I’m A Celebrity 9 UK – The Final
Episode 19, Day 22, Friday 4th December
After three weeks in the jungle we have reached the final.
The group react to Justin’s eviction and the realisation that they are in the final. Kim says she is in shock but very happy. Gino says it is unbelievable and Jimmy is overwhelmed.
The celebrities are shocked when they hear that they will each be doing a buck tucker trial today. They thought that there were no more trials – haven’t they seen the show before? the individual bush tucker trials for the final 3 happen every year.
Kim’s Trial is shown first. Her trial is called John Travolting. A part of her body is covered in insects. After 2 minutes a second part of her body is covered in insects and this continues until she has 5 parts covered. First her right leg has cockroaches and crickets, then her left arm has green ants that bite. Next her head is covered with large spiders. Her left leg with yabbis and finally giant stick insects on her right arm. She survives the 10 minutes and wins 3 fully prepared starters for evening meal and 2 special treats.
Now it’s time for Gino’s trial which is called The Bushtucker Bonanza. Gino must eat 5 things in order to get 5 stars.
1) A fermented duck egg (which he says is disgusting)
2) A rhino beetle
3) A live cockroach, a widgety grub and a handful of mealworms
4) Some beach worms
5) A crocodile tongue
He eats them all and wins 3 fulls prepared main courses for evening meal and 2 special treats.
Finally it is Jimmy’s trial and this one is called Flash Flood. He is chained up and put into a chamber. He must get 5 keys that are dropped in the chamber and use them to unlock the chains. The chamber will be filling up with water and other things like yabbis and water spiders. He gets 4 out of 5 within the time limit and wins 3 fully prepared desserts and 1 special treat.
After we are shown the bush tucker trials, the voting is frozen for a vote count.
Whilst the votes are counted we are shown more highlights of the previous day where they have a jungle awards ceremony.
After the the hosts go into camp and reveal that Jimmy has finished in third place. The voting re-opens for the winner which will be either Gino or Kim.
Back to the highlights and the 3 finalists enjoy their last dinner in camp and they get letters from their loved ones.
The hosts go back into camp to chat with Gino and Kim. Gino says that winning would mean that his 2 sons would be princes of the jungle. Kim says that winning would inspire other “old birds” out there. The phone lines are closed for the final time.
We are shown highlights of the whole 3 weeks and after an advert break it is time for the result.
The winner is…….. GINO.
Runner-up Kim is interviewed and says she is pleased to be runner-up as she didn’t expect to get to the final. She described camp as a hell hole.
Finally it’s Gino’s turn to be crowned King of the jungle. He says he really enjoyed every moment of it. His two little sons are brought on to hug him and sit with him on the throne. Last years winner Joe Swash hands over the crown to Gino and the show is over for another year.
Out of the three finalists I was pleased that Gino won. Kim was rather annoying and Jimmy was not as entertaining as Gino. I actually wanted Justin to win, but after he went my support went to Gino.