Why the winner of tