The twelfth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! was commissioned by Network 10 in November 2025 and premiered on 18 January 2026. It was hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin.
This season of the series was pre-recorded, with filming completed between November and December 2025. Three different endings were filmed, with the audience voting to determine the winner in the finale.
Teaser
The first teaser trailer, featuring hosts Julia Morris and Robert Irwin in a 1970s disco fever themed promo, was released on 17 November 2025.
Celebrities
On 15 January 2026, the first contestant was revealed, three days prior to the premiere of the first episode, to be former NRL player Luke Bateman. On 18 January, hours prior to the premiere, two more celebrities were announced: Rachel Hunter and Dyson Heppell. In episode 2, two more contestants entered the jungle, Cyrell Paule and Matt Zukowski, and in episode 5, the final celebrity George Calombaris entered the jungle.
Results and elimination
Indicates that the celebrity won a game or vote.
Indicates that the celebrity was immune from the elimination challenge depending on certain criteria. (1)
Indicates that the celebrity was named as being in the bottom 2 or 3.
Indicates that the celebrity was eliminated as a result of losing the elimination challenge
Indicates that the celebrity withdrew from the competition
- Elimination Immunity was determined per the following:
- Day 8: As Cyrell and Gary were the team captains, they were immune from being selected for the elimination challenge by the other team. The Gold team was also told that they could not select George as he had only been in the jungle for three days.
- Day 11: All the female contestants were immune for this elimination due to seven male and four female contestants remaining.
- Day 13: Dyson and Luke were immune and given the opportunity to select the celebrities going into elimination due to surviving the previous elimination challenge.
- Day 15: Noone was immune, the two celebrities chosen for elimination were chosen by "The Letters of Doom". Each celebrity picked up a letter, and the two celebrities with a red X in their letter were sent to the elimination.
- Day 16: All the male contestants were immune for this elimination as they had to choose two girls to go to elimination.
- While not immune, the male contestants chose to avoid nominating Rebekah as she already competed in an elimination.
- Day 17: As Cyrell, Gary, Luke and Rebekah had already faced an elimination challenge, they were immune for this eliminated,
- Due to this Concetta, George and Nath were automatically selected being the only celebrities to not have done an elimination challenge.
- Day 18: The celebrities had to vote the two celebrities they most wanted to see in the finale/win. Cyrell, Rebekah and Gary had a three-way tie for the fewest votes and as a result, Concetta, Luke and Nath had to choose two of the three celebrities for the elimination.
Tucker trials
The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. These trials aim to test both physical and mental abilities. Success is usually determined by the number of stars collected during the trial, with each star representing a meal earned by the winning contestant for their camp mates.
The celebrity's name was drawn from "Royce the tiny Rhino"
The contestants decided who did which trial
The trial was compulsory and the celebrities did not decide who took part, nor was a name drawn from "Royce the tiny Rhino".
The contestants were chosen by the evicted celebrities
The voting for the trial was of dual origin
Notes
- The name of the trial was not officially revealed.
- The maximum number of stars in this trial was nine instead of twelve, due to three celebrities being marooned in the Elephants' graveyard.
- The celebrities won a full nine stars for the nine celebrities in the main camp, however this was upgraded to twelve stars upon saving Cyrell, Gary and Rebekah from the Elephants' Graveyard
- George, as an intruder had to complete the Balancing Act trial with Gary as part of his entry into camp.
- In episode 7, the camp was split into teams (Green and Gold) chosen by Gary and Cyrell as George had ranked them as the most and least famous campmates. Members of the teams would go head to head in trials where only the winner would get food for their team. The camp was reunited as one before the Networking trial.
- Gary and Cyrell, as team captains picked the trialists for each of their teams.
- Barry was chosen by "Royce the Tiny Rhino" and was made to pick the other three celebrities.
- Instead of stars, the celebrities were aiming to win McDonalds El Maco burgers, fries and soft drinks for the entire camp. They completed the whole trial and won El Maco Beef Burgers, El Maco McCrispy burgers, fries and soft drinks for the entire camp.
- The trialists were picked by "AI" and not necessarily "Royce the Tiny Rhino".
