Ant and Dec have hinted that the new series of I'm A Celebrity isn't far away after a teaser advert took fans by surprise over the weekend.

A few months ago ITV bosses confirmed that after the show made the successful switch to Wales from Australia for the first time in its history, production will be back in Abergele this as a new batch of famous faces aims to follow in the successful footsteps of I'm A Celebrity 's first ever Queen of the Castle, Giovanna Fletcher.

Giovanna beat Jordan North and Vernon Kay in last year's final and names linked with the new series include former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips, Olympic diving champion Matty Lee and The Saturdays singer turned Loose Women panellist Frankie Bridge.

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I'm A Celeb typically starts mid to late November, kicking off the countdown to Christmas and it could return to screens even earlier this time round after an advert caught everyone unawares on Sunday.

The 10 second teaser, which sees a knight racing through the mountains on horseback as the jungle drums sound, appeared on both ITV and ITVBe, during an episode of TOWIE.

I'm A Celebrity hosts Ant & Dec stunned as line-up is confirmed
I'm A Celebrity hosts Ant & Dec stunned as line-up is confirmed

Ant and Dec also shared the video on their Twitter, captioning it: "Launch knight is coming."

Fans were quick to react to it, with one responding: "YES!!!! Still the original and BEST!!!"

A second replied: "THE BEST TIME OF YEAR IS ON THE HORIZON" and another equally excited fan commented: "Can’t wait to see it back on our screens"

Ant and Dec got their first look at this year's line-up at the end of last week.

As the first celeb was shown to them, Ant and Dec both clenched their fists in delight, with Ant then remarking: "We love him," and Dec replying: "Very, very good."

Dec then reacted: "Oh brilliant," to another celeb, as Ant responded: "Very good."

As the stars kept coming there were a few surprise "oohs" and "ahhs" from the lads, with Ant then laughing his head off at another of the confirmed contestants.

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