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WELL DONE JOE!!
CONGRATULATIONS on
becoming the
KING OF THE
JUNGLE!
We all knew you could do it and
are so happy for you! You
deserved to win.
WELL DONE JOE!
Thanks to everyone who voting
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Gentle Joe thanks his pals..the emus
JOE Pasquale was voted King of the Jungle last night - but carried on being the court jester.
Joe, who has had constipation, joked as he sat in the winner's chair: "I've been dying to get on the throne for the last two weeks.
"I want a bit of porcelain under my bum."
As he sipped champagne, modest Joe admitted he never thought he'd stay the course - let alone win. And he revealed that he'd even told hosts Ant and
Dec before the latest series started there was no way they'd get him into the jungle.
He said he told them at a showbiz party: "If I get asked to do I'm a Celebrity...tell them they can stick it up their a**e.
"I'm not doing that in a month of Sundays." But he reluctantly admitted his time on the show had been a fantastic experience.
He said: "I've made 10 friends in there - well, 12... but I won't see the emus again."
On his beloved feathered friends, he added: "They got me through the last couple of weeks.
"They just wanted something to eat and a cuddle like the rest of us.
"I genuinely liked being with them. We used to go into the jungle and have a chat."
Joe has been attacked by a range of bugs during his time in the jungle.
He said: "I've had the paralysis tick, the mosquito bites, everything.""
And on the final trial where he was covered in rats, he said: "I could feel their tails under my hooter, then one of them did a jobbie in my hair."
He admitted that during the early days of the show his biggest fear was acid-tongued Janet Street-Porter.
He said: "Early on she scared the living daylights out of me, but then she stopped."
When asked to make his final plea to the public before the phone lines closed, humble Joe pointed to his friend Paul and said: "Vote for him, he's in tears
already. You've got to vote for him." Emotional Paul was overwhelmed to be named runner-up in the competition. The ex-royal butler sobbed throughout his
interview with Ant and Dec and said finishing second was beyond his "wildest dreams".
He told viewers: "Thanks so much for voting for me, it's restored my faith in human nature and the British public.
"I cannot believe I'm here. I expected to be the first out and I'm still here.""
He was the first to congratulate Joe as the result was announced. He said later: "What a journey - what a fantastic journey.
"I can't stop shaking. A nicer guy couldn't have won. Joe is the nicest guy you could ever wish to meet and he's my friend too. I'm proud to be his friend."
Fran was the first to leave the jungle last night after coming third in the viewers' vote.
The nightclub boss hugged Paul and Joe, telling them: "That's cool man. I knew it was going to be me. I'm not even surprised."
Fran was dubbed "The Nobody" for his D-list celebrity status, but beat far more established celebrities including Vic Reeves into the final.
He won millions of votes from viewers impressed by his hunky physique and sexy Irish accent, despite complaining of being starving throughout the show.
He admitted his last meal in the camp - three courses plus coffee and chocolates - was probably one of the best of his life.
After scoffing the lot he leaned back and moaned: "Oh God, I feel like I've eaten the whole world."
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I'M A CELEBRITY: JOE-KING OF THE JUNGLE Dec 7 2004
JOE was crowned King of the Jungle on Tuesday with Paul coming ing second place.
After being told by Ant and Dec he had won the fourth I'm a Celebrity, squeaky voiced comedian Joe was immediately congratulated by Paul.
Joe, the firmest bookies' favourite in the show's history, beat the Paul in the closest final ever.
When Fran was voted off first, he hugged Paul and Joe, telling them: "That's cool man. I knew it was going to be me. I'm not even surprised."
In their trials, Fran had to wear the horrific eel helmet and Joe was made to endure five minutes in a rat-infested hellhole.
All emerged triumphantly from their challenges and went on to enjoy a luxury three course dinner, washed down with beer and champagne.
