I'm A Celebrity 2025: When is the live trial? Return of fan-favourite element for first time since 2020 confirmed

Bosses of the ITV reality show have revealed that the live Bushtucker Trial has made a come back to the series for the 2025 edition. The last time viewers saw celebrities undertake a live trial in the Aussie jungle was in 2019, when stars such as Caitlyn Jenner, Roman Kemp and Ian Wright took part.

There was also a live trial during the 2020 series, but this took place in Wales after production temporarily moved to Gwrych Castle amid Covid lockdown restrictions.

The 2025 live trial will be called Cocktails of Cruelty. Campmates will go head-to-head in a drinking challenge, which will no doubt feature some of the usual creatures and critters in its ingredients.

Each campmate taking part in the trial will pick two ingredients which their fellow contestant must drink in order to win a star for camp. The first in the pair to down their drink will win the challenge.

Live trials have been a fan-favourite part of I’m A Celebrity over the show’s 23-year stretch on air. One memorable moment includes Gillian McKeith fainting during a live broadcast after being voted by the public to take on the challenge in 2010.

The broadcast date for the upcoming live trial has not yet been confirmed by ITV, however it is expected to take place later this week.

It comes after the show was thrown into chaos after storms led to campmates being evacuated from the jungle. Stars such as Ruby Wax, Jack Osbourne, and Martin Kemp were moved from the min camp to the Bush Telegraph following a period of wild weather.

A show source said: “Our health and safety weather contingencies kicked in and we evacuated the celebrities immediately to the Bush Telegraph until the storm passed and it was safe to return to camp.”

The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia said at the time that storms were likely to produce “giant hail and destructive winds” in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, where filming for the show takes place. The storm likely impacted last night’s show, with hosts Ant & Dec telling viewers at home that they would not be heading into the jungle live at the end of the episode to reveal who had been chosen for the next Bushtucker trial.

There was no explanation given to viewers for this change-up. Instead, Ant & Dec opened the voting for the next trial at the end of last night’s episode, telling viewers at home that Ruby Wax would be exempt on medical grounds.

I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here airs seven nights a week at 9pm on ITV1, STV, ITVX, and STV Player. You can catch up on the series so for right now on ITVX and STV Player.