Those producers are destroying the show . They've just been 10 days in the holiday camp and they get to meet their loved ones .

I think it's because the literally don't speak to them, they probably don't go long without any contact at all any other times in their lives.

Plus, they are living in a jungle eating crap for 11 nights in a row, drained physically and emotionally.

Sure it would be different if they had just been balling on holiday or something for 2 weeks without seeing them.

Yes but they're getting well paid for it . A nice £50k for some .

It doesn't make it any easier.

50k for us is different from 50k to them

How do you come to this conclusion

I don't know how you can think it's not the case?

Non of them will be skint.

I think Mo forgot the messages she had to give. She ended up telling her three the same thing, that so-and-so loved them and that they were doing brilliantly!

And when Kian gave David his, I thought he said the message was from his assistant, until I rewound and realised it was his sister!

Not quite! She did manage to tell Matthew that Amelia wanted her bikini back!

Pathetic!:yawn:

Aye. I suppose his reasoning though would be that the show would get him noticed again, leading to lucrative job offers which would enable to him to easily provide for his son.

I thought their reactions were so OTT!!!
I personally could go 2months without seeing any member of my family due to work etc. When we catch up there are NO dramatic tears and snot!!

Surely Kian is in the running to win after the beautifully edited episode last night.

Mr nice guy, adoring husband .... You only have to YouTube him on the voice of Ireland to see how much of a pr!ck he is.

Regardless, celebs reactions were absolutely overly dramatic.

Mo looked a bit pissed off, she only sees her sister at Christmas anyway and shoots off as soon as she can

My 14 year old was absolutely outraged by that, bless!
I can only think that Alfonso just couldn't afford to turn the fee down.

I think it's the fact they've had no contact whatsoever with their loved ones that makes them so emotional.
I thought the reunions were quite touching (but then I'm a silly big softie), but I do wonder if it was too early, and it'll take away some of the impact when they get their letters later.

in fairness to Alfonso he has been out of work for 25 years, his baby at least can now get a roof over it's head

All the was missing was a rendition of " You raise me up " in the background .

Yes, I do think people are misjudging the situation. They haven't been away at a conference. The change to their normal lives is immense; the same applies to BB, where people always sneer at the tears letters from home elicit. Unless we have been in a foreign prison, few of us will have experienced being utterly out of touch with our families while being put through a lot of (benign in this case, but still) emotional pressure. IAC is a kind programme, kinder than CBB, but it is still full of uncertainty and insecurity. They are all frightened of public failure, of being disliked, of looking ridiculous; a week in such an intense environment feels like a month.

It's always a difficult choice for people with young families. But IAC is a short series - it's not like going into non-celeb BB, which may be 12 weeks or even more. And Alfonso may be in genuine financial difficulties, and see the show as a life-line.

Is this a first where partners are invited onto the show as part of a reward?

I agree with others that offering this as part of the task reward was OTT. Surely some messages from home or even a video call would have sufficed? The whole thing was mushy and detracts from them supposed to be in the jungle as some kind of hardship. These are pampered celebs after all and the whole point of the jungle is supposed to be out of their comfort zone.

That said, I agree with others about their reactions to seeing their loved ones. Who wouldn't be emotional?

I just think ITV are changing the concept of their own show and it's becoming a mushy mess.

Me and my OH would be exactly the same as Kian and Jodi.

I don't think that it is the not seeing their family that causes a problem, but more the complete lack of any communication, making you feel quite isolated from them ( I would imagine), especially if you have young children.

In this day & age, people seem to be texting their partner all the time, calling them, constantly being in touch. I don't do this as I see my partner at home, so communication during the day is limited to requests to pick up milk etc but my brother (who works away most weekdays ) & his partner text all the time and will always text each other good night, even when they are in different time zones and make a real effort to communicate as much as they can about even the most minor of things.

I think the difference is that although we may be apart from our wives/ husbands/ loved ones..... we are able to phone, email or even get cards/ letters from them any time day or night - they are there whenever we want them 24/7.

The campmates have been essentially cut off from the outside world for almost a fortnight, and probably away from their families for a week or so before they went into the jungle. in this day and age - that's quite difficult to cope with.

There isn't much for them to do in the jungle other than sit and think about their families so that is why its emotional when they do see them again

exactly and being in the jungle is clearly a place that heightens your emotions

I think mine would probably cry because he thought he'd escaped me for a few weeks!

Same here!

Have ALL the celebrities loved ones arrived in Australia now then? That trial to decide on who went on the 'mini-holiday' seemed incredibly contrived to me. Before they even began - all the other 12 said how much Mo deserved and needed the break and then as if by magic - Mo and her team win. I can't believe that the minute the words colour, dragon and wales was mentioned David wasn't off his seat and pressing the buzzer ... and Matthew - this is the guy who scored one of the highest points on Celebrity Chase - didn't even attempt to answer two of the piss-easiest questions ever.

Oh what am I even asking for - the whole bloody thing is as cornily scripted as an episode of Downton Abbey!

Totally agree, and I have a husband in the forces who goes on 6 month tours! Even when he has been out in Afghan for months on end I can honestly say that I have never gone more than 2 days without some form of communication, whether it's a text, email, letter or phone call so to go 10 days in the jungle without any form of contact at all is pretty hard going.

Haha. I'd be saying to him, stop acting like a knob, make sure you stay in there longer, I am LOVING it in this 7 star hotel.