''Kändisdjungeln'' (English: ''The Celebrity Jungle'') was the first and only season of the Swedish version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. The first of the 16 episodes was broadcast on 11 September 2009. The show's hosts were

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and Tilde de Paula. The celebrities were sent to the

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n jungle for the show's run. Sweden was the first

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n country to broadcast its own version of the format.

Celebrities

The contestants participating in the show were:

Reception

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's wife Patricia Östfeldt-Borg withdrew from participating in the show prior to its launch, and the final list of celebrities was described in ''Aftonbladet'' by one critic as unimpressive. In terms of viewership the show was a flop, as whilst the first episode received viewership of 1.2 million, by the middle of the series viewership had already fallen to 322,000. 62% of the readers of the newspaper ''

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'' voted the premiere of the show a "disaster".

Notes

Camp leader Bengt was forced to quit on medical grounds.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kandisdjungeln I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! TV4 (Sweden) original programming 2009 Swedish television series debuts 2009 Swedish television series endings