I'm a Celebrity Premiere Attracts 6.6 Million Viewers

The new series of "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" launched on ITV on Sunday, November 16, 2025, drawing an average audience of 6.6 million viewers and peaking at 7.3 million, marking the channel's highest overnight rating of the year. Filmed in the Australian jungle, the 90-minute premiere introduced 10 celebrities who faced immediate challenges to reach camp, hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, known as Ant and Dec.

The episode opened with five contestants—former Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp, model and radio DJ Kelly Brook, rapper Aitch (real name Harrison Armstrong), comedian Eddie Kadi, and former EastEnders actress Shona McGarty—flying over a beach in a helicopter before skydiving. They then navigated a wooden structure filled with offal and slime to retrieve a key fob for a getaway car to camp. Aitch and Kadi succeeded, earning cocktails upon arrival, while the others boarded the "Cockie Van," a vehicle topped with a giant beetle replica.

The remaining five—broadcaster and author Ruby Wax, social media influencer Angry Ginge (Morgan Burtwistle), Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley, TV presenter Jack Osbourne, and former England footballer Alex...