After the death of co-host Dirk Bach the future of the show was unknown.

In this series there is another show called Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!

Das Magazin, which picks up the latest action in camp in talk with former campmates.

[1] For the first time a replacement for one of the participants was sent into the camp two days after the show had already started.

Klaus Baumgart replaced Helmut Berger as Berger had to leave the camp because of medical issues.. Also for the first time in history, a group of six celebrities were sent into the jungle, one day before the other five celebrities were sent into the camp.