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I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 1 - Wikipedia

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I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Series 1


Presented by	Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly
No. of days	15
No. of castaways	8
Winner	Tony Blackburn
Runner-up	Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Location	Tully, Queensland, Australia
Companion show	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!

No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	25 August (2002-08-25) – 8 September 2002 (2002-09-08)
Series chronology
Next → British series 2

The first series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! was broadcast on ITV from 25 August to 8 September 2002. Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst Louise Loughman 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;^[1]^[2]^[3] it raised a total of £618,799 for the nominated charities, with Blackburn amassing £184,000 for the National Autistic Society.^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

Celebrities

The show began with eight celebrity contestants. They were:^[7]

Celebrity	Famous for	Status
Tony Blackburn	BBC Radio 1 presenter	Winner on 8 September 2002^[8]
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson	Socialite & television presenter	Runner-up on 8 September 2002
Christine Hamilton	Television personality & author	Eliminated 6th on 7 September 2002
Nell McAndrew	Glamour model	Eliminated 5th on 6 September 2002
Rhona Cameron	Comedian	Eliminated 4th on 5 September 2002
Darren Day	Actor, singer, & presenter	Eliminated 3rd on 4 September 2002
Nigel Benn	Former Middleweight boxer	Eliminated 2nd on 3 September 2002
Uri Geller	Television paranormalist	Eliminated 1st on 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 15 Final	Trials
Tony	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st (Day 15)	3
Tara	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd (Day 15)	2
Christine	4th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd	Eliminated (Day 14)	2
Nell	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	Eliminated (Day 13)		1
Rhona	5th	6th	4th	5th	Eliminated (Day 12)			1
Darren	7th	5th	6th	Eliminated (Day 11)				2
Nigel	6th	7th	Eliminated (Day 10)					2
Uri	8th	Eliminated (Day 9)						1

Bottom two	Darren, Uri	Nigel, Rhona	Christine, Darren	None	Christine, Nell	None
Eliminated	Uri Fewest votes to save	Nigel Fewest votes to save	Darren Fewest votes to save	Rhona Fewest votes to save	Nell Fewest votes to save	Christine Fewest votes to save	Tara Fewest votes to win
Eliminated	Uri Fewest votes to save	Nigel Fewest votes to save	Darren Fewest votes to save	Rhona Fewest votes to save	Nell Fewest votes to save	Christine Fewest votes to save	Tony Most votes to 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
1	25 August 2002	Jungle Shower^[9]	Tara^[9]
2	26 August 2002	Snake Surprise^[9]	Nigel^[9]
3	30 August 2002	Buried Alive^[9]	Rhona^[9]
4	31 August 2002	Bushtucker Bonanza	Uri
5	1 September 2002	Stinking Swamp	Darren
6	2 September 2002	Hell Holes	Darren
7	2 September 2002	Night Watch	Nigel
8	4 September 2002	Pig Chase	Christine
9	4 September 2002	Sneaky Snake Run	Tony
10	5 September 2002	Bucking Bull	Nell
11	6 September 2002	Spider Web	Tony
12	7 September 2002	Underwater Treasure Hunt	Christine
13	8 September 2002	Final Trial	Tara Tony

Star count

Celebrity	Number of Stars Earned	Percentage
Christine 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.^[10]

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^[11] and DVD^[12] 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.

References

^ "DJ Tony wins Celebrity Survivor". 8 September 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!: former winners". The Telegraph. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ Lockett, Jon (9 September 2002). "King of the jungle Tony Blackburn triumphs". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Celebrity Survivor raises thousands". 22 September 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Celebrity 'Survivor' in the pipeline". 11 July 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Celebrity "Survivor" series confirmed". Digital Spy. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0593073483.
^ Eden, Tim Walker (16 November 2012). "Former I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! winner Tony Blackburn criticises 'cruel' Bushtucker trials". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "You Won't Believe How Tame The First Ever 'I'm A Celebrity' Bushtucker Trial Was". tyla.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) Barb". Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ "Amazon.co.uk". Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ "Amazon.co.uk". Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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