I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 9)


I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! returned to ITV1 and ITV2 for a ninth series on 15 November 2009. It broadcast for three weeks and concluded on 4 December 2009. There was however an additional Coming Out episode on 7 December 2009, showing all the celebrities and what they did after they left the jungle.
This was the first and so far only series to feature a contestant from a previous series, Katie Price. She made her second appearance on the show, having first appeared the third series in 2004. Price was paid £400,000, making her the highest-paid I'm a Celebrity contestant, up until she was surpassed by boxer Amir Khan in series 17. It was won by Gino D'Acampo.

Presenters

returned to present the main show. Emma Willis and Matt Willis stood down from the role as presenters of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and were replaced by last year's winner Joe Swash and Caroline Flack for the 2009 series.

Celebrities

The full celebrity line-up was revealed on 11 November 2009.
CelebrityKnown forStatus
Gino D'AcampoChef & television presenterWinner
on 4 December 2009
Kim WoodburnHow Clean Is Your House? presenterRunner-up
on 4 December 2009
Jimmy WhiteProfessional snooker playerThird place
on 4 December 2009
Justin RyanInterior designer & television presenterEliminated 7th
on 3 December 2009
Stuart ManningFormer Hollyoaks actorEliminated 6th
on 2 December 2009
Sabrina WashingtonFormer Mis-Teeq singerEliminated 5th
on 1 December 2009
George HamiltonAmerican actorWithdrew
on 30 November 2009
Joe BugnerFormer heavyweight boxerEliminated 4th
on 29 November 2009
Sam FoxFormer model & singerEliminated 3rd
on 27 November 2009
Colin McAllisterInterior designer & television presenterEliminated 2nd
on 24 November 2009
Lucy BenjaminFormer EastEnders actressEliminated 1st
on 23 November 2009
Katie PriceFormer glamour modelWithdrew
on 22 November 2009
Camilla DallerupStrictly Come Dancing professional dancerWithdrew
on 17 November 2009

Camps

The contestants made their way into the jungle in a variety of ways, including sky-diving and hiking. They were situated in the base camp used in previous series.
On Day 5 the camp was split into 2 teams. Each celebrity had to draw a stick and the 2 with a coloured tip were captains and took turns to select their team members. Colin picked Justin, Katie, Sabrina, Jimmy and Joe. Lucy picked Gino, Stuart, George, Sam and Kim.
A trial followed in which they were each positioned under a bucket and using a stick had to balance the contents of the bucket by keeping a button pressed. The winning team was the one that had the final member still standing after all of their opponents had been eliminated. Sabrina was the final contestant to survive, making Colin’s team the winner. They were excluded from the first elimination vote and lived in the relative luxury of base camp.
Base Camp was transformed into a relative jungle paradise. It was furnished with camp chairs, pillows for the beds, dressing gowns, firewood and purified water.
Lucy’s team entered the Exile camp. It was a rat infested clearing containing only the bare essentials, with one log to sit on and only one bed, no shower and only rice and beans to eat.
Over the next 3 days, everyone in Exile Camp participated in a Bush Battle with the winner of each one being allowed to return to Base Camp and gain immunity from the first public elimination vote. The battles were won by Stuart, Kim and George.
While the camp was split, all celebrities selected for Bushtucker Trials competed for 12 stars as usual. However, the first meals were allocated to Base Camp, 1 for each member at the time with any remainder providing food to the Exile team, except for Vile Vending in which Kim competed for 5 stars for Exile while Katie competed for 7 for base camp. This would have placed added pressure on any Exile member who completed a 1-person trial, as they would have had to collect all 12 stars to feed their own camp, however Katie competed in both of them, and, despite trying, failed to get all stars in any of her 6 trials.
On Day 8 the two camps reunited, located at 'Base Camp'.

Results and elimination

On 17 November 2009 Camila Dalerup withdrew because she fell ill. On 22 November 2009, Katie Price withdrew from the competition also because she was fed up of the jungle and doing 6 bushtucker trials in a row. On 30 November 2009, George Hamilton withdrew from the competition because of personal reasons.

Bushtucker Trials

The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food
Trial
number		Air dateName of trialCelebrity
participation		Public
vote		Winner/Number of starsNotes
115 November 2009Stranded/All Washed UpGino
Sam
216 November 2009Dreaded DescentKim41.07%-
317 November 2009Deathly BurrowsKatie84.29%
418 November 2009Celebrity in a BottleKatie73.94%
5 19 November 2009Jungle SchoolKatie75.27%
6 20 November 2009Hell Holes ExtremeKatie61.95%
721 November 2009Vile VendingKatie
Kim		42.80%
26.99%
822 November 2009Car-Lamity!Katie50.69%-
923 November 2009Bad PitJoe
Kim		49.20%
7.57%
1024 November 2009Slip and SlideGino
Stuart		-
1125 November 2009Jungle ArmsJoe
Kim		38.04%
18.20%
1227 November 2009Scareway to HellJimmy
1328 November 2009Great Barrier GriefJustin-
1429 November 2009Jungle JailJoe
Stuart		5.00%
4.45%		Stuart
1530 November 2009Buzz OffSabrina
Stuart
161 December 2009Memory MiseryJimmy
Sabrina		-
172 December 2009Off Your TrolleyGino
Justin		-
183 December 2009Hell HillGino
Justin
Jimmy
194 December 2009John TravoltingKim-
204 December 2009Bushtucker BonanzaGino-
214 December 2009Flash FloodJimmy-

Star count


CelebrityNumber of Stars EarnedPercentage
Camilla Dallerup
Katie Price63%
Lucy Benjamin
Colin McAllister
Sam Fox82%
Joe Bugner90%
George Hamilton
Sabrina Washington31%
Stuart Manning76%
Justin Ryan88%
Jimmy White58%
Kim Woodburn95%
Gino D'Acampo89%

Bush Battles

Battle No.Broadcast DateName of BattleThemeCelebrities Taking PartWinnerNotes
120 November 2009The TubeEnduranceGino, Kim, Lucy, George, Sam & StuartStuart-
221 November 2009Gone FishingPatienceGino, Kim, Lucy, George, & SamKim
322 November 2009Slow BoatTimingGino, Lucy, George, & SamGeorge-

To decide the winner, Lucy and Kim each had to guess how long they did the battle for.

Ratings

All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.
EpisodeDateOfficial rating
Weekly Rank
on ITV
115 November 200910.513
216 November 200910.147
317 November 20099.169
418 November 20098.9211
519 November 20098.9910
620 November 20097.8615
721 November 200910.864
822 November 200910.676
923 November 200910.175
1024 November 20098.3912
1126 November 20098.5511
1227 November 20098.6710
1328 November 20099.387
1429 November 20099.358
1530 November 20099.546
161 December 20098.5811
172 December 20098.7110
183 December 20098.999
194 December 200910.543

Controversy

and Stuart Manning were initially charged by New South Wales Police after RSPCA Australia complained over their killing and eating of a rat during the show, the killing of animals for performance being illegal.
ITV apologised for not having properly advised the contestants of Australian legislation regarding animal cruelty. However, the charges were dropped against D'Acampo and Manning when ITV accepted responsibility for the incident. They were subsequently charged around £1600.