I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Genre	Reality television; Family;
Created by	Granada Television; (now part of ITV Studios)
Based on	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Directed by	Grant Hoy; Peter Lawler;
Presented by	Chris Brown; Julia Morris;
Starring	See list of contestants
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	191
Production
Executive producers	Stephen Tate; Alex Mavroidakis; Riima Daher; Beth Hart; Jaala Webster; Clare Bath; Ben Ulm; Lara Hopkins; Peter Abbott;
Production locations	Kruger National Park, South Africa (2015–2020); Dungay, New South Wales, Australia (2021–Present);
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Production company	ITV Studios Australia
Release
Original network	Network 10
Picture format	576i (SDTV); 1080i (HDTV);
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	1 February 2015 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	The Fallout Zone; I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Now!; I'm A Celebrity: Saturday Schoolies;
External links
	Website
	Production website

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (occasionally shortened to I'm a Celebrity) is an Australian reality television series on Network 10 which is based on the British television show of the same name.^[1] The series aired mainly on Network 10 and 10 HD. The series sees celebrities living in the jungle with few creature comforts, and competing in various challenges to earn meals and other luxuries. The celebrities compete for $100,000 to be donated to their chosen charity. The series is set in Kruger National Park, South Africa,^[2] and is hosted by Julia Morris and Chris Brown.^[3]

On 16 July 2015 the series was renewed for a second season,^[4] which premiered on 31 January 2016.^[5] The second season was accompanied by the companion series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Now! (similar to the original British series). It aired on Eleven (now 10 Peach) following each episode of the main series, hosted by comedian and former season one contestant Joel Creasey and The Bachelor Australia 3 contestant Heather Maltman.^[6] I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Now! did not air after the main show in later seasons due to low viewing rates. On 1 August 2016 the series was renewed for a third season with Morris and Brown returning as hosts,^[7] which premiered on 29 January 2017. A fourth season commenced on 28 January 2018 and concluded 12 March 2018.

A fifth season was announced and premiered on 13 January 2019. The show aired over a four-week period instead of the previous six week period.^[8] In addition to the normal show, an hour-long companion series called I'm A Celebrity: 'Saturday Schoolies' aired on Saturdays at 7 pm, hosted by Scott Tweedie, and involved the celebrities completing different tasks and assignments in order to win the 'golden lunchbox'. On 7 February 2019, it was confirmed the show would return for a sixth season,^[9]^[10] which premiered on 5 January 2020.^[11]^[12]

In May 2020, Network 10 renewed the series for a seventh season^[13]^[14] and in August 2020 they confirmed that it would continue to air in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.^[15] However, it was unclear whether the series will be able to film in South Africa or change to another production location.^[16] In November 2020, it was confirmed the series will be filmed in Australia at a site near Murwillumbah, New South Wales (the site used for the many international versions of the show), which premiered on 3 January 2021.^[17]^[18]

On 20 October 2021, it was announced the eighth season will premiere on 3 January 2022.^[19]

Format[]

The premise of the show is that there is a group of well known personalities living together in a specially constructed camp site in a jungle. During their time in the jungle they are isolated from the outside world and are not commonly aware of outside events. The contestants compete for $100,000 to be donated to a charity of their choosing, in addition to being personally reimbursed for their participation.^[20] While in the jungle, some of the contestants (generally voted by the viewing public) compete in challenges for food and luxuries for the camp. These challenges often involve local wildlife and are meant to take the contestants out of their comfort zone. Each week one or more of the contestants are evicted from the jungle, based on viewer votes. In addition, if the contestants become overwhelmed by their situation they can leave the series by speaking the phrase "I'm a celebrity...get me out of here!". However, it is reported that if contestants do quit they will have their income for participating in the series markedly reduced.^[21] Throughout the show, additional contestants (called "intruders") enter the competition; and beginning with season two, some contestants are only included temporarily (i.e. having a guest appearance).^[22] In the end, a final viewer vote occurs to determine the winner of the series, who is given the title of "King or Queen of the Jungle".

Bushtucker trials[]

The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. These trials aim to test both physical and mental abilities. The winner is usually determined by the number of stars collected during the trial, with each star representing a meal earned by the winning contestant for their camp mates.