Earlier, Fran had gone first, openly admitting he was terrified. "My stomach is twisting and lots of adrenaline is running through me but at the same time I am
shattered," he said. Once in the clearing he had to put on goggles, snorkel and the perspex box first modelled by John Fashanu in the last series. He then
had to stand still as eels were let loose every 30 seconds to slither around his head, with a few water spiders for good measure.
Despite the eels wrapping themselves around his face as the water covered his head, Fran managed to last the full two and a half minutes to secure five
stars - meaning the contestants won a starter of deep-fried brie with cranberry sauce.
Fran even managed to stick his middle finger up to Ant and Dec when they sarcastically said during his ordeal: "Well done Fran, you're doing really well."
Next up was Joe, who had to face the Danger Down Under trial with scores of rats, last managed by Jennie Bond.
After entering the dingy tomb he was told he had to last for five minutes to win a main course of fish, chips and mushy peas.
"Oh my god, you are having a laugh," he said before steeling himself.
"We have rats in the camp. They are not that big and they are not walking around with flick knives. I'm going to think that they are guinea pigs with long tails."
When Medic Bob warned Joe that "something fairly heavy" would be moving around on him, he hopefully replied: "Kylie Minogue?"
After the doors closed and the rats entered he shrieked: "I think I've left my flies open. Something just plopped in the water and I think it might have been
me."
As they swarmed over him, the comic announced: "Ouch, they are biting my Jacobs. I would rather jump out of a plane."
When he was told he had 30 seconds left in the tomb, he said: "That will feel like six years."
He emerged successfully after the time was up with rats clinging to his body. Ant helpfully told him he had one on his head.
"I had sussed that out," he replied. "It's not Bruce Forsyth's wig." He added: "I think some of them must have blown off in there because it really hums."
Afterwards he told the others that he had become "Action Man's divvy brother". He said his tactic was to think he was a million miles away, adding: "I went
somewhere else in my head. I went to Barbados. The weather was great and I had a bacon sandwich." After their nightmare day the trio agreed they had
earned the massive meal they were later given in the camp.
After eating three courses, coffee and chocolates Fran moaned: "Oh God, I feel like I've eaten the whole world."
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to gain 8 meals for the camp, making him the first celebrity to win meals for the whole camp. Joe had to climb down a 100ft rope ladder
while braving a wind of 110 knots 200ft above the sea! Joe was blindfolded and taken 25 miles away from the camp to where the trial
took place. The trial took a whole 4 hours too complete. Well Done Joe - you were FANTASTIC!
favourite to win. It also emerged the comedian
yesterday fell sick and needed medical treatment after
mosquito bites got infected in the heat. He nearly
fainted and had to be given emergency vitamin
injections.
Joe is back on his feet and ok after suffering from insect bites.
Bug-magnet Joe was rushed to camp medics after fainting from the effects of the bites in the jungle heat.
But after a quick vitamin injection and a full check-up Joe got the all-clear and rejoined the group.
An official show spokesperson said: "We can report that Joe is fighting fit after being badly affected by insect bites."
Joe has also been given tablets to help with his mosquito bites.
Millions of viewers will be releaved that Joe is still in the show, the comedian is favourite to win Monday night's final.
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helicopter.
"This is a very special one. The biggest Bushtucker Trial yet," Dec said. Joe asked: "Is that because I'm a very special person?". Ant added: "This is the most
expensive one we've ever done so you'd better be bloody good!"
The rules for Joe's challenge was to climb down the ladder and unfurl red banners attached to the rope at intervals. Each banner represented a meal for the
camp. There were 8 in total. Joe had just 5 minutes to complete this difficult task.
Dec said "Here's the thing, you don't have to do it". A nervous Joe tried to put on a brave face, saying: "Why not? This is what I was born to do. Danger is my
middle name." Dec joked: 'I thought it was Kevin.' Joe was asked if he was happy to proceed, after talking to one of the safety crew. By this point Dec was killing
himself laughing! (I think them guys are great!)
