{"id":289349,"date":"2025-11-17T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/289349\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:58:19","slug":"im-a-celeb-live-itv-series-launch-lowest-watched-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/289349\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a Celeb live: ITV series launch lowest-watched in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#post-2292684\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>Angryginge early favourite to win<\/p>\n<p>Angryginge, a YouTuber with a huge younger fanbase, is currently favourite to win the show, with odds of 3\/1.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Osbourne proved popular after the launch episode, and is now second favourite with odds of 9\/2.<\/p>\n<p>Other popular bets incude EastEnders star Shona McGarty and rapper Aitch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-16-at-21-52-34.png\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/>(ITV)<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 12:55<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292672\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>Preview: Ruby Wax and Angryginge take on Bushtucker Trial<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s your first look at Ruby Wax and Angryginge preparing to eat some nasty snacks after being voted to do the first Bushtucker Trial of the series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 11:54<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292649\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>Launch episode was lowest-watched in years<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a Celebrity returned with a peak of 7.3 million viewers, which is down from the usual eight million the show has managed to amass in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>However, ITV said this was its highest overnight audience of 2025 \u2013 and the biggest entertainment launch on any channel this year. <\/p>\n<p>The dip can likely be attributed to people opting to watch the show on catch-up as opposed to viewing it live. <\/p>\n<p>Another factor could be that this year\u2019s series is without a controversial or hugely famous star akin to Natt Hanckcok, Nigel Farage and Coleen Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 10:57<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292607\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>What time is I&#8217;m a Celeb on tonight?<\/p>\n<p>After last night\u2019s launch, the series continues tonight at 8pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX. <\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s ready to dine at \u201crevolting restaurant\u201d The Divey? Eek!<\/p>\n<p>Annabel Nugent17 November 2025 09:15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292608\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>Were you able to vote last night?<\/p>\n<p>Annabel Nugent17 November 2025 08:17<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292536\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>Ruby Wax struggled her way through first trial<\/p>\n<p>Ruby Wax was not thriving in the opening episode&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ruby Wax struggles with snakes in first I&#8217;m a Celeb challenge<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 08:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292533\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>What are this year&#8217;s contestants afraid of?<\/p>\n<p>The I&#8217;m a Celebrity cast of 2025 revealed their biggest fears ahead of entering the jungle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763402299_604_poster.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tv\/culture\/im-a-celebrity-2025-full-line-up-fears-first-video-b2862783.html\" class=\"sc-1ximx57-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rats, ants and Bushtucker surprises: I\u2019m A Celeb stars share big fears in new video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The I&#8217;m A Celebrity cast of 2025 have revealed their biggest fears in the first video released from the new series. Sunday night\u2019s launch show will see 10 stars don their jungle gear and head into camp. Among them are former Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp, broadcaster Ruby Wax, Emmerdale actor Lisa Riley and her fellow soap star Shona McGarty, who played Whitney Dean in EastEnders. In a new video, Kemp reveals his fear of rats, adding \u201cthey belong in horror films\u201d, where Osbourne speaks of his dislike of ants. Wax adds: \u201cI don&#8217;t want to eat the food or sleep with snakes.\u201d I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! airs on Sunday at 9pm on ITV. <\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 07:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292532\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a Celebrity makes pivotal voting shake-up that will change series for better:<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 06:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292531\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jack Osbourne has revealed how his family feels about his upcoming I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! stint, admitting it\u2019s going to be difficult to leave them following his father Ozzy&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 05:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2292530\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 eSNdzi\"><\/a>Meet this year\u2019s I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! contestants<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s I\u2019m a Celeb contestants:<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Stolworthy17 November 2025 04:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angryginge early favourite to win Angryginge, a YouTuber with a huge younger fanbase, is currently favourite to win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-289349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}