He said: “They were warned really clearly and strongly at the start that this is NOT I’m A Celebrity.

"We said you’re not going to be sat in a jungle camp with a lot of cameras around, this is going to be a genuine expedition and it’s going to be life changing and there will be pain.”

Bear explained that on the first day some of the candidates turned up with their vanity cases.

“My job was to send home the people I thought, ‘Well they’re either going to die or get someone else killed!’," he said.

"One of the crew tapped me on the shoulder and said: ‘They’re dead! And I told him to hold his judgement because I’ve learnt not to judge a book by its cover."