The primary episode of the brand new sequence of I’m A Superstar… Get Me Out Of Right here! had greater than two million fewer viewers than final yr.
A median of seven million viewers watched the return of the present on Sunday evening, in accordance with in a single day rankings, and ITV reported a peak viewers of seven.8 million.
The ITV1 present, which this yr consists of former Ukip and Brexit occasion chief Nigel Farage and Jamie Lynn Spears, started at 9pm and ended at 10.45pm.
The primary episode of the 2022 sequence had a mean viewers of 9.1 million and a peak viewership of 10.3 million, in accordance with ITV in a single day rankings.
Matt Hancock was a part of the 2022 present, however didn’t enter the jungle till later within the sequence.
He got here third final yr and was chosen to participate in a number of trials following his resignation as well being secretary over it rising he had damaged his personal Covid-19 steerage by kissing and embracing his aide in his workplace.
The present has typically been a rankings winner for ITV.
Ten million tuned in throughout the preliminary episode of the nineteenth sequence in 2019, in accordance with in a single day figures.
In 2018, some 11 million folks tuned in for the primary episode, which was the most-watched launch since 2013 when 12 million folks tuned in.
The primary episode of the twenty third sequence was “ITV’s highest in a single day viewers of the yr and the largest leisure launch throughout any channel”, in accordance with the broadcaster.
In Monday’s episode, Farage and YouTuber Nella Rose will face a bushtucker consuming trial, referred to as the Jungle Pizzeria, following a public vote.
Forward of getting into the jungle, Farage instructed The Mirror that he has “fairly critical bodily accidents and neck reconstructions” and won’t be participating in some trials that contain handbook labour reminiscent of weightlifting.
In 2010, he was taken to hospital following a airplane crash at an airfield close to Brackley in Northamptonshire.
When Farage first entered the jungle, he met This Morning host Josie Gibson who made a joke concerning the UK leaving the European Union, which the previous MEP-turned-GB Information presenter campaigned closely for.
Explaining getting into the truth competitors, the 59-year-old stated: “It’s not (going to) be simple, however why not?”
Gibson, 38, replied saying: “Can’t be worse than Brexit!”
Farage stated it “didn’t take lengthy”, earlier than including: “I had a sense we’d get a little bit of that.”
In an introduction video, he additionally instructed viewers “within the jungle you’re going to search out the actual me”.
Presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly additionally made a number of jokes about Farage throughout the opening episode of the twenty third sequence.
They supplied an apology to GB Information viewers for the very fact he is not going to be presenting his programme whereas he’s away in Australia.
The Geordie duo stated: “Sorry Keith, sorry Linda.”
Whereas Farage drove Rose and Gibson to their trials, the presenting pair additionally stated: “Did he veer off a bit too far to the precise?”
McPartlin and Donnelly additionally poked enjoyable at contestant Spears, the sister of celebrity Britney Spears.
Spears, additionally recognized for Nickelodeon youngsters’s sequence Zoey 101, stated she was “finest recognized for being an actress and a singer” in her introduction video.
Following the clip, McPartlin and Donnelly referred to her as being recognized for being “Bryan Spears’ sister”.
The contestant’s brother had been one of many producers on Zoey 101.
She has just lately competed on the American model of Strictly Come Dancing, referred to as Dancing With The Stars, and appeared in Netflix sequence Metal Magnolias.
Different celeb entrants embody meals critic Grace Dent, former Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson, JLS singer Marvin Humes, ex-EastEnders actress Danielle Harold and Hollyoaks actor Nick Pickard.
