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Harry Redknapp is ‘most popular ever contestant’ as I’m A Celeb fans win £10million after backing him at the bookies
Harry, 71, beat Emily Atack into 2nd place and early favourite, John Barrowman, into 3rd
I’M A Celebrity winner Harry Redknapp has been revealed as the show’s “most popular ever contestant”.
The 71-year-old was crowned King of the jungle last night, beating Emily Atack and John Barrowman to the top spot.
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Harry Redknapp says the first thing he will do after leaving the I'm A Celebrity camp will be grinding with his wife Sandra, and Emily is planning to do the same with his son Jamie
Harry became the bookies’ favourite to win just hours after he entered camp over three weeks ago.
And now the extent of Harry’s popularity has been laid bare, with reporting how viewers put a whopping £5million on the former football boss winning the show.
Incredibly, they also revealed how 53 per cent of betting slips had Harry named as the winner of this series.
A spokesperson told The Sun Online: “The public can’t get enough of ‘Arry. He’s the most popular contestant of all time by quite some distance.
“His supporters will be quids in at the expense of the bookies and not for the first time.”
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They also reported that this morning, bookmakers could be paying out up over £10million to punters who put their cash on his win.
Harry was the second highest paid contestant in this series, taking home £500,000 for his stint in the jungle.
Harry Redknapp says he was completely unprepared and didn't watch a single episode of I'm a Celebrity before going in
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The dad-of-two cried as he was reunited with his wife Sandra before joking he couldn’t want to jump into bed with her.
Speaking after his win, Harry said: “I'm amazed. I'm amazed I survived three weeks to be honest with you.
“When I first came in, I looked and I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm in trouble here.' I looked at the group and I thought, they don't really know or are interested in anything I'm interested in.
“No sport and it was only Nick really who knew a little bit about football. I thought it's going to be a hard couple of weeks but they just dragged me through it, every one of them.
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“They're the most lovely people I've ever met, the whole group. There wasn't one person I could ever say one single bad word about. They were amazing.
“Without them, I would never have survived. They really have helped me. They pulled me up hills, they've dragged me through the water.
“They've been pushing me; 'C'mon Harry get up, you can do it.'”
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