I'm A Celebrity viewers are left fuming during launch episode as app to vote fails in huge tech blunder

I’m A Celebrity viewers were left fuming after experiencing tech issues during Sunday’s launch episode.

The show kicked off with a bang as stars including Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones, Tulisa and Barry McGuigan made their way to camp.

Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly invited viewers to vote for who they wanted to take part in Monday’s Bushtucker Trial, the Vile Volcano.

Ultimately, GK Barry was chosen but as fans first went to the ITV app to vote for which celebrity they wanted in the trial, many found the app wasn’t woring.

Unimpressed viewers took to X to vent their frustration, writing: ‘OK ITV the app is not working.’

‘Anyone else unable to vote on the app?’… ‘App not letting me vote’… ‘Stupid app I can’t vote.’

I’m A Celebrity viewers were left fuming after experiencing tech issues during Sunday’s launch episode (GK Barry)

The show kicked off with a bang as stars like Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones, Tulisa (pictured) and Barry McGuigan made their way to camp

Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly invited viewers to vote for who they wanted to take part in Monday’s Bushtucker Trial (Danny Jones pictured)

‘Is the app just not letting anyone else login? Just won’t work at all, can’t vote.’

‘Every year it’s the same with trying to log on and register on the app to vote. It does not work.’

It came after hosts Ant and Dec left viewers in hysterics after they poked fun at Coleen’s infamous Wagatha Christie trial just seconds into the new series on Sunday.

The cheeky duo made the very cheeky quip as Dec teased: ‘It’ll be nice for Coleen to face a trial that doesn’t involve Rebekah Vardy’.

Ant then laughed saying: ‘There will be plenty more [of these jokes]!’ with fans at home rushing to social media branding the pair ‘legends’.

Their trial – which Coleen won – came after a widely-shared social media post in October 2019, in which Coleen said she had carried out a ‘sting operation’ and accused Rebekah of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the press.

Taking to X they wrote: ’28 seconds in, Ant & Dec mention Rebekah Vardy’: ‘Not Dec mentioning Rebekah Vardy already’: ‘Dec’s first quip about Rooney not meeting Vardy’: ‘Straight out the bat from Ant and Dec’: ‘Dec straight in there with the Vardy jokes’.

Rebekah lost the libel case and was ordered to pay up to £1.5million towards Coleen’s legal fees.

But as fans went to the ITV app to vote for which celebrity they wanted in the trial, many were found the app wasn’t woring

Coleen has previously revealed that her plan to publicly share the leaker on Instagram in October 2019, was all her own.

She said: ‘In the night I started thinking about what I was going to do. I just wanted these stories to stop.’

But did she do a classic firing up of the Notes app at 3am?

She explained: ‘No. I like a pen and paper – a pencil and rubber, actually, so I can rub it out. So I started writing what I wanted to say and then the next morning I put it out there. That was the start of something that I would never have expected.’

I’m A Celeb hosts Ant and Dec left viewers in hysterics after they poked fun at campmate Coleen’s infamous Wagatha Christie trial just seconds into the new series

The cheeky duo made the very cheeky quip as Dec teased: ‘It’ll be nice for Coleen (left) to face a trial that doesn’t involve Rebekah Vardy (right) ‘

Ant then laughed saying: ‘There will be plenty more [of these jokes]!’ with fans at home rushing to social media branding the pair ‘legends’

Coleen added that she didn’t tell a soul what she was about to do. ‘No. [The part] my friends and family were most surprised at me [for was] putting the post up.’

Coleen was awarded costs by the court and £800,000 of the total amount due was payable immediately.

Rebekah was said to have scored one of the worst own goals in British legal history after a High Court judge dismissed her evidence as ‘evasive or implausible’ and accused her of deliberately deleting WhatsApp messages central to the case.

I’M A CELEBRITY 2024: MEET THE ALL STAR LINE UP

OTI MABUSE

Oti Mabuse has already two Strictly glitterballs under her belt

AGE: 34

OCCUPATION: Professional dancer

FAMOUS FOR: Oti is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020.

DANNY JONES

Danny Jones is one of the bookies’ favourites to win this year’s I’m A Celeb

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: McFly singer

FAMOUS FOR: Danny is one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly.

He is also a coach on The Voice UK.

BARRY MCGUIGAN

Former boxer Barry McGuigan is heading into the jungle

AGE: 63

OCCUPATION: Retired professional boxer

FAMOUS FOR: Barry was nicknamed The Clones Cyclone and held the WBA and lineal featherweight тιтles from 1985 to 1986.

GK BARRY

GK Barry is a TikTok star who recently joined the ITV family on Loose Women

AGE: 25

OCCUPATION: TikTok star

FAMOUS FOR: Grace is known for her comedic commentary on culture, lifestyle, and fashion. She has over 3.6 million followers and recently joined the Loose Women panel.

DEAN MCCULLOUGH

ITV bosses are hoping Dean McCullough will ruffle feathers in the camp

AGE: 32

OCCUPATION: Radio 1 DJ

FAMOUS FOR: Radio 1 DJ Dean has been signed by I’m A Celeb bosses, in the hope that he will ruffle feathers with his outspoken views.

Earlier this year it was announced Dean would be taking over the BBC Radio 1 Early Breakfast Show, after previously fronting the afternoon slot.

JANE MOORE

Jane is best known as a panellist and anchor of Loose Women

AGE: 62

OCCUPATION: Journalist

FAMOUS FOR: Jane is best known as a panellist and anchor of Loose Women between 1999 and 2002.

She returned as a regular panellist from 2013 onwards.

Jane takes on the challenge following her high-profile split from husband of 20 years, Showbiz agent, Gary Farrow.

MELVIN ODOOM

Melvin was previously courted by I’m A Celeb bosses back in 2021

AGE: 44

OCCUPATION: DJ and TV presenter

FAMOUS FOR: His work on radio. Melvin was previously courted by I’m A Celeb bosses back in 2021, but turned down the offer at the last minute.

He also had a primetime stint on Strictly back in 2016.

COLEEN ROONEY

Reports claim that she has been offered the biggest deal in the show’s history

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: WAG

FAMOUS FOR: Wagatha Christie case against arch rival Rebekah Vardy.

Reports claim that she has been offered the biggest deal in the show’s history, exceeding Nigel Farage’s £1.5million from last year.

ALAN HALSALL

Alan Halsall is best known for his role as Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Street

AGE: 42

OCCUPATION: Actor

FAMOUS FOR: Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall was forced to withdraw from I’m A Celeb last year, after undergoing ACL Reconstruction surgery.

Bosses have now convinced the actor to sign up again, and no doubt he will draw in a huge fanbase thanks to his long-running role as Tyrone Dobbs on the soap.

TULISA