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

Bushtucker trial

Bushtucker trials are used in the show to allow the contestants to gain food and treats for camp. Bushtucker Trials take two formats: eating trials, or physical/mental tasks.

In the eating trials, contestants are required to eat a variety of different "jungle" foods. Each dish successfully eaten will gain the contestants one star, which equals one meal for camp (although the number of meals per star can vary). These trials generate the most viewer responses according to the ITV website. The foods that are required to be eaten can include: crickets (in a variety of forms, such as cooked into biscuits, blended into drinks or eaten alive or dead), green ants, mealworms, witchetty grub, roasted spider or tarantulas, kangaroo testicles, kangaroo penis, kangaroo vaginal parts, crocodile penis, cockroach (prepared in various ways such as being cooked into biscuits, blended into drinks, eaten alive or dead). Other past foods include beach worms, bull's tongues, the anus of various animals, vomit fruits, cooked pigs' brains, various animal testicles, raw fish eyes, sheep eyes, blended rats or mice tails.

The second type of challenge is more of a physical or mental task that requires the contestants to perform activities to gain stars. These can include searching through dung, going through tunnels, negotiating obstacles on high wires, or performing other tasks.

Dingo Dollar Challenge/Dingo Dimes

One way of camp can earn treats is by doing extra tasks in Bushtucker trials or in general. Dingo Dimes can be used in the vending machine in Croc Creek. Dingo Dimes only featured in the 2015 series.

Another way camp can earn treats is to do what is known as the "Dingo Dollar Challenge". This involves two or more celebrities going into the jungle to perform a task that releases an item to open a container with an amount of dingo dollars. Once that has been completed and the dollars have been retrieved, it is taken to a small woodshack shop, with shopkeeper 'Kiosk Keith'. They can exchange the dollars for a necessity such as a hammock or a treat such as chocolate chip cookies. Kiosk Keith calls camp and the celebrities then have a question usually relating to a celebrity or a piece of trivia. The "Celebrity Chest" was abandoned for the first time in the 2012 series, in favour of the Dingo Dollar Challenge, which involves the celebrities collecting 'dingo dollars' and subsequently answering a question correctly in order to win a treat for the camp, if they win they will receive their prize however if the celebrities get it wrong, Kiosk Keith takes the dingo dollars and shuts up shop, leaving nothing for the camp.

Formerly, 'The Celebrity Chest' had a question with a choice of answers, similar to the Dingo Dollar Challenge, the two celebrities who took part in the challenge would bring the chest back to camp and collaborate over the question with the other camp members. If correct, they would win a treat, if incorrect, they would be told what the treat was.

In Dingo Dollars if the camp members answer correctly they get a choice of two treats.

• Presenters gallery
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  Declan Donnelly (2002–)
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  Anthony McPartlin (2002–2017)
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  Holly Willoughby (2018)

Controversies

• ITV apologised in 2006 after confusion over the instructions for telephone and red-button interactive voting led to allegations in the media that the wrong person had been evicted in the run-off vote in Series 6 between Toby Anstis and Dean Gaffney.^[7]

• The show was forced to enhance its procedures after Ofcom found that after complaints, on 23 November 2006 episode, the show had breached Rule 1.16 of the Broadcasting Code for airing bad language before the watershed.^[8]

• 30 November 2006 episode was ruled to have breached Rule 2.2 of the Broadcasting Code after an investigation launched as part of the wider UK television public voting controversy. Due to late running, seven percent of phone and text votes for that episode of the show were not counted, although this did not affect the result.^[9]

• Sarah Matravers blamed the show for the breakdown of her relationship with contestant Marc Bannerman after he flirted with Cerys Matthews in Series 7.^[10] Matthews and Bannerman later alleged the show footage had been edited by ITV to look like more than it was.^[11]

• Former Sex Pistols manager, Malcolm McLaren, who was due to appear on Series 7 but pulled out at the last minute, alleged that the show and the choice of winner was fixed, and the trials posed no real danger. He alleged that the show doctor told him that "'Things are so safe, I would send my own kids in to do the show'. There is nothing bad in there. They're hoodwinking the public".^[12]

• ITV apologised in 2009 for not having properly advised the contestants in Series 9 of the relevant Australian legislation regarding animal cruelty.^[13] Gino D'Acampo and Stuart Manning were charged by New South Wales Police after RSPCA Australia complained over their killing and eating of a rat during the show.^[14]
• In 2012, the decision by Nadine Dorries to enter the show was the source of criticism, which led to her suspension from the Conservative Party due to allegations she did not seek permission from the party whip Andrew Mitchell, resulting in an inquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.^[15]

