The first series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! was broadcast on ITV from 25 August 2002. Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst Louise Loughman hosted the spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2. The winner of this series was radio DJ Tony Blackburn with 55% of the final vote; it raised a total of £618,799 for the nominated charities, with Blackburn amassing £184,000 for the National Autistic Society.

In July 2002, London Weekend Television confirmed that a celebrity Survivor-style series was in the final stages of development and was provisionally titled Get Me Out of Here: I'm a Celebrity.

Celebrities

The show began with eight celebrity contestants. They were:

CelebrityFamous forStatus
Tony BlackburnBBC Radio 1 presenterWinner on 8 September 2002
Tara Palmer-TomkinsonSocialite & television presenterRunner-up on 8 September 2002
Christine HamiltonTelevision personality & authorEliminated 6th on 7 September 2002
Nell McAndrewGlamour modelEliminated 5th on 6 September 2002
Rhona CameronComedianEliminated 4th on 5 September 2002
Darren DayActor, singer, & presenterEliminated 3rd on 4 September 2002
Nigel BennFormer Middleweight boxerEliminated 2nd on 3 September 2002
Uri GellerTelevision paranormalistEliminated 1st on 2 September 2002

Results and elimination

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 had the highest number of votes that day

Day 9Day 10Day 11Day 12Day 13Day 14Day 15 FinalTrials
TonySafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeWinner (Day 15)3
TaraSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeRunner-up (Day 15)2
ChristineSafeSafeBottom two3rdBottom two3rdEliminated (Day 14)2
NellSafeSafeSafeSafe4thEliminated (Day 13)1
RhonaSafeBottom twoSafe5thEliminated (Day 12)1
DarrenBottom twoSafe6thEliminated (Day 11)2
NigelSafe7thEliminated (Day 10)2
Uri8thEliminated (Day 9)1
Bottom twoDarren, UriNigel, RhonaChristine, DarrenNoneChristine, NellNone
EliminatedUri Fewest votes to saveNigel Fewest votes to saveDarren Fewest votes to saveRhona Fewest votes to saveNell Fewest votes to saveChristine Fewest votes to saveTara Fewest votes to win
Tony Most votes to win

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 no-one decided who took part

Trial NumberDateName of TrialCelebrity participationNumber of Stars/Winner
125 August 2002Jungle ShowerTara
226 August 2002Snake SurpriseNigel
330 August 2002Buried AliveRhona
431 August 2002Bushtucker BonanzaUri
51 September 2002Stinking SwampDarren
62 September 2002Hell HolesDarren
7Night WatchNigel
84 September 2002Pig ChaseChristine
9Sneaky Snake RunTony
105 September 2002Bucking BullNell
116 September 2002Spider WebTony
127 September 2002Underwater Treasure HuntChristine
138 September 2002Final TrialTara Tony

Star count

CelebrityNumber of Stars EarnedPercentage
Christine Hamilton90%
Darren Day94%
Nell McAndrew100%
Nigel Benn81%
Rhona Cameron75%
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson100%
Tony Blackburn58%
Uri Geller100%

Ratings

All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.

EpisodeAir dateOfficial rating (millions)Weekly rank for all UK TV channels
125 August6.7121
226 August6.8921
327 August6.1430
428 August6.4627
529 August7.0120
630 August7.2318
731 August6.7024
81 September7.2717
92 September7.9720
103 September7.9819
114 September8.7215
125 September7.8921
136 September7.6625
147 September8.0918
158 September10.958
Series average20027.58—N/a

Home media

On 7 October 2002, a compilation of clips from the series was released on VHS and DVD by Video Collection International and Granada Media. Released as an "Unseen and Uncut" release, it contains some clips deemed to be too raunchy to be shown on TV.