Overview
- Under the new voting rule, any contestant chosen for two trials in a row becomes exempt from the next public vote, after which eligibility resets.
- The change follows recent series where the same celebrities were repeatedly selected, with host Ant McPartlin questioning last year’s run of trials for Radio 1’s Dean McCullough.
- Coverage reports a split fan reaction, with some welcoming more variety and others unhappy they can no longer target the same person repeatedly.
- The ITV series returns on Sunday 16 November at 9pm with Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly hosting from Australia.
- Reports attribute the move to a desire to reveal new personalities and avoid repetitive trial sequences that dominated past episodes.