I'm A Celebrity 2025: When the first elimination of the series could be
Do you already know who you want to see leave camp first?I’m A Celebrity fans are beginning to wonder when the first elimination of the series is after getting to know the campmates.
The show is about to enter its second week and viewers are keen to find out when they can vote for someone to leave.
There is also a big question mark hanging over Saturday night’s show. Is it live or is it a round-up of best bits? Read on to find out.
I’m A Celebrity: The first elimination
I’m A Celebrity fans have already begun asking when the first elimination is. Two new arrivals have just entered, yet some viewers are already keen to start voting people out!
Irish model and TV presenter Vogue Williams made her I’m A Celebrity debut last night alongside Celebs Go Dating’s Tom Read Wilson. They won’t be going anywhere any time soon, but it seems some fans already know who they want to send home.
Writing on social media on Thursday night, one said: “How long until we can get people eliminated? Why does there have to be someone jarring on every season?” Another added: “I can’t wait for the eliminations to start, I know who I want out!”
But when will it be?
ITV bosses are keeping tight-lipped about when the first elimination is. But TVGuide has done some digging but it looks like it won’t be just yet.
I’m A Celebrity 2024’s first elimination took place on Day 13 in camp. Journalist Jane Moore was the first campmate to be given the shove.
In 2023, horse racer Frankie Dettori was eliminated on Day 15. But it is likely the public vote was pushed back, as Celebrity MasterChef’s Grace Dent quit on Day 9 and Jamie Lynn Spears walked out on Day 11.
The year before that, Loose Women’s Charlene White was first to be eliminated. Like in 2024, she left on Day 13. In 2021, it was Day 13 when former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips was given the boot, too.
Even in 2020, when the show was moved to Gwrych Castle in Wales due to the Covid pandemic, the same format followed. Paralympian Hollie Arnold was eliminated on Day 13.
When will the first 2025 elimination be?
Given the history of I’m A Celebrity’s eliminations in recent years – with 2022 being ignored – it’s very like the first celebrity will leave on Day 13.
I’m A Celebrity 2025 started on Sunday November 16. This year, Day 13 falls on Friday, November 28. It’s very likely bosses will stick to this date. It is a Friday night, which is also often a longer show.
The only thing that could throw a spanner in the works is if a couple of people from this year’s camp quit in the meantime.
The public vote for who you want to send home is likely to open 24 hours before, on Thursday November 27. But it could come earlier, so make sure you decide who you want out first soon.
As we all know, once one celebrity goes, they all start being voted out thick and fast! There is likely to be an elimination every night from November 28 until the final. And on some nights, it could even be a double eviction!
Is Saturday night’s I’m A Celebrity a live show?
The Saturday night airing of I’m A Celebrity used to be a round-up of best bits from the week. But now all those clips are shown during the spin-off show, Unpacked.
Unpacked is on for an hour every single night after the main show, meaning they can… pack… in all that extra juicy stuff that didn’t make the cut.
As a result, I’m A Celebrity’s Saturday night show is exactly the same as the Sunday to Friday episodes. Host Ant and Dec continue to present live from the Australian jungle and Unpacked still airs straight after on ITV2.
This week, I’m A Celebrity’s Saturday show starts at 9.05pm on November 22, 2025. But it is only an hour long. Unpacked then follows straight after at 10.05pm on ITV2.
Don’t be fooled into thinking it is just a round-up show, because it isn’t!
