In the last episode of season 8, Zietlow and Hartwich confirmed that the show will return for its 9th season in 2015. The contestants were announced in early January 2015. The season started off with a special on 16 January. While the first five contestants moved into the camp on 15 January, the six other campers stayed in a pre-camp on an island for a night and joined the other contestants on 16 January.

Contestants Place Contestant Famous for being... Entered the Jungle Left the Jungle Picture1 Maren Gilzer Former assistant on the German edition of Wheel of Fortune 15 January 1 February (won with 56.18%) 2 Jörn Schlönvoigt Singer and actor (Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten) 15 January 1 February (eliminated with 43.82%) 3 Tanja Tischewitsch Contestant on Deutschland sucht den Superstar 15 January 1 February (eliminated with 21.59%) 4 Rolf Scheider Former jury member on Germany's Next Topmodel and Austria's Next Topmodel 16 January 31 January (eliminated with 9.65%) 5 Aurelio Savina Contestant on Die Bachelorette 16 January 30 January (eliminated with 6.40%) 6 Walter Freiwald TV host, presenter of Der Preis ist heiß and Teleshopping 16 January 29 January (eliminated with 8.30%) 7 Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum Actress (Lindenstraße) and former circus artist 15 January 28 January (eliminated with 7.18%) 8 Sara Kulka Model and contestant on Germany's Next Topmodel 15 January 26 January (eliminated with 7.37%) 9 Benjamin Boyce Member of disbanded boygroup Caught in the Act 15 January 25 January (eliminated with 5.33%) 10 Patricia Blanco Daughter of singer Roberto Blanco 16 January 24 January (eliminated with 4.32%) 11 Angelina Heger Contestant on Der Bachelor 16 January 23 January (voluntarily)

Results and elimination

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 in the bottom two of the public vote

+Daily results per celebrityDschungelcamp 2016: Voting Results In: rtl.de, retrieved, 31 January 2016. Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16Final Round 1 Round 2Maren 3rd15.47%1st21.10% 2nd16.09% 3rd15.91%1st37.85%1st45.08% 2nd34.29%1st45.40%1st46.00%Winner56.18% Jörn 2nd17.90% 2nd19.37%1st22.01%1st23.47% 2nd17.21% 3rd12.43%1st42.33% 2nd30.09% 2nd32.41%Runner-Up43.82% Tanja 4th9.37% 4th9.65% 5th11.59%7th8.69%6th8.17% 2nd13.47% 3rd9.23%3rd14.86%3rd21.59%Eliminated(Day 16) Rolf9th5.19% 7th6.64% 6th9.92% 2nd22.05% 3rd12.72%5th10.04%4th7.75%4th9.65%Eliminated(Day 15) Aurelio 7th7.35% 6th6.89%7th7.48%6th8.78% 5th8.32% 4th10.68%5th6.40%Eliminated(Day 14) Walter1st18.65% 3rd17.97% 4th12.72% 4th10.66% 4th8.55%6th8.30%Eliminated(Day 13) Rebecca 8th6.53%8th6.04% 3rd12.82% 5th10.44%7th7.18%Eliminated(Day 12) Sara 6th7.42% 5th7.01%8th7.37%Eliminated(Day 10) Benjamin 5th7.80%9th5.33%Eliminated(Day 9) Patricia10th4.32%Eliminated(Day 8)Angelina Withdrew(Day 7) Bottom two(named in)Patricia,RolfBenjamin,RebeccaAurelio,Sara rowspan=3 Rebecca,TanjaRolf,WalterAurelio,RolfRolf,Tanja colspan="2" Eliminated Patricia4.32%to save Benjamin5.33%to save Sara7.37%to save Rebecca7.18%to save Walter8.30%to save Aurelio6.40%to save Rolf9.65%to save Tanja21.59%to win Jörn43.82%to win Maren56.18%to win

