We're now three days into this years series of I'm a celebrity, and lets face it you're either going to watch it avidly, or avoid the next two weeks on ITV.
I watched the first series every night, but I found last years very boring, so when this series was advertised I had no intentions of sitting in front of the television at 9pm every evening for the fortnight it's on. However, what I say and what I do can sometimes differ.
For those of you who have never heard of the show (Come on admit it you've watched at least one episode), I'll explain what it's about.
Ten C list celebs, possibly desperate for work again, or why else would they put themselves through starvation and torture for two weeks, are taken into the Australian rain forest. They are given basic rations of rice, beans etc. to eat, but if they want more they have to complete daily trials. Which member completes the trial is down to the public to decide.
There are also extra bonuses in the form of chest prizes. Two of the celebs have to go off into the jungle, retrieve a chest and return it to camp. They then have to answer a question. Answered right they get the contents of the chest. Answered wrong they get nothing. Sometimes there are fairly good prizes, but Tuesday night's program saw an option of either choosing a gift from last years winner, Phil Tuffnell or a gift from Johnathon Ross.
Thinking Tufnell's would be alcohol they opted for Johnathon Ross', hoping it would be food, but in fact turned out to contain clothes and a small bottle of port and a cigar. Needless to say the contestants weren't amused with a bunch of clothes when they're in hot temperatures.
Every day instructions are relayed to the celebs about upcoming challenges etc. One person takes the role of being leader of the group for two days at a time, which includes retrieving such messages for the whole group. However the leader can also decide who gets to do menial tasks within the camp as well. What a way to create a bit of tension between people as tempers get out of control.
Who's in the Jungle?
Out of the ten celebs in the Jungle this year, I didn't recognize many of them until I watched the first episode very closely and realised I did know who most of them were. Just goes to show how far some of these celebs have slipped into the land of unknown.
Jordan – The one and only model
Alex Best – wife of footballer George Best
Diane Modahl - former athlete (if you say so ITV, never heard of her)
Jennie Bond – reporter
John Lyndon – aka Johnny Rotten
Kerry McFaddon – wife of Bryan from Westlife and ex Atomic Kitten
Lord Brocket – architect and aristocrat (again not someone I had heard of)
Mike Reid - DJ
Peter Andre – singer
Razor Ruddock – former footballer
What a bunch of different personalities ITV have come up with. I personally think Kerry McFaddon wont last very long, especially if last nights appearance is anything to go by where she just gave up and kept repeating the words "I can't" all the time. Surely she knew it was going to be tough before she agreed to do the show.
Most people get an idea of how they think a celebrity will act, but take them out of their normal environment and mix them with people they more than likely wouldn't mix with, how will they get on?
Two and a half days probably isn't enough
to see any major rifts occurring, but I'm sure it wont be long.
Personally I'm not sure who will win but I don't think I'll be Kerry, Jordan or Diane. It'll more than likely be someone like John Lyndon.
Trials...
The trials can consist of anything from being buried alive with bugs, snakes etc. to being put in an ostrich pen digging up eggs, as John Lyndon had to do last night.
As I said the public vote during week one to decide who completes the trials. Tonight's trial shown on ITV is called Jungle Houdini. It looks to consist of a celeb being put into a tan with a bunch of keys. They have to release all the locks before being submerged under water.
As soon as I saw this I was very tempted to vote for Kerry as I knew instantly she wouldn't cope with this task. It would appear though that I was thinking along the same lines as the majority of the British public watching, as she was indeed picked to do the trial shown tonight on TV.
Knowing Kerry can't cope, even though she will be there to collect more meals for her starving clan to eat, she is given the option of ending the task at any time by shouting the obvious lines of "I'm a celebrity get me out of here".
After we've gotten the first week out of the way and most of the contestants are well and truly rubbing each other up the wrong way, and split themselves up into little groups, we the public start to vote them off, one per day until it gets down to the final three.
We can vote either by phone, text or interactively. Usual costs apply to voting, but the show will give a percentage of each call cost to charity.
Comparing to other series...
As I said I watched the first series every day, and I can see myself getting into this series too. Hosted again by Ant and Dec (don't they get about), they provide the funny antics they always seem to bring to shows.
The celebs are who are going to make or break the show, and I think ITV have got a good mix this time round.
What does the winner get?
A fair amount of work usually arises for the winner, along with a sum of prize money. They also get crowned the king/queen of the jungle until the next series. (I'm sure that's the only prize they really want!!!!!)
I think the appeal with this program as opposed to say Pop Idol, is the fact that it's over in fourteen days, not six months.
There is more chance of the appeal staying strong till the end before boredom sits in.
If you're a great fan of I'm a celebrity, you can watch it 24/7 on ITV2 at the mo. I will admit to putting it on today whilst writing this review, but blimey was it boring. All the usual sound cuts, it was just as good as remembering the good old days when Big Brother was on for the first time and everyone stuck E4 on all day. (Or was that just me!)
I'll do it for charity guv!!!!!!! 
Now that the current show is over it was interested to read your views 3 days in. I love the show. Much better when they rub each other up the wrong way and argue, the 'true' person comes out. Unfortunately I don't really think they are in 'real' jungle. I think they are in a relatively safe environment and get those little luxuries off camera (the smokers always have a fag on). Unfortunely I missed the last 4 days of this series due to being in Sweden on a training course (rough life) but my missus kept me updated with nighly phone calls (sad or what)