I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! returned for its 23rd series on 19 November 2023 on ITV. The series was filmed in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, with Ant & Dec returning to present the series.
On 10 December 2023, Sam Thompson was declared the winner of the series, and ultimately the new "King of the Jungle", with Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage finishing in second and third place respectively.
Production Following the conclusion of the twenty-second series, ITV confirmed an "All-Stars" series I'm a Celebrity...South Africa featuring previous contestants, which aired earlier in 2023 and was won by Myleene Klass. The first trailer for the twenty-third series aired in October 2023, which featured a ten-second clip of presenters Ant & Dec working at a luxury "Jungle Retreat" and with an added voiceover speaking the words "Come away with us [to the Jungle Retreat]".
A further extended trailer was released a week later, teasing the series as a peaceful and relaxing setting fit for a celebrity with Ant & Dec undertaking jobs such as pouring mealworms into a bath. It also included a voiceover describing the eating trials as "exotic cuisine" and enticing celebrities to join the "ultimate jungle experience". The trailer also features a five-star "Jungle Retreat" sign as well as an aerial view of the beach overseeing Ant & Dec writing the words "Get Me Out of He[re]" in the sand.
Celebrities The original line-up was announced by ITV on 13 November 2023.https://www.itv.com/imacelebrity/articles/meet-your-2023-campmates On 22 November 2023, Frankie Dettori and Tony Bellew were confirmed as this year's late arrivals. Grace Dent and Jamie Lynn Spears both withdrew from the series due to "medical grounds" on 27 and 29 November respectively.
The series had the second all male final in the show’s history, the first being the fourth series in 2004.
Celebrity Known for StatusSam ThompsonTV personality and radio presenterWinneron 10 December 2023 Tony Bellew Former professional boxerRunner-upon 10 December 2023 Nigel Farage Former UKIP politician and broadcaster Third placeon 10 December 2023 Josie Gibson This Morning presenter and Big Brother 11 winner Eliminated 7thon 9 December 2023 Marvin Humes JLS singer and presenter Eliminated 6thon 8 December 2023 Danielle Harold Former EastEnders actress Eliminated 5thon 7 December 2023 Nick Pickard Hollyoaks actor Eliminated 4thon 6 December 2023 Fred Sirieix First Dates maître d'hôtel Eliminated 3rdon 5 December 2023 Nella Rose YouTube personalityEliminated 2ndon 4 December 2023 Frankie Dettori Horse racing jockeyEliminated 1ston 3 December 2023 Jamie Lynn Spears Zoey 101 actress Withdrewon 29 November 2023 Grace Dent Columnist and restaurant critic Withdrewon 27 November 2023
Results and elimination Indicates that the celebrity received the most votes from the public, and was crowned the winner Indicates that the celebrity received the 2nd most votes from the public, and was the runner up Indicates that the celebrity received the most votes from the public 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
+Daily results per celebrityCelebrityDay 15Day 16Day 17Day 18Day 19Day 20Day 21Day 22TrialsDeals on Wheels challengesRound 1Round 2 Sam Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 1st43.35% 1st56.64% 9 2 Tony Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe 2nd30.87% 2nd43.36% 8 2 Nigel Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd25.78%Eliminated(Day 22) 9 2 Josie Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two 4thEliminated(Day 21) 4 4 Marvin Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe 5thEliminated(Day 20) 7 0 Danielle Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 6thEliminated(Day 19) 4 1 Nick Safe Safe Safe 7thEliminated(Day 18) 5 2 Fred Safe Safe 8thEliminated(Day 17) 5 1 Nella Bottom two 9thEliminated(Day 16) 8 0 Frankie 10thEliminated(Day 15) 3 2 Withdrew(Day 11) 3 0 GraceWithdrew(Day 9)30 Notes None 1 Bottom two(named in) Frankie,Nella Marvin,Nella Danielle,Fred Josie,Nick Danielle,Tony Josie,MarvinNone Eliminated FrankieFewest votesto save NellaFewest votesto save FredFewest votesto save NickFewest votesto save DanielleFewest votesto save MarvinFewest votesto save JosieFewest votesto save Nigel25.78%(out of 3) Tony43.36%(out of 2) Sam56.64%to win
The public voted for who they wanted to win, rather than save.
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 fellow campmates.
