Could Nigel Farage win I’m a Celebrity?

This weekend, Nigel Farage enters the jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – reportedly for a fee of £1.5 million, the highest in the show’s history. How Coutts must wish they still had his custom. His very appearance is already being objected to by the usual suspects. In the Guardian, Zoe Williams accused ITV of ‘fun-washing’ Farage’s reputation, broadcaster Danny Baker called the channel ‘morally bankrupt’, and the hashtag #BoycottImACeleb has already been used by around 10,000 people on X. So far, so predictable. But what if, over the next three weeks, Farage charms the British public? What if, not the first time, he pulls off an electoral upset? What if… Nigel Farage wins I’m a Celeb?

Judge me if you wish, but I’ve watched pretty much every series of the ITV reality show since it started in 2002. In that time, I’ve learned there are certain rules any contestant must obey if they wish to win.