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Roisin O'Connor and Greg Evans

I’m a Celeb 2025 final live: Viewers react as winner crowned in series finale

The grand final of I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! has crowned YouTuber Angryginge the winner of this year’s series, with Celebs Go Dating host Tom Read Wilson finishing second.

During the episode, Ant and Dec confirmed that former EastEnders actor Shona McGarty had finished third.

Despite speculation that this series would end with an all-male final, it was rapper Aitch who stumbled at the last hurdle on Saturday night, with viewers giving him the least votes and sending him home.

This meant that TikTok star Angryginge, Shona and Tom were this year’s finalists.

As he left camp, Aitch told his campmates that he predicted that he wouldn’t make the final and saw his departure coming, while revealing that he wanted his jungle BFF and fellow Mancunian Ginge to take the win.

I'm a Celebrity 2025 final - key points

  • Angryginge wins!
  • Shona finishes third
  • Who's competed on this season's I'm a Celeb?
  • Celebrities complete all three challenges

Ant and Dec congratulate Angryginge

11:03 , Roisin O'Connor

What a series! Big congrats to our new Jungle King, @angryginge13,” Ant and Dec say in a post to their official social media accounts. “You’ve kept us laughing the whole way… even if you did call us a few unpleasant names.”

Tom Read Wilson says he would have felt a ‘great pang of guilt’ if he won I’m a Celebrity

10:36 , Roisin O'Connor

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! runner-up Tom Read Wilson has declared that social media star Angryginge was the rightful winner of the ITV reality series, stating the YouTuber "had to win" the competition.

Morgan Burtwistle, known online as Angryginge, was crowned King Of The Jungle during Sunday’s final, triumphing over the 39-year-old Celebs Go Dating receptionist.

Tom Read Wilson would have felt a ‘great pang of guilt’ if he won I’m a Celeb

VIDEO: I'm A Celeb fans think they've found the moment that confirms Aitch's feelings for Shona

10:33 , Roisin O'Connor

Fans hope Tom will get a career revival after I'm a Celebrity run

10:04 , Roisin O'Connor

Tom has been a breakout star on I’m a Celebrity and his fans clearly want to see him back on TV in a larger capacity soon.

VIDEO: Watch moment King of the Jungle announced

09:34 , Roisin O'Connor

Fans react to new King of the Jungle Angryginge

09:03 , Roisin O'Connor

Fans are thrilled after social media star Angryginge was crowned King of the Jungle in an emotional series finale of I’m a Celebrity 2025.

Your 2025 King of the Jungle!

08:35 , Roisin O'Connor

Angryginge crowned King of the Jungle

08:01 , Roisin O'Connor

YouTuber Angryginge has been crowned the winner of I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here 2025.

Celebs Go Dating host Tom Read Wilson finished second while former EastEnders actor Shona McGarty finished third.

In his exit interview Ginge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, said I'm a Celebrity was harder than he expected. "Nobody warned me," he said. “No one said it was going to be that hard. I'm so glad I done it though.”

Former EastEnders actor Shona McGarty finished in third place. During her exit interview the 34-year-old said she saw herself as an "older sister" to fellow campmate Aitch.

The actor sensed his vulnerability despite his "rapper thing" persona. "To be completely honest, when he came in, this rapper thing coming on, mega and all that, underneath it all, I could tell he was quite scared of the whole experience," she explained. "He's normal, he's down to earth, we've had a similar upbringing. I felt like older sister and I wanted to protect him."

I’m a Celebrity 2025 winner crowned in emotional finale

Here's the moment Ginge was crowned King of the Jungle

07:30 , Greg Evans

Let’s watch it again..why not

I’m A Celeb fans think they’ve found the moment that confirms Aitch’s feelings for Shona

06:30 , Greg Evans

AngryGinge gave up streaming - his grandad's motivational words inspired him to return

05:30 , Greg Evans

If you want to learn more about Ginge and his life as a streamer then please read our sister site indy100’s interview with him.

AngryGinge gave up on streaming - until his grandad's motivational words inspired him

Deputy Labour leader congratulates Ginge

04:30 , Greg Evans

Deputy Labour leader and Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell congratulated the 24-year-old social media star from Salford in a social media post.

She said: “It was a Mancunian series and Manchester prevailed. Well done Ginge (and Aitch and co).”

Where is I’m a Celebrity filmed? See the Australian ‘jungle’ location

03:33 , Greg Evans

I’m a Celebrity took place in Wales for two years, but the ITV favourite returned to Australia in 2022

Where is I’m a Celebrity filmed in Australia?

