I’m a Celebrity live: Viewing figures revealed as 2024 stars enter jungle
The public have voted for GK Barry to take on the Bushtucker Trial in tonight’s episode
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Your support makes all the difference.The 2024 cast of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! are settling into life in the jungle after a chaotic launch episode that saw them drink gruesome cocktails and skydive out of helicopters.
In tonight’s episode, internet star GK Barry will take part in tonight’s Bushtucker Trial, which is called “Vile Volcano”, while the rest of the campmates get to know each other.
Sunday night’s launch episode saw fans single out Radio 1’s Dean McCullough as an early favourite after he made a “hilarious” joke about fellow campmate Rooney’s “Wagatha Christie” trial the moment he met her.
Among this year’s contestants are N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos, Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse. Others include McFly singer Danny Jones, boxer Barry McGuigan and Coleen Rooney, who is the show’s highest-paid star in its history.
ITV revealed on Monday (18 November) that the first episode was watched by a peak of eight million, and an average of seven million. This is on a par with last year’s launch, with both respective episodes down from the nine million viewers reached in 2022.
New episodes of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! air on ITV1 and ITVX every night at 9pm.
Two-star review
TV critic Katie Rosseinsky wasn’t overly enthused by this season’s opening episode...
I’m a Celeb is a bore – you’re better off re-reading Coleen’s Wagatha Christie tweets
There are no obvious fault lines or tricky personalities, let alone the potential for intra-camp romance
What time is the second episode of I’m a Celeb?
Fans don’t have to wait long, with the next episode of the reality series airing on Monday (18 November) at 9pm on ITV.
ICYMI
Here’s Danny Jones screaming in terror as two snakes slither up his shorts – while Ant and Dec laugh along in hysterics.
And that’s a wrap!
What did you think of this year’s I’m a Celeb launch show?
GK Barry to take on the Vile Volcano tomorrow
All that screaming did her no good! The public want to see GK Barry take on the Vile Volcano and she doesn’t look too pleased...
GK Barry: I’m not arsed
— antanddec (@antanddec) November 17, 2024
Also GK Barry: pic.twitter.com/7NuaPjVJt2
‘The Female Boss’ is back
“Are you not entertained?” Tulisa jokes, giving her campmates what they want after they ask to see her famous “Female Boss” tattoo.
Forget politicians, Tulisa is the I’m a Celeb contestant who deserves redemption most
The N-Dubz singer and self-proclaimed ‘Female Boss’ has survived a drug sting, sex tape, and the rampant misogyny and classism of 2010s fame. If anyone deserves a shot at rewriting their pop culture narrative, it is Tulisa, writes Annabel Nugent
Barry McGuigan worries he’ll be ‘cancelled’ for being ‘politically incorrect’ on camera
Barry McGuigan has already had talks with ITV producers to avoid being “cancelled” during his I’m a Celeb stint.
The Irish boxer, 63, admitted he’s concerned he’ll offend one of his fellow campmates by saying sometimes that isn’t “politically correct” while the series is filming in Australia.
“It’s simply impossible to be in a sort of pressurised environment like that for three weeks,’ he toldThe Mirror. “With all the politics that are involved in everyday life, it’s virtually impossible not to be occasionally politically incorrect.”
He added: “It’s just trying to not hurt people’s feelings. I don’t want to do that.”
How much are contestants being paid?
I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 2024will feature the ITV show’s highest-paid star yet.
The reality TV juggernaut has been a fixture on screens since 2002 and, over the years, the amount of money paid to the participating contestants has exponentially increased.
This gap has widened even more in the last four years alone, with Noel Edmonds, the one-time highest-paid star, receiving £600,000 for what ended up being just one week in the jungle in 2019.
Read more below:
How much are I’m a Celebrity 2024 contestants being paid
This year’s cast includes highest-paid star in ITV show’s 22-year-history
Coleen Rooney reveals ‘secret code’ she’ll use to communicate with her sons from the jungle
Coleen Rooney has a plan to secretly communicate with her sons while she’s in the I’m a Celeb jungle.
The TV personality shares her four children; Kai, 13, Klay, 10, Kit, seven, and Cass, five, with her husband and former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
Speaking to The Sun, an insider said Rooney would touch her personalised necklace with her four children’s names on them to let the boys know she’s thinking about them.
“The hardest thing for Coleen will be being away from her sons so she wants them to know they are on her mind,” they said. “It’s the first time she has left them for any period of time.”
Why contestant Tulisa Contostavlos left the spotlight after The X Factor
I’m a Celeb contestant Tulisa Contostavlos enjoyed a successful music career as part of the hip hop trio N-Dubz, who are known for their hits including “I Need You” and “Ouch”.
After the group’s third platinum album was released in 2010, the singer secured a coveted seat on the judging panel of ITV’s The X Factor alongside Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, and Kelly Rowland. She won her first season with the girl group Little Mix and the public attention on her intensified.
After the talent show series, Contostavlos slowed her showbiz career and retreated from the public eye following a string of scandals, which ended in a court case against her.
Read more below:
Why I’m a Celebrity 2024 contestant Tulisa left the spotlight after The X Factor
The N-Dubz singer has faced several obstacles in the last 10 years
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