I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returned to ITV1 for an eighth series from 16 November to 5 December 2008. Ant & Dec returned to present the main show on ITV, whilst Matt Willis, Emma Willis and Mark Durden-Smith returned to host spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2. It was the first series to use a redesigned logo, which imitates the Hollywood Sign. The winner of this series was Joe Swash.
Swash would return to the series fourteen years later to participate in I'm a Celebrity... South Africa alongside other former contestants to try to become the first I'm a Celebrity legend. Swash was the seventh celebrity to be eliminated, finishing ninth overall.
Contestants The show began with 10 celebrity contestants. On 19 November, they were joined by two new contestants – David Van Day and Timmy Mallett – who were 'kidnapped' on their way into camp, making a total of 12 contestants.
Celebrity Known for StatusJoe SwashEastEnders actor Winneron 5 December 2008Martina Navratilova Former tennis player Runner-upon 5 December 2008George Takei Actor Third place on 5 December 2008 David Van Day Dollar singerEliminated 9thon 4 December 2008Simon Webbe Blue singerEliminated 8thon 3 December 2008Nicola McLean Glamour modelEliminated 7thon 2 December 2008Brian Paddick Former senior police officer & politicianEliminated 6thon 1 December 2008Esther Rantzen Journalist & television presenterEliminated 5thon 30 November 2008Timmy Mallett Children's television presenterEliminated 4thon 29 November 2008Carly Zucker Model & personal trainerEliminated 3rdon 28 November 2008Dani Behr Television presenter, model, & singerEliminated 2ndon 27 November 2008Robert Kilroy-Silk Former politician & television presenterEliminated 1ston 26 November 2008
Results and elimination
Indicates that the celebrity was immune from the public vote Indicates that the celebrity received the most votes Indicates that the celebrity received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two/three) Indicates that the celebrity was in the bottom two/three in the public vote Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21Final Number oftrials Joe Immune 1st27.0% 2nd18.6% 1st21.0% 2nd19.0% 1st35.3% 1st39.4% 1st37.3% 1st50.4% Winner 68.7%7 Martina 2nd21.6% 2nd14.9% 1st21.6% 4th16.8% 3rd15.3% 2nd15.4% 3rd13.1% 2nd27.5% 2nd26.9%Runner-up 23.8%4 George 3rd21.4% 4th11.9% 5th9.6% 5th9.0% 5th7.2% 6th8.3% 4th12.4% 4th11.4% 3rd13.9% 3rd 7.5%3 David 1st26.5% 3rd12.5% 3rd18.3% 3rd19.2% 1st35.7% 4th12.4% 2nd17.0% 3rd13.0% 4th8.6% Eliminated (Day 20)3 Simon Immune 8th4.0% 7th4.2% Immune 6th 4.1% 3rd13.3% 5th10.0% 5th10.6% Eliminated (Day 19)3 Nicola 4th16.9% 5th8.7% 4th12.6% 2nd20.1% 4th14.3% 5th11.8% 6th7.8% Eliminated(Day 18)3 Brian 5th6.9% 7th6.8% 9th3.6% 7th4.4% Immune 7th3.3% Eliminated(Day 17)2 Esther Immune 6th6.9% 6th4.9% 6th4.8% 7th4.0% Eliminated(Day 16)0 Timmy Immune 9th3.7% 8th3.7% 8th4.3% Eliminated(Day 15)2 Carly Immune 10th2.1% 10th2.3% Eliminated(Day 14)1 Dani Immune 11th1.1% Eliminated(Day 13)1 Robert 6th 6.4% Eliminated(Day 12)3 Bottom two/three Brian,Robert Carly,Dani Brian,Carly Brian,Timmy Esther,Simon Brian,George George,Nicola,Simon George,Simon George,David None Eliminated Robert6.4%to save Dani1.1%to save Carly2.3%to save Timmy Lost trial Esther4.0%to save Brian 3.3%to save Nicola 7.8%to save Simon 10.6%to save David 8.6%to save George 7.5%to win Martina 23.8%to win Joe 68.7%to win
The Camps For the first four days of the show, the group of celebrities were split between two camps: "Home", and "Away". The celebrities in each group were: Home Camp: Brian, Dani, George, Joe, Martina Away Camp: Carly, Esther, Nicola, Robert, Simon
Which group lived in which camp was decided by the first Bushtucker Trial. As Joe won, his group moved in to Home Camp, whilst Simon's group moved into Away Camp. The two camps competed in Bushtucker Trials, with the winning camp receiving better food.
Home was the better of the two camps, featuring a London Bus for the celebrities to sleep in. Contestants in Home camp received British food if they won head-to-head Bushtucker Trials. Meanwhile, the celebrities in Away Camp were forced to sleep on the jungle floor, and received Australian food if they won trials. There was also a jail in away camp for 'naughty' celebs.
