The third season of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! aired from 11 to 26 January 2008.
Production First rumors about a return of the show began to spread in 2007. However, RTL Television's entertainment manager, Tom Sänger, denied any plans on a third season because the return to a normal program schedule after the show's end would be difficult to accept for both the television channel and the viewers.
In early November 2007, it was reported that fashion designer Barbara Herzsprung chose to join a group of celebrities that were to visit the Australian rainforest in January 2008. But it was not until 20 November 2007, that RTL Television officially announced the show's return on 11 January 2008.
Contestants On 19 January, contestant Lisa Bund had to leave the show and was hospitalized because of an acute gastritis which may have been caused by bad hygiene in the camp or during the trials.
On 22 January, DJ Tomekk was evicted from the show. A video which was recorded shortly before the beginning of the show shows him making a Hitler salute and singing "Deutschland über Alles". He insisted he was only joking yet was not allowed to return.
In the last show, on 26 January, the three remaining candidates were Bata Illic, Michaela Schaffrath, and Ross Antony; the latter was chosen by the viewers as this season's "King of the Jungle".
Place Celebrity Famous for being... Stars Left the show 1 Ross Antony Former Member of Bro’Sis as “King of the Jungle” 2 Michaela Schaffrath Former Porn Actress as Runner-Up 3 Bata Illic Musician 4 Isabel Edvardsson Professional on Let’s Dance 5 Eike Immel Former Goal Keeper 6 Barbara Herzsprung Fashion Designer 7 DJ Tomekk Musician defaulted by RTL Television 8 Björn-Hergen Schimpf Former Showmaster 9 Julia Biedermann Actress 10 Lisa Bund Former Contestant at Deutschland sucht den Superstar, Season Four because of medical problems
Bushtucker Trials Date Contestant Task name Translation Stars 11 January 2008 DJ Tomekk “Land unter” Land Submerged 12 January 2008 Lisa Bund “Dschungelbar” Jungle Bar 13 January 2008 Ross Antony “Zum Anbeißen” Scrumptious 14 January 2008 Ross Antony “Arche Noah” Noah’s Ark 15 January 2008 Björn-Hergen Schimpf,Barbara Herzsprung “Zug des Schreckens” Train of Horror 16 January 2008 Eike Immel “Terrortunnel” Terror Tunnel 17 January 2008 DJ Tomekk “Höllentour” Hell Tour 18 January 2008 Isabel Edvardsson “Dschungel-Wellness” Jungle Spa 19 January 2008 Julia Biedermann “Kakerlakensarg” Cockroach Coffin 20 January 2008 Isabel Edvardsson,Michaela Schaffrath,Björn-Hergen Schimpf,DJ Tomekk “Höllischer Hurrikan” Infernal Hurricane 21 January 2008 Bata Illic “Tempel des Grauens” Temple of Horror 22 January 2008 Ross Antony,Barbara Herzsprung,Michaela Schaffrath “Auf die Folter gespannt” Kept on Tenterhooks 23 January 2008 Eike Immel “Ruhe sanft” Rest Gently 24 January 2008 Michaela Schaffrath,Isabel Edvardsson “Highway to Hell” 25 January 2008 Ross Antony “Von der Rolle” Off the Coil (literally) 26 January 2008 Michaela Schaffrath Kampfgeist: “40.000 auf einen Streich”Fighting Spirit: 40,000 at One Swoop Bata Illic Abenteuerlust: “Abenteuer Australien”Adventuresomeness: Adventure Australia Ross Antony Siegeswille: “Menue Surprise” Will to Win: Menu Surprise
Total number of Bushtucker Trials done by each participant to date: Ross Isabel Michaela DJ Tomekk Bata Björn-Hergen Barbara Eike Lisa Julia 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
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