What is I’m A Celebrity Without Ant and Dec?

It’s been a really enjoyable series this year, we’ve had the one contestant that the public want to torture (Helen), a politician who claims they are on there to talk about serious issues (Nadine), a bit of a bossy boots (Rosemary), an 80s singer (Limuli), someone who had to quit (Brian), a token blonde (Ashley) and a man who calls it as it is (Eric). There’s always filler; not their fault but their screen time is probably at the expense of other more mouthy characters. See Linda; who seemed quite nice but the others were a bit more in your face. We’ve also got Charlie who looked like she was going to turn into her on screen character Janine, but turned into the eventual queen and quite a nice girl. Janine would have eaten Rosie Webster for breakfast; don’t stand too close to any cliffs Helen.

Let’s be honest though, we all know who the stars of the show are: Ant and Dec. They have outshone themselves this year. Personal highlights include Dec and his “Evening Prime Minister”, Ant with his Eric Bristow impression but my favourite was Dec giving Ant a birthday card. Not just any card, a musical card with Kajgoogoo’s Too Shy playing in it, which they accompanied with a little dance. Red or Black is all forgotten guys.

Nobody watches this show for the celebrities, and this show just wouldn’t work without Ant and Dec. While it might not quite be a vintage year, it is up there. Helen going from zero to hero, Rosemary annoying them all and Kiosk Keith in the jungle are some personal highlights. I love Kiosk Keith, more of him please.

It’s a show which I can only put down its popularity to its hosts and the mix of celebrities. While you might not have heard of some of them, the most important thing is that they don’t get on. Throw in the fact they are basically starving and certain people not pulling their weight and people’s masks soon start to slip. It’s quietly turned into my favourite reality show; one that doesn’t outstay its welcome and while it does have new and more horrible tasks each year, it has basically stayed the same. Take note X Factor, you don’t need to keep messing with a winning format.

Bring it on next year. Don’t ever change boys.