800,000 watch 'Celebrity' launch

Published: Mon 20 Nov 2017, 4:17 PM

Last updated: Mon 20 Nov 2017, 4:20 PM

Over 800,000 viewers tuned in to watch the launch of this year’s I’m A Celebrity…GET ME OUT OF HERE! on TV3 last night.

An average of 493,000 watched Ant and Dec host as a brand new cast of celebrities headed down under to battle it out in TV’s toughest entertainment challenge. Viewership peaked at 584,000 and was especially popular with younger audiences, delivering an average viewing share of 47 per cent for adults under 34.

Leaving their plush pads and luxuries far behind, our celebrity campers will spend up to three weeks taking on the harsh surroundings of the Australian jungle, with a whole host of brand new nasty surprises created just for them.

This year’s line-up of jungle campmates include Jennie McAlpine, Dennis Wise, Rebekah Vardy, Jack Maynard, Shappi Khorsandi, Amir Khan, Stanley Johnson, Vanessa White, Jamie Lomas and Georgia Toffolo.

I’m a Celebrity …GET ME OUT OF HERE! continues exclusively on TV3 tonight at 9pm and is followed by I’m A Celebrity…Extra Camp on 3e at 10.30pm.