I’m A Celebrity viewers insist this 00s TV star should resurface for 2025 line-up
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It’s been just over a week since I’m A Celebrity 2024 ended so that means it’s time to start thinking ahead to next year’s show to fill that jungle void in our lives. It was McFly star Danny Jones, 38, who was crowned champion of the ITV show earlier this month after beating finalists Coleen Rooney, 38, and Reverend Richard Coles, 62.
![[Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (10577754aa) Karl Pilkington 'Lorraine' TV show, London, UK - 09 Mar 2020 EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE IDIOT ABROAD...KARL PILKINGTON 'WHY YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE ME AND RICKY GERVAIS REUNITE ANYTIME SOON...' * Since parting parting company with his long time collaborator Ricky Gervais Karl Pilkington has cemented himself as something of a comedy star in his own right with his critically acclaimed sitcom 'Sick of It' * Today he'll be revealing why his attempts at retirement failed and the things he's well and truly sick of at the moment...]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233728609-9951-e1734601064491.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Next year’s I’m A Celebrity has a lot to live up to as the 2024 line-up, which also featured the likes of GK Barry and Maura Higgins, was hailed by viewers as its ‘best’ yet. But fans have already begun compiling a list of their dream campmates for 2025, including a 00s TV star who has kept a lower profile in recent years.
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They’re hoping Karl Pilkington, 52, makes a splashy comeback on I’m A Celebrity – and we’re sure Ricky Gervais at least would approve of his pal suffering through Bushtucker Trials. Karl first soared to fame on the comedian’s Radio X show before going on to front his own travel series An Idiot Abroad from 2010 until 2012 and companion series The Moaning of Life from 2013 until 2015.
![[Television programme : Sick of It with Karl Pilkington.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_31673635-4daa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
His last major TV show in which he had a leading role was comedy-drama series Sick of It, which concluded in 2020 after two years. Since then, Karl’s had small rolles on The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, Rain Dogs and Ludwig. Now, though, Karl’s fans are desperate for him to return to centre stage on I’m A Celebrity, with Leather-Assistant902 writing on Reddit: ‘I’d love to see Karl Pilkington in it. I know he never will do it, but it’d still be nice.’.