The Sunday Slam[]

In the fifth season, the celebrities participated in the Sunday Slam,^[23] in which every Sunday a celebrity had to complete a gigantic and hilarious obstacle course. These courses sometimes involved competing 'head-to-head' against another celebrity who was in the opposing team. If the celebrity completed the course they would win a 'slam' of meals for their celebrities and if they didn't they would leave with very little food or nothing. The new tucker trial was split into two main parts - The Course and The Slammer. The time spent on the gauntlet determined how steep the Slammer would be. There were a number of challenges in the obstacle course, including a slippery slide, an 'electric forest', a spinning turntable, twin spinning logs, a 'mole hole', 'feathering' chambers and the 'boulder dash'.^[23]

Superhero Sundays[]

In Season 6 Superhero Sundays were introduced, which involved a group of celebrities participating in superhero themed trials each Sunday. These challenges include Dreadmill,^[24] The Scariest Trial We've Ever Done!^[25] and Buns of Steel.

Celebrity chest challenges[]

Any number of celebrities are chosen to take part in the celebrity chest challenge to win luxuries for camp. Each challenge involves completing a task to win a chest to take back to camp. However, to win the luxury item in the chest, the campmates must correctly answer a question. If they fail to answer correctly, the luxury item is forfeited and a joke prize is won. The luxury item is "donated" by a celebrity from the outside.

Secret mission[]

This is a challenge where some celebrities have to take part without alerting the other celebrities - if they are successful in their 'missions', they are rewarded.

Mystery box[]

A mystery box sees a box delivered to the campsite, each time containing a different gift for the contestants.

Immunity Challenges[]

In Season 5 immunity challenges were introduced for the first time ever.^[23] These challenges were harder than the Bushtucker Trials and the celebrity that won the challenge couldn't be voted out of the jungle by the public.

Broadcast[]

The show is broadcast Sunday to Thursday at 7.30 pm, with a weekly eviction show on Sunday (except for the first week, where the celebrities arrive in the 'jungle'). All shows are presented by Julia Morris & Chris Brown from a nearby studio. The program is live to AEDT States (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory), in other states the program is delayed to accommodate local time zones.

The fallout zone[]

In addition to the television broadcast, for the first season a live feed from the camp site aired for an hour after the AEDT airing of the show on Ten's website and mobile app, titled The Fallout Zone but more commonly referred to as FOZ. The content of feed was available on the website after the fact so viewers in other states could watch the show after their airing of the main show. The feed was hosted by comedian Sam Mac and producer Ciaran "The Butcher" Flannery, also known as "The C-Word". On 8 and 12 March 2015, producer Dominic "The Domin8or" Sullivan filled in during Flannery's absence. The duo interact with viewers through Twitter, using the hashtag #FOZ. Mac and Flannery have no control over the shots used in the stream which has resulted in one episode featuring a 20-minute shot of a waterfall and, on 16 February 2015, a 15-minute conversation featuring a sound technician looking for Bob being picked up. On 5 March 2015 the show famously featured audio problems during which Mac and Flannery's voices fluctuated between chipmunk and Darth Vader filters for the first thirty minutes. The show's theme song is Highway to the Fallout Zone sung by Sam Mac. The show did not return for the second season.

Saturday Schoolies[]

In addition to the main broadcast, season 5 had a companion show hosted by Scott Tweedie, which aired on Network Ten on Saturdays at 7:00 pm called I'm A Celebrity: 'Saturday Schoolies'.^[23]^[26] The show involved all the celebrities in the jungle and was described as 'jungle detention'. Tweedie gave assignments, in the form of 'fun' games, to the celebrities which pushed them out of their comfort zones. The show was filmed on a classroom set in camp and the celebrities completed tasks to win the 'golden lunchbox', which included a number of school snacks such as an apple, dried mango, a muesli bar, biscuits, chips, chicken, a cheese & lettuce sandwich as well as juice.^[27]

Public voting[]

Throughout the show the public votes on who competes in the following tucker trial and whom to evict from the campsite. Viewers can either vote via SMS (by texting the name of the celebrity to 1995 1010) or vote via Social Media (namely Facebook or Twitter) by using the celebrity's hashtag (#celeb[name]). Voting via social media is limited to 20 votes per account. For tucker trial voting, viewers vote for celebrity they wish to compete. For eviction voting, viewers vote for a celebrity to stay. Voting closes at approximately 7:30pm AEDT for Sunday's eviction vote and at approximately 8pm AEDT for voting on other days.

Prior to the premiere of the second season, it was announced that the voting process would change slightly compared to the inaugural season. SMS voting was used for both trial and eviction voting while Twitter voting was used exclusively for trial voting. This change was implemented to even the playing field between celebrities with a larger international fan base (who are more likely to receive Twitter votes from said fan base) and celebrities with a smaller fan base who are only known in Australia.^[28] However, this decision was later reversed, allowing Twitter and Facebook votes for the finals.^[29]

Series overview[]

Winners crowned King or Queen of their respective year.

