Netflix is set to release a brand new competition series on February 5, and it promises to be an exhilarating ride for viewers.
The “next level” show drops 12 famous faces into the Costa Rican jungle, where they’ll face heart-pumping challenges while trying to evade elimination at the hands of Bear Grylls.
The celebrities will have to navigate the treacherous Bear Pit, a terrain filled with traps and mini-challenges that will test their survival skills.
The Bear Pit is not a place contestants will want to find themselves in, with its scorching heat, brutal terrain, and untamed jungle creatures.
Ben Mitchell, the show’s creative director, revealed: “The Bear Pit is something to be feared, the sheer heat makes it hard enough, but it’s also brutal terrain – untamed jungle in a naturally constrained area.
“It has a crocodile in it (which we’ve nicknamed Julie), snakes, spiders, monkeys, scorpions. We haven’t put them in there, this is their home. It is genuinely terrifying”, reports the Mirror.
“Being pursued is frightening enough, but doing it when you know there are deadly critters, in extreme heat, when you also have to strategize and problem-solve, takes it to another level.”
The cast has described the experience as “hell,” and losing a challenge means facing the extreme conditions of the Bear Pit.
According to the official synopsis: “Meet the 12 celebrities taking part in the ultimate game of cat and mouse with the legendary Bear Grylls. They’ll live together, learn survival skills and compete in epic challenges.
“Lose, and they will face the most primal survival test of them all… being hunted down by Bear Grylls in nature’s deadliest escape room – The Bear Pit. Anyone caught by Bear will face elimination. Who will be the last celebrity standing?”
The star-studded line-up for the show includes Spice Girl Mel B, tennis icon Boris Becker, interior design guru Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, broadcaster Steph McGovern, and ex-rugby ace Danny Cipriani.
Also braving the challenge are Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, rapper Big Zuu, pop sensation Una Healy from The Saturdays, and The Inbetweeners’ Joe Thomas.
Completing the cast are model Lottie Moss, actor Kola Bokinni, and fashion model Leomie Anderson, with Holly Willoughby taking on the role of presenter for this thrilling series.
On her decision to present the show, Holly shared: “I knew it was going to be the ultimate adventure, and I just wanted something that really took me out of my comfort zone. Putting those things together, I thought, the show sounds really, really exciting.”
Celebrity Bear Hunt airs on February 5 on Netflix