The third series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! began on 26 January 2004 and ended on 9 February 2004. The programme ran for 15 days (16 days if counting the morning the finalists exited) and was sponsored by First Choice Holidays.[1] The series was won by Kerry Katona (McFadden at the time).
Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst Mark Durden-Smith and former contestant Tara Palmer-Tomkinson hosted the spin-off show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here... Now! on ITV2. Live streaming continued this series and was broadcast after midnight on ITV1, and from 2am on ITV2.[2]
This series saw contestants Peter Andre and Katie Price (named Jordan) start a high-profile relationship which would feature in tabloids and magazines for the five years they were together. Price returned to the jungle for a second time in 2009.
^1 This was the first bushtucker trial ever to be screened live on television. ^2 Kerry refused to participate. ^3 This was a reworking of Kerry's refused trial.