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Actor Biggins crowned jungle king | Actor Biggins crowned jungle king |
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Actor Christopher Biggins has been voted the winner of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! | Actor Christopher Biggins has been voted the winner of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! |
The panto star beat US ex-model Janice Dickinson to the title of "king of the jungle", while former pop star Jason "J" Brown finished in third place. | The panto star beat US ex-model Janice Dickinson to the title of "king of the jungle", while former pop star Jason "J" Brown finished in third place. |
The trio made the climax of the jungle reality show after Welsh singer Cerys Matthews was voted off by viewers in the penultimate programme. | The trio made the climax of the jungle reality show after Welsh singer Cerys Matthews was voted off by viewers in the penultimate programme. |
Biggins becomes the seventh champion since the ITV show began in 2002. | Biggins becomes the seventh champion since the ITV show began in 2002. |
The emotional 58-year-old said: "I can't believe it, I'm really shocked. Thank you Great Britain." | |
Crocodile's foot | |
"I've had such a ball. But I never want to see mud again. There is so much mud there," he added, referring to the Australian bush clearing where the celebrities made their camp. | |
"I've made wonderful friends and I've done wonderful things that I never thought I would do. Unbelievable fun, it was just the best." | |
He said that the jungle environment had improved his health, and he had enjoyed the trials endured on the show. | |
Janice Dickinson achieves the best result by a non-British celebrity | |
On his final day in camp, Biggins successfully completed the show's infamous bush tucker trial, where he ate items including a kangaroo penis and testicle, cockroaches and a crocodile's foot. | |
Runner-up Dickinson, who rose to fame in the 1970s as a model, was covered in insects and slime, also successfully earning a lavish meal for the camp. | |
Eleven celebrities initially entered the jungle, with Biggins a surprise late addition to the show. | |
Romance apparently blossomed between former EastEnders actor Marc Bannerman and Welsh singer Cerys Matthews, but Bannerman was the first to be voted off. | |
Other famous faces who took part in the programme included public relations guru Lynne Franks, former England footballer Rodney Marsh and Apprentice contender Katie Hopkins. | |
Hopkins was drafted in to replace former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who quit the show before it got under way. |
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