The series sees celebrities living in the jungle with few creature comforts, and competing in various challenges to earn meals and other luxuries.

The series is set in Kruger National Park, South Africa,[2] and is hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin.

On 1 August 2016 the series was renewed for a third season with Morris and Brown returning as hosts,[10] which premiered on 29 January 2017.

[11] In addition to the normal show, an hour-long companion series called I'm A Celebrity: 'Saturday Schoolies' aired on Saturdays at 7 pm, hosted by Scott Tweedie, and involved the celebrities completing different tasks and assignments in order to win the 'golden lunchbox'.

[14][15] In May 2020, Network 10 renewed the series for a seventh season[16][17] and in August 2020 they confirmed that it would continue to air in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

[26][27] In October 2023, Network 10 confirmed the series had been renewed for a tenth season at their annual upfronts, that Irwin would be taking over the hosting duties of Chris Brown and premiering on 24 March 2024.

[28][29][30][31] In September 2024, the series was renewed for an eleventh season with Morris and Irwin returning as hosts, which premiered on 19 January 2025.

[33][34] The premise of the show is that there is a group of well known personalities living together in a specially constructed camp site in a jungle.

[35] While in the jungle, some of the contestants (generally voted by the viewing public) compete in challenges for food and luxuries for the camp.

[37] In the end, a final viewer vote occurs to determine the winner of the series, who is given the title of "King or Queen of the Jungle".

If they fail to answer correctly, the luxury item is forfeited and a joke prize is won.

In addition to the television broadcast, for the first season a live feed from the camp site aired for an hour after the AEDT airing of the show on Ten's website and mobile app, titled The Fallout Zone but more commonly referred to as FOZ.

The feed was hosted by comedian Sam Mac and producer Ciaran "The Butcher" Flannery, also known as "The C-Word".

On 5 March 2015 the show famously featured audio problems during which Mac and Flannery's voices fluctuated between chipmunk and Darth Vader filters for the first thirty minutes.

In addition to the main broadcast, season 5 had a companion show hosted by Scott Tweedie, which aired on Network Ten on Saturdays at 7:00 pm called I'm A Celebrity: 'Saturday Schoolies'.

The show was filmed on a classroom set in camp and the celebrities completed tasks to win the 'golden lunchbox', which included a number of school snacks such as an apple, dried mango, a muesli bar, biscuits, chips, chicken, a cheese & lettuce sandwich as well as juice.

[25] The series was the first since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to return to a live broadcast in its original South African filming location.

On 31 March the celebrities were divided into two teams: The eleventh series was renewed in September 2024[51] and premiered on 19 January 2025.

[52][53] In June 2017, Tom Arnold filed a lawsuit against Network Ten and A List Entertainment for defrauding him for being on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.