I'm A Celebrity 2025: Start date, campmates, late arrivals and all the previous winners
We are just days away now!I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! fans are in for an epic series – and here’s everything you need to know, including its all-important start date, plus all the past winners.
The show is just days away from kicking off and 10 brave celebrities are gearing up to enter the jungle for the first time.
There’s been a massive rule change, there are two late arrivals waiting in the wings and hosts Ant and Dec are brushing up on their one-liners. Sound good? Then read on!
When does I’m A Celebrity 2025 start? What time?
ITV confirmed the start date for I’m A Celebrity 2025 earlier this month. It all kicks off this Sunday (November 16, 2025) at 9pm. You can watch the launch show on ITV1 and ITVX, along with STV and STV Player.
The first episode is always a bumper one. It runs for 1 hour and 35 minutes, ending at 10.35pm.
Ant and Dec announced this year’s series in a festive video (below). The pair were both wearing matching Christmas jumpers that featured patterns of spiders, bugs and gold stars.
Arriving at a Christmas dinner, Ant and Dec were seen delivering Bushtucker-themed food for the guests waiting. As the clip continued, rats, cockroaches and tarantulas crawled all over the house.
However, instead of being frightened of their surroundings, they appeared in good spirits, even laughing through the chaos.
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year… and it’s about to get even better with the news that the new series of I’m A Celebrity…is just weeks away!” Ant said in an accompanying press release. Dec added: “Yes, it’s time to Ant and Dec(k) the halls and clear your diaries, because we’re coming back to your screens on 16th November!”
“As everybody knows, nothing says Christmas like a host of hungry celebrities in the Aussie jungle covered in bugs,” Ant continued before Dec concluded: “It’s the gift that keeps on giving. You’re welcome!”
Who are the 2025 I’m A Celebrity campmates and late arrivals?
ITV announced this year’s campmates earlier this week. The line-up includes 80s pop star Martin Kemp, US comedy queen Ruby Wax and model Kelly Brook. Jack Osbourne is also entering the jungle. He hopes to make his late father Ozzy, who died in July, “proud” with this appearance.
Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley is also a campmate, along with former EastEnders actress Shona McGarty. Lioness Alex Scott is going in, along with rapper Aitch and social media star Angry Ginge. Comedian Eddie Kadi completes the line-up.
Who are the latecomers?
I’m A Celebrity ALWAYS surprises the camp with a couple of latecomers. ITV is yet to officially confirm this year’s but they are tipped to be Irish broadcaster Vogue Williams and Tom Read Wilson. Tom is best known for being the receptionist and client coordinator on Celebs Go Dating.
Vogue’s husband, Spencer Matthews, has done little to quash the rumours, too He was grilled about it during an appearance on Good Morning Britain this week. Looking incredibly awkward, he laughed: “You know more than me, you’re ITV…”
Spencer is doing a charity bike ride this Thursday (November 13) and said: “She will be there to congratulate me at the finish line.” But this doesn’t mean she won’t then hop on a plane to Australia, Spenny!
I’m A Celebrity: All the previous winners in order
Whoever is crowned King or Queen this year follows a long list of reigning champions. The show has been on air since 2002 and featured two series in 2004. This means there are 24 past winners. The show didn’t even take a break during covid!
Here is a list of all the I’m A Celebrity winners in order:
- Tony Blackburn – 2002
- Phil Tufnell – 2003
- Kerry Katona – February 2004
- Joe Pasquale – December 2004
- Carol Thatcher – 2005
- Matt Willis – 2006
- Christopher Biggins – 2007
- Joe Swash – 2008
- Gino D’Acampo – 2009
- Stacey Solomon – 2010
- Dougie Poynter – 2011
- Charlie Brooks – 2012
- Kian Egan – 2013
- Carl Fogarty – 2014
- Vicky Pattison – 2015
- Scarlett Moffatt – 2016
- Georgia Toffolo – 2017
- Harry Redknapp – 2018
- Jacqueline Jossa – 2019
- Giovanna Fletcher – 2020
- Danny Miller – 2021
- Jill Scott – 2022
- Sam Thompson – 2023
- Danny Jones – 2024
I’m A Celebrity: Rule change
ITV has also confirmed a big rule change for this year’s series. And host Ant will be particularly thrilled. Bosses have brought in the ‘Two in a row and then you go’ rule for Bushtucker Trials.
It means celebrities can only be voted two times in a row for a trial before the vote moves to someone else.
Last year, Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough was voted to do seven trials in the row. It left Ant moaning on spin-off show Unpacked: “It’s not all about Dean. You just get to a point where you go, ‘Who’s still voting for Dean?’ I don’t get it.”
Bring it on. We can’t wait!
