The first series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! was broadcast on ITV from 25 August 2002. Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst hosted the spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2. The winner of this series was radio DJ Tony Blackburn with 55% of the final vote; it raised a total of £618,799 for the nominated charities, with Blackburn amassing £184,000 for the National Autistic Society.
In July 2002, London Weekend Television confirmed that a celebrity Survivor-style series was in the final stages of development and was provisionally titled Get Me Out of Here: I'm a Celebrity.
Celebrities The show began with eight celebrity contestants. They were:
Celebrity Famous for StatusTony BlackburnBBC Radio 1 presenter Winneron 8 September 2002Tara Palmer-Tomkinson Socialite & television presenter Runner-upon 8 September 2002Christine Hamilton Television personality & author Eliminated 6thon 7 September 2002Nell McAndrew Glamour modelEliminated 5thon 6 September 2002Rhona Cameron Comedian Eliminated 4thon 5 September 2002Darren Day Actor, singer, & presenter Eliminated 3rdon 4 September 2002Nigel Benn Former Middleweight boxer Eliminated 2ndon 3 September 2002Uri Geller Television paranormalist Eliminated 1ston 2 September 2002
Results and elimination Indicates that the celebrity received the fewest votes and was eliminated immediately (no bottom two) Indicates that the celebrity was named as being in the bottom two Indicates that the celebrity had the highest number of votes that day
Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15Final TrialsTony Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner(Day 15)3TaraSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeRunner-up(Day 15)2ChristineSafeSafeBottom two3rdBottom two3rdEliminated (Day 14) 2NellSafeSafeSafeSafe 4th Eliminated (Day 13)1RhonaSafe Bottom twoSafe 5th Eliminated (Day 12)1Darren Bottom twoSafe 6th Eliminated(Day 11)2NigelSafe 7th Eliminated(Day 10) 2Uri 8th Eliminated(Day 9) 1Bottom twoDarren,UriNigel,RhonaChristine,DarrenNoneChristine,Nell None Eliminated UriFewest votesto save NigelFewest votesto save DarrenFewest votesto save RhonaFewest votesto save Nell Fewest votesto save ChristineFewest votesto save TaraFewest votesto win TonyMost votesto win
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 no-one decided who took part
Trial Number Date Name of Trial Celebrity participation Number of Stars/Winner 1 25 August 2002 Jungle ShowerTara 2 26 August 2002 Snake SurpriseNigel 3 30 August 2002 Buried AliveRhona 4 31 August 2002 Bushtucker BonanzaUri 5 1 September 2002 Stinking SwampDarren 6 2 September 2002 Hell Holes Darren 7 Night WatchNigel 84 September 2002 Pig ChaseChristine 9 Sneaky Snake RunTony 10 5 September 2002 Bucking BullNell 11 6 September 2002 Spider WebTony 12 7 September 2002 Underwater Treasure HuntChristine 13 8 September 2002 Final TrialTaraTony
Star count Celebrity Number of Stars Earned PercentageChristine Hamilton 90%Darren Day 94%Nell McAndrew 100%Nigel Benn 81%Rhona Cameron 75%Tara Palmer-Tomkinson 100%Tony Blackburn 58%Uri Geller 100%
Ratings
All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.
Episode Air date Official rating (millions) Weekly rank for all UK TV channels 1 25 August 6.71 21 2 26 August 6.89 21 3 27 August 6.14 30 4 28 August 6.46 27 5 29 August 7.01 20 6 30 August 7.23 18 7 31 August 6.70 24 8 1 September 7.27 17 9 2 September 7.97 20 10 3 September 7.98 19 11 4 September 8.72 15 12 5 September 7.89 21 13 6 September 7.66 25 14 7 September 8.09 18 15 8 September 10.95 8 Series average 2002 7.58
Home media On 7 October 2002, a compilation of clips from the series was released on VHS and DVD by Video Collection International and Granada Media. Released as an "Unseen and Uncut" release, it contains some clips deemed to be too raunchy to be shown on TV.
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