I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 12

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Series 12
Presented by	Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly
No. of days	21
No. of castaways	12
Winner	Charlie Brooks
Runner-up	Ashley Roberts
Companion show	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	11 November (2012-11-11) – 1 December 2012 (2012-12-01)
Series chronology
← Previous British series 11 Next → British series 13

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! returned for its twelfth series on 11 November 2012 and finished on 1 December 2012. ^[1] Ant & Dec returned as main hosts, with Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash returning as hosts of spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! . On 16 June 2012, it was announced that Russell Kane would be leaving Get Me Out of Here! NOW!. He has been replaced by comedian Rob Beckett. ^[2]

On 1 December 2012, the series was won by EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks, ^[3] with Ashley Roberts and David Haye placed runner-up and third place respectively.

Helen Flanagan would return to the series ten years later to participate in I'm a Celebrity... South Africa alongside other former contestants to try to become the first I'm a Celebrity legend. She finished joint 7th

Celebrities

Prior to the official announcement of any of the celebrity participants, Nadine Dorries, the UK Conservative Party MP for Mid Bedfordshire, was suspended from her party for failing to tell the Chief Whip she could be absent from the House of Commons and her constituents for a month as she was to appear on the reality TV show and heavily criticised for opting to take part. ^[4] She is also to be investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Officer over claims she may have breached the MPs' Code of Conduct, ^[5] with Theresa May, the Home Secretary, adding her concerns by saying it is "frankly" the job of MPs to be in their constituency and the House of Commons. ^[6]

It has been revealed that boxer David Haye received an appearance fee of £165,000, which is about £100,000 more than the other contestants received. ^[7] In addition to the higher appearance fee, Haye's contract stated that he must have access to a gym – which he was given.

The official line-up was announced on 7 November 2012. ^{[8] [9]}

Celebrity	Known for	Status
Charlie Brooks	EastEnders actress	Winner on 1 December 2012
Ashley Roberts	Former The Pussycat Dolls singer	Runner-up on 1 December 2012
David Haye	Professional boxer	Third place on 30 November 2012
Eric Bristow	Professional darts player	Eliminated 8th on 29 November 2012
Hugo Taylor	Made in Chelsea star	Eliminated 7th on 28 November 2012
Rosemary Shrager	Celebrity chef	Eliminated 6th on 27 November 2012
Helen Flanagan	Former Coronation Street actress	Eliminated 5th on 26 November 2012
Colin Baker	Former Doctor Who actor	Eliminated 4th on 25 November 2012
Linda Robson	Birds of a Feather actress & Loose Women panellist	Eliminated 3rd on 23 November 2012
Limahl	Kajagoogoo singer	Eliminated 2nd on 22 November 2012
Nadine Dorries	Conservative Party politician	Eliminated 1st on 21 November 2012
Brian Conley	Actor, singer, & comedian	Withdrew on 19 November 2012

Results and elimination

  Indicates that the celebrity was immune from the vote

  Indicates that the celebrity received the most votes from the public

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

  Indicates that the celebrity was named as being in the bottom two

  Indicates that the celebrity received the second fewest votes and was not named in the bottom two

Daily results per celebrity ^[10]

	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13	Day 15	Day 16	Day 17	Day 18	Day 19	Day 20	Day 21 Final	Trials	Dingo Dollar challenges
Charlie	1st 28.01%	3rd 14.38%	1st 15.25%	2nd 15.78%	5th 13.54%	5th 15.33%	2nd 25.93%	3rd 24.31%	2nd 32.17%	Winner 50.56%	5	2
Ashley	Immune	2nd 16.24%	3rd 13.82%	3rd 14.72%	1st 20.00%	1st 21.39%	1st 27.88%	1st 33.87%	1st 40.57%	Runner-up 49.44%	4	3
David	2nd 22.78%	4th 13.51%	5th 12.46%	1st 17.63%	3rd 13.82%	3rd 15.97%	3rd 17.79%	2nd 25.30%	3rd 27.26%	Eliminated (Day 20)	5	2
Eric	5th 10.94%	6th 9.79%	6th 12.01%	7th 9.54%	2nd 15.92%	4th 15.67%	4th 14.79%	4th 16.53%	Eliminated (Day 19)		3	3
Hugo	Immune	8th 5.98%	7th 9.30%	4th 14.42%	6th 11.86%	2nd 16.81%	5th 13.61%	Eliminated (Day 18)			3	4
Rosemary	Immune	5th 10.33%	2nd 15.19%	6th 10.33%	4th 13.81%	6th 14.83%	Eliminated (Day 17)				1	2
Helen	3rd 20.15%	1st 18.43%	4th 13.20%	5th 11.70%	7th 11.06%	Eliminated (Day 16)					7	3
Colin	4th 13.32%	7th 6.42%	8th 5.39%	8th 5.88%	Eliminated (Day 15)						1	1
Linda	Immune	9th 2.66%	9th 3.37%	Eliminated (Day 13)							0	1
Limahl	Immune	10th 2.24%	Eliminated (Day 12)								0	0
Nadine	6th 4.79%	Eliminated (Day 11)									2	0
Brian	Withdrew (Day 9)										0	1
Notes	1	None		2	None					3
Bottom two (named in)	Eric, Nadine	Hugo, Limahl	David, Linda	Colin, Eric	Helen, Hugo	Eric, Rosemary	David, Hugo	Charlie, Eric	None
Eliminated	Nadine 4.79% to save	Limahl 2.24% to save	Linda 3.37% to save	Colin Lost trial	Helen 11.06% to save	Rosemary 14.83% to save	Hugo 13.61% to save	Eric 16.53% to save	David 27.26% to save	Ashley 49.44% to win
										Charlie 50.56% to win

