I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 2018

I don’t think you could do a show like The X Factor or Strictly over a number of weeks as the formats don’t lend itself to stripping itself over three weeks. BGT has the live final week but it’d easily work as a weekly show.

The X Factor has cut down from nearly 5 months to 3 months now but it has hardly worked out well. Where they could learn though is I'm a Celeb doesn't particularly milk itself in the press - there are the rumours of course but compared to the judges rumours on The X Factor and the one by one reveal of Strictly stars it all seems relatively short lived. Even speculation about who would host this year seemed to the point.

I'm a Celebs ratings though show that The X Factors collapse is nothing to do with the changing way we watch TV and everything to do with the show itself.

With lower viewing figures, it's hardly a surprise that it's been cut down, as there will be a reduced budget, and ITV won't want it on air for as long.

If viewing figures continue to decline (the late broadcast times over the last few weeks to avoid clashes with Strictly won't have helped much with this), this could result in further cuts to the budget and therefore the number of weeks the show is on air for, which could eventually result in it not being worth broadcasting without drastic changes to the format.

ITV have recently signed a deal which secures the show's future for the next 3 years, but I think the show's future in its current format may not be so secure after that.

I notice the "still to come" pre-break trails have now disappeared in this year's IAC series.

Seemed to be some minor glitching to the picture when cutting away between cameras when they went live to the camp tonight.

One thing I always hate about reports about I'm a Celeb is the way they report the banter between hosts as if they're genuine off the cuff remarks, and sometimes as if there's malicious intent, despite the fact the links are obviously scripted and rehearsed. They did it last year when Dec made some allusions to Ant "being away" over the summer, and I saw it again today with some of the banter between Dec & Holly.

When you say reports, you mean the Daily Express?

Which is unfortunate as it doesn't help the flow the way the show goes abruptly to a break.

Kiosk Kev just isn't the same.

Viewers OUTRAGED by Kiosk Kev

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1047606/Im-A-Celebrity-2018-Kiosk-Kev-Kiosk-Keith-Holly-Willoughby-Dec-Donnelly-videos-ITV-news

Along with such delights as

Someone else asked: “Sorry, but where is Kiosk Keith and who the f**k is Kiosk Kev? I need answers I’m A Celeb”

Meanwhile, another demanded: “Who the f**k is Kiosk Kev? Get him off my screen and bring back my boy Keith.”

Oh dear. The things some people choose to rant about, eh?

He got the same voice?