Holly Willoughby’s TV smash hailed as ‘awesome’ after shooting up Netflix chart

Netflix viewers person rushed to ticker the caller world bid Celebrity Bear Hunt, which has been described arsenic ‘I’m A Celebrity connected steroids’.

The British contention bid starring Bear Grylls and presented by Holly Willoughby launched connected the streaming service yesterday.

Set successful a jungle successful Costa Rica, it follows 12 celebrities including Shirley Ballas, Mel B, Boris Becker and Una Healy, arsenic they are hunted down by adventurer Bear, 50.

The situation is not for the faint-hearted, with the stars facing terrifying incidents similar swinging look archetypal into a cliff portion abseiling, nearly drowning and adjacent being followed by a crocodile.

Since being released, the eight-episode bid has stormed up the Netflix chart, wherever it’s present sitting astatine fig 1.

Fans person praised the show, calling it ‘thrilling’ and ‘awesome’

‘Okay good Celebrity Bear Hunt was BRILLIANT but binging 8 episodes conscionable for *that* victor feels similar a footwear successful the teeth. I request a bid 2 NOW,’ Luke posted connected X.

‘Celebrity Bear Hunt is really I’m A Celeb connected acid……. truthful so bloody good,’ idiosyncratic meerkatben10 shared.

‘Is it conscionable maine oregon is Celebrity Bear Hunt the funniest, astir entertaining caller happening #Netflix person had connected ages?’ nicequeencersei added.

In its reappraisal The Guardian wrote: ‘Celebrity Bear Hunt is fast; the contestants are amazingly comic and the jeopardy is real. Or astatine slightest much existent than usual. The trap is set, and I fishy viewers volition instrumentality the bait successful droves.’

Meanwhile Metro said it was ‘surprisingly 1 of the champion caller world TV bid successful years’.

‘Celebrity Bear Hunt does consciousness instantly similar the astir enthralling caller world tv bid successful a precise agelong clip though. It’s a lovable formed with a crippled that provides capable hazard and hostility to thrust the hunger for much aft each episode,’ the reappraisal added.

The different celebrities who signed up to spell connected the tally from Bear are interior plan TV presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, presenter Steph McGovern, erstwhile rugby subordinate Danny Cipriani, rapper Big Zuu), and The Inbetweeners prima Joe Thomas.

Rounding retired the line-up are manner exemplary Lottie Moss, Ted Lasso histrion Kola Bokinni, and erstwhile Victoria’s Secret exemplary Leomie Anderson.

Celebrity Bear Hunt is streaming connected Netflix.

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