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


I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is an Australian reality television series on Network 10 which is based on the British television show of the same name. 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, and is hosted by Julia Morris and Chris Brown.
On 16 July 2015 the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 31 January 2016. The second season was accompanied by the companion series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Now!. It aired on Eleven 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. 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, 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. 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, which premiered on 5 January 2020.

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. While in the jungle, some of the contestants 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. Throughout the show, additional contestants enter the competition; and beginning with season two, some contestants are only included temporarily. 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, 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'.

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, The Scariest Trial We've Ever Done! 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. 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. All shows are presented by Julia Morris & Chris Brown from a nearby studio. The program is live to AEDT States, 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'.
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.

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 or vote via Social Media by using the celebrity's hashtag. 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 and celebrities with a smaller fan base who are only known in Australia. However, this decision was later reversed, allowing Twitter and Facebook votes for the finals.

Series overview

Winners crowned King or Queen of their respective year.
Key:

Series results

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Season 1 (2015)

CelebrityKnown forDay EnteredDay ExitedResult
Andrew FlintoffCricketer1745Winner
Barry HallFormer AFL player145Runner-up
Chrissie SwanTV & radio presenter145Third Place
Maureen McCormickActress & author142Eliminated 11th
Joel CreaseyComedian141Eliminated 10th
Anna HeinrichThe Bachelor Australia Star1041Eliminated 9th
Julie GoodwinChef1740Eliminated 8th
Merv HughesCricketer139Eliminated 7th
Tyson MayrModel138Eliminated 6th
Andrew DaddoTV & radio presenter131Eliminated 5th
Lauren BrantSinger & TV personality124Eliminated 4th
Laura DundovicModel117Eliminated 3rd
Tim RobardsReality TV star1017Eliminated 2nd
Leisel JonesOlympic swimmer110Eliminated 1st

Season 2 (2016)

CelebrityKnown forDay EnteredDay ExitedResult
Brendan FevolaFormer AFL player145Winner
Paul HarragonFormer NRL player145Runner-up
Laurina FleureThe Bachelor Australia 2 Star145Third Place
Anthony CalleaSinger142Eliminated 9th
Shane WarneCricketer241Eliminated 8th
Havana BrownDJ140Eliminated 7th
Jo Beth TaylorActress, singer & TV presenter139Eliminated 6th
Val LehmanActress138Eliminated 5th
Dean GeyerActor & singer131Eliminated 4th
Bonnie LythgoeTV personality124Eliminated 3rd
Akmal SalehComedian117Eliminated 2nd
Courtney HancockIronwoman110Eliminated 1st

Season 3 (2017)

CelebrityKnown forDay EnteredDay ExitedResult
Casey DonovanSinger146Winner
Dane SwanAFL player146Runner-Up
Natalie BassingthwaighteSinger & actress146Third Place
Nazeem HussainComedian145Eliminated 11th
Steve PriceRadio personality142Eliminated 10th
Lisa CurryOlympic swimmer141Eliminated 9th
Ash PollardReality TV star140Eliminated 8th
Carson KressleyTV presenter2539Eliminated 7th
Tegan MartinModel138Eliminated 6th
Keira MaguireReality TV star1935Eliminated 5th
Kris SmithModel235Eliminated 4th
Tziporah MalkahModel231Eliminated 3rd
Jay Laga'aiaActor & singer124Eliminated 2nd
Tom ArnoldActor & comedian117Eliminated 1st

Season 4 (2018)

CelebrityKnown forDay EnteredDay ExitedResult
Fiona O'LoughlinComedian145Winner
Shannon NollSinger145Runner-up
Danny GreenBoxer745Third place
Vicky PattisonReality TV star 1744Eliminated 10th
Simone HoltznagelModel141Eliminated 9th
Peter RowsthornComedian140Eliminated 8th
Jackie GilliesPsychic & TV personality139Eliminated 7th
Josh GibsonAFL player138Eliminated 6th
Paul BurrellFormer Royal Butler 1737Eliminated 5th
Lisa OldfieldReality TV star2434Eliminated 4th
David OldfieldFormer politician2430Eliminated 3rd
Kerry ArmstrongActress123Eliminated 2nd
Tiffany DarwishSinger116Eliminated 1st
Anthony MundineBoxer212Withdrew
Bernard TomicTennis player13Withdrew

Season 5 (2019)

;Notes
The sixth season was renewed on 7 February 2019 and returned on 5 January 2020.
CelebrityKnown forDay EnteredDay ExitedResult
Miguel MaestreChef and TV presenter130Winner
Dale ThomasAFL player230Runner-up
Rhonda BurchmoreSinger & actress130Third place
CosentinoIllusionist & TV personality827Eliminated 11th
Charlotte CrosbyTV & media personality126Eliminated 10th
Myf WarhurstTV & radio personality125Eliminated 9th
Ryan GallagherTV personality125Eliminated 8th
Perez HiltonTV Personality & blogger1624Eliminated 7th
Tanya HennessySocial media personality & comedian123Eliminated 6th
Tom WilliamsTV presenter120Eliminated 5th
Erin BarnettFormer Love Island Australia contestant119Eliminated 4th
Billy BrownlessRetired AFL player and radio & TV presenter218Eliminated 3rd
Nikki OsborneComedian116Eliminated 2nd
Dilruk JayasinhaComedian113Eliminated 1st

Season 7 (2021)

The seventh season was renewed on 11 May 2020.

Ratings

Awards and nominations

Lawsuit

In June 2017, Tom Arnold filed a lawsuit against Network Ten and A List Entertainment for defrauding him for being on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Arnold claims that he was promised a payment of $425,000 and a comedy tour in Australia, however he was missing $140,000 in payment and that Network Ten backed out of the comedy tour.