Key:

King of the Jungle

Queen of the Jungle

Season	Start date	End date	Days in camp	Campmates	Honour places
Season	Start date	End date	Days in camp	Campmates	Winner	Second place	Third place
1	1 February 2015 (2015-02-01)	15 March 2015 (2015-03-15)	45	14	Freddie Flintoff	Barry Hall	Chrissie Swan
2	31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)	13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)	45	12	Brendan Fevola	Paul Harragon	Laurina Fleure
3	29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)	13 March 2017 (2017-03-13)	46	14	Casey Donovan	Dane Swan	Natalie Bassingthwaighte
4	28 January 2018 (2018-01-28)	12 March 2018 (2018-03-12)	45	15	Fiona O'Loughlin	Shannon Noll	Danny Green
5	13 January 2019 (2019-01-13)	17 February 2019 (2019-02-17)	33	14	Richard Reid	Yvie Jones	Shane Crawford
6	5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)	2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)	30	14	Miguel Maestre	Dale Thomas	Rhonda Burchmore
7	3 January 2021 (2021-01-03)	31 January 2021 (2021-01-31)	20	15	Abbie Chatfield	Grant Denyer	Jess Eva
8	3 January 2022 (2022-01-03)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Series results[]

Key: Winner – King or Queen of the Jungle; Runner-up; Third place; Late arrival; Evicted; Withdrawn

Season 1 (2015)[]

Celebrity	Known for	Day Entered	Day Exited	Result
Freddie Flintoff	Cricketer	17	45	Winner
Barry Hall	Former AFL player	1	45	Runner-up
Chrissie Swan	TV & radio presenter	1	45	Third Place
Maureen McCormick	Actress (The Brady Bunch) & author	1	42	Eliminated 11th
Joel Creasey	Comedian	1	41	Eliminated 10th
Anna Heinrich	The Bachelor Australia Star	10	41	Eliminated 9th
Julie Goodwin	Chef	17	40	Eliminated 8th
Merv Hughes	Cricketer	1	39	Eliminated 7th
Tyson Mayr	Model	1	38	Eliminated 6th
Andrew Daddo	TV & radio presenter	1	31	Eliminated 5th
Lauren Brant	Singer & TV personality	1	24	Eliminated 4th
Laura Dundovic	Model	1	17	Eliminated 3rd
Tim Robards	Reality TV star	10	17	Eliminated 2nd
Leisel Jones	Olympic swimmer	1	10	Eliminated 1st

Season 2 (2016)[]

Celebrity	Known for	Day Entered	Day Exited	Result
Brendan Fevola	Former AFL player	1	45	Winner
Paul Harragon	Former NRL player	1	45	Runner-up
Laurina Fleure	The Bachelor Australia 2 Star	1	45	Third Place
Anthony Callea	Singer	1	42	Eliminated 9th
Shane Warne	Cricketer	2	41	Eliminated 8th
Havana Brown	DJ	1	40	Eliminated 7th
Jo Beth Taylor	Actress, singer & TV presenter	1	39	Eliminated 6th
Val Lehman	Actress	1	38	Eliminated 5th
Dean Geyer	Actor & singer	1	31	Eliminated 4th
Bonnie Lythgoe	TV personality	1	24	Eliminated 3rd
Akmal Saleh	Comedian	1	17	Eliminated 2nd
Courtney Hancock	Ironwoman	1	10	Eliminated 1st

Season 3 (2017)[]

Celebrity	Known for	Day Entered	Day Exited	Result
Casey Donovan	Singer	1	46	Winner
Dane Swan	AFL player	1	46	Runner-Up
Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Singer & actress	1	46	Third Place
Nazeem Hussain	Comedian	1	45	Eliminated 11th
Steve Price	Radio personality	1	42	Eliminated 10th
Lisa Curry	Olympic swimmer	1	41	Eliminated 9th
Ash Pollard	Reality TV star	1	40	Eliminated 8th
Carson Kressley	TV presenter	25	39	Eliminated 7th
Tegan Martin	Model	1	38	Eliminated 6th
Keira Maguire	Reality TV star	19	35	Eliminated 5th
Kris Smith	Model	2	35	Eliminated 4th
Tziporah Malkah	Model	2	31	Eliminated 3rd
Jay Laga'aia	Actor & singer	1	24	Eliminated 2nd
Tom Arnold	Actor & comedian	1	17	Eliminated 1st

Season 4 (2018)[]

