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I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Finale
During Sunday night's finale (8 December), the three remaining contestants – McFly's Danny Jones, Coleen “Wagatha Christie” Rooney, and the pop star-turned-priest Reverend Richard Coles – were put through their paces in their final Bushtucker Trial. The three finalists were strapped down in the Tower of Terror – wooden boxes stacked on top of each other – where they lay among snakes, fish guts, spiders and cockroaches, which left Rooney screaming in horror, as they raced to win enough stars for a three-course banquet.
After the campmates enjoyed burgers, bolognese and cottage pie on their final night in the jungle, it was up to the public to decide who would be the winner of the 2024 series. Ant and Dec initially announced that Richard Coles had been placed third, then Rooney was placed second, which meant Jones was crowned the winner for 2024. Jones follows in the footsteps of Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson, who was crowned “King of the Jungle” in 2023, beating controversial politician Nigel Farage and former heavyweight boxer Tony Bellew, who made up the final three.
Danny Jones' Journey in the Jungle
During his time in the jungle, Jones has been praised for his honesty about his mental health struggles. The guitarist and singer was left emotional after opening up about suffering from anxiety earlier in the competition, admitting he has been in therapy since he was 19. The 38-year-old singer from Bolton rose to fame for being a part of the band McFly, alongside Dougie Poynter, who won the show in 2011.
Jones, now a judge on The Voice, revealed he is “constantly worrying” and described the nausea and increased heart rate he experienced during a panic attack he had while playing live on stage to his fellow campmates. Elsewhere, the singer was applauded by fans for having a candid discussion about postnatal depression with Rooney and Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabuse. Jones reflected on his wife Georgia's experience of childbirth, telling his fellow campmates: “Looking back now, she had postnatal depression. That is so hard and what made it harder was she didn’t know.”
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