COMIC Joe Pasquale's most embarrassing moment was in a six-star hotel before he even got into the jungle.
The 43-year-old was given the wrong room key in the run-up to the show and walked in on a woman having a bath.
Security staff at the Palazzo Versace hotel in Queensland heard the screams and rushed in.
Embarrassed Joe was then escorted to his room while other staff explained the mix-up to the woman.
An insider said: "It was a simple mistake and everybody saw the funny side, especially Joe."
The bookies' favourite became the first celebrity to win full marks in the Bushtucker Trial on Tuesday.
He had to climb down a ladder hanging from a helicopter over the sea.
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- 'HELL-O-COPTER!
shouted that he felt "knackered" and added: "I need to have a poo."
At one point the ladder twisted violently in the wind, nearly throwing Joe off.
Midway through the challenge, he was overcome with exhaustion but persevered and managed to collect all eight flags. On Joe's return to camp he told the others:
"If Nat had to do four of those no wonder she went home. That was physically the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life. I only got two."
Janet told him: "That’s alright."
Then Joe shouted: "No, I got eight!"
As the campers all clapped Joe said to Janet: "You know what kept me going? Thinking of your face if you didn’t have anything decent to cook. They all cheered
when they heard Joe had won them all a meal.
As a reward for Joe's efforts, the celebrities were given letters from their families and friends. Each person had to read out another celebrity's letter to them. The
letter from Joe's wife, Debbie, said: "You could have told me you were going. The first thing I knew about it was you being pushed out of a plane and put in the
jungle with a lot of women in bikinis!" Later Janet asked Joe: "You didn’t tell your wife where you were going?"
"No," he replied. "I told her I was going for a kebab!"
Chris Lore, who devises the stunts, said: "It was a spectacular success - the most extreme challenge ever. Joe's a hero for even attempting it."
Fact and quote from Joe's trial...
- (On his way to the trial hearing a helicopter above) - "I can hear something coming and I don't think it's the No.9 Bus! It's obviously the
- The trial cost £10,000.
Forget hunger or the ordeals of the Bushtucker Trials – boredom is proving to be as big a challenge for some of the celebs.
“I just feel that I’m going a wee bit mad.” Sophie said. “It’s like everything is the same all day long.”
To help Joe crafted a draughts set out of a piece of cloth and used soot and water and toothpaste to identify the black and white
chequers.
Looking after number two
An increasingly caring, sharing Janet has been concerned about Joe’s trips to the loo – he’d not been for nine days.
He faced a dilemma. “I’m scared to go now in case I might lose a stone in one hit,” he confided.
Janet suggested a stomach massage from Sophie but Joe declined, the fool.
“It’s nice that people are concerned about my number two habits,” he said in the Bush Telegraph. “Nobody has been before, not since I
was 18 months old anyway.”
Joe the joker
Jovial Joe has been keeping the camp - and viewers - entertained by constantly cracking jokes.
That's probably why the funnyman is still favourite to be crowned King of the Jungle.
From his never-ending toilet troubles to his surprise comedy double act with Paul, Joe seems to have a quip for every occasion. Here are
his best asides so far.
Joe's advise to man on the flying trapeze Paul:
"Mind your Jacob's!"
Faced with the Hell-ocopter trial 200ft above the ocean:
"Me constipation's in the distance now."
On the lack of food in camp:
"I wouldn't know what to do with decent food. If I saw a bacon sandwich now, I'd probably try to ride around camp on it."
Taking his emu minding duties seriously:
"Oi, butt-monkey, get down here!"
Joe on the camp's constant toilet talk:
"It’s nice that people are concerned about my number two habits. Nobody has been before, not since I was 18 months old anyway."
Joe on Nat and Sophie's spat:
"It was like WWF out there. The Undertaker versus The Rock. I’m so glad we were the bit of rope between them. Ring ring. Round two!"
