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Simon Duke

Evicted I'm A Celebrity contestants won't be at Friday's final in huge break with tradition

Evicted I'm A Celebrity contestants will NOT be back in the castle to see the winner crowned on Friday night.

In a massive break with tradition for the ITV show, the stars who've been given the boot over the past week will not be back on their old stomping ground to see Jordan North, Giovanna Fletcher and Vernon Kay go for the title of King or Queen of the Castle.

In past series, where the likes of Vicky Pattison, Harry Redknapp and Scarlett Moffatt have triumphed in Australia, their former campmates have been invited back to see Ant and Dec announce the champion, but that won't be happening in Wales.

An ITV source told Chronicle Live: "We never had any plans for the celebs to reappear on tonight's show. We do have I'm A Celebrity...A Castle Story on next Sunday - celebs chat post exit, best bits etc."

Following their evictions, the I'm A Celebrity contestants have been taken to a hotel in Cheshire before heading home.

The absence of the evictees from this year shouldn't come as too much surprise as coronavirus has forced a number of big changes to the show.

As well, as the switch in location, family and friends haven't been able to be at the castle to greet the contestants when they've left and bosses also scrapped plans to have some of them to go into surprise the campmates as part of a task.

Hollie Arnold was the first celeb to get the boot last Friday, before Ruthie Henshall went second and then a series of double evictions saw Beverley Callard and Victoria Derbyshire, Jessica Plummer and Russell Watson and AJ Pritchard and Mo Farah leave together.

Mo's eviction did not go down well with viewers and there was shock from the remaining contestants when Shane Richie was evicted in 4th place on Thursday night.

Going into the final, Jordan and Giovanna were neck and neck in the I'm A Celebrity winner odds, with Vernon tipped to finish third by bookies.

The I'm A Celebrity final will air at 9pm on Friday.

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