The public voted for who they wanted to face the trial The contestants decided who would face the trial The trial was compulsory and neither the public nor celebrities decided who took part
Trialnumber Air date Name of trial Celebrityparticipation Winners/Number of stars Notes1 19 November Pole Position DanielleFredGraceSam rowspan="4" 2 Temple of Doom Jamie LynnMarvinNick 3 20 November Jungle Pizzeria NellaNigel 4 21 November No Time To Cry Nella 5 22 November Climb of Cruelty Jamie Lynn 1 6 23 November The Scarena: Locker Shocker DanielleFredGraceJamie LynnJosieMarvinNellaNickNigelSam DanielleFredNellaSam 2 7 The Scarena: Don't Drop the Ball FrankieTony Frankie 38 24 November The Scarena: Touchdown of Terror GraceNella GraceNigel 4 5 NigelSam9 25 November The Scarena: Down Your Sorrows NigelTony 610 26 November Fishy Business NellaSam 11 27 November Down the Tubes GraceDanielleJosie 7 8 12 28 November Misery Motel MarvinSamTony 9 13 28 November Misery Motel: Dreaded Beds FrankieNella 9 10 14 29 November In Too Deep NickNigel 11 15 30 November Barbaric Barbershop DanielleFrankieFredJosieMarvin rowspan="2" 16 1 December Grim Gutter NellaNickNigelSamTony 17 2 December Eaten Alive Tony 12 18 3 December Fright at the Museum Nella rowspan="2" 19 4 December Celebrity Distressing Rooms Fred 20 5 December Fly on the Wall FredMarvin 13 21 6 December Critter Mixer MarvinNickTony rowspan="4" 22 7 December No Time to Cry, Cry Harder Sam 23 8 December Have Yourself a Grotty Little Christmas MarvinNigel 24 9 December Celebrity Cyclone JosieNigelSamTony 25 10 December Stakeout Tony 14 26 Bushtucker Bonanza Sam 27 Panic Pit Nigel
Nella and Nigel were excluded from this trial on medical grounds. Celebrities are competing against each other. The first five celebrities to complete the trial, would return to Main Camp. Celebrities are competing head-to-head in order to "coach" the winning team, the winners of the previous trial, and go to Main Camp. Frankie and Tony were excluded from this trial on the basis of being coaches. The coaches chose an additional campmate to compete alongside those chosen by the public. Danielle, Frankie, Fred, Jamie Lynn, Nella and Sam were excluded from this trial as they were in the winning Play-offs team. Nella, Nigel and Tony were excluded from this trial on medical grounds. As Grace was unable to participate in the trial for medical reasons, Danielle, who received the third highest number of votes, took part instead. Instead of competing for stars, the celebrities competed for coins. Due to already participating in the Misery Motel, Marvin, Sam and Tony were excluded from this trial. Although eligible to be voted for the trial, at the time of the reveal, Nella was being seen by a medic and was therefore unable to take part and votes cast for her were subsequently voided. Nella was excluded from this trial on medical grounds. Nigel was excluded from this trial on medical grounds. For this Trial, each celebrity were competing for starters, main courses, desserts, drinks, and treats of their choice.
Star count Celebrity Number of stars earned Percentage Sam Thompson 85% Tony Bellew 88% Nigel Farage 82% Josie Gibson 69% Marvin Humes 72% Danielle Harold 69% Nick Pickard 71% Fred Sirieix 65% Nella Rose 71% Frankie Dettori 40% Jamie Lynn Spears 100% Grace Dent 100%
Deals on Wheels challenges As well as competing in the Bushtucker trials, celebrities have to complete in "Deals on Wheels challenges" in order to earn treats for the camp. At least two celebrities are chosen to compete in the challenge. These are often mental challenges, rather than challenges including critters. They must complete the challenge they have been given in order to win 'Dingo Dollars'.
After completion of the challenge, the celebrities will take the Dingo Dollars and purchase a snack from Kiosk Kev, who for this series was located in an ice cream van, "Kev's Wallaby Whips". Before they are allowed to take the prize, the other celebrities back at the living quarters must answer a trivia question. If they get the question right, they will earn the treat, but if they get it wrong, the celebrities will go back empty-handed. The celebrities got the question correct The celebrities got the question wrong No question was given, as the celebrities failed to complete the challenge in time. No question was asked
Episode Air date Celebrities Prize Notes 2 20 November JosieNick Popcorn rowspan="7" 8 26 November FrankieNick Milk bottles 11 29 November DanielleFred Crisps 12 30 November SamTony Tim Tams 14 2 December FrankieJosie Crumpets and butter 18 6 December JosieNigel Chocolate biscuits 21 9 December JosieNigelSamTony Ice cream
Camp Leaders Celebrity Original Run No. of days Leader Deputy First day Last day 1 Sam Marvin 9 13 5 2 Nella Danielle 13 16 4 3 Danielle Josie 16 19 4
Play-offs On 23 November, following the campmates' entrance to The Scarena and their subsequent participation in "Locker Shocker", the campmates were separated in to two teams with the winning five forming the "Home" team and the losing five forming the "Away" team. New arrivals Frankie and Tony entered camp and competed in a trial to determine who would coach each team. Once separated into two camps, the teams went head-to-head in play-offs to win points. At the end of the three play-offs, the "Home" team amassed the most points and were therefore awarded with a breakfast.
The Away team won the play-off The Home team won the play-off
Teams Home Away 404 383 FrankieDanielleFredJamie LynnNellaSam TonyGraceJosieMarvinNickNigel Play offnumber Air date Name of play-off Celebrityparticipation Notes Home Away 1 23 November Slam Dunk'd FredNella 41 36 MarvinNick 2 24 November Power Shower Danielle 137 216 JosieMarvin 3 24 November Hand Ball FrankieFred 404 383 NickTony
Ratings Official ratings are taken from BARB, utilising the four-screen dashboard which includes viewers who watched the programme on laptops, smartphones and tablets within 7 days of the original broadcast.
Episode Air date Official rating (millions incl. HD & +1) Weekly rank for all UK TV channels 1 19 November 10.24 1 2 20 November 9.60 1 3 21 November 9.16 4 4 22 November 9.30 3 5 23 November 9.41 2 6 24 November 8.63 7 7 25 November 8.25 9 8 26 November 8.60 8 9 27 November 8.59 2 10 28 November 8.03 4 11 29 November 8.21 3 12 30 November 7.89 6 13 1 December 7.67 8 14 2 December 7.78 7 15 3 December 7.93 5 16 4 December 8.04 4 17 5 December 7.91 5 18 6 December 7.32 9 19 7 December 7.38 8 20 8 December 7.67 7 21 9 December 7.77 6 22 10 December 8.43 3 Series average 2023 8.36 Coming Out 13 December 5.26 5
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