Notes

N.B.Bottom two is not a strict indication of the public vote as names are generally revealed "in no particular order".
^1 In order to win immunity from the first public vote all celebrities took part in a task called "Bush Buddies". They will then take part in a 'Bed Bugs' task, in which the first five who accumulate the most time in the beds will be given immunity, while the other six will face the public vote.
^2 All of the celebrities faced the public vote; the bottom two were revealed as Eric and Colin. The other celebrities were declared safe and on Day 17 both Eric and Colin faced a bushtucker trial called "The Panic Rooms". Eric won the trial, while Colin was sent home.
^3 The public were voting for the celebrity they wanted to win rather than to save.

Bushtucker trials

The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food

  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	Public vote %	Winner/Number of stars	Notes
1	11 November	Special Delivery	David Hugo	—	David	1
2	12 November	Bug Burial	Helen Nadine	53.32% 58.68%	None	2
3	13 November	Rotten Rhymes	Helen Nadine	63.12% 59.29%	Nadine	3
4	15 November	Cruelty Towers	Helen	26.95%		None
5	16 November	Come Dive With Me	Helen Charlie	26.34% 21.70%		4
6	17 November	Rodent Run	Helen	29.20%		5
7	18 November	Deadly Delivery	Helen	46.07%		None
8 (Live)	18 November	Bad Day at the Office	Helen	28.56%		None
9	21 November	Savage Sewer	Hugo	31.30%		6
10	22 November	Terror Train	Ashley	—		None
11	23 November	Scare Plane	David	—		None
12	24 November	Drown and Out	Hugo	—		None
13	25 November	The Panic Rooms	Colin	5.88%		7
			Charlie	—
			Eric	9.54%
			Rosemary	—
14	26 November	Cruelty Towers	David	—		8
15	27 November	The Great Escape	Eric	—		None
16	28 November	Jungle Walk of Shame	Ashley Charlie	—		None
17	29 November	Celebrity Cyclone	Ashley Charlie David Eric	—		None
18	30 November	Well of Hell	David	—		None
19	1 December	Final Feast	Ashley Charlie	—		None

Notes

^1 The celebrities were separated into two teams, based on how they travelled into the jungle. The winning team would stay in 'Croc Creek', the more luxurious of the two camps in the jungle. The losing team would move into the 'Snake Rock'.
^2 Both Helen and Nadine quit the trial, therefore neither were rewarded the food for their camps.
^3 Nadine won by eating four meals. Therefore, she won four meals for her camp.
^4 Helen originally won four stars, but they were disallowed as she grabbed them with her hands instead of her mouth.
^5 After the klaxon sounded, Helen stepped off the wheel and refused to do the trial. This marks the third time in I'm a Celebrity history that a contestant has refused to do a trial, after Kerry Katona in series 3 and Gillian McKeith in series 10 which Ant and Dec allowed.
^6 Colin and Rosemary were excluded from this trial on medical grounds.
^7 This trial decided who left the camp between Eric and Colin and how the camp would be fed that night. Charlie took part with Colin, and Rosemary with Eric. Each celebrity had to collect as many stars as they can to stay in camp, it was then revealed on Day 17 that Colin had collected fewer stars than Eric, so had to leave the jungle.
^8 This trial was originally attempted by Helen, but as she quit the trial, it was decided for it to be re-attempted by David.

