Ajay Rochester has made bombshell claims that Channel Ten’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is “rigged”.
In a series of TikTok videos, the former contestant answered fan questions about how involved the producers are in the outcome of the reality TV show.
More than four years since the 2019 campmate entered the jungle and was promptly sent packing after she was the first to be eliminated, she’s now alleging her contract stipulated the network can pick the winner.
“In the contract, it says in very tiny little writing right at the end that Channel Ten can choose to elect a winner regardless of the votes,” the former Biggest Loser Australia host said in the video.
“It also says that Channel Ten can decide when the contestants are eliminated with or without the voting.” Sheesh!
The 54-year-old media personality also thought it was no coincidence that the chefs stick around until the end.
“Have you ever noticed that the chef lasts almost all the way through? The chef that feeds all the people. Have you ever noticed that it’s predominantly Channel 10 current talent that make it all the way through?” she quipped.
This does check out because The Living Room’s chef Miguel Maestre won season six and chef Colin Fassnidge came fourth in the seventh season.
However, this year’s celebrity chef Anna Polyviou was eliminated first so the theory has kinda been debunked.
Ajay Rochester claims Channel Ten pushes its own talent on I’m A Celebrity
Ajay went on to say the network pushes its own talent and it rings true. The Bachelor’s Abbie Chatfield and former Channel Ten’s Video Hits host Dylan Lewis won in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
“It’s television, of course they rig things. There’s no prize money involved so they’re allowed to rig it,” she alleged.
However, in a separate video, Ajay backtracked, telling fans not to take her comments the wrong way because she “loves” Abbie and the radio host “should have won because she was awesome” despite just minutes prior saying the network can “elect a winner”. Okurrr.
“I do think that the voting at the end is the real winner, I really do, I think that by that far in the game they let whoever has the most votes win,” she clarified.
Ajay Rochester claims former I’m A Celebrity contestants were being groomed for The Bachelor franchise
And speaking of Channel Ten pushing their own talent, Ajay has a theory that season five’s Justin Lacko was chosen to compete in the jungle because the network was grooming him to be the next The Bachelor.
Unlike Gogglebox‘s Angie Kent, who was also on season five and went on to become The Bachelorette, Ajay claimed the Love Island star’s “pathetic” behaviour ruined his chances of more TV gigs with the network.
“He got so lucky with [the] edit. He was a disgustingly pathetic, spoiled little baby… They painted him very well because I think they really did truly want him to be the Bachelor,” Ajay said.
Angie commented on Ajay’s TikTok and said she was “living for these truth bombs”.
“But girl I got one tucker trial. To be fair I didn’t do many at all for the airtime I got,” she added.
And us reality TV fans are also lapping up the insider tea. Keep it coming!
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