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I'm A Celebrity hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly touched down ahead of the first terrifying challenge ahead of the show's launch on Monday.
Dec was seen mischievously giggling ahead of watching this year's line-up arriving on set, while Ant was frantically vaping after touching down via helicopter.
A contestant could be seen standing on top of a speeding lorry, proving that show bosses are planning to seriously put them through their paces in camp once again.
The unknown celebrity could be seen holding onto a flare while standing on the edge of a platform attached to a truck.
The day before, the Daily Mail revealed Paralympian and TV presenter Ade Adepitan is set to make history as the first wheelchair user to take part in I’m A Celebrity in the show’s 24-year history.
ITV producers have spent nine months transforming the camp to ensure it is fully accessible for him.
I'm A Celebrity hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly touched down ahead of the first terrifying challenge ahead of the show's launch on Monday
Dec was seen mischievously giggling ahead of watching this year's line-up arriving on set, while Ant was frantically vaping after touching down via helicopter
A contestant could be seen standing on top of a speeding lorry, proving that show bosses are planning to seriously put them through their paces in camp once again
They've installed rest areas, wheelchair bays, crutch holders and making a host of bespoke adaptations.
Productive conversations with the disabled TV presenter, 53, about joining the 2026 series started last year.
Adepitan was later flown to Australia with producers back in February to advise on how they could create a camp that met his needs.
Across the new campsite, Adepitan has three wheelchairs and three sets of crutches.
He has a further two wheelchairs - one at the trial area, and an electric one for tougher terrain like beaches.
He will enter the jungle on Monday alongside stars including Wayne Rooney, Joanna Page, and Ricky Wilson.
And whether he is voted off or crowned King of the Jungle, Adepitan will make his exit via the iconic bridge walkway, with the decision of whether to use his wheelchair or crutches left entirely up to him.
‘Society is not made for people like Ade, or anyone with disabilities, so he works out what he needs to do and that’s what he’ll do in camp,’ they said.
‘We have worked with him enough to go here you go and we’ve adapted enough and hope he will succeed. He is going to educate us, the viewers and his campmates.’
And it is not just the camp itself that has been adapted. ITV has also made changes to the trials to ensure Adepitan can take part in the vast majority of challenges.
There will be around 23 trials throughout the series, with the presenter expected to be ruled out of only a handful on medical grounds.
Dec couldn't contain his giggles during filming
The unknown celebrity could be seen holding onto a flare while standing on the edge of a platform attached to a truck
The brave celebrity was stood perilously on top of a speeding lory
Camera-mounted trucks ran alongside the lorry
The I'm A Celebrity 2026 camp is ready for a new batch of celebrities
Ade will enter the jungle on Monday alongside stars including Wayne Rooney, Joanna Page, and Ricky Wilson
The executive producer said: ‘I’m proud to say that from speaking to him and our trial execs we’ve made sure we have adapted the trials. It might be an extra handle or footgrip, just making slight adaptations so he can do the trials.
‘We really wanted to set him up to succeed. It is not a tick box exercise for us.’
A source also insisted Adepitan would be getting stuck into the challenges, despite concerns from some viewers that his disability might mean he would be exempt from most of them.
‘Ade wants to inspire young people who are also in a wheelchair, and show them it is possible to do anything when you put your mind to it,’ the source said.
‘He is a really impressive man. He is super fit, his upper body strength is incredible.
‘There has been some concern from viewers about Ade joining the line-up, with many assuming he will be exempt from all trials, but that is not the case. From the moment viewers see him on screen they will be impressed. He will very much be getting stuck into this series.
‘He can take on water trials and everything. And if Ade makes it to the Cyclone, he will be doing it.’
Ade lost the use of his left leg after contracting polio at the age of 15 months.
Ade shot to fame as a star of the Team GB wheelchair basketball team and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece before embracing a new career in TV.
He trekked through rainforests, deserts, rivers and mountains in Nicaragua for 2005 BBC documentary Beyond Boundaries.
Adepitan has worked on a string of other travel shows, as well as sport, including the London 2012 Paralympics and Rio 2016.
In July, he played wheelchair rugby with Prince Harry ahead of next year’s Invictus Games in Birmingham.
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