Star count

Celebrity	Number of Stars Earned	Percentage
Charlie Brooks		83%
Ashley Roberts		87%
David Haye		96%
Eric Bristow		71%
Hugo Taylor		89%
Rosemary Shrager		25%
Helen Flanagan		33%
Colin Baker		100%
Linda Robson	—	—
Limahl	—	—
Nadine Dorries	—	—
Brian Conley	—	—

Dingo Dollar challenges

This series, the 'Celebrity Chest' games have been replaced with the 'Dingo Dollar Challenges'. In a similar style to the celebrity chest, one member from each camp (Croc Creek and Snake Rock) will go head-to-head to win the 'Dingo Dollars'. The winning celebrity can then take the dollars to the 'Outback Shack', where they can exchange them for camp luxuries with kiosk Keith. Two options are given and the celebrity can choose which they'd would like to win. However, to win their luxury, a question is asked to the celebrities still in camp via the telephone box. If the question is answered correctly, the celebrity who won the challenge can take the items back to camp. If wrong, they receive nothing.

  The celebrities got the question correct

  The celebrities got the question wrong

Bold indicates that the celebrity won the challenge

Episode	Air Date	Celebrities	Prizes available	Prize chosen
2	12 November	Brian Eric	Hammocks Chocolate brownies	Hammocks
3	13 November	David Hugo	Crisps Toilet seat covers and air fresheners	Crisps
4	15 November	Ashley Charlie	Digestive biscuits Camping chair	Digestive biscuits
5	16 November	Colin Linda	Pool inflatables Ice cream	Ice cream
10	22 November	Eric Hugo	Anti-snoring pads Ice lollies	Ice lollies
11	23 November	Charlie Helen	Popcorn Face masks	Popcorn
13	25 November	Helen Rosemary	Lemonade Chocolate-coated strawberries	Chocolate-coated strawberries
14	26 November	Ashley Helen	Salt and pepper Chinese meal	Salt and pepper
15	27 November	Hugo Rosemary	Manicure kit Marshmallows	Marshmallows
16	28 November	David Hugo	Three songs of choice Toast with jam and butter	Three songs of choice
17	29 November	Eric Ashley	Baked beans Corned beef	Corned beef

Bush Buddy challenges

On the seventh day of the show, the celebrities were split into six pairs for the Bush Buddy Challenges, these were; Ashley and Hugo, Brian and David, Charlie and Linda, Colin and Rosemary, Eric and Nadine, Helen and Limahl. The celebrities were chained to their buddies and not allowed to be more than 4 ft away from each other.

Bold indicates which celebrity of the winning pair took part.

Episode	Air Date	Winners	Prize	Description
7	18 November	Helen & Limahl	A nights sleep in the "Jungle Den".	Colin, Limahl, Eric, Charlie, Ashley and David had to stand in a box filled with cockroaches while trying to rearrange cubes to make a life size picture of their 'buddy'. Each time someone completed the task, the other challengers were given an electric shock.
8	19 November	David		Rosemary, Helen, Nadine, Hugo and David had to sit inside a box using a magnet against the window panel to manoeuvre ten coloured magnets through a grid into hatch. Once again each time someone completed the task, the other challengers were given an electric shock.
9	20 November	Ashley, Hugo, Linda, Rosemary, Limahl	Immunity.	All celebrities faced the 'Bed Bugs' trial to win immunity. Celebrities got different amounts of time added to their score based on how them (and their buddy) had done in the previous two tasks.

• David had to compete in both challenges as his partner Brian withdrew from the jungle for medical reasons in the morning of day 9.

The camps

For the first four days of the show, the celebrities were split between two separate camps known as "Croc Creek" and "Snake Rock".

The two camps merged in the early hours of Day 5, with the residents of Snake Rock relocating to the larger Croc Creek camp.

Rosemary and Limahl joined the camp on Day 5.

