ITV may go without a live broadcast for the fourth night in succession I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!On Monday, Storm Arwen will continue to disrupt.
Deadline understands the ITV Studios production team is working round the clock to get the Welsh Gwrych Castle site back up-and-running but can’t yet commit to a live episode tonight.
“Technical difficulties caused by extreme weather” caused Saturday and Sunday night’s episodes to be cancelled after the live version of Friday’s ep was also canned, while the contestants have been removed from the castle and taken to a “safe place”, remaining in a Covid ‘bubble’. Storm Arwen has disrupted Wales’ power grid, causing more than 30,000 000 homes to lose power. There were also delays in rail and road travel.
The weekend’s live episodes were replaced by compilation shows voiced by hosts Ant and Dec.
ITV will do everything possible to bring the live show back on-air as soon as possible. I’m a CelebrityOne of the top-rated and most profitable shows on its network. Friday night’s episode lost more than 3M viewers, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.
The storm’s disruption also came a day after contestant Richard Madeley was taken to hospital and subsequently left the show as he had broken the Covid ‘bubble’.