Trials (Dschungelprüfungen) Date Contestant 1 Contestant 2 Trial Translation Stars 16 January 2015Sara KulkaAurelio Savina Sommerfest Summer Party 17 January 2015Sara Kulka— Hölle der Finsternis Hell of Darkness (trial refused) 18 January 2015Sara Kulka— Schabenfreude Cockroach's Pleasure 19 January 2015Angelina Heger— Atemlos durch den Schacht Breathless through the pit 20 January 2015Walter FreiwaldJörn Schlönvoigt Kleine Dschungelkneipe Little Jungle Pub 21 January 2015Walter FreiwaldTanja Tischewitsch Am schlauchenden Band At the running Flowbelt 22 January 2015Walter Freiwald— Teufels Küche Hell's Kitchen 23 January 2015Walter FreiwaldAngelina Heger Schlimms Märchen Grimm's Scarytales 24 January 2015Benjamin BoyceMaren Gilzer Unglücksrad Wheel of Misfortune 25 January 2015Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum— Dschungelmuseum Jungle Museum 26 January 2015Rolf Scheider— Hölle der Finsternis (Teil 2) Hell of Darkness (Part 2) 27 January 2015Maren GilzerJörn Schlönvoigt Rasthof Würgenich Resting place Würgenich 28 January 2015Rolf ScheiderTanja Tischewitsch Schlau oder Schlotze Smart or Slime 29 January 2015Jörn Schlönvoigt— Harter Brocken Hard Boulder 30 January 2015Maren GilzerTanja Tischewitsch Die Tribute von Murwillumbah The Tributes of Murwillumbah 31 January 2015Maren Gilzer— Schlangengrube Snakepit Tanja Tischewitsch—Schnicks wie weg — Jörn Schlönvoigt— Voll auf die Glocke Full on the Bell

Statistics Walter Freiwald, Jörn Schlönvoigt, Tanja Tischewitsch and Maren Gilzer completed the most trials (4). Patricia Blanco was the season's only contestant to not attended a trial. The contestants won 69 of 149 possible stars – more precisely: 68 and 1/2 stars. This is a percentage of 46%.

Contestant Trials Awarded stars Possible stars Percentage Rank by percentageJörn 4 20 28 71% 1Angelina 2 14 20 70% 2Tanja 4 13 23 57% 3Aurelio 1 6 11 55% 4Rolf 2 7 13 54% 5Maren 4 13 25 52% 6Sarah 3 13 33 39% 7Walter 4 16 44 36% 8Benjamin 1 2 9 22% 9Rebecca 1 1 8 13% 10Patricia 0 0 0 0% 11

Ratings Episode Date Viewers Market share Total 14 to 49 years as 3 years 14 to 49 years 1 7.50 Mio. 4.24 Mio. 28.7% 41.9% 2 7.23 Mio. 4.14 Mio. 28.0% 41.8% 3 5.64 Mio. 3.36 Mio. 21.3% 33.1% 4 6.68 Mio. 3.56 Mio. 28.6% 39.2% 5 6.36 Mio. 3.62 Mio. 31.0% 45.0% 6 6.41 Mio. 3.42 Mio. 28.6% 39.9% 7 6.36 Mio. 3.58 Mio. 27.5% 38.9% 8 6.71 Mio. 3.59 Mio. 28.3% 38.4% 9 7.44 Mio. 4.15 Mio. 30.0% 42.3% 10 6.15 Mio. 3.65 Mio. 22.9% 34.3% 11 6.50 Mio. 3.52 Mio. 27.5% 38.5% 12 6.29 Mio. 3.40 Mio. 30.6% 42.0% 13 6.67 Mio. 3.66 Mio. 29.0% 40.9% 14 6.17 Mio. 3.30 Mio. 26.9% 36.8% 15 6.28 Mio. 3.29 Mio. 22.6% 31.4% 16 (Finale) 7.43 Mio. 4.08 Mio. 32.8% 45.7% 17 ("The Great Reunion") 18 ("Welcome Home-Special")

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