I’m a Celebrity’s Vogue Williams claims Martin Kemp was ‘exempt’ from trials

02:30 , Greg Evans

The musician’s son had questioned why his father seemed immune from the most taxing Bushtucker Trials

I’m a Celebrity’s Vogue Williams explains Martin Kemp’s lack of screen time

Alex Scott frustrated after favourite jungle moments didn’t make I’m A Celebrity edit

01:30 , Greg Evans

KSI says he's so proud of Ginge as he reacts to the final

00:30 , Greg Evans

YouTuber, boxer, BGT judge and all around star KSI has shared his reaction to Angryginge’s win.

I’m a Celebrity 2025 winner crowned in emotional finale

Sunday 7 December 2025 23:30 , Greg Evans

YouTuber Angryginge has been crowned the winner of I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here 2025.

Celebs Go Dating host Tom Read Wilson finished second while former EastEnders actor Shona McGarty finished third.

In his exit interview Ginge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, said I'm a Celebrity was harder than he expected. "Nobody warned me," he said. "No one said it was going to be that hard. I'm so glad I done it though."

Read more below:

I’m a Celebrity 2025 winner crowned in emotional finale

Fans hope Tom will get a career revival after I'm a Celebrity run

Sunday 7 December 2025 23:14 , Greg Evans

Tom has been a breakout star on I’m a Celebrity and his fans clearly want to see him back on TV in a larger capacity soon.

The moment Ginge was crowned as King of the Jungle

Sunday 7 December 2025 23:07 , Greg Evans

On reflection

Sunday 7 December 2025 23:00 , Greg Evans

This does feel like a watershed moment for I’m a Celebrity but in a good way. We all want celebrity shows to have the drama of Traitors or the scandals of Big Brother but over the past few years, I’m a Celebrity has morphed into a different, more humble beast. Sure, the show isn’t perfect and feels a bit dated in many aspects but its become more about friendship and bonding rather than eating gross bugs and arguments in the camp. It’s a nice palette cleanser to the otherwise chaotic world of reality TV.

On to next year’s series...oh and the incoming All-Star Special.

Angryginge as King of the Jungle

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:49 , Greg Evans

Who would have thought it?

This does worringly look like a scene from Midsommar

(ITV)

13 million votes registered in the finale

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:41 , Greg Evans

Wow! There were 13 million votes in the, which Ant and Dec confirm is thethe highest amount in at least 10 years.

The campmates cheered on "Ginge" after he was crowned as King of the Jungle. Runner-up Tom Read Wilson said: "That's as it should be. That's everything I want. I've had the best time. I can't tell you."

Angryginge wins!

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:35 , Greg Evans

THE WINNER IS: ANGRYGINGE

Winner announcement imminent

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:33 , Greg Evans

Ant and Dec will announce who has won after the break!

Tom backs Ginge to win

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:29 , Greg Evans

“I love being able to chew on words,” says Tom when he’s asked about his wide-ranging vocabulary.

She’s the only person I’ve ever met in my life who has genuinely funny bones,” gushes Tom about Ruby, having also had a special relationship with the American star.

Speaking about the cyclone, Tom says that he felt like he was 8-years-old but preferred the Jungle Arms night.

“Historically, I have tended to be introspective. What you had to be in the jungle was have an outward lens. Your whole focus just has to be out,” admits Tom when asked about his time on the jungle.

Humbly, Tom says that Ginge deserves to win I’m a Celebrity.

'I’m mentally stronger than I thought I was,' says Ginge

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:22 , Greg Evans

When quizzed about the milk bottle theft in his exit interview, Ginge jokes they ‘were really nice’.

Asked about his friendship with Ruby and Lisa, Ginge says he just got on so well with both of them.

“I’m mentally stronger than I thought I was”, Ginge says while reflecting on his time in the jungle and admits that he felt like throwing in the towel at various points.

When asked if he want to win, Ginge says he didn’t do it to become king but purely for the experience.

Angryginge and Tom have left the jungle

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:17 , Greg Evans

Tom says he feels ‘drunk’ but Ginge is still not sampling any champagne. Stick to the Coca-Cola, pal.

Tom and Ginge on I'm a Celebrity (ITV)

Who is winning?

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:14 , Greg Evans

Surely Angryginge is winning this? He has an army of fans but Tom could be a real outsider

Votes are back open

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:05 , Greg Evans

Viewers have 25 minutes to vote for their favourite to win. Are you backing Tom or Ginge?

Shona says I'm a Celebrity has been a 'healing process'

Sunday 7 December 2025 22:04 , Greg Evans

In her exit interview, Shona is aghast after learning that Aitch, Ginge and Kelly scoffed 10 milk bottle sweets in secret.

The actor also opens up on her relationship with Aitch, admitting that she felt like an older sister to the rapper.

Shona says being on I’m a Celebrity has been a “healing process” and that she’s learned a lot about herself.

Before departing, she backs Tom to win.

(ITV)
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