McFly singer and guitarist Danny Jones has been named winner of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2024 and king of the jungle - but not everyone is happy about it.
TV personality Coleen Rooney came in second place, while Rev Richard Coles – who was part of pop duo The Communards – placed third. During Sunday’s final Jones, 38, joined hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly in the studio and told them it felt “amazing” and “surreal” to win.
Earlier in the episode, the campmates reflected on what it meant to them to be in the final. Coles said: “I can’t believe I’m one of the final three. I never thought I would make it this far.” Jones said: “It feels amazing, I didn’t expect this at all.”
While Danny is clearly over the moon after being crowned King of the jungle - not everyone is as impressed. Several I'm A Celebrity viewers flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to insist that runner-up Coleen was 'robbed'. Elsewhere, others pointed out that the McFly bandmates have dominated reality TV wins this year.
“People are underestimating the McFly fan base!!” Trust me, we’re not. Every member of McFly or Busted that steps foot in there becomes king of the jungle. It is this narrative “well Danny will win anyway” that makes it all quite boring! I LOVE Danny, don’t get me wrong I’ll be happy for him, but the writing was on the wall from day dot - regardless of how much we’ve come to love the others - and I think it’s a shame that the rest stand no chance tbh, it just takes a little bit of the excitement away #ImACeleb," one fumed.
"Should have put a bet on I’m A Celeb, don’t even watch the programme but even I know McFly fans are going to pull in the votes," another complained. "If there’s one thing our mcfly boys are going to do, it’s win a reality show (sorry tom) #imaceleb," someone else pointed out.
"Danny Jones is not just king of the jungle! He is the KING OF TV! Started off the year as the winner of The Masked Singer, then won The Voice alongside Tom with their artist Ava, and now he’s gone and won I’m A Celeb. He deserves some sort of NTA for this! #ImACeleb," another fan added.
Meanwhile, Rooney reflected in the Bush Telegraph and said: “Knowing that I have made it to the final makes me proud. I’m a proud mum, I’m a proud wife, I’m a proud daughter.” She added: “It’s very rare that I’m proud of myself, so it means a lot. It’s very rare that I put myself first, so yeah these are happy tears.”
During Sunday’s episode, the finalists faced fish guts, spiders and cockroaches as they embarked on the last Bushtucker trial, The Towers Of Terror. In the first half of the challenge, the campmates were joined by snakes as they lay down inside separate levels of a wooden tower where they had to manoeuvre stars, passing them down to one another until they reached the lowest level of the tower.
The campmates managed to collect all six stars and moved onto the second half of the trial, where they were tasked with untying a variety of knots while in the company of some critters.
The trio were able to collect all of the remaining stars, meaning they won a reward of a three-course meal and drink. Jones, had a cold glass of beer, a starter of mozzarella sticks with sweet chilli sauce, a buttermilk chicken burger and chips for his main course, and fresh cream profiteroles with warm Nutella sauce for dessert.
Rooney, 38, had a glass of French pale Provence rose, a bruschetta starter, spaghetti bolognese with flaky parmesan cheese and garlic bread for her main course and fresh cream profiteroles with warm Nutella sauce for dessert. Coles, 62, had a prawn cocktail starter, cottage pie and gravy for his main course, fruit cake for dessert, and Chablis for his drink.
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