The first series of I'm a Celebrity...South Africa began airing on ITV on 24 April 2023. Ant & Dec presented the series, which was pre-recorded between September and October 2022.
On 12 May 2023, series 6 runner-up Myleene Klass was crowned winner of the series after defeating series 16 campmate Jordan Banjo in the final survival trial, who ultimately finished as runner-up. A few days later, Klass revealed that she'd donated her £100,000 winning fee to the charity Save the Children in which she has served as an ambassador for over a decade.
Production In April 2022, several news outlets reported that ITV had commissioned an "All-Stars" spin-off series of the show to be pre-recorded in South Africa, featuring former campmates that had competed in the series. ITV later confirmed the reports in September 2022, with filming beginning the same month and was completed prior to the beginning of the twenty-second regular series. The spin-off series was accompanied by an official podcast, this was hosted by series 16 winner Scarlett Moffatt and series 22 campmate Seann Walsh.
Celebrities The original line-up was announced on 25 March 2023. Gillian McKeith entered the camp on the evening of Day 1. Andy Whyment, Georgia "Toff" Toffolo and Myleene Klass entered on Day 3. Dean Gaffney and Joe Swash entered on Day 7.
On 15 April, over a week prior to the show's launch, it was announced that Janice Dickinson had suffered a head injury while filming the pre-recorded series, and had to be taken to hospital. She was later forced to withdraw from the show due to her injuries in scenes that aired on 8 May. In September 2025, it was reported that she had sued ITV over the fall and injuries sustained.
Celebrity Known for Original position StatusMyleene KlassFormer Hear'Say singer & presenterSeries 6 (2nd)Winneron 12 May 2023 Jordan Banjo Diversity dancer & Kiss FM presenter Series 16 (9th)Runner-upon 12 May 2023 Fatima Whitbread Former Olympic javelin thrower Series 11 (3rd)Third placeon 12 May 2023 Phil Tufnell Former England cricketer Series 2 (1st) Eliminated 11thon 12 May 2023 Carol Vorderman Former Countdown presenter Series 16 (8th) Eliminated 9th & 10thon 11 May 2023 Paul Burrell Former Royal Household butler & author Series 4 (2nd) Dean Gaffney Former EastEnders actor Series 6 (5th) Eliminated 7th & 8thon 10 May 2023 Helen Flanagan Former Coronation Street actress Series 12 (7th) Joe Swash Former EastEnders actor & TV presenter Series 8 (1st) Eliminated 6thon 9 May 2023 Janice Dickinson Supermodel & television personality Series 7 (2nd) Withdrewon 8 May 2023 Andy Whyment Coronation Street actor Series 19 (2nd) Eliminated 4th & 5thon 8 May 2023 Georgia "Toff" Toffolo Former Made in Chelsea personality Series 17 (1st) Amir Khan Former professional boxer Series 17 (5th) Eliminated 3rdon 2 May 2023 Gillian McKeith Nutritionist & television presenter Series 10 (8th) Eliminated 1st & 2ndon 28 April 2023 Shaun Ryder Happy Mondays singer Series 10 (2nd)
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Results and elimination Winner Runner-up Eliminated by survival trial Eliminated by majority vote Immune Withdrew +Daily results per celebrityCelebrityDay 5Day 7Day 10Day 12Day 13Day 14Day 15Number oftrialsChest ChallengesTrial 1Trial 2VoteTrial Myleene Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner(Day 15) 9 0 Jordan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe(Day 15) 10 0 Fatima Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe3rdEliminated(Day 14) 8 0 Phil Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe4thEliminated(Day 14) 6 1 Carol Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe5th/6thEliminated(Day 13) 5 1 Paul Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5 1 DeanNot in CampImmune Safe7th/8thEliminated(Day 12) 2 0 Helen Safe Safe Safe Safe 4 0 JoeNot in CampImmune9thEliminated(Day 12) 2 0 Janice Safe Safe 10thWithdrew(Day 11) 2 0 Andy Safe Safe11th/12thEliminated(Day 10) 3 1 Toff Safe Safe 4 0 Amir Safe13thEliminated(Day 7) 3 0 Gillian14th/15thEliminated(Day 5) 1 1 Shaun 2 1 Notes 1 2 3, 4 None 5 None Survival trial(competitors) Andy,Gillian,Jordan,Phil,Shaun,Toff None Andy,Jordan,Myleene,Toff Joe,Phil Carol,Dean,Fatima,Helen,Jordan,Myleene,Paul,Phil Carol,Fatima,Jordan,Myleene,Paul,Phil None Fatima,Jordan,Myleene Jordan,Myleene Eliminated GillianLost survivaltrial AmirMost votesto eliminate AndyLost survivaltrial JoeLost survivaltrial DeanLost survivaltrial CarolLost survivaltrial PhilFormer campmates'choice to eliminate FatimaLost survivaltrial JordanLost finaltrial ShaunLost survivaltrial ToffLost survivaltrial HelenLost survivaltrial PaulLost survivaltrial MyleeneWon finaltrial
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The celebrities competed this survival trial in pairs. Andy and Jordan finished 1st, Phil and Toff finished second and Shaun and Gillian finished 3rd, resulting in their elimination. The celebrities took part in a secret ballot, in which each of them voted for who they wanted to leave camp. The celebrity with the most votes was eliminated. As "pride leaders", Dean and Joe were immune from this trial and each had to choose two celebrities from their pride to compete in pairs. The pair from the losing pride were eliminated. Janice was safe from elimination, however withdrew from the competition in the early hours of Day 11. The eliminated celebrities returned to camp and had to collectively decide as a group who would reach the final and ultimately choose which celebrity would be eliminated.
Trials The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. These trials aim to test both physical and mental abilities. The winner is usually determined by the number of stars collected during the trial, with each star representing a meal earned by the winning contestant for their fellow campmates.
