I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 8)

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!
◄ ►  Series Eight (2008)
Name	Entry	Exit
Joe Swash	Day 1	Day 21
Martina Navratilova	Day 1	Day 21
George Takei	Day 1	Day 21
David Van Day	Day 5	Day 20
Simon Webbe	Day 1	Day 19
Nicola McLean	Day 1	Day 18
Brian Paddick	Day 1	Day 17
Esther Rantzen	Day 1	Day 16
Timmy Mallett	Day 5	Day 15
Carly Zucker	Day 1	Day 14
Dani Behr	Day 1	Day 13
Robert Kilroy-Silk	Day 1	Day 12
Legend
Winner
Runner-up
Eliminated

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! returned to ITV for an eighth series from 16 November to 5 December 2008. 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 is the longest series to date, and is the first series to use a redesigned logo, which imitates the Hollywood Sign. The winner of this series was Joe Swash.

Contestants

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.

Celebrity	Famous for	Status
Robert Kilroy-Silk	English politician	Eliminated 1st
Dani Behr	Television presenter and singer	Eliminated 2nd
Carly Zucker	Model and WAG	Eliminated 3rd
Timmy Mallet	Television presenter	Eliminated 4th
Esther Rantzen	Journalist and Television presenter	Eliminated 5th
Brian Paddick	Politician	Eliminated 6th
Nicola McLean	Model and WAG	Eliminated 7th
Simon Webbe	Singer, former member of Blue	Eliminated 8th
David Van Day	Singer	Eliminated 9th
George Takei	American actor Star Trek	Eliminated 10th
Martina Navratilova	Tennis player	Runner Up
Joe Swash	Actor	Winner

^1 Following her win on ITV's Hell's Kitchen season 4 in 2009, it was revealed in an interview that Linda Evans chose Hell's Kitchen over participating in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! season 8.

Results and elimination

N/A	Indicates that the celebrity was immune from the vote
	Indicates the winner celebrity
	Indicates the runner-up celebrity
	Indicates that the celebrity received the most amount of votes
	Indicates that the celebrity was safe from elimination
	Indicates that the celebrity received the least votes
	Indicates that the celebrity was eliminated
	Indicates that the celebrity was in the bottom 2 or 3 in the public vote

		Day 12	Day 13	Day 14	Day 15	Day 16	Day 17	Day 18	Day 19	Day 20	Day 21 The Final
Joe Swash		N/A	1st 27.0%	2nd 18.6%	1st 21.0%	2nd 19.0%	1st 35.3%	1st 39.4%	1st 37.3%	1st 50.4%	Winner 68.7%
Martina Navratilova		2nd 21.6%	2nd 14.9%	1st 21.6%	4th 16.8%	3rd 15.3%	2nd 15.4%	3rd 13.1%	2nd 27.5%	2nd 26.9%	Runner-up 23.8%
George Takei		3rd 21.4%	4th 11.9%	5th 9.6%	5th 9.0%	5th 7.2%	6th 8.3%	4th 12.4%	4th 11.4%	3rd 13.9%	Third Place 7.4%
David Van Day		1st 26.5%	3rd 12.5%	3rd 18.3%	3rd 19.2%	1st 35.7%	4th 12.4%	2nd 17.0%	3rd 13.0%	4th 8.6%	Eliminated (Day 20)
Simon Webbe		N/A	8th 4.0%	7th 4.2%	N/A	6th 4.1%	3rd 13.3%	5th 10.0%	5th 10.6%	Eliminated (Day 19)
Nicola McLean		4th 16.9%	5th 8.7%	4th 12.6%	2nd 20.1%	4th 14.3%	5th 11.8%	6th 7.8%	Eliminated (Day 18)
Brian Paddick		5th 6.9%	7th 6.8%	9th 3.6%	7th 4.4%	N/A	7th 3.3%	Eliminated (Day 17)
Esther Rantzen		N/A	6th 6.9%	6th 4.9%	6th 4.8%	7th 4.0%	Eliminated (Day 16)
Timmy Mallett		N/A	9th 3.7%	8th 3.7%	8th 4.3%	Eliminated (Day 15)
Carly Zucker		N/A	10th 2.1%	10th 2.3%	Eliminated (Day 14)
Dani Behr		N/A	11th 1.1%	Eliminated (Day 13)
Robert Kilroy-Silk		6th 6.4%	Eliminated (Day 12)
Bottom two/three		Brian, Robert	Carly, Dani	Brian, Carly	Brian, Timmy	Esther, Simon	Brian, George	George, Nicola, Simon	George, Simon	George, David	No bottom two/three
Eliminated		Robert Kilroy-Silk 6.4% to save	Dani Behr 1.1% to save	Carly Zucker 2.3% to save	Timmy Mallett 4.3% to save	Esther Rantzen 4.0% to save	Brian Paddick 3.3% to save	Nicola McLean 7.8% to save	Simon Webbe 10.6% to save	David Van Day 8.6% to save	George Takei 7.4% to win	Martina Navratilova 23.8% to win
												Joe Swash 68.7% to win