On refereeing the catfight:
"I was like Tony Blair on Sanatogen."
On another death-defying Celebrity Chest trial:
"Danger is my middle name. It's not - it's Kevin."
Stars get a pasting
Joe has revealed some of the celebs are so hungry they've resorted to eating their toothpaste.
"It actually tastes quite nice," he said.
Crazy for Joe
Camp favourite Joe should find the eccentricities of his fellow celebs a doddle after some of the jobs he's had in the past.
Joe was a civil servant with the Department of Transport aged 16.
But it was his first job that must have taught him how to deal with difficult situations.
As a schoolboy caring Joe had an unpaid summer job at an asylum.
Perfect training for the series? Or just more proof that Joe's an all-round nice guy?
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On ITV2, 28th November, Brian was having a chat with TPT and Mark about his time in camp and his departure. Then the discussion of
fellow camp mates camp up...
Brian on Joe - 'He is the loveliest bloke I have ever met'.
Tara "Who do you miss the most?"
Brian replied straight away "Joe. If he was a woman I'd marry him!"
Brian then had to pick one of the remaining 9 celebs for the live interview on ITV2. He of course chose Joe!
Interviewer: Hi Joe
Joe: Hello
Interviewer: How do you think Nat is going to get on in the trial today?
Joe: Oh I don't know. (laughs) I've got no idea. You can't guess this at all. One minute you think ooh might be loads, on the
other hand you might not get anything. It doesn't really matter does it? It's better than working for a living. We're only here
for a couple of weeks.
Interviewer: Secondly, I'm sure he'll be interested to know - How are you missing Brian, or are you missing Brian?
Joe: Oh yea I am. How is he? Is he ok?
Interviewer: I think he's very well.
Joe: Yea he's probably got his head down a McDonalds already anyway. So yea I am missing Brian as it happens coz I liked
going for our little walks. He was like a naughty schoolboy. I liked Brian a lot.
Interviewer: (Laughing) What's been the highlight of your experience so far then Joe?
Joe: Erm, highlight. Well at the moment I'm looking after the Emus today so it's nice to talk and get some sense out of
someone. Talking to the Emus - so I'm looking forward to that today. I think the highlight possibly was, well I've had a
couple of highlights. (laughing) One was having a bath with the lead singer of the Three Degrees in the middle of the
jungle. That was quite pleasant and very unexpected. And the other one I think was jumping out the plane on the first day.
There you go 3 miles high. Get out of that chunky, get out.
Interviewer: What about camp today - how is everybody feeling?
Joe: Yea everybody is ok. Everybody was expecting the eviction today. So the spirits are like that today (waving hand). We
thought it was on the slide down there, but obviously there is another full day to go now to get through this yet.
Interviewer: What about the eel last night?
Joe: Oh the eel yea, it was a bit like Lord of the Flies. You know I felt like Piggy. You know the one with the glasses that
they all beat up & kill at the end? I could just see him turning on me in the middle of the night and taking a chunk out of my,
you know, left buttock. It's like the film coming alive innit.
Interviewer: Just tell me Joe (Laughing), how would you fancy doing a trial?
Joe: Oh no I'd love to have a bash at the trial. I've not had to yet. How I'd get on will be another matter, but I'm dying to get
me teeth into something. I'm also dying to talk to somebody else - somebody, anybody. That's why I'm dying to talk to the
Emus today.
Interviewer: Alright, thanks Joe.
Joe: No thank you.
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It was a case of rub-a-dub-dub for Joe and Sheila in the jungle when they went to find the group's
treasure chest.
The both had to have a bath together to find the key to the chest, containing bath time treats for the
celebrities, which was hidden in a bar of soap.
Joe and Sheila were reticent about scrubbing up together at first but were soon washing each other's
backs and didn't want to go back to camp.
