I’m A Celebrity fans cry ‘fix’ as Reverend Richard Coles comes in third place
I'M A Celebrity has come under fire by fuming fans who raged the show was 'fixed' .
On tonight's finale, Reverend Richard Coles, Danny Jones and Coleen Rooney had a nail-biting final day before the winner was announced
Reverend Richard Coles, the former Communards singer-turned-vicar, came in third place.
Viewers were fuming at the announcement, taking to X to say the star was "robbed" of the win.
"Richard was robbed. The true King Of The Jungle!" declared one fan.
Another said: "someone call the police reverend richard was just ROBBED and should be king"
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"Rev Richard out over Colleen??? This is a joke. The british public had ONE job," bemoaned another.
Another claim the show was fixed in another campmate's favour, saying: "I really want Danny to win this but I bet Colleen will, it seems like @ITV have fixed this for her to win, plugging her show, the constant screen time, it just seems off to me."
Speaking on his time on the show, Reverend Richard said: "I thought there'd be like, luxury spas, just off camera, beautifully pampered and looked after. Not the case.
"It was much harder than I thought it would be, but that was great. The lows were much lower, the highs were much higher, but it was the lows that made the highs, if you see what I mean."
The Final Day
On the final day, Reverend Coles admitted that he didn't expect to win the show, admitting his shock at making the final three after Oti Mabuse's elimination.
But they didn't have too much time to dwell as Richard, Coleen and Danny headed down to the trial area for the show's first joint finale Bushtucker Trial.
In order to win luxury meals, all three took on the Towers of Terror, where they laid on their backs in stacked boxes.
Coleen took the top, Danny was in the middle and Richard was placed in the bottom, and they had to work together to guide stars through each section and into the 'win' zone – all while dealing with snakes.
After that, they were placed into a second tower with more grisly additions in order to complete the final task.
With all of them succeeding, they were able to get their dream meals – with Richard enjoying a prawn cocktail with a salad, cottage pie with peas, carrots and gravy, fruit cake for main course and a Chablis Grand Cru for his drink.
"I will look back on my time in the jungle with gratitude, actually," he said of his time on the show. "I'll remember every part of it."
How The Reverend Won over the nation
Reverend Richard was a last minute addition to the cast of this series, entering the camp late alongside Maura Higgins.
However, the pair immediately made themselves favourites to viewers with their sneaky "Jungle Junkyard" challenge, where they were instructed to convince the camp they were living in squalor when in reality they were living in luxury.
During one memorable moment, they "took part" in a challenge with Melvin Odoom, dumping foul-smelling fish guts on him while actually eating tea and sandwiches.
However, since becoming a full-time member of the main camp, Richard proved his mettle when it came to the dreaded eating challenges.
Over the course of the show he has had to eat and drink numerous disgusting delicacies including blended fermented herring, mice tails, spiders and a fish eye.
However, he managed to successfully take the challenges on, and in camp became beloved for his open nature and funny anecdotes.
He formed a particularly close bond with GK Barry, quipping that he "didn't know what a bromance was between a 62-year-old gay man and a 25-year-old lesbian, but I think we're having one."
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Danny Jones also dubbed him "the Rev".
I'm A Celebrity is available in full now on ITVX.
