I’m A Celeb fans were left ‘devastated’ after Eddie Kadi become the second contestant to be voted out of the jungle on Sunday evening.
The funnyman, 42, found himself in the bottom two alongside model Vogue Williams, before hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly announced it was he who had received the fewest votes and would be leaving camp.
Fans were gutted by the decision, claiming Eddie was one of the most ‘underrated’ campmates and Vogue or Kelly Brook should have received the boot instead.
Eddie, who was second to leave after Lioness Alex Scott, said his farewells before sitting down for his exit interview where he reflected on his jungle experience, telling the hosts how it had ‘changed his life’.
He said: ‘I feel like I’ve been in there a year, it’s literally changed my life. Coming from Congo, where we have a massive rainforest,’
‘I feel like I’ve had a taste of what my grandparents experienced, and I realise now why they were so humble. They were joyful regardless of any situation. Even when you’ve got no food, it goes to show that we are enough as human people’.
Taking to X, fans said: ‘Eddie was the most underrated Campmate Seems like such a lovely guy’: ‘I’m so surprised that Kelly is still there! Eddie didn’t deserve to go yet, so annoyed’: ‘Eddie shouldn’t have gone it should have been the Dullard Vogue’.
‘Kelly Brook was annoying me that much I’ve stopped watching, but what do you mean Eddie is out?!?’: ‘Noooooooo – man, what is it with the British people and votes?! Absolutely love Eddie… He didn’t get a fair edit in my opinion’.
The evening’s episode opened with Shona and Lisa’s first morning as camp leader and deputy and they both woke up well rested from a great night’s sleep in the comfort of the treehouse.
Eddie was in charge of the rice that morning, having been appointed cooking duty by Shona and Lisa the night before.
He admitted to Tom about the new responsibility, he was ‘nervous, because I live by myself. When you’re cooking for you, there’s no one to judge.’
Eddie headed down to take a shower, with the rice cooking away on the fire. He told the Bush Telegraph: ‘Breakfast is going well, the rice is nearly done. Myself and Ruby have got this under control.’
However, it appeared the camp had other ideas on Eddie’s cooking ability as Kelly could smell burning…
Kelly told the Bush Telegraph: ‘He made the colossal error of putting the rice on and going for a shower. I watched him do it, I didn’t wanna say anything because I can’t get involved, I have a feeling this morning it’s gonna be a little bit crispy!’
And it appeared Ruby also had something to say about Vogue tending to the fire as she whispered to Ginge: ‘She just destroyed it, she doesn’t know what she’s doing.’
As Vogue quipped back: ‘Are you two b****hing about me?’ As they giggled and Ginge whispered back to Ruby ‘absolutely clueless.’
As the burnt rice was served for breakfast, everyone was less than impressed.
Jack joked: ‘It’s Eddie’s first race, so he’s warming up to it.’
Later in yet more tension, Shona entered camp with a laminate, as she guiltily told her fellow campmates: ‘please don’t hate me…’
The laminate informed the celebrities contraband had been found in camp, in the form of butter.
With Shona as the camp leader, she had an important choice to make – as punishment for the contraband found in camp she could either step down as leader, or lose two stars won in the day’s trial.
Coming clean, Shona told the camp ‘I’m not responsible for it, but I used it’ as she revealed the contraband in question was some butter she found in the food trunk.
As the celebrities deduced it might have been Alex who smuggled it in, Shona told the Bush Telegraph: ‘I don’t know where it came from, but I saw it and my eyes lit up and I used it’.
Taking the decision herself, Shona decided to dethrone from her role as camp leader as Aitch took Shona’s big leaf she was using as a crown and put it on the fire.
The celebrities then took a vote to appoint a new camp leader, with Ruby winning by a landslide.
She told her campmates: ‘Things are about to change.’ as she told the camp ‘No more Mrs Nice Guy!’ and demanded that Shona should be her footstool, Aitch should be her entertainer and Ginge her dancer.
I’M A CELEBRITY 2025: MEET THE CAMPMATES
KELLY BROOK
AGE: 45
OCCUPATION: Model and TV star
FAMOUS FOR: Kelly is best known for being a model, who has posed for Page Three. She is also an actress and a panelist on ITV’s Loose Women.
MARTIN KEMP
AGE: 64
OCCUPATION: Musican/actor
FAMOUS FOR: Martin is arguably best known for being part of 70s band Spandau Ballet, as well as playing Steve Owen in EastEnders. His son is Roman Kemp and is married to Shirlie Holliman.
LISA RILEY
AGE: 49
OCCUPATION: Actress
FAMOUS FOR: Lisa has played a number of roles over the years, but is best known for playing Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale. She took on the role in 1995.
JACK OSBOURNE
AGE: 40
OCCUPATION: Media personality
FAMOUS FOR: Jack is best known for being part of the famous Osbourne family alongside mum Sharon, dad Ozzy and sister Kelly. They starred in their own MTV show The Osbournes.
AITCH
AGE: 25
OCCUPATION: Rapper
FAMOUS FOR: Aitch’s real name is Harrison James Armstrong. He shot to fame in 2018 with his song Straight Rhymez. 11 of his songs have reached the top 10 singles chart, including Taste (Make It Shake).
VOGUE WILLIAMS
AGE: 40
OCCUPATION: Podcast host
FAMOUS FOR: Irish presenter Vogue first found fame in 2010 when she appeared on reality series Fade Street. She went on to appear on The Jump with her husband Spencer Matthews.
SHONA MCGARTY
AGE: 32
OCCUPATION: Soap star/actress
FAMOUS FOR: The British public know Shona for portraying Whitney Dean in EastEnders for 16 years. She quit the role last year to pursue other things.
RUBY WAX
AGE: 72
OCCUPATION: Actress/comedian and mental health campaigner
FAMOUS FOR: Ruby has made a name for herself by interviewing people on her TV shows, but now focuses on mental health.
ANGRYGINGE
AGE: 23
OCCUPATION: Social media star
FAMOUS FOR: AngryGinge is best known for his Twitch and YouTube content that is focused on football. His real name Morgan Burtwistle.
TOM READ WILSON
AGE:39
OCCUPATION: TV personality
FAMOUS FOR: Tom is best known for his work on E4’s Celebs Go Dating. As the agency’s receptionist he’s always on hand to give advice to the unlucky-in-love celebrities.
