Final Success Tips From I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2006
The reality show 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' ended on 1st December 2006.
Twelve celebrities spent weeks in the Australian jungle and had to face difficult and sometimes revolting trials to win food and the support of the viewers. Can we learn any success tips from their experience? Yes!
Those celebrities who failed to win enough support were expelled from the jungle camp. The one person who remained at the end would be crowned king or queen of the jungle.
David Gest, the former husband of Lisa Minelli, was one of the favourites to win. He used humour to get through the tough times:
"You either die or you go with it. If I die, I will have a big funeral!"
David's humour was appreciated by most of the camp although his snoring was not. Ant and Dec, the presenters, commented: "They've all had a good night's sleep. Well, David Gest certainly has!"
At one point David handled some leeches with confidence. Someone asked him if he liked them. He replied: "Well, I work with a lot of them."
David performed his first trial bravely, surrounded by water and small alligators. The viewers appreciated his courage and did not select him for any further trials.
However, the British, like most other nations, do not like moaning, boasting or a failure to try and they voted for the celebrities who were guilty of these faults to face trial after trial.
Scott Henshall, a fashion designer, said his mum would kill him if he did not try. However, he did not follow her advice. He offered reasons for quitting early:
"You could only do your best. Crickets and earthworms were biting me!"
He also complained that things were crawling up his backside. This seemed to me to be a valid excuse. However, Dec, one of the presenters, was not impressed by Scott's performance:
"That was Scott's very, very best!"
The public were not impressed either and chose Scott to perform more trials. Clearly they felt that, if you wish to succeed, you should be prepared to put up with insects crawling up your backside!
I don't blame Scott for quitting so early but if you want success you may have to put up with discomfort and even embarrassment.
Jason Donovan, the star of 'Joseph's Technicolor Dream Coat' achieved respect because of his cool confidence in the face of any problem.
His 'can do it' attitude made him the 'go to man' when anyone had to face a difficulty they could not handle on their own. Jan Leeming, a former news reader, asked for his support on one of her trials called 'Snake Bite'.
Jan did not like snakes: "I absolutely loathe and abhor snakes."
She wisely asked for God's help as well as Jason's: "I actually asked God to be with me and I got very calm."
She did very well in the trial but made the mistake of talking about it later. Phina, an actress who did not see eye to eye with Jan, commented:
"She mentioned it and then she mentioned it and then she mentioned it!"
A powerful key to successful relationships is to avoid boasting about any achievements. This only annoys every one else. Instead, let the deeds speak for themselves.
Jason was a man of action who never boasted or spoke ill of anyone. He used humour to help him and others through difficult situations.
At one point he pretended to have gone mad as he described the repetitive and often boring existence of the celebrities in their jungle abode:
He gave a great impression of madness as he rolled his eyes and spoke in a funny voice. Ant and Dec called for an 'Amazing Technicolor Straight Jacket'. Jason described the daily routine as follows:
"Swimming and lighting the fire and then running back down and grabbing the wood. Coming back up; talking about nothing; having a sleep; getting some sun; going back down; having another swim; coming back up. Going to get a chest; opening the chest; no result; bummer! Go back to bed again; think about the fire; think about dinner. 'Please can we have some wine! Please can we have some beer!' Going to sleep; getting up again; rain forest; jungle beautiful; eviction. Good bye person! I will be king and you will be queen; you will be queen."
Myleene Klass, the beautiful singer who was, like Jason, a favourite to win commented:
"Everybody is going a bit mental which is a good way of coping with things in here. Sometimes I think we are going crazy and then I think this is quite normal in the jungle!"
Myleene coped by throwing herself into jungle life with enthusiasm. She faced up to some tough trials. In one trial she had to stand in a container or 'tomb of torment ' which was gradually filled with water and eels until the water covered her head. She stood there for nine minutes.
She kept up her spirits by humming and singing to herself. In this way she focused on finishing and succeeding in the trial rather than thinking about the eels that were surrounding her.
Enthusiasm and focusing on success rather than difficulties is a key to achieving goals. Moaning and thinking about problems tends to make them worse.
The competition eventually narrowed down to three survivors: Jason, Myleene and Matt Willis, a cheerful pop singer.
Probably Jason or Myleene would have won had not Matt put in an amazing performance in his final trial. He had to eat a classical bush tucker 'meal'. In other words, he had to eat the kind of food you would only eat if you were dying of starvation.
Matt had forebodings but faced them philosophically: "Something dreadful is going to happen to me in the next two hours. What do I do? Nothing. It is ten minutes in my life and I will come out of it and get on with things. I'm definitely going to give it a go."
Matt was true to his words and faced the trial with colossal determination and the minimum of fuss.
He was first asked to eat some meal worms which 'tasted like pus' and a wichity grub which 'tasted a bit mushroomy'. He ate them without much hesitation.
He then downed a huge and ugly looking crocodile eye by chewing it vigorously. He was asked if he wanted a drink but declined: "No. Let's go for it."
Worse was to come. He was offered a kangaroo anus on a plate. Everyone there expected him to pass but Matt was on a roll. He struggled but eventually managed to eat the anus. Everyone was cringing and looking away.
"Let's move on," he commented. He then ate a crocodile's penis. He had finished the entire trial in style.
Ant and Dec were almost speechless: "Wow! Wow!" They offered Matt a beer which he was, by now, keen to drink.
I and millions of others reached for our phones at this point and voted for Matt. He was crowned king of the jungle.
A few weeks later, when he was back in England, he was complimented on being honest about his reason for going into the jungle. It was to promote his new album.
Matt commented: "I didn't go there for the food!"
Matt and most of the other celebrities look back on their time in the jungle as 'life-changing'. They had discovered what was really important to them.
Several life-changing success tips emerged from the show:
Appreciate what you take for granted like decent food and your family.
Use humour to help you face difficulties.
Do your very best and do not quit early even if you experience the equivalent of insects crawling up your backside!
Stay cool and confident like Jason in the face of problems.
Let off steam by acting crazy when necessary.
Ask for help from the most competent humans available and from God.
Do not talk about your achievements. Other people will notice them without your help.
Focus on achieving your goal rather than the obstacles you may face in reaching it.
Show colossal determination and the minimum of fuss like Matt in the bush tucker trial.
Notice also how Matt kept the momentum going by saying things like 'Let's move on'. He realised that if he stopped to think too much, his resolve might weaken. Just do it and don't think about it!
When you can't face the thought of doing something very difficult, remember Matt's experience. Just get on with it and do whatever it takes.
Your experience might be tough but, afterwards, you will have the confidence and charisma of someone who can astonish others by doing what is extraordinary.