On 18 November 2008, the two camps merged. The celebrities in the Away Camp moved into the Home Camp. The merger was due to take place on the morning of 19 November 2008, however it was brought forward after a storm left the Away Camp flooded.
Bushtucker Trials The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food.
The public voted for who they wanted to face the trial The contestants decided who did which trial The trial was compulsory and neither the public or celebrities decided who took part
Trialnumber Air date Name of trial Celebrityparticipation Publicvote Winner/Number of stars Notes 1 16 November 2008 Trauma Tank Joe Simon Joe 2 16 November 2008 Long Drop Dani Carly Dani None 3 17 November 2008 I Scream Van Joe Nicola 32.20% 41.79% Nicola None 4 18 November 2008 Chambers of Horror Joe Robert 28.32% 66.65% Joe None 5 19 November 2008 John Trevolting Robert 48.64% None 6 (Live) 20 November 2008 Jungle Gym Robert 16.53% 7 22 November 2008 Holey Moley David 41.65% 8 23 November 2008 Critter Chaos Timmy 33.26% 9 24 November 2008 Cavern of Calamity Nicola 60.59% None 10 25 November 2008 Hell-o-Phone David 38.18% None 11 27 November 2008 Pluck 'n' Roll Brian George None 12 28 November 2008 Car-nage Martina None 13 29 November 2008 Dread Over Heels Joe Nicola Simon None 14 30 November 2008 Last Chance Saloon Brian Timmy 4.46% 4.30% Brian 15 1 December 2008 Last Gasp Simon None 16 2 December 2008 The Tower of Terror Joe None 17 3 December 2008 Wash N' Cry Martina None184 December 2008 Celebrity Cyclone David George Joe MartinaNone195 December 2008 Danger Down Under JoeNone205 December 2008 Bushtucker Bonanza GeorgeNone215 December 2008 Fill Your Face MartinaNone
Notes Owing to Joe's win, his Team went to the best camp (Home Camp) as the prize It was a live trial for the first time this series. Also for the first time the other celebrities got to watch Esther was ruled out of this trial for medical reasons Simon was ruled out due to an injury to his back received in the Bush Battle, Hog Roast The two bottom place celebrities in the vote-off went head-to-head in the trial. The loser would go home and the winner would return to camp and be immune from the next vote-off
Star count Celebrity Number of Stars Earned PercentageBrian Paddick 73%Carly Zucker Dani Behr David Van Day 64%Esther Rantzen George Takei 80%Joe Swash 96%Martina Navratilova 88%Nicola McLean 52%Robert Kilroy-Silk 100%Simon Webbe 88%Timmy Mallett 100%
Bush Battles Just like Series 7, some celebrities will be granted immunity from the first vote-off. The five winners of this prize will be decided by five 'bush battles' (one winner in each.) Each of the 12 celebrities will compete in one of four battles, each containing three campmates. The winners will automatically gain immunity while the second-placed contestants will compete for a final place in the fifth and final bout. In the end, there were six winners due to a problem in the second battle. This feature replaced the 'Celebrity Chests' for five episodes.
Battle No. Broadcast Date Name of Battle Theme Celebrities Taking Part Winner Runner-up Notes 1 21 November The Big DripTactics Martina, Joe & David Joe Martina None 2 22 November Hog Roast Stamina Simon, Brian & Carly Carly & Simon Brian See below 3 23 November Down to the Wire Concentration Esther, George & Dani Dani Esther None 4 24 November Up To Your Neck in It Patience Robert, Nicola & Timmy Timmy Nicola None 5 25 November Night of the Living Bed Endurance Nicola, Martina, Brian, Esther Esther Brian None
Simon injured himself during the Hog Roast Bush Battle. Because of this, the battle was forced to end early, and both Carly and Simon won immunity.
Ratings All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.BARB Official Site
Episode Air date Official rating (millions) ITV weekly rank 1 16 November 9.38 11 2 17 November 8.76 11 3 18 November 8.30 17 4 20 November 8.61 14 5 21 November 8.36 15 6 22 November 9.40 8 7 23 November 8.13 18 8 24 November 9.10 13 9 26 November 9.11 12 10 27 November 7.99 19 11 28 November 8.42 17 12 29 November 10.19 4 13 30 November 8.46 16 14 1 December 8.58 12 15 2 December 7.91 17 16 3 December 9.12 11 17 4 December 8.41 14 18 5 December 9.80 5 Series average 2008 8.78 Coming Out 7 December 6.36 17
References
External links
Official Ant & Dec Website