''Celebrity Farm'' was a 2003 Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)

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show, based on the international TV format '' The Farm'', produced by Strix. Held along similar lines as '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', ''Celebrity Farm'' required eight of

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's C-List celebrities to spend seven days on a farm with one being voted off every evening (or "turfed out" as RTÉ called it). It was hosted by '' Ear to the Ground'' presenter

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and the

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was €50,000 to the charity of their choice.

Results

Evictions were decided via a public televote, where the contestant getting the most votes would be "turfed out". 1st evicted: Twink,

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actress 2nd evicted: Paddy O'Gorman, TV presenter 3rd evicted: Mary Coughlan,

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musician 4th evicted:

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, artist 5th evicted: Mary Kingston, children's TV presenter 6th evicted: Tamara Gervasoni, then Rose of Tralee Runner-up: Gavin Lambe-Murphy, gossip columnist Winner: George McMahon, soap actor The show was won by George McMahon, an actor from ''

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''. He split his prize money between a children's charity, a children's hospital and a centre for those with

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. Kevin Sharkey had a serious disagreement with the other "farmhands", as they were called, and subsequently refused to appear with them on '' The Late Late Show'' after the series, instead appearing on rival chat show ''

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''.

Legacy

''Celebrity Farm'' left a pitiful legacy for Irish television viewers. One witness reported that it had taken until 2012 "to finally stop shuddering at the memory of such sitting room atrocities as RTÉ's ''Celebrity Farm''".

References

External links

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