I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is set to lose its live format and ‘begin filming’ in NSW

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here is set to return to Channel 10 in 2021. 

And the coronavirus pandemic has forced producers to get creative.

Daily Mail Australia can reveal that the upcoming reality series will feature dramatic changes, including being filmed at a local set.

According to a source, the reality show will begin filming in Northern NSW in two weeks, with a well-known and ‘iconic’ celebrity slated to appear on the show.

Usually filmed in early January, with parts of the competition broadcast live, the show will also lose its live format.

The Australian production of I’m A Celebrity will take over the set of the UK version of the show.

The campsite is located in Murwillumbah, in north-eastern New South Wales – just north of Byron Bay – and less than an hour from the Gold Coast. 

It comes as producers of the UK version were forced to rethink filming Down Under, also because of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, sacked Channel 10 weatherman Tim Bailey, 57, is among the celebrities tipped to be heading into the jungle. 

The media personality, whose television career spans more than 30 years, has made no secret of his love of the great outdoors.

Dancing With the Stars judge Sharna Burgess is also tipped to appear on the show. 

It comes just weeks after I’m a Celebrity host Dr Chris Brown revealed there had been ‘discussions’ at Channel 10 about how a locally-produced, COVID-safe version of the show would work.

He said: ‘There’s a lot of discussions taking place at the moment. I feel like we’ll be back but I just don’t know how, or where, or in what form.’ 

Chris, 42, added that I’m a Celebrity was the perfect show to film during the pandemic because ‘it’s made for isolation and quarantine’.