The eighth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here was commissioned by Network 10 in February 2021. It launched on 3 January 2022 and is hosted by Julia Morris and Chris Brown. It is the second series to be pre-recorded in Australia, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was filmed in Dungay, Australia, where the original British series previously filmed, instead of its usual production location in South Africa. Filming occurred over three weeks in September 2021, with a live grand-finale airing on 30 January 2022.
Teaser The first teaser trailer, featuring hosts Chris Brown and Julia Morris in a burlesque-style parody of Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", was released on 20 November 2021.
Celebrities On 2 January, the first two contestants were revealed by Network 10, prior to the premiere of the first episode, to be celebrity chef and television presenter Poh Ling Yeow and former AFL coach Nathan Buckley. On 3 January, former NRL player and television presenter Beau Ryan was the third celebrity also announced as a contestant prior to the show's premiere. In episode 2, international reality television star Joey Essex entered the camp as an intruder. Essex was previously a contestant on the thirteenth series of the British version of the show in 2013.
In an I'm a Celebrity world first, this season included a "fake celebrity" among the cast - David Subritzky assumed the identity of an influencer and shoe designer with 3.9 million Instagram followers. As part of a secret mission, Poh had to convince her campmates that he was in fact a celebrity.
Celebrity/ContestantKnown forStatusSourceDylan LewisTV & Radio Host Winneron 30 January 2022 Brooke McClymont Singer-Songwriter Runner upon 30 January 2022 Nathan Buckley Former AFL CoachThird placeon 30 January 2022 Emily Seebohm Olympic Swimmer Eliminated 9thon 30 January 2022 David Subritzky Shoe Designer ("fake celebrity") Eliminated 8thon 30 January 2022 Joey Essex British TV Personality Eliminated 7thon 30 January 2022 Poh Ling Yeow Chef & TV Presenter Eliminated 6thon 27 January 2022 Cal Wilson Comedian Eliminated 5thon 26 January 2022 Tottie Goldsmith Actress, Singer & TV Host Eliminated 4thon 25 January 2022 Derek Kickett Former AFL Player Eliminated 3rdon 24 January 2022 Maria Thattil Miss Universe Australia 2020 Eliminated 2ndon 23 January 2022 Beau Ryan Former NRL Player & TV Presenter Withdrewon 20 January 2022 Davina Rankin Former Married at First Sight Contestant Eliminated 1ston 16 January 2022
Results and elimination Indicates that the celebrity received the most votes from the public Indicates that the celebrity was immune from the elimination challenge Indicates that the celebrity was named as being in the bottom 2 or 3. Indicates that the celebrity came last in a challenge or received the fewest votes and was evicted immediately (no bottom three) Indicates that the celebrity withdrew from the competition +Elimination results per celebrityCelebrity Number of Trials Day 10 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Dylan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner(Day 20)9 Brooke Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up(Day 20)9 Nathan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Third Place(Day 20)8 Emily Safe Safe Safe Safe 4thEliminated(Day 20)8 David Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5thEliminated(Day 20)7 Joey Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6thEliminated(Day 20)7 Poh Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated(Day 19)7 Cal Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated(Day 18)6 Tottie Immune Safe Eliminated(Day 17)5 Derek Safe Safe Safe Eliminated(Day 16)6 Maria Safe Eliminated(Day 15)4 Beau Safe Withdrew(Day 14) 5 Davina Eliminated(Day 10)2Withdrew N/ANone BeauNoneNone Bottom two/three DavidMariaDavinaNone NathanTottieMaria DerekEmilyTottie CalPohTottie DavidEmilyCal PohEmilyNathan Eliminated DavinaLost eliminationchallenge MariaLost eliminationchallenge DerekLost eliminationchallenge TottieLost eliminationchallenge CalLost eliminationchallenge PohLost eliminationchallenge JoeyFewest votesto win NathanFewer votesto win DavidFewer votesto win BrookeFewer votesto win EmilyFewer votesto win DylanMost votesto win
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Tucker trials The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. These trials aim to test both physical and mental abilities. Success 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 contestants decided who did which trial The trial was compulsory and the celebrities did not decide who took part The contestants were chosen by the evicted celebrities The voting for the trial was of dual origin
TrialnumberAirdateName of trialCelebrity participationNumber of stars/Winner(s)NotesSource 1 3 January Famous Blast Words Beau, Brooke, Emily, Derek & Cal None 2 4 January The Hell Hotel Brooke & Dylan None 3 5 January A Real Ice-Hole of a Trial Joey None 4 6 January La Cocharacha Cantina Beau, Derek & Nathan None 5 9 January The School of Shock Emily, Poh, Cal, Dylan, Nathan & David 1 6 10 January The Mile High Club Davina & Tottie 2 7 11 January It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To David, Brooke & Emily None 8 12 January The Boiler Room Joey & Maria None 9 13 January Getting Laid Dylan, Derek & Tottie None 10 16 January Sphere Factor Everyone Blue Team 3, 4 11 17 January Puff the Pungent Dragon Tottie, Nathan, Beau & Brooke Red Team 4 12 18 January Sweat Factory Emily, David, Joey, Poh,Derek, Maria, Cal & Dylan Blue Team 4 13 19 January Battlestars Maria, Derek, Nathan,Brooke, Emily & David Red Team 4 14 20 January The Family Duels Beau, Poh, Joey,Cal, Dylan & Tottie Blue and Red Teams 4 15 23 January The Viper Room Dylan None 16 24 January Flying Sausages Poh, Brooke, Nathan & Emily None 17 25 January The Sacrifice David, Poh & Cal None 18 26 January Camp Chaos Brooke, Dylan, Nathan & Joey 5 19 27 January Summer Lovin' It! Everyone 6