Episodes

Week 1

Dorries became the first sitting MP to participate in a reality TV show since George Galloway (in January 2006 on Celebrity Big Brother ) by spending up to a month on the show ^[34] which ran from 11 November to 1 December 2012. Other Conservatives and her constituents were reportedly outraged by the announcement ^[36] while the Conservative Chief Whip Sir George Young had not been informed of her imminent absence from Parliament. ^[34] In fact, Dorries did not even inform the chairman of the Mid-Bedfordshire Conservative Association. ^[37] Tim Montgomerie of the ConservativeHome website speculated that she might manage to "present an image of a Tory MP that defies some of the popular pre-conceptions and caricatures" while Lembit Öpik tweeted: "Good on Nadine Dorries for the jungle if she's really going in. Go gal!" ^[38] The Conservative Party suspended Dorries from the party whip after her confirmation that she was planning to be absent from Parliament. ^[39] John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, has received a complaint about her behaviour. ^[40]

Helen Flanagan and bushtucker trials

On 14 November, Helen Flanagan was voted to complete the bushtucker trial. She had been voted to take part in every trial so far and had failed to win any stars. That day, Helen took on one of the show's most elaborate tasks yet, with a five-room hotel full of bugs for her to navigate around in the search for stars. However, she quit within minutes and failed to make it past the first room, returning to camp with no stars and therefore no food apart from basic rations.

Get Me Out of Here! NOW! host Whitmore claimed that the show's team weren't happy with Helen's "diva antics". She said: "Ant and Dec have lost patience with her and I think most of the crew hate her since she bailed out of the Bug Burial Trial," she told The Sun. She explained: "Months of preparation, health and safety checks goes into those trials. So to do all that and have Helen walk away after just ten seconds is annoying.". ^[41] However Cruelty Towers was again featured on the 26 November episode where David Haye took part in.

Brian Conley's withdrawal

Following Brian Conley's withdrawal from the show on medical grounds, there was widespread criticism of the decision to allow him on the show, when he had a history of depression and other health problems. Before his withdrawal, Brian had been behaving in an emotional manner. ^{[42] [43]} ITV defended their decision, with a spokesman saying: "All contestants are assessed by independent medical experts before contracts are signed and again before entering the jungle. We also have contact where necessary with the celebrities' GPs. Medical personnel are also available 24 hours a day in Australia to provide support if needed." ^[44]

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External links

• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! at itv.com

#	Title	Original air date	Duration
1	"Episode 1"	11 November 2012 (2012-11-11)	90 minutes
It's the start of the new series. Ant and Dec were on hand as the celebrities make their way into camp. The celebrities were split into their two camps - Croc Creek and Snake Rock. To start, the two teams were set the challenge to trek through the Australian forests and beaches to reach a helicopter - with the winning camp getting a night of luxury, while the others a night of horror. The team that won were Croc Creek. Then Dec and Ant announced the first Bushtucker Trial - Special Delivery, in which a celebrity from each team had to search for stars in a parcel shaped box by putting their hands into different compartments. David Haye won the trial against Hugo Taylor. The rest of the celebrities, not facing the trial, also had to make their way into camp. Croc Creek had to travel across a bridge with 'bits meeting' over a huge open space, while Snake Rock had to canoe along the river in quick time. All celebrities made it to the camp, although Helen Flanagan (Croc Creek) struggled due to her fear of heights. Hugo also raised some attention, quoting "I would expect my MP to be doing her job; not coming into the jungle". This was an issue that had been widely talked about in the press. At the end of the episode, Dec and Ant announced facing the next trial, Bug Burial, would be Nadine for Snake Rock and Helen for Croc Creek.
2	"Episode 2"	12 November 2012 (2012-11-12)	60 minutes
Ant and Dec returned as the celebrities started to 'get to grips' with jungle life. It had now been 48 hours of jungle life for the celebrities and the cracks were starting to show. It was time for Helen (Croc Creek) and Nadine (Snake Rock) to face the first public voted bushtucker trial - Bug Burial. The trial entailed surviving 10 minutes underground with jungle creatures in a locked coffin, before escaping to win food. Helen managed only 5 seconds and therefore did not gain food for Croc Creek. While lasting longer, Nadine only managed four minutes and therefore also gained no food for Snake Rock - meaning both camps were going to have to survive on basic rations of rice and beans for the next 24 hours. It was then time for a change to the celebrity chest challenge (the same format but now was named 'Dingo Dollar Challenges'. This challenge was between Brian (Croc Creek) and Eric (Snake Rock). Both celebrities had to stand on a lilypad afloat in the middle of a river and try and catch tennis balls which were shot at them with a net. Brian won the challenge and Crock Creek got the question right - and won five hammocks as their treat. As the night drew in, with only basic rations, tensions grew in both camps as the realization of how hard the jungle is was starting to set in. Ant and Dec then went into camp to reveal who the public had voted to face the next Bushtucker trial - Rotten Rhymes. It was announced that Helen was facing the trial for Croc Creek and Nadine for Snake Rock.

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