{"id":498472,"date":"2026-02-23T08:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498472\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:23:15","slug":"everyone-is-saying-the-same-thing-about-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-heres-finale-as-one-controversial-detail-divides-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498472\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone is saying the same thing about I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here&#8217;s finale as one controversial detail divides the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here fans aren&#8217;t happy with the grand finale&#8217;s format, despite cheering on the show&#8217;s season 12 winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concetta Caristo has been crowned queen of the jungle, beating former Canberra Raiders star Luke Bateman and Alexandra&#8217;s Project actor Garry Sweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Triple J radio comedian seemingly won the hearts of viewers, nabbing the public vote as well as $100,000 for her chosen charity, Full Stop Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a9a9ea6d283ccc077f25d1fa301f0196.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Transformers star Shia LaBeouf arrested following New Orleans bar fight\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However, while fans had the final say in the winner, they seem disappointed in the show&#8217;s final format, with many calling out Channel Ten for pre-recording the finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of filming the episode live, production filmed three separate endings, with both Bateman and Sweet shooting scenes in which they were crowned the victors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once the public votes were revealed, the actual winner&#8217;s pre-recorded reaction was aired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ImACelebAus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit,<\/a> many I&#8217;m A Celebrity fans expressed their distaste with the pre-filmed ending, adding that it made the final episode anti-climactic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/93779996909425bddfa50c5ed196afbd.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"\u2018From Royal Lodge to a police cell\u2019: Andrew\u2019s dramatic fall from grace\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s wild that there is an ending they filmed where Gary is sitting on that chair and his kids run up to him in celebration\u2026 And now it\u2019s just nothing,&#8221; one person wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8220;That was the s***test way to end. They could have at least also cut to them live at the venue they&#8217;re watching it on tv to see the real reaction given we all knew it was pre-recorded. BOO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here we go, the moment of truth\u2026 which prefilmed ending will they show,&#8221; a third chimed in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was so anti climactic because of the pre filmed ending. I agree &#8211; it would have been great to see a cross to the pub with the celebrations,&#8221; another penned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others were elated that the radio star took home the top gong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was hoping Concetta would win, she&#8217;s endured so much in her life and her enthusiasm for life is infectious,&#8221; one person shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another gushed: &#8220;This year I was hoping for either Gary or Concetta. Yay Concetta!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Soooooo happy Chet won tho,&#8221; a third wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here fans aren&#8217;t happy with the grand finale&#8217;s format, despite cheering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,246598,240261,63,32721,134,113358,11252,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-498472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-aussie-television","10":"tag-aussie-tv","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-channel-ten","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","15":"tag-reality-tv","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}