Notes In this trial, while only six celebrities participated, all campmates were able to watch. However, as the campmates stole food from the trial, the 8 and a 1/2 stars they had won were forfeited and no food was received by the celebrities for dinner. Tottie, as an intruder, had to participate with Davina in The Mile High Club trial as part of her entry into the camp. Brooke did not participate in this trial because she was medically exempt. The celebrities competed against each other in two teams, a red team and a blue team, during Battles Week. Julia correctly answered the last question for the celebrities, earning them an extra ½ star, however the celebrities were still dunked with slime and offal as though they had answered incorrectly. As Brooke was medically exempt from participating in the trial, co-host Dr Chris Brown offered to step-in for her in the trial and won the camp two stars. As a result, Brooke replaced Dr Chris Brown's hosting position and co-hosted alongside Julia Morris.
Star count Celebrity Number of stars earned Percentage Beau 80% Brooke 97.143% Cal 75% David 84.615% Davina 100% Derek 72.2% Dylan 85.897% Emily 81.81% Joey 85.45% Maria 78.57% Nathan 75.75% Poh 95.83% Tottie 71.428%
Secret missions Poh's secret mission: mystery celebrity twist On the first day, it was revealed to Poh that a fake contestant, who was not actually a celebrity, would enter the camp. Poh had to convince her campmates that the fake contestant, David Subritzky, was in fact a real celebrity. The fake contestant assumed the identity of an influencer and shoe designer with 3.9 million Instagram followers. For each day that her campmates remained unsuspicious, Poh would win the camp a larger reward. The twist was similar to that of the fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother UK which saw non-celebrity Chantelle Houghton undertake the same task.
During the five days that Poh had to keep the fake contestant a secret, she received help from the camp's intruders, Joey Essex and Davina Rankin, who pretended to have known David. Poh succeeded in her challenge and on the last day on which the fake celebrity had to remain undercover, the campmates voted on whether David should be allowed to stay in camp to become a "real celebrity".
Nathan and Poh's secret mission: Sneaky weazel secret mission In episode 8, Nathan and Poh received a secret mission in which they had to sneak out of camp to the Tok Tokkie after all their campmates had gone to sleep. In the Tok Tokkie, they were given ingredients to make a bowl of popcorn in the camp's treehouse, which they had to do without raising the suspicions of their campmates. If their campmates weren't alerted to Nathan and Poh making their popcorn they would be allowed to eat it, however if someone raised their suspicions, they couldn't eat any popcorn.
Beau's Super Spicy Secret Mission In episode 9, Beau was given the opportunity to win his campmates McSpicy Meals, through participating in a two part challenge. In the first round, he had to drop the word "spicy" in three different scenarios. In between the rounds, he was given a chocolate shake to drink. In the second round, he had to make three of his campmates say the word "spicy". Beau succeeded in his challenge and won the camp McSpicy Meals for lunch.
Nathan's secret mission In episode 14, Nathan was given the opportunity to win his campmates breakfast smoothies by pretending he had heartburn and making up an alternative breathing technique which he had to repeat on three instances in front of his campmates. Nathan made up the "headstand" method, in which he took slow, deep breaths whilst in the headstand position, and as his campmates were unsuspicious he succeeded in his mission and won the camp smoothies for breakfast.
Brooke's secret mission: Farts In episode 15, Brooke was given a three round fart-based mission. In the first round, she was given a small sound device which played pre-recorded farts when she pressed a remote. She was told that she had to fart on three instances in front of three of her campmates. In the second round, Brooke gained an accomplice in the mission, David, who was given control of her remote, while Brooke had a similar mission to her first round although didn't have control of when she farted. In the third round, Brooke was given fart spray which she had to spray in the camp want raising the suspicions of her campmates. As Brooke succeeded in her mission, she won the camp english muffins with baked beans for breakfast.
The Camp's secret mission: "nose" In episode 17, all the celebrities in the camp, other than David, were given fake noses and had to wear them while dropping the word "nose" in a conversation. As David was unsuspicious, the campmates each won a nose-shaped chocolate.
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