Ant and Dec announce major I'm A Celeb shake up just one day before final leaving fans fuming

Ant and Dec have announced a major change ahead of the penultimate episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here - and fans are not happy.

The grand finale of the ITV reality series is now in touching distance, with just four celebrities remaining in the jungle and ready to take on the iconic Celebrity Cyclone trial.

However, fans who are keen to not miss out watching the action live might want to double check their Saturday evening plans, as hosts Ant and Dec have confirmed a major change to this evening's schedule.

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I'm A Celeb... famously has the primetime 9pm slot, allowing the show to pull in as many viewers as possible without ending too late for anyone looking to turn in early for the night.

However, tonight's penultimate episode has been pushed back half an hour in order to accommodate the reboot of the apparently classic gameshow You Bet! (no, I haven't heard of it either), with Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby.

The altered schedule means that I'm A Celeb will now start at the slightly later time of 9:30pm and finish at 10:35pm. A half an hour pushback doesn't seem like too big of a deal in the grand scheme of things; after all, it is a Saturday night.

Well, fans are nonetheless upset by the change.

Ant and Dec confirmed the change during yesterday's episode (ITV)

"9.30pm start tomorrow gunna be a late night," one person complained on X, while another added: "9.30??? PM??? You’re having a laugh."

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For those willing to fight off sleep for that extra half an hour, the penultimate episode of I'm A Celeb... will likely be a must watch of the season.

Following the double elimination of podcaster GK Barry and soap actor Alan Halsall, that leaves Coleen Rooney, Reverend Richard Coles, Oti Mabuse, and Danny Jones are this year's final four celebrities.

The group will spend the episode taking on the famous Celebrity Cyclone challenge - which is arguably one of the highlights of the entire season - before one more camper is sent packing ahead of Sunday's grand finale.

Your final four campmates have been confirmed (ITV)

Unhappy with how the eliminations have gone this year? A psychotherapist recently explained why fan favourites such as Tulisa and Maura Higgins fell short of making it to the final episodes.

Speaking to LADbible about viewer reactions to eliminations, psychotherapist James Lloyd put the surprising eliminations down to a combination of the 'bystander effect' as well as 'the sheer diversity of likeable personalities this season'.