The Camps

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.

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.

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/ies Taking Part	Vote %	Winner/Number of Stars	Notes
1	16 November 2008	Trauma Tank	Joe (Home) Simon (Away)		Joe
2	16 November 2008	Long Drop	Dani (Home) Carly (Away)		Dani	None
3	17 November 2008	I Scream Van	Joe (Home) Nicola (Away)	32.20% 41.79%	Nicola	None
4	18 November 2008	Chambers of Horror	Joe (Home) Robert (Away)	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%
7	22 November 2008	Holey Moley	David	41.65%
8	23 November 2008	Critter Chaos	Timmy	33.26%
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
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

Total number of Bushtucker Trials done by each participant to date:

Joe	Martina	David	George	Nicola	Robert	Simon	Brian	Timmy	Carly	Dani	Esther
7	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0

Notes

^1 Due 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 due to 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

Bush Battles

Just like Series 7, some celebrities will be granted immunity from the first vote-off. The 5 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 3 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.

Battle No.	Broadcast Date	Name of Battle	Theme	Celebrities Taking Part	Winner	Runner-up	Notes
1	21 November	The Big Drip	Tactics	Martina, Joe & David	Joe	Martina	None
2	22 November	Hog Roast	Stamina	Simon, Brian & Carly	Carly & Simon	Brian	See below
3	23 November	Down To The Wire	Concentration	Esther, George & Dani	Dani	Esther	None
4	24 November	Up To Your Neck In It	Patience	Robert, Nicola & Timmy	Timmy	Nicola	None
5	25 November	Night of the Living Bed	Endurance	Nicola, Martina, Brian, Esther	Esther	Brian	None

• 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.

Ratings

All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.

Show	Date	Official rating (millions)	Weekly Rank on ITV1
Day 1/2	16 November 2008	9.38	No. 6
Day 2/3	17 November 2008	8.76	No. 7
Day 3/4	18 November 2008	8.30	No. 11
Day 4/5	19 November 2008	TBA	#TBA
Day 5/6	20 November 2008	8.61	No. 9
Day 6/7	21 November 2008	8.36	No. 10
Day 7/8	22 November 2008	9.40	No. 5
Day 8/9	23 November 2008	8.13	No. 12
Day 9/10	24 November 2008	9.10	No. 10
Day 10/11	25 November 2008	TBA	#TBA
Day 11/12	26 November 2008	9.11	No. 9
Day 12/13	27 November 2008	7.99	No. 13
Day 13/14	28 November 2008	8.42	No. 12
Day 14/15	29 November 2008	10.19	No. 3
Day 15/16	30 November 2008	8.46	No. 11
Day 16/17	1 December 2008	8.58	No. 8
Day 17/18	2 December 2008	7.91	No. 11
Day 18/19	3 December 2008	9.12	No. 7
Day 19/20	4 December 2008	8.41	No. 9
Day 20/21	5 December 2008	9.80	No. 5

• Series Average: 8.77 million

External links

• 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