The second season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here! premiered on June 1, 2009 and concluded on June 24, 2009. The season, aired on NBC, a revival of the ABC series of the same name and continued to follow the same format as the original British series.
It was also broadcast in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In Ireland, the show aired on TV3, three days behind the original NBC airings, and in the UK, it aired on ITV2 with a seven-day delay. The show was aired on STAR World in South East Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea from July 8, 2009.
With the network change, the series changed hosts, with Myleene Klass and Damien Fahey presenting the second season. The revival began with eleven contestants who were originally split into two teams: red and yellow. Shortly thereafter, the eleven contestants were split into teams based on gender. Heidi and Spencer Pratt quit the show on day two, but they both returned, only to withdraw once again for a final time when Heidi became ill. Daniel Baldwin (Stephen Baldwin's brother) joined the show partway through the season, and Holly Montag (Heidi Pratt's sister) became a cast member soon after.
Celebrities
Results and elimination
Trials
Notes
Heidi and Spencer refused to take part in the trial. Daniel, Lou, and Sanjaya were able to make it to the second of the rounds of the trial, but nobody made it to the last round. The group consensus was to have Lou remain as Camp Leader. Janice refused to take part in the trial, citing medical reasons as the cause. The prize for this trial was not revealed. Janice was not eligible to be voted into the trial, citing medical reasons as the cause. As Lou had already been Camp Leader twice, the producers decided that he could not compete for a third term. Hoping to be eliminated this week, Stephen refused to participate in the Immunity Challenge. Though the three remaining contestants competed as individuals, they each won their respective challenge.
Key
The public voted who they wanted to face the trial. The contestants decided who did which trial. The trial was compulsory. The trial was compulsory and the celebrities competed as a team.
Statistics
Leaders of Camp
Episode Summary
Episode 1
The celebrities are split into 2 teams; the Red team (Janice, John, Patti, Heidi and Spencer) and the Yellow team (Lou, Sanjaya, Stephen, Torrie, Frances and Angela). Patti gets carried down a river that the red team are trying to cross. The yellow team struggle to get over some slippery rocks. Heidi and Spencer attempt to quit but the producers talk them into staying. Heidi and Spencer go away from camp the following morning and the rest of the celebrities take the labels off their hair products. They then return and Spencer attacks Angela for playing with his things. The celebrities are then split into male and female teams. Lou beats Janice at the leadership challenge and becomes the camp leader. The boys beat the girls at a bug eating challenge and win their team and win a chicken and pineapple dinner. Patti tells the camp about her husband's legal problems. The celebrities arrive at the Trauma Tank for the immunity trial.
Episode 2
Sanjaya wins the Trauma Tank trial and wins immunity for all of the boys. Lou gets a comfortable bed as he is the camp leader. Spencer beats Heidi in the Lost Chamber trial and wins the boys a fish dinner. Stephen baptises Spencer in the river. Heidi and Spencer leave the jungle for good. The boys are allowed to choose one girl to give immunity to as well as themselves and they choose Patti.
Episode 3
Janice spills water in John's boots and it causes an argument between them. John tells Janice he is sorry for shouting at her but Janice doesn't think he means it. The boys beat the girls in the Rocky Horror trial and win a pork dinner. Daniel Baldwin joins the camp. Heidi and Spencer tell the hosts that they want to return and the celebrities are asked to vote if they want them back.
Episode 4
Either Janice, Torrie, Frances or Angela will leave the jungle. John and Daniel beat Patti and Torrie in the food trial and win a fruit and mushroom dinner. Angela notices that items have been stolen from her bag and it is revealed that Janice stole the items. The hosts reveal that Janice and Frances are safe from elimination and Torrie and Angela are the bottom two. At the end of the show it is revealed that Angela is the first celebrity to leave.