I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 5

*I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!*
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Series 5
Presented by	Anthony McPartlin; Declan Donnelly
No. of days	18
No. of castaways	12
Winner	Carol Thatcher
Runner-up	Sheree Murphy
Companion show	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!
No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	20 November –; 5 December 2005
Series chronology
	← Previous; British series 4 Next →; British series 6

The fifth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! began on 20 November 2005 and ended on 5 December 2005. The programme ran for 16 days (18 days if counting the day the celebrities arrived and the morning the finalists exited). The series was won by Carol Thatcher.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst Matt Brown and former contestant Tara Palmer-Tomkinson hosted the spin-off show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here... Now! on ITV2. Live streaming returned for the final time and was again broadcast overnight on ITV2, but was no longer repeated during the daytime.^[4]

Contestants

12 contestants participated, one more than in the previous series.^[5]^[6]

Celebrity	Famous for	Status
Carol Thatcher	Journalist & daughter of Margaret Thatcher	Winner on 5 December 2005
Sheree Murphy	Former Emmerdale actress	Runner-up on 5 December 2005
Sid Owen	EastEnders actor	Third place on 5 December 2005
Jimmy Osmond	Singer, actor, & businessman	Eliminated 7th on 4 December 2005
Bobby Ball	Cannon and Ball comedian	Eliminated 6th on 3 December 2005
Antony Costa	Blue singer	Eliminated 5th on 2 December 2005
Jenny Frost	Former Atomic Kitten singer	Eliminated 4th on 1 December 2005
David Dickinson	Former Bargain Hunt presenter	Eliminated 3rd on 29 November 2005
Kimberley Davies	Former Neighbours actress	Withdrew on 28 November 2005
Jilly Goolden	Wine critic & journalist	Eliminated 2nd on 28 November 2005
Tommy Cannon	Cannon and Ball comedian	Eliminated 1st on 27 November 2005
Elaine Lordan	Former EastEnders actress	Withdrew on 20 November 2005

Results and elimination

Indicates that the celebrity received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two)

Indicates that the celebrity was in the bottom two in the public vote

	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13	Day 14	Day 15	Day 16	Day 17	Day 18		Number of trials
	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13	Day 14	Day 15	Day 16	Day 17	Round 1	Round 2	Number of trials
Carol	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Day 18)	5
Sheree	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Safe	Runner-up (Day 18)	4
Sid	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Day 18)	4
Jimmy	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th	Eliminated (Day 17)		3
Bobby	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	5th	Eliminated (Day 16)			2
Antony	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	6th	Eliminated (Day 15)				2
Jenny	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	7th	Eliminated (Day 14)					2
David	Bottom two	Safe	8th	Eliminated (Day 12)							1
Kimberley	Safe	Safe	Withdrew (Day 11)								2
Jilly	Safe	10th	Eliminated (Day 11)								1
Tommy	11th	Eliminated (Day 10)									1
Elaine	Withdrew (Day 1)										0

Bottom two	David Tommy	Jilly Sid	David Sheree	None	Antony Jenny	Antony Bobby	Bobby Sheree	Jimmy Sheree	No bottom two
Eliminated	Tommy	Jilly	David		Jenny	Antony	Bobby	Jimmy	Sid	Sheree
Eliminated	Tommy	Jilly	David		Jenny	Antony	Bobby	Jimmy	Sid	Carol

Bushtucker Trials

The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. The participants are chosen by the public, up until the first eviction, when the campers decide who will take part in the trial

The public voted for who they wanted to face the trial

The contestants decided who did which trial

The trial was compulsory and neither the public or celebrities decided who took part

Trial number	Air date	Name of trial	Celebrity participation
1	20 November 2005	Scales of Justice	David Sid
2	21 November 2005	Highway to Hell	Carol
3	22 November 2005	Kangaroo Court	Jimmy
4	23 November 2005	Ant and Dec Farm	Kimberley
5	24 November 2005	Blind Man's Bluff	Carol Jilly
6 (Live)	25 November 2005	Rocky Horror	Sheree
7	26 November 2005	Flight of the Bumblebee	Bobby Tommy
8	27 November 2005	Scaryoke	Antony
9	28 November 2005	Dreadful Drop	Kimberley Sheree
10	29 November 2005	Panic Station	Jenny
11	30 November 2005	Jungle Bowling	Antony Bobby Sid
12	1 December 2005	Lily Pad Lottery	Jimmy
13	2 December 2005	Ant and Dec Farm 2	Sid
14	3 December 2005	Noah's Ark	Carol
15	4 December 2005	Satan's Slope	Carol Jimmy Sheree Sid
16	5 December 2005	Snake Strike	Carol
17	5 December 2005	Danger Down Under	Sid
18	5 December 2005	Bushtucker Bonanza	Sheree

Star count

Celebrity	Number of Stars Earned	Percentage
Antony Costa		61%
Bobby Ball		100%
Carol Thatcher		63%
David Dickinson		50%
Elaine Lordan	—	—
Jenny Frost		75%
Jilly Goolden		89%
Jimmy Osmond		80%
Kimberley Davies		42%
Sheree Murphy		63%
Sid Owen		78%
Tommy Cannon		100%

Ratings

All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.^[7]

Episode	Air date	Official rating (millions)	Weekly rank for all UK TV channels
1	20 November	9.64	12
2	21 November	10.22	10
3	22 November	7.69	32
4	23 November	8.38	26
5	24 November	9.09	19
6	24 November	8.64	22
7	25 November	8.79	21
8	26 November	8.27	29
9	27 November	9.48	12
10	28 November	10.54	9
11	29 November	9.52	16
12	30 November	9.54	15
13	1 December	9.17	19
14	1 December	8.32	25
15	2 December	9.27	17
16	3 December	9.91	13
17	4 December	10.71	8
18	5 December	12.35	1
Series average	2005	9.42	—

References

^ "Carol Thatcher named jungle queen". BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
^ Roberts, Geneviève (6 December 2005). "Carol Thatcher wins 'I'm a Celebrity' (but mother didn't watch)". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
^ Hoggard, Liz (27 November 2005). "Queen of the jungle". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ "'I'm A Celeb' to return November 20". Digital Spy. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
^ Gibson, Owen (16 November 2005). "Carol Thatcher risks mother's anger to taste bush tucker". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0593073483.
^ BARB Official Site

[1] "Carol Thatcher named jungle queen". BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

[2] Roberts, Geneviève (6 December 2005). "Carol Thatcher wins 'I'm a Celebrity' (but mother didn't watch)". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

[Hoggard-3] Hoggard, Liz (27 November 2005). "Queen of the jungle". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

[4] "'I'm A Celeb' to return November 20". Digital Spy. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[5] Gibson, Owen (16 November 2005). "Carol Thatcher risks mother's anger to taste bush tucker". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

[6] Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0593073483.

[7] BARB Official Site

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I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Series 5

Presented by	Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly
No. of days	18
No. of castaways	12
Winner	Carol Thatcher
Runner-up	Sheree Murphy
Companion show	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!

No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	20 November (2005-11-20) – 5 December 2005 (2005-12-05)
Series chronology
← Previous British series 4 Next → British series 6