Celebrity Bear Hunt

Celebrity Bear Hunt is a British reality competition television series starring Bear Grylls, and presented by Holly Willoughby. The series premiered on Netflix on 5 February 2025.^[1][2][3] Set in a jungle in Costa Rica, twelve celebrities become prey as they are hunted down by Grylls.

Celebrity Bear Hunt
Genre	Reality competition
Presented by	Holly Willoughby
Starring	Bear Grylls
Country of origin	United Kingdom, United States
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Bear Grylls Delbert Shoopman Ben Mitchell Olly Nash Saul Fearnley Charlie Bennett
Production companies	The Natural Studios Workerbee Talkback
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	5 February 2025 (2025-02-05)

Production

In March 2024, Netflix announced a reality competition series starring British survival expert, adventurer, and television presenter Bear Grylls, and presented by British television presenter Holly Willoughby, at their "Next on Netflix" showcase in London.^[1][2]

The series was executive produced by Grylls, Delbert Shoopman, Ben Mitchell, Olly Nash, Saul Fearnley, and Charlie Bennett. Production companies involved in the series are Grylls's The Natural Studios, Banijay UK's Workerbee, and Talkback.^[1]

On 3 June 2025, it was announced the show had been axed after just one series.

Celebrities

Celebrity	Known for	Status
Big Zuu	Rapper & television personality & cook	Champion Episode 8
Steph McGovern	Journalist & television presenter	Runner Up Episode 8
Una Healy	Former The Saturdays singer	Runner Up Episode 8
Lottie Moss	Model	Eliminated Episode 8
Kola Bokinni	Ted Lasso actor	Eliminated Episode 8
Joe Thomas	Actor and comedian	Eliminated Episode 7
Shirley Ballas	Strictly Come Dancing head judge	Eliminated Episode 7
Danny Cipriani	Retired rugby union player	Eliminated Episode 6
Mel B	Spice Girls singer	Eliminated Episode 5
Boris Becker	Retired tennis player	Withdrew Episode 4
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen	Television personality & interior designer	Eliminated Episode 4
Leomie Anderson	Model & television presenter	Eliminated Episode 2

Release

The series was released on Netflix on 5 February 2025.^[3]