I'm A Celebrity FIX row as viewers claim Georgia Toffolo received more airtime than other contestants as ITV line her up as presenter
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I'm A Celebrity has become embroiled in a FIX row after viewers claim Georgia Toffolo received more airtime than any other contestant.
Toff was crowned Queen of the Jungle in last night's final, but some fans are convinced her victory was planned from the start.
The Made In Chelsea star impressed in the opening trials and viewers believe she was edited favourably and given the most time on screen to ensure she won the series.
Toff, who was the odds-on favourite to win the show, is now being lined up by ITV executives as a presenter and to star in her own ITV2 series.
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The reality star is in a TV tug of war after wowing bosses of two channels during her stint on I’m A Celebrity.
Toff is contracted for one more series of Made in Chelsea on E4, the digital channel owned by Channel 4.
But viewers are adamant that Toff was given the most airtime by ITV in a bid to subtly influence the voters and took to Twitter to airs their views.
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One viewer said: "So from the very 1st show I said Toff would win because of her airtime - next year I'm defo gonna place a bet and be rich."
"Toff was really lovely and had a great can-do spirit, but she was so clearly positioned by ITV with a premium of airtime to win. If Shappi had gotten even half of Toff’s screentime she would have made it a lot further," added another.
A third agreed: "OMG it's Toff, not like we've all known that since they started giving her the most air time on day 1."
"Same thing with I'm a Celeb now the producers give people who they want to win and be the host of extra camp so much more air time so they win. 3 years in a row now," added a fourth.
Mirror Online have contacted ITV for a comment.
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On Sunday, The Mirror revealed executives at ITV also want the star for their own ITV2 series and see the 23-year-old as a potential presenter and panel show captain for them next year.
A source close to Toff admitted: “Georgia is in a enviable position now.
"She will be in the next series of Made in Chelsea, but beyond that there are lots of options and lots of interest.
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“The last two winners of I’m A Celebrity were female, in Scarlett Moffatt and Vicky Pattison, and both have ended up working with ITV on projects.
“But Channel 4 will be keen to keep Toff as one of their stars on E4 as she also recently appeared on their Celebs Go Dating series. So she will have some tough decisions to make in terms of TV, but the future looks very bright.
“There is going to be some real competition to make her good offers.”
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It means Toff is guaranteed bumper earnings in 2018, though she will first have to decide where her priorities lie between the two channels and on the type of programmes she wants to make.
A TV source added: “She was a big star on E4 but is undoubtedly now a much bigger TV personality in the mainstream thanks to ITV, and they would like to keep her and work with her more.
“It’s a real old-fashioned TV tug of war between the channels.”
Toff could expect an even bigger role on Made in Chelsea. Equally, she could land her own documentary on ITV2, or could be used on ITV shows such as This Morning and Loose Women as she has mass appeal.
She could even help make politics accessible to younger people.
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Ahead of last night’s final, Toff was also expected to land more modelling deals, having had her own lingerie range before she went into the jungle.
Following in the footsteps of Scarlett and Vicky, the reality star is tipped to make more than £1million in the next 12 months alone.
When she began I’m A Celeb, Toff admitted she hoped to changed people’s perceptions of her.
She said: “I’d like to prove that just because I’m on a TV show about the area that I live in, it doesn’t mean that I can’t do anything, that I’m not strong.”