Big Zuu, Shirley Ballas, and Mel B. Willoughby and Bear Grylls were the stars of Netflix’s Celebrity Bear Hunt, which was first aired earlier this year and was co-hosted by Holly Willoughby and Bear Grylls.
Holly Willoughby’s huge Netflix show, Celebrity Bear Hunt, is said to have been axed, just months after it was launched. It comes just weeks after Bear Grylls proposed a major format change for the series.
Celebrity Bear Hunt, which launched on Netflix in February, saw twelve celebrities hunted down by Bear, 50, whilst out in a jungle in Costa Rica. Described as a “brutal game of cat and mouse,” the eight-part series was fronted by Holly, 44.
The show was met with praise from some viewers following its release on the streaming platform four months ago. Fans expressed hope for a second season at the time, and Bear recently teased over the prospect himself just last month.
It’s now claimed that Celebrity Bear Hunt has been “axed” by Netflix. Although it performed well in terms of ratings, it was expensive to produce, according to sources.
Everyone on the show was “absolutely gutted,” according to a source who spoke to The Sun. They continued, “But it was completely untenable given the overall cost of travel, insurance, and, of course, securing big-name talent – even after they considered making more of a budget show and filming closer to home.
Holly or Bear are neither in any doubt, and executives are now trying to come up with a different method to showcase their talents. It’s a real blow to Holly because it’s the most recent show to have time called, but she’s a professional and is aware that sometimes this is how things turn out.
“She’s got a number of other exciting projects in the pipeline; that’s showbiz, after all.” It, however, comes just weeks after Bear, who was also an executive producer on the show, hinted that a second season could undergo a format change in line with Netflix’s apparent focus on live content. He was asked about the show’s future by Dermot O’Leary on BBC Radio 2 on May 17.
Bear made fun of the fact that the show’s creators were “figuring out” its future after the launch in an interview that morning. He expressed reassurance over the possibility of Celebrity Bear Hunt returning as a live broadcast on Netflix.
Bear responded to Bear when asked if he would like to do “more” of the show, “Yeah, god willing.” At this moment, we are just sort of figuring everything out. We’re considering doing what. “.
He continued, “We’re probably going to be doing it live”! He made a further teasing over the possibility by saying, “Which Netflix has never done before. It would be extremely cool. Real, real, “hunt ’em down”!
The debut season of Celebrity Bear Hunt featured twelve celebrity contestants, with most of them eliminated throughout the series as part of the competition. They included Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas and the Spice Girls’ Mel B.
Rapper Big Zuu won the show, with the TV personality named the winner in the eighth episode. Presenter Steph McGovern and singer Una Healy, who rose to fame in the Saturdays, were runners-up.
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