- Stars in this trial were won by the celebrities choosing eliminated celebrities to answer questions. For each correct question answered they earned half a star. As by the final questions the celebrities had only earned half a star, Julia announced that the final question would be worth three stars which the celebrities got correct.
- The trial was sponsored by Domain. After the trial ended, the celebrities were presented with a box filed with home comforts and to win the contents of the box, they had to answer one question without help from the eliminated celebrities. They had to name what Julia had mentioned she was missing most from home before the trial, and answered it correctly, winning the contents of the box which were later revealed to be freshly baked cookies.
Star count
Secret Challenges
Luke, Mia, Nath and Rebekah's secret mission (Day 12)
After the trial on Day 12, Luke, Mia, Nath and Rebekah were instructed to not tell their other campmates that they had won McDonalds and lied saying that they had only managed to win 4 stars. The completed this secret mission and the entire camp was awarded with their McDonalds for dinner that night.
Nath's secret mission (Day 13)
During Episode 13, to win a surprise birthday present, Nath had to complete three tasks while wearing silly underpants. Nath had to do ten lunges, hug a campmate and stoke the fire without his secret being discovered. After completing the tasks however Rebekah, George and Barry discovered his secret. Luckily it was completed before the campmates found out and Nath won the camp hot chocolate and a pamper back.
George's secret mission (Day 16)
During Episode 16, a game was played in the camp where each celebrity had to answer a simple question about themselves in order to win an ElMaco Chicken McWrap and would all almost certainly answer their questions correctly. An hour before the game, George was assigned secretly sabotage the challenge being "the mole" and to intentionally give a wrong answer. The celebrities thought they were playing for an El Maco Chicken McWrap each, however if George succeeded in his mission, they would not only all win McWraps but would also win a large soft drink for everyone as well. George succeeded in his challenge and acted down on himself enough to carry the story, winning a Wrap and large soft drink for everyone in camp.
Rebekah's secret mission (Day 18)
During Episode 18, Rebekah was secretly assigned to give each of her five remaining campmates an "obscure compliment". However, Nath had caught on, stupidly asking if she was on a secret mission, and Rebekah's attempt at the secret mission was deemed the worst attempt at a secret mission in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here history and the reward was left unknown.
Elephants' Graveyard
A new addition for this season saw the introduction of the Elephants' Graveyard, a separate campsite where certain celebrities were sent to stay, celebrities in this campsite had to win a challenge in order to escape the Elephants' Graveyard and return to camp. The campsite was later used for the elimination challenges.
- There was no challenge to escape the camp as the celebrities in the main camp completed a challenge to rescue the three "banished" celebrities from the Elephants' Graveyard.
Elimination Challenges
Due to the pre-recorded format, there were no votes from the public determining which celebrities would be eliminated. Instead the celebrities competed in elimination challenges inside the Elephants' Graveyard where the loser would be eliminated and exit the jungle through the "Tunnel of Doom".
- The final six celebrities had to choose two celebrities they would like most to see in the finale/win the series. The vote ended in a three-way tie with Gary, Cyrell and Rebekah with the fewest votes. Due to this Concetta, Luke and Nath chose the two celebrities out of the three to participate in the elimination. They chose Cyrell and Rebekah.
Fight to the Finale: (Episode 20)
The final five celebrities had to compete in a challenge to gain their place in the Grand Finale. The celebrities competed in a series of three games where the winner of each game would win a star, marking their place in the finale. The two celebrities not to win would be eliminated.
- Game 1: Hidden amongst a ton of corn, were stars. The first celebrity to find five stars would win a place in the final 3. However, the celebrities could not use their hands. The stars were magnetic and the only way to gather them was by wearing a pair of "magnet pants".
- Game 2: On a board there were thirteen middle names, one for each celebrity. One at a time the celebrities had to step up to the board and try to match all thirteen middle names to their celebrity. Once the answers were locked in the board would light up the correct names. The celebrity who got all the names to light up would win their place in the finale.
- Game 3: The third game was a puzzle. The celebrities' puzzle pieces were in box in front of them, however the puzzle things were not the only things in those boxes which also included tarantulas and snakes. The first celebrity to complete their puzzle would win the final place in the finale.
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