After finding the bath in a jungle clearing, Joe realised the key was moulded into the soap. He
suggested they get into the bath, but Sheila wasn't keen and wanted Joe to break the soap and release
the key.
When that didn't work she unsuccessfully tried to get the key out by biting the soap. When that didn't
work she joined Joe in the water. Joe said: "I'm up for this because I'm minging. Who would have
thought me and Sheila Ferguson in a bath.
"We have had a result," he said as he undressed and Sheila hopped in in her leopard-skin swimsuit.
"How jealous are they going to be in camp that we have had a hot bath," the singer said as she
clambered into the tub.
The soap bar started to break down as they scrubbed each others' backs and Joe managed to eke out
the key.
As the pair of them wallowed in the water, Sheila asked Joe: "I wonder how many men are jealous of
you right now?"
"I wonder how many women are jealous of you?" Joe replied. - There are many Joe!
split into 2 groups
woken at 4am for the fist day of their gruelling adventure, which will be shown on TV
tonight.
They were divided into two groups for the final leg of their journey to camp at
Murwillumbah near Brisbane on Australia’s east coast.
The first group containing, Joe, Fran, Nancy and Paul , were shocked when told
they would be parachuting into the wilderness!
The remaining celebrities were completely unaware of the parachute adventure until
they joined the first group in the camp. A spokesman for the show explained, "All
four were floored when told of their task. The producers had asked them in
interviews that if they were asked to do a parachute jump, would they agree to do it.
They all said yes. But they thought they were being flown into the Australian jungle."
The skydiving start was almost too much for Burrell who screamed “No, no, no” as
he jumped before a sudden gust of wind swept the former butler and his tandem
master a mile off course.
Joe was worried about having and embarrassing accident, admitting, "I was
frightened I was going to fall out of a plane and poo myself. That was horrible. It
wasn't easy jumping out of a plane but gravity helps!"
After the jump, the group then set out on a marathon five-hour hike, which included
scaling a waterfall on rope ladders in the rain, before they reached camp.
“The celebrities had absolutely no idea what lay in store for them and their faces
were a picture when it was explained to them,” he said.
“There’s no question that this experience has helped them to very quickly form a
bond and got them to work as a team.”
The 10 celebrities will be forced to survive on limited supplies and forced to
complete a number of tasks as they try and avoid being voted off the show.
Early favourites to win the reality show were the glamour girls Nancy Sorrell, Sophie
Anderton and Natalie Appleton, but the bookies are now backing the high-pitched
comic Joe Pasquale to be crowned king of the jungle.
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here will be screened on ITV1 tonight from 9pm and
will continue for two weeks.
Nancy being told of
their entrance into
the jungle!
have to SKYDIVE!!!
Joe jumps second!
12,000 ft!
Go On Joe!
Well Done!!!
Joe's luxery item which he will be carrying into the jungle is a fold-up chair. “I don’t want to get piles from sitting on the cold floor,” he said.
stage as the panto starts just days after the reality show ends.
And staff at the theatre are rooting for Joe to win so much they've already dubbed him Joe Jungle.
They're also hoping to drum up local support to keep the funnyman in the show, which starts on ITV this Monday, and win the crown for
Birmingham.
Hippodrome spokes-woman Mandy Rose said: "Joe will have built up his muscles just in time to climb the beanstalk.
"All the staff are really behind him and really rooting for him to go all the way.
"It would be great if he could get down to the last three and even better. If he could win and be crowned King of the
Jungle, I'm sure we could write that into the panto."
Joe, who is scared of ants and flying, recently joked: "At the moment I think that I'll just be normal, but when I get there
I might turn into a freak who wants to strangle everyone with a vine leaf."
Bookies have given him 7/2 odds to win the jungle crown
* Joe will star alongside Eastenders' Letisha Dean in Jack and the Beanstalk which runs at Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre from
December 21 to January 30.
For tickets telephone the box office on 0870 730 1234 or visit www.birminghamhippodrome.com.
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