The contestants decided who would face the trial The trial was compulsory. Trialnumber Air date Name of trial Celebrityparticipation Winner/Number of stars Notes 1 24 April The Deadly Drop Amir Carol Jordan rowspan="4" 2 Trees of Torment Janice Paul Shaun 3 Newton's Cradle Fatima Helen Phil 4 25 April Bush Banquet JaniceJordan 5 26 April Dreaded Drain Toff 1 6 27 April Up to Your Neck in It AndyMyleene Myleene 2 7 Supermarket Shriek Amir rowspan="2" 8 1 May World's End AmirHelenMyleene 9 2 May Tanks of Torment Carol 3 Fatima 10 2/3 May Flippin' Disgusting DeanJoe 4 11 3 May Snakes & Ladders FatimaJordanMyleeneToff JordanMyleene 5 12 4 May Bug-tanical Gardens HelenPaul Helen 13 8 May Deadly Depths Fatima rowspan="3" 14 10 May Wicked Wall CarolPaul 15 11 May South African Cyclone FatimaJordanMyleenePhil
Notes The three new celebrities, Andy, Myleene and Toff entered the "Savannah Scrub", while the other celebrities had to select one of them to join them in main camp and ultimately take part in the trial. They chose Toff, who upon joining the camp had to select a celebrity from main camp to take her place in "Savannah Scrub". She chose Shaun. Andy and Myleene competed in a head to head trial to determine which of them would earn a place in main camp. The winner then had to choose a celebrity from main camp to take their place in "Savannah Scrub". Myleene won the trial and chose Phil to take her place. Carol was chosen to take part in the trial and had to pick another celebrity to join her. She chose Fatima. Instead of competing for meals for camp, Dean and Joe were instead playing to win the other celebrities' treats. Therefore each star represents a treat for a camp. The camp was split into two teams, known as "prides". Dean and Joe were appointed captains, and had to choose which members of their pride would compete in the trial. The winning team were rewarded with a picnic, while the losing team were on rations of rice and beans.
Survival Trials In a change to the format due to this series being pre-recorded, there was no public voting and the contestants instead take part in survival trials to determine who is eliminated each day.
The contestants decided who would face the trial The trial was compulsory. The celebrity lost the survival trial and was eliminated. The celebrity lost the survival trial and finished in third place. The celebrity lost the survival trial and finished as the runner-up. Trialnumber Air date Name of trial Celebrityparticipation Eliminated Notes 1 28 April Savage Safari Andy GillianShaun 1 Jordan Phil Toff Shaun Gillian 2 5/8 May Gold Rush AndyJordanMyleeneToff AndyToff 2 3 9 May Temple of Doom JoePhil Joe 3 4 9/10 May Crate Escape CarolDeanFatimaHelenJordanMyleenePaulPhil DeanHelen rowspan=4 5 11 May Vile Vineyard CarolFatimaJordanMyleenePaulPhil CarolPaul 6 12 May Critter Countdown FatimaJordanMyleene Fatima 7 12 May All You Can Stomach JordanMyleene Jordan
Notes The three celebrities in "Savannah Scrub", Andy, Phil and Shaun had to choose a celebrity from main camp to pair up with and ultimately compete alongside them in the survival trial. Shaun chose Gillian, Phil chose Toff and Andy chose Jordan. The losing pair were eliminated. Pride leaders Dean and Joe each had to choose two celebrities from their pride to face the survival trial. Each campmate picked a stone out of a bag, the celebrity who selected the orange stone chose an additional celebrity to save from competing in the survival trial, that celebrity saved someone else and so on thus beginning a chain of safety until there were only two campmates remaining. Joe and Phil were not chosen and therefore faced the trial.
Star count Celebrity Number of stars earned Percentage Myleene Klass 100% Jordan Banjo 82% Fatima Whitbread 54% Phil Tufnell 83% Carol Vorderman 68% Paul Burrell 67% Dean Gaffney 60% Helen Flanagan 77% Joe Swash 60% Janice Dickinson 62% Andy Whyment 100% Georgia "Toff" Toffolo 80% Amir Khan 100% Gillian McKeith Shaun Ryder 100%
Chest Challenges As well as competing in the trials, celebrities have to complete 'Chest Challenges' to earn treats for the camp. At least two celebrities are chosen to compete in the challenge. These are often mental challenges, rather than challenges including critters. They must complete the challenge to be been given a key to the treasure chest. After completion of the challenge, the celebrities will take the treasure chest back to camp, where they and the other celebrities must answer a question. If they get the question right, the chest will open and they will earn the treat, but if they get it wrong, the chest won't open.
The celebrities got the question correct The celebrities got the question wrong Episode Air date Celebrities Prize Notes 2 25 April GillianShaun Macadamia nuts rowspan="2" 3 26 April CarolPhil Biltong 8 3 May AndyPaul Dried mango 1 Two celebrities from the losing pride took part in this challenge.
Ratings Official ratings are taken from BARB, using the four-screen dashboard which includes viewers who watched the programme on laptops, smartphones and tablets within 7 days of the original broadcast.
Episode Air date Official rating (millions incl. HD & +1) Weekly rank for all UK TV channels 1 24 April 6.16 2 2 25 April 5.30 4 3 26 April 5.10 5 4 27 April 5.35 3 5 28 April 4.98 6 6 1 May 5.35 7 7 2 May 4.92 11 8 3 May 5.18 8 9 4 May 4.93 10 10 5 May 4.98 9 11 8 May 4.99 4 12 9 May 4.43 11 13 10 May 4.82 6 14 11 May 4.46 10 15 12 May 4.73 7 Series average 2023 5.05 Unseen 19 May 2.45 46
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