• The fifteenth series saw Ferne McCann eat a live water spider as part of a bushtucker trial. Ofcom reportedly received 694 complaints from the public over allegations of 'animal cruelty for entertainment'. ITV also received a further 500 complaints. In January 2016, it was revealed no further action would be taken.^[16][17]
• Ant was accused of racism following a joke during the show aimed at the Australian crew, which saw Ant joke that they get "paid in..." following a word that was construed by many viewers as "abos" an offensive term for Aboriginal Australians. A spokesperson later responded, stating that Ant had actually said "Avo's which is short for avocados".^[18]
• Viewers regularly complained that camp mate Iain Lee was the subject of bullying and isolation from other camp mates during the seventeenth series, and there were concerns raised as to the adverse affect this could have on his mental health. There have been calls for Rebekah Vardy to be cut as a mental health ambassador, due to her alleged role in the 'bullying'. On the ITV show Good Morning Britain the day after her eviction, she defended herself for remarks she made about Iain in Extra Camp, the ITV2 spin-off series stating that she was she "under pressure", and that they were taken out of context. After his eviction from the camp, Dennis Wise also claimed on Good Morning Britain that he and Iain were on friendly terms, and insisted that ITV would not allow bullying on the show. He latter accused of show of 'editing him' to look like a bully. Following his third place eviction, Iain directly addressed his relationship those accused of 'picking on him', stating that he has "loves them" and that there's "no beef between [them]". He also addressed claims that he had a "game plan", stating that he was just being himself.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24]}

Series 1 (2002)

8 contestants, 25 August – 8 September 2002:

Series 2 (2003)

10 contestants, 28 April  – 12 May 2003:

Series 3 (2004)

10 contestants, 26 January – 9 February 2004:

Series 4 (2004)

11 contestants, 21 November – 6 December 2004:

Series 5 (2005)

12 contestants, 20 November – 5 December 2005:

Series 6 (2006)

12 contestants, 13 November – 1 December 2006:

     Team Base Camp

     Team Snake Rock

Series 7 (2007)

11 contestants, 12–30 November 2007:

     Team Croc Creek

     Team Snake Rock

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 8 (2008)

Series 8: Sunday 16 November – 5 December 2008:

     Home Camp

     Away Camp

     Entered after contestants were brought together.

Series 9 (2009)

Series 9: 15 November – 4 December 2009

     Base Camp

     Camp Exile

     Left before camp was split

Series 10 (2010)

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! returned on 14 November 2010 at 9pm on ITV and ITV1 HD for its tenth series, as confirmed by presenters Ant and Dec at the end of the "Coming Out" show at the conclusion of series 9. This is the first series in HD. Series 10 is the only series to have 2 live trials.

Series 10: 14 November – 4 December 2010

     Camp Sheila

     Camp Bruce

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 11 (2011)

The eleventh series began on 13 November 2011.^[25] The official line-up was confirmed on 9 November 2011.^[26]

Series 11: 13 November – 3 December 2011

     Team Snake Rock

     Team Croc Creek

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 12 (2012)

The twelfth series began on 11 November and ended on 1 December 2012.^[27] The official line-up was revealed on 7 November 2012.

Series 12: 11 November – 1 December 2012

     Team Snake Rock

     Team Croc Creek

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 13 (2013)

The thirteenth series began airing on ITV on 17 November 2013.^[28] The first advert for the series aired on 21 October 2013.^[29] The line-up was confirmed on 13 November 2013.

Series 13: 17 November 2013 – 8 December 2013

     Team Snake Rock

     Team Croc Creek

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 14 (2014)

The show returned for its fourteenth series on 16 November 2014.^[30][31] On 15 October 2014, a teaser for the upcoming series was released on the official website. On 11 November, the full list of celebrities was confirmed by ITV.^[32] On 20 November, a further two campmates were confirmed to have joined the show.^[33]

Series 14: 16 November 2014 – 7 December 2014

     Team Croc Creek/Rescuer

     Team Celebrity Slammer

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 15 (2015)

The show returned on 15 November 2015 under a new three-year contract, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 10 December 2014.^[1]

Series 15: 15 November 2015 – 6 December 2015

     Red Team (Leader: Tony Hadley)

     Yellow Team (Leader: Susannah Constantine)

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 16 (2016)

The show returned in 2016, and is the second in a three-year contract, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 9 December 2015. It began airing on 13 November 2016.^[1]

Series 16: 13 November 2016 – 4 December 2016

     Jungle Celebs

     City Celebs

     Entered after contestants were brought together

Series 17 (2017)

The show returned in 2017, and is the third in a three-year contract, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 7 December 2016. It began airing on 19 November 2017.^[1]

Series 17: 19 November 2017 – 10 December 2017

     Team Snake Rock

     Team Croc Creek

     Left before camp was split

Series 18 (2018)

Ant & Dec confirmed at the end of the Coming Out show on 15 December 2017 that the show will return in 2018. It is the first series in a new two-year contract. However, on 9 August 2018, Anthony McPartlin confirmed that he will not be presenting the eighteenth series as he continues to get treatment after being admitted to rehab in March.^[2]

On 29 August, it was confirmed that Holly Willoughby would host the eighteenth series with Declan Donnelly.^[3]