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The producers of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! are reportedly hoping to sign up more controversial contestants for this year's series.

According to the Daily Star Sunday, show bosses want "nasty" celebrities to cause drama in the jungle and wind up viewers.

A source said: "This year there won’t just be one bad egg, there will be a basketful. In the past we’ve always put one person in the mix who’s going to be the troublemaker. Well this year, it’s going to be a rogues’ gallery of baddies.

"We have all come to realise that we won’t get another Jordan and Peter love story or any sex. We have more chance of ‘war’ than ‘phwoarr’. So viewers can just sit back and watch the insults fly."

The new series, which is fronted by Ant and Dec, is scheduled to air on ITV1 in November.