Channel 10 Denies I'm A Celebrity Axing Claims Amid 2027 Review
Channel 10 has denied that I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is being axed, saying no decisions have been made on the show’s future. The network’s statement lands after several reports on Thursday said the jungle series was finished after 12 seasons and that ITV was searching for a new home for the 2027 season.
2027 schedule decision
A Channel 10 spokesperson said, "Decisions regarding the 2027 program schedule, including I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will be made in the coming weeks". That leaves the January franchise in limbo for now, even after season 12 opened strongly and kept its place as one of the network’s recurring early-year titles.
Season 12 aired in January and opened with its biggest audience since 2022, finishing first in its timeslot with 925,000 total national viewers. Its streaming audience rose 33 per cent year-on-year, a reminder that the show still draws across broadcast and digital even as its finale settled at 571,000 viewers.
Robert Irwin and Julia Morris
Robert Irwin and Julia Morris remain the faces of the series, which sends celebrities into the South African jungle to face challenges and compete for $100,000 for their chosen charity. Morris has said, "The live show can be quite a high-level cluster of full-brain explosion," and added, "I think having the luxury of a whisper of more time gave us a chance to really like work on some jokes and work on some physical comedy."
The commercial load behind the format is not small: the show is filmed in South Africa, pays celebrities five- to six-figure salaries, and turns the January slot into an expensive annual commitment. That makes the next scheduling call more than a programming clean-up; it decides whether a 12-season franchise stays in the network’s rotation or gets pushed aside before the 2027 grid is set.
12 seasons, one schedule
Concetta Caristo won the 2026 season, which also featured Luke Bateman, Gary Sweet, Rachel Hunter, Deni Hines and Mia Fevola. Those names matter because the format still has enough reach to pull recognisable cast members, but the lower finale audience shows the network is now weighing a strong launch against softer end-of-season retention.
The practical takeaway is simple: the series is not axed today, and the next meaningful move is the 2027 schedule decision due in the coming weeks. Anyone tracking the format’s future should read that as a hold, not a shutdown, with Channel 10 still holding the option to keep the jungle in January.
