Jordan North

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If you're a fan of I'm A Celebrity, you'll know it's not long until before The Snakes , bugs and terrified celebrities make a return to our screens.

The ITV show will be filmed at Abergele's Gwrych Castle in Wales for a second year, with Covid preventing a return to the Australian jungle.

The Names vying to be king or queen of The Castle include music producer Naughty Boy , Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox and BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Snoochie Shy.

But what do former contestants wish they'd known before entering - and what words of wisdom do they have for this year's celebs? Radio 1 Newsbeat has been speaking to 2017 winner Georgia Toffolo and 2020 runner-up Jordan North to find out.

'Embrace the testicle'

Most of us never have to deal with Animal Eyes and testicles going into our mouths - But it's obviously a different story if you're on I'm A Celebrity.

Both Georgia and Jordan - who've had plenty of Experience - Say the trick to the juicy Challenges is to just Keep Going .

" Embrace the testicle, " Georgia says, adding you should " neck everything they put in front because it's part of The Most wonderful journey. "

" When you put a Fish Eye in your mouth and you're chewing it, can you imagine? Then you crunch and all of this liquid bursts. "

" Get your Head Down and chomp. It sounds really obvious But you've just got to chew, " Jordan adds.

" I had to chew a sheep's penis and it was just pure fat and gristle. You've just got to chomp. "

Go heavy on the smalls

Even though Georgia, 27, did her I'm A Celeb stint in the sweltering Australian jungle and not a freezing Welsh castle, she says there's a lesson to learn in packing enough underwear.

" You get allocated a certain number of bikinis and underwear. Now I thought I was being very clever, just taking bikinis because I wanted to look nice. "

Georgia ended up burning her only pair of pants on day three, so " actually had no knickers for the whole Time I was in there".

Jordan, 31, wishes he knew just how cold it would be in The Castle .

" People think there's heaters and it's all a set with undercover blankets. "

" You really are very cold. And when you're cold, it can really affect your mood, and also, you're so hungry. "

So to keep warm, Georgia says to make sure to " go heavy on The Underwear … maybe thermal undies" in Wales.

Stay away from tea and coffee?

Jordan has a caffeine warning for anyone wanting to go in.

" One thing I wish I did - and we were told by The Producers a week before - was to cut the caffeine intake. "

" I love tea and coffee and there was no caffeine at all. So for The First three or four days, I had the worst headache. It was like my mind was cloudy because I completely came off caffeine. "

But Georgia says it's best not to " overthink it before you go in" and to just go all-in in the week's prior.

" From coffee to junk food, you're just stripped Back . "

" Why wouldn't you be gluttonous, and drink and eat everything before. Because you have nothing for nearly a month. "

Look fear in the eyes

The show's all about confronting fears and Last Year , Jordan threw up after climbing a cliff on his first day - Something he advises against.

He says he probably wouldn't have been so honest about the things he was scared of - which meant he ended up doing a lot of Challenges .

" But Then Again , it's been The Best thing that's happened to me because it's given me a new lease of life. "

Georgia was known for smiling her way through The Most horrific Challenges - and it's because she wanted to prove everyone wrong.

" I just kept thinking 'Go On Georgia'. They'll all be laughing thinking I'll be totally rubbish, so just to prove that even if you're a little blonde thing, you can actually do it. "

But they both agree the main thing is to just enjoy " The Most extraordinary" Experience .

I'm A Celebrity. . Get Me Out Of Here! starts on Sunday on ITV

Additional reporting by Ben Mundy.

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