Former Westlife singer Kian Egan beat fashion designer David Emanuel in the I’m a Celebrity final to be crowned King of the Jungle.
The 33-year-old broke down in tears as he was greeted by his actress wife Jodi Albert as he crossed the famous bridge at the end of the hit ITV1 show last night.
Following his victory, Kian told the show’s hosts Ant and Dec that he made “amazing friends” during is time in the jungle.
“It was a team effort – everyone deserves to be sitting in this chair. None of us could have got through it without the others,” he said. “the show has been the best three weeks of my life”.
“It is genuinely something you’ll never forget – I recommend it even to you two!”
He said one of the most challenging moments of the show was taking part in the Bushtucker Final Feast, in which he ate a fish eyeball.
He said: “I had never gagged until yesterday – all the other trials I was mentally prepared for.
“I think the fish eye was the worst thing I’d ever encountered. It was like thousand-year-old fish but thick and slimy.”
Runner-up David, 61, described his stay in the jungle had been “totes amazeballs” – a phrase he got from Joey Essex.
He said: “It’s a dream. The dream is now reality. I didn’t really think i could hack it.”
He explained that he thought the celebrities would have had access to luxuries once the cameras were off.
He said: “I thought we could do a little then we go off and have a bacon sandwich.”
The fashion designer added that appearing on the show had been a personal accomplishment and had helped him lose weight after surgery for prostate cancer.
He said: “I was – dare I say – impressed with myself. This time last year I had overcome surgery for prostate cancer.
“It was a severe blow and I thought if I could conquer cancer I could conquer the jungle and I think I have.”