Inside I’m A Celebrity’s ‘faux’ jungle camp with man-made waterfall, papier mache rocks, hidden rain roof and secret cave
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I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here returned to screens this week.
The camp has already been suffering from cold and rainy weather and a few critters crawling around at night.
The celebs are stripped from their luxuries, forced to sleep in hammocks, have built their own fires for warmth and wash with freezing cold water.
But viewers may be confused at why the celebrities never actually get wet or how the girls manage to maintain their hair and lash extensions despite their luxuries getting taken away.
Plot twist, not everything about the ‘jungle’ camp is as real as it looks.
The waterfall where the campmates shower is actually a man-made water feature that turns on and off.
I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here returned to screens with 10 new campmates this week (Danny Jones pictured)
The celebs are stripped from their luxuries, forced to sleep in hammocks, build their own fires for warmth and have to wash with freezing cold water
In 2006, Lauren Booth revealed in the Daily Mail: ‘The waterfall, like the pool beneath it, was not part of the jungle at all, but a man-made creation.’
She added: ‘Unless, of course, ‘real’ rainforest waterfalls get turned off between three and six every afternoon.’
The same year it was also discovered by David Gest that the rocks dotted around camp were also false.
They were found to be made of papier mache and hollow inside so that cameramen could hide inside them.
A source close to the show previously addressed the fake set, explaining that certain things have to be built by hand, ‘because they don’t naturally occur where one would like them to.’
While the celebrities often are seen collecting wood for the campfire, this job is made easier for them.
The wood has been dried and chopped up in advance, then strewn over a wide area by TV crews so the stars can be sent to find it.
Sources close to the show explain that they can’t allow the celebrities to be let loose with an axe, and also need to protect the fauna and forest habitat.
The camp has already been suffering from cold and rainy weather and a few animals crawling around at night
But viewers may be confused at why the celebrities never actually get wet or how the girls manage to maintain their hair and lash extensions despite their luxuries getting taken away (Tulisa pictured)
Plot twist, not everything about the ‘jungle’ camp is as real as it looks (Dean McCullough pictured)
The waterfall where the campmates shower is actually a man-made water feature that turns on and off
It was also discovered that the rocks dotted around camp were also false
Meanwhile, the rain that the celebrities often complain about is less of a problem than it would appear.
There’s actually a retractable canopy 50 ft in the air above the camp, preventing the stars from getting soaked and keeping the campfire lit.
It has been decided that it would be unsafe to leave the celebrities in a rainy jungle without any shelter at all, not to mention make for bad TV.
It is however, not completely weather-proof nor does it cover the whole of camp, while it is said to leak if the rain is too heavy.
And a source insisted to The Daily Mail: ‘A lot of the camp is not under shelter — it’s not like the roof at Wimbledon!’
Since 2016, there has also been a secret hidden cave built beside the shower in camp.
The private hideaway was used as Matt Hancock and Sean Walsh’s mole HQ when they were nominated to be the camp moles.
But its existence opens many possibilities for campmates, with producers suggesting the room can be used for illicit purposes.
It is however, not completely weather-proof nor does it cover the whole of camp, while it is said to leak if the rain is too heavy
Since 2016, there has also been a secret hidden cave built beside the shower in camp
Producer Oli Nash told The Mirror: ‘Next door is a secret cave which will be hidden behind a locked door. It will be used a number of times through out the series for our celebrities.
‘Inside it is just a plain cave with a bench but we will be using it through out the series for various events. The floors a bit hard – but it can be used for romance.’
The critters around the jungle are very real, but they are actually bred by an animal specialist in a bug factory and bought by the show.
Around 250,000 cockroaches, 153,000 crickets, 500,000 meal worms, 400 spiders, 500 rats, and 30 snakes are used for each series.
This has caused some trouble for producers over the years, with there being a shortage of cockroaches in Australia in 2012 because of weather conditions.
The following year witchetty grubs were not bred successful, it is said that one year saw producers paying locals $5 for every spider they could find in desperation.