Ever wondered how the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! campmates are always ready for hosts Ant and Dec's arrival in camp?

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They don't know what time it is - and even though they get a morning wake up call (no one wants to watch a bunch of celebs snoozing) - they never know when the show is going to start. The only way they really know they're about to go live? The same way we do: with Ant and Dec yelling from the rope bridge.

"You hear the 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Noooowwww' shout from one of the bridges," last year's runner-up Jake Quickenden told RadioTimes.com. "You get butterflies."

The former X Factor contestant, who placed second to reigning King of the Jungle Carl Fogarty, joked that everyone has a pretty set routine when their arrival heralds a Bushtucker Trial or a campmate's departure.

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"You hear it and you know somebody’s going to leave in an hour. Then everyone goes to the toilet, clears themselves out, has a bit of hot water to drink and rice and beans and gets ready to get told if you’re going home or not."

Ahem, evening Prime Minister...

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I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! runs every night on ITV

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