's theme for code names being animals you would find in the ocean.
"Network 10 created codenames that allow producers to get the ‘celebrities’ into 'the jungle' without worrying about who hears their name," the insider said.
"Producers have been referring to Hughesy as 'the dolphin' for weeks," they said.
They cited a few other examples including: Matty J who was given the code name Manta-Ray, Nicky Buckley had the code name Narwhal, Reggie Sorenson was the Red Emperor and Shayna Jack was Starfish.
"To get the cast of 'celebrities' into the jungle without revealing the line-up is a covert operation that has been getting more complex every year," the insider said.
The source revealed that this is because one of the previous competitors, Sam Dastyari, found the names of all the celebs before entering the jungle and texted the complete cast list to a journalist in Australia.
“We don't even tell Julia Morris and Robert Irwin until we absolutely have to because we literally trust nobody," they continued.
“Some people swore black and blue they knew our cast this year but most were way off and that is done on purpose."
The insider also revealed the the flights to South Africa were all spread out, with some celebrities flying up to 10 days before they enter the jungle, while others arrived the day before.
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