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I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 2025 is almost upon us, with a new batch of stars set to take on Ant and Dec's gruesome Bushtucker trials as they head into the jungle.

The ITV reality series has been running for more than 20 years, and has seen a whole host of famous faces take part, including the likes of Katie Price, Stacey Solomon, Gemma Collins, Caitlyn Jenner, Jamie Lynn Spears, Matt Hancock and Nigel Farage.

This year, the cast includes Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley, Loose Women's Kelly Brook, Martin Kemp and Eddie Kadi, Alex Scott, Shona McGarty and Jack Osbourne.

An I'm A Celebrity producer has already teased that it will be the "toughest" year yet, with Olly Nash telling The Daily Mail: "We need to see more celebrities earning their keep, that's the most important thing."

But how much are they really earning from their three weeks on the show? We've taken a look into the show's highest-paid fees...

Coleen Rooney was said to have earned the joint highest-fee in the show's history when she entered the jungle last year, after her infamous Wagatha Christie trial against Rebekah Vardy.

It was rumoured the WAG earned £1.5million, and proved to be worth every penny as fans kept her in the show until the final.

She was pipped to the crown by McFly's Danny Jones, while Reverend Richard Coles was in third place.

Nigel Farage also reportedly banked £1.5million when he starred on I'm A Celebrity in 2023, and finished in third place while Sam Thompson was crowned King of the Jungle.

Reality star Sam later admitted he was floored by Farage's payday, telling The Times: "Was he? Bloody hell! I didn't have a clue. You could buy five houses for that!"

He added that his experience in the show wasn't about money or a "career move", saying: "Mate, I would have done it for anything! I would have been a very, very easy negotiation. I would have paid them to be on it."

Noel Edmonds famously became the show's highest-paid contestant at the time, despite lasting merely nine days in the jungle camp during the 2018 series.

He was paid £600,000, and as he arrived last and was voted out first, earned a reported £66,667 a day.

That series was won by Harry Rednapp who became the show's oldest winner when he was crowned King of the Jungle.

It was first rumoured that Boy George, who was in the 2022 series, was being paid £800,000 for I'm A Celebrity, though that figure later went down to £500,000.

He vowed to give bosses their money's worth and certainly delivered, saying: "I feel like I've been paid well for it so I'm going to be as Boy George as I can."

However, just months earlier, the Karma Chameleon hitmaker had implied he'd "never" need to go on the show for the money, when Ant and Dec asked him on Saturday Night Takeaway: "I've always wanted to know, what does Karma Chameleon mean?"

He replied: "It means I never have to say, 'I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!'"

It was claimed Caitlyn Jenner had made £500,000 for her stint on I'm A Celebrity in 2019, with Ant and Dec quipping about her fee.

Dec began: "We've got reality TV royalty Caitlyn Jenner. Most people come into the jungle to lose a few pounds..."

Ant then added: "But she's going to be gaining 500,000 of them according to the papers."

2018 King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp was reportedly paid £500,000 for I'm A Celebrity, and later claimed ITV offered him twice as much as the BBC did for Strictly Come Dancing.

He said: "What happened was I'm a Celebrity came and offered me twice as much money so I went there instead!"

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returns on Sunday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.