I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returned to ITV1 for an eighth series from 16 November to 5 December 2008.^[1] Ant & Dec returned to present the main show on ITV, whilst Matt Willis, Emma Willis and Mark Durden-Smith returned to host spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2. It was the first series to use a redesigned logo, which imitates the Hollywood Sign.^[2] The winner of this series was Joe Swash.^[3]

Swash would return to the series fourteen years later to participate in I'm a Celebrity... South Africa alongside other former contestants to try to become the first I'm a Celebrity legend. Swash was the seventh celebrity to be eliminated, finishing ninth overall.

The show began with 10 celebrity contestants. On 19 November, they were joined by two new contestants – David Van Day and Timmy Mallett – who were 'kidnapped' on their way into camp, making a total of 12 contestants.^[4][5]

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For the first four days of the show, the group of celebrities were split between two camps: "Home", and "Away". The celebrities in each group were:

• Home Camp: Brian, Dani, George, Joe, Martina
• Away Camp: Carly, Esther, Nicola, Robert, Simon

Which group lived in which camp was decided by the first Bushtucker Trial. As Joe won, his group moved in to Home Camp, whilst Simon's group moved into Away Camp. The two camps competed in Bushtucker Trials, with the winning camp receiving better food.

Home was the better of the two camps, featuring a London Bus for the celebrities to sleep in. Contestants in Home camp received British food if they won head-to-head Bushtucker Trials. Meanwhile, the celebrities in Away Camp were forced to sleep on the jungle floor, and received Australian food if they won trials. There was also a jail in away camp for 'naughty' celebs.^{[citation needed]}

On 18 November 2008, the two camps merged. The celebrities in the Away Camp moved into the Home Camp. The merger was due to take place on the morning of 19 November 2008, however it was brought forward after a storm left the Away Camp flooded.

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 neither the public or celebrities decided who took part

Trial number	Air date	Name of trial	Celebrity participation	Public vote	Winner/Number of stars	Notes
1	16 November 2008	Trauma Tank	Joe Simon	—	Joe	1
2	16 November 2008	Long Drop	Dani Carly	—	Dani	None
3	17 November 2008	I Scream Van	Joe Nicola	32.20% 41.79%	Nicola	None
4	18 November 2008	Chambers of Horror	Joe Robert	28.32% 66.65%	Joe	None
5	19 November 2008	John Trevolting	Robert	48.64%		None
6 (Live)	20 November 2008	Jungle Gym	Robert	16.53%		2
7	22 November 2008	Holey Moley	David	41.65%		3
8	23 November 2008	Critter Chaos	Timmy	33.26%		4
9	24 November 2008	Cavern of Calamity	Nicola	60.59%		None
10	25 November 2008	Hell-o-Phone	David	38.18%		None
11	27 November 2008	Pluck 'n' Roll	Brian George	—		None
12	28 November 2008	Car-nage	Martina	—		None
13	29 November 2008	Dread Over Heels	Joe Nicola Simon	—		None
14	30 November 2008	Last Chance Saloon	Brian Timmy	4.46% 4.30%	Brian	5
15	1 December 2008	Last Gasp	Simon	—		None
16	2 December 2008	The Tower of Terror	Joe	—		None
17	3 December 2008	Wash N' Cry	Martina	—		None
18	4 December 2008	Celebrity Cyclone	David George Joe Martina			None
19	5 December 2008	Danger Down Under	Joe			None
20	5 December 2008	Bushtucker Bonanza	George			None
21	5 December 2008	Fill Your Face	Martina			None

^1 Owing to Joe's win, his Team went to the best camp (Home Camp) as the prize
^2 It was a live trial for the first time this series. Also for the first time the other celebrities got to watch
^3 Esther was ruled out of this trial for medical reasons
^4 Simon was ruled out due to an injury to his back received in the Bush Battle, Hog Roast
^5 The two bottom place celebrities in the vote-off went head-to-head in the trial. The loser would go home and the winner would return to camp and be immune from the next vote-off

Celebrity	Number of Stars Earned	Percentage
Brian Paddick		73%
Carly Zucker	—	—
Dani Behr	—	—
David Van Day		64%
Esther Rantzen	—	—
George Takei		80%
Joe Swash		96%
Martina Navratilova		88%
Nicola McLean		52%
Robert Kilroy-Silk		100%
Simon Webbe		88%
Timmy Mallett		100%

Just like Series 7, some celebrities will be granted immunity from the first vote-off. The five winners of this prize will be decided by five 'bush battles' (one winner in each.) Each of the 12 celebrities will compete in one of four battles, each containing three campmates. The winners will automatically gain immunity while the second-placed contestants will compete for a final place in the fifth and final bout. In the end, there were six winners due to a problem in the second battle. This feature replaced the 'Celebrity Chests' for five episodes.

• Simon injured himself during the Hog Roast Bush Battle. Because of this, the battle was forced to end early, and both Carly and Simon won immunity.

All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.^[6]

• I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! at itv.com
• I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! at stv.tv
• Official Ant & Dec Website