Sunday, December 10, 2023

I'm A Celebrity winner named after Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage made final

Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson has been crowned king of the jungle after being voted the winner of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Thompson held off competition from boxer Tony Bellew and former UKIP and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage in the ITV reality show's final on Sunday. The 31-year-old was the bookmakers' odds-on favourite to win. Former heavyweight Bellew was second, with Farage - who was the best-paid campmate with a £1.5m fee - in third. They were among 12 celebrities who entered the Australian jungle three weeks ago. Thompson said he was "really overwhelmed" by his win, adding: "I didn't think I was even going to be invited onto this show, let alone be sat here [on the winner's throne]." He told viewers: "I am so grateful, thank you so much. I've dreamed of doing this show and being invited on for years and years, and you've just made a boy's dream come true." Popular winner Thompson's likeable and enthusiastic personality proved to be a hit with viewers. Earlier on Sunday's final, he said being on the show had been "like a dream that I don't even want you to wake me up from". "I've had the best time and I'm the luckiest person in the world," he told hosts Ant & Dec. That positivity came despite being asked to eat items including a pig's vagina and a camel's penis in the last bushtucker trial. Left-right: Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew & Nigel FarageImage source, ITV/Shutterstock Image caption, Left-right: Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage were in the final Thompson has improved on his third-place finish on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017. He left Made In Chelsea in 2019 and currently hosts a show on Hits Radio and co-presented the official Love Island podcast. Thompson's girlfriend is Zara McDermott, who found fame on Love Island before moving to Made In Chelsea and then this year's Strictly Come Dancing. She posted a video of herself with other supporters cheering when Thompson was named the I'm A Celebrity... winner

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