The fifth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! began on 20 November 2005 and ended on 5 December 2005. The programme ran for 16 days (18 days if counting the day the celebrities arrived and the morning the finalists exited). The series was won by Carol Thatcher.
Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst Matt Brown and former contestant Tara Palmer-Tomkinson hosted the spin-off show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here... Now! on ITV2. Live streaming returned for the final time and was again broadcast overnight on ITV2, but was no longer repeated during the daytime.
Contestants 12 contestants participated, one more than in the previous series.
Celebrity Famous for StatusCarol ThatcherJournalist & daughter of Margaret ThatcherWinneron 5 December 2005Sheree Murphy Former Emmerdale actress Runner-upon 5 December 2005Sid Owen EastEnders actor Third place on 5 December 2005Jimmy Osmond Singer, actor, & businessman Eliminated 7thon 4 December 2005Bobby Ball Cannon and Ball comedian Eliminated 6thon 3 December 2005Antony Costa Blue singer Eliminated 5thon 2 December 2005Jenny Frost Former Atomic Kitten singerEliminated 4thon 1 December 2005David Dickinson Former Bargain Hunt presenter Eliminated 3rdon 29 November 2005Kimberley Davies Former Neighbours actress Withdrewon 28 November 2005Jilly Goolden Wine critic & journalist Eliminated 2ndon 28 November 2005Tommy Cannon Cannon and Ball comedian Eliminated 1ston 27 November 2005Elaine Lordan Former EastEnders actress Withdrewon 20 November 2005
Results and elimination
Indicates that the celebrity received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two) Indicates that the celebrity was in the bottom two in the public vote
Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Number oftrialsRound 1Round 2Carol Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner (Day 18)5Sheree Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Safe (Day 18)4Sid Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rdEliminated (Day 18)4Jimmy Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated (Day 17)3Bobby Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two 5th Eliminated (Day 16)2Antony Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two 6th Eliminated(Day 15)2Jenny Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Eliminated(Day 14)2David Bottom two Safe 8th Eliminated(Day 12)1Kimberley Safe Safe Withdrew(Day 11)2Jilly Safe 10th Eliminated(Day 11)1Tommy 11th Eliminated(Day 10)1Elaine Withdrew(Day 1)0 Bottom two DavidTommy JillySid DavidSheree None AntonyJenny AntonyBobby BobbySheree JimmySheree No bottom two Eliminated Tommy Fewest votes to save Jilly Fewest votes to save David Fewest votes to save Jenny Fewest votes to save Antony Fewest votes to save Bobby Fewest votes to save Jimmy Fewest votes to save Sid Fewest votes to win Sheree Fewest votes to win Carol Most votes to win
Bushtucker Trials The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. The participants are chosen by the public, up until the first eviction, when the campers decide who will take part in the trial
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 Winner/Number of stars 1 20 November 2005 Scales of Justice David Sid 2 21 November 2005 Highway to Hell Carol 3 22 November 2005 Kangaroo Court Jimmy 4 23 November 2005 Ant and Dec Farm Kimberley 5 24 November 2005 Blind Man's Bluff Carol Jilly 6 (Live) 25 November 2005 Rocky Horror Sheree 7 26 November 2005 Flight of the Bumblebee Bobby Tommy 8 27 November 2005 Scaryoke Antony 9 28 November 2005 Dreadful Drop Kimberley Sheree 10 29 November 2005 Panic Station Jenny 11 30 November 2005 Jungle Bowling Antony Bobby Sid 12 1 December 2005 Lily Pad Lottery Jimmy 13 2 December 2005 Ant and Dec Farm 2 Sid 14 3 December 2005 Noah's Ark Carol 154 December 2005Satan's SlopeCarol Jimmy Sheree Sid165 December 2005Snake StrikeCarol175 December 2005Danger Down UnderSid185 December 2005Bushtucker BonanzaSheree
Star count Celebrity Number of Stars Earned PercentageAntony Costa 61%Bobby Ball 100%Carol Thatcher 63%David Dickinson 50%Elaine Lordan Jenny Frost 75%Jilly Goolden 89%Jimmy Osmond 80%Kimberley Davies 42%Sheree Murphy 63%Sid Owen 78%Tommy Cannon 100%
Ratings All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.
Episode Air date Official rating (millions) ITV weekly rank 1 20 November 9.64 12 2 21 November 10.22 10 3 22 November 7.69 32 4 23 November 8.38 26 524 November 9.09 19 6 8.64 22 7 25 November 8.79 21 8 26 November 8.27 29 9 27 November 9.48 12 10 28 November 10.54 9 11 29 November 9.52 16 12 30 November 9.54 15 131 December 9.17 19 14 8.32 25 15 2 December 9.27 17 16 3 December 9.91 13 17 4 December 10.71 8 18 5 December 12.35 1 Series average 2005 9.42 Coming Out 7 December 7.51 17
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