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Gino crowned King of the Jungle

Gino crowned King of the Jungle

04/12/2009 22:59

Chef Gino D'Acampo has been crowned King of the Jungle in the final of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!

The Italian was named the winner after the gruelling three-week competition.

Self-proclaimed Queen of Clean Kim Woodburn was runner-up and snooker ace Jimmy White came third.

D'Acampo told presenters Ant and Dec: "It feels great, I know that I'm going to get into some kind of civilisation very soon. These three weeks have been crazy, up and down. I don't think there's ever been a day when I've thought, 'what am I doing here, I should be at home doing something else' - I really enjoyed every bit of the experience."

He said that when he watched the show at home, he thought "it must be a trick". "But no, you have to do everything here, big walk, spider in the mouth, tightrope, you really have to do everything - you come here and suffer."

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Woodburn said: "I slummed it, dear, I had ants in my pants." She added: "You're taken from all your creature comforts, which you all take for granted, and suddenly you are dropped into a hell hole."

The eating trials were "absolutely horrible", she said. "If you think of it now, you could retch. But I did it, my love, you've got to take the stars back, we want the food."

White said: "I really got involved, and we all kept a nice group. The greatest thing for me was the group effort, we all became pals and helped each other out."

He said he had lost 22lbs in weight and added: "I learned a lot about myself and I'm absolutely delighted I've come here."

He said there was a lot of time to think in the camp. "We are all tired at the end of the day, and when you lay on your bunk, you have a lot of time to think. There are no computers, no phones, I've never not spoken to my kids for more than two days in their lives."

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It's all over now, but will you be watching next year's show?
OMG, it was the best one yet, of course i'll watch next year's!
You must be joking, there' s no way I'm going to watch it...ever!!
Well, depends which celebs they'll dig out of the barrel I suppose...
 
 

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