It’s not just the John Lewis advert that has come to represent the beginning of our break neck journey towards Christmas. Snakes, spiders and scared C-Listers signal it too.
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here is not the home of fluffy penguins and twee, mustachio’d Santas; it’s blazing arguments and coffins filled with reptiles. Still, the reality TV show hosted by Ant and Dec is hugely successful, with 10 million of us tuning in for the new series last night. Its total departure from age-old festivities is probably why the show is so popular. Hands who remembers these iconic moments..
Peter Andre, 2011
The Myserious Girl singer – who had previously appeared in a 2004 series that saw him and Katie Price fall in love – returned seven years later to pen Insania whilst in camp.
Dean Gaffney, 2006
Who could forget the soap star’s extremely vocal Bush tucker Trial at the jungle spa? Though he emerged from the live spectacle with a very respectable 9 stars, he wretched and screeched his way through the whole thing. Priceless.
Gillian McKeith, 2010
The first contestant in the history of the show to flat-out refuse to even try a trial, McKeith further turned the camp and public against her when she fainted live on television. Many alleged that it was faked.
Myleene Klass, 2006
The VT that launched a thousand identical VT’s, Hear’Say singer Myleene Klass made tabloid headlines after she took to the waterfall shower in a white bikini.
David Gest, 2006
The late American star told numerous far-fetched stories when he featured on the show, including those of a maid called Vaganica and a hotel that caters for albinos.
Katie Price, 2009
Five years after her first appearance, Price returned to the outback for a reprisal appearance. In her exit interview with Ant and Dec she announced that since leaving the jungle, she had decided that her and then-boyfriend Alex Reid were no longer an item.
Joey Essex, 2013
The young TOWIE star didn’t know how to tell the time when he entered the jungle in 2013. Cue him learning the subtle art live on television.