Celebrity	Known for	Day Entered	Day Exited	Result
Fiona O'Loughlin	Comedian	1	45	Winner
Shannon Noll	Singer	1	45	Runner-up
Danny Green	Boxer	7	45	Third place
Vicky Pattison	Reality TV star (I'm a Celeb UK 15 winner)	17	44	Eliminated 10th
Simone Holtznagel	Model	1	41	Eliminated 9th
Peter Rowsthorn	Comedian	1	40	Eliminated 8th
Jackie Gillies	Psychic & TV personality	1	39	Eliminated 7th
Josh Gibson	AFL player	1	38	Eliminated 6th
Paul Burrell	Former Royal Butler (I'm a Celeb UK 4 runner up)	17	37	Eliminated 5th
Lisa Oldfield	Reality TV star	24	34	Eliminated 4th
David Oldfield	Former politician	24	30	Eliminated 3rd
Kerry Armstrong	Actress	1	23	Eliminated 2nd
Tiffany Darwish	Singer	1	16	Eliminated 1st
Anthony Mundine	Boxer	2	12	Withdrew
Bernard Tomic	Tennis player	1	3	Withdrew

Season 5 (2019)[]

Campers (Team Red)

Caretakers (Team Blue)

Intruder who entered after contestants were merged

Celebrity	Known for	Day Entered	Day Exited	Result
Richard Reid	TV personality	1	33²	Winner
Yvie Jones	Reality TV star	3	33²	Runner-Up
Shane Crawford	Former AFL player & TV personality	10	33²	Third Place
Luke Jacobz	Actor & TV presenter	1	32	Eliminated 11th
Angie Kent	Reality TV star	3	32	Eliminated 10th
Justin Lacko	Model & reality TV star	1	31	Eliminated 9th
Natasha Exelby	Journalist	1	30	Eliminated 8th
Justine Schofield	Chef & TV presenter	1	27	Eliminated 7th
Tahir Bilgiç	Comedian	1	26	Eliminated 6th
Dermott Brereton	Former AFL player	1	25	Eliminated 5th
Katherine Kelly Lang	Actress	17	24	Eliminated 4th
Jacqui Lambie	Former politician³	1	23	Eliminated 3rd
Sam Dastyari	Former politician	1	16	Eliminated 2nd
Ajay Rochester	TV presenter	1	11	Eliminated 1st

Notes

^1 Throughout the series the contestants were given the opportunity, through challenges, to swap teams. On Day 6 the contestants played a game called 'Escape Fartists' which allowed Luke, Richard and Angie to move onto the Red team, in exchange for Jacqui, Sam and Yvie's positions. Consequently, placing them these three celebrities on the Blue team.
^2 The Grand Final was recorded on Wednesday 13 February (Day 33), but due to scheduling Channel 10 aired the episodes on the following Sunday 17 February.
^3 When Lambie appeared in the show in 2019, she was not serving as a Senator. In the 2019 Federal Election, Lambie was re-elected to the Senate.

Season 6 (2020)[]

The sixth season was renewed on 7 February 2019^[9]^[10] and returned on 5 January 2020.^[11]

Celebrity	Known for	Day Entered	Day Exited	Result
Miguel Maestre	Chef and TV presenter	1	30	Winner
Dale Thomas	AFL player	2	30	Runner-up
Rhonda Burchmore	Singer & actress	1	30	Third place
Cosentino	Illusionist & TV personality	8	27	Eliminated 11th
Charlotte Crosby	TV & media personality	1	26	Eliminated 10th
Myf Warhurst	TV & radio personality	1	25	Eliminated 9th
Ryan Gallagher	TV personality	1	25	Eliminated 8th
Perez Hilton	TV personality & blogger	16	24	Eliminated 7th
Tanya Hennessy	Social media personality & comedian	1	23	Eliminated 6th
Tom Williams	TV presenter	1	20	Eliminated 5th
Erin Barnett	Former Love Island Australia contestant	1	19	Eliminated 4th
Billy Brownless	Former AFL player	2	18	Eliminated 3rd
Nikki Osborne	Comedian	1	16	Eliminated 2nd
Dilruk Jayasinha	Comedian	1	13	Eliminated 1st

Season 7 (2021)[]

The seventh season was renewed on 11 May 2020^[13]^[14] and premiered on 3 January 2021.^[30]^[31] It was the first series to be filmed in Australia and was pre-recorded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[32] In a format change (given the pre-recorded production), the celebrities were eliminated in Elimination Trials, with the winner still being determined by public vote between the final seven contestants.^[33]^[34]

Team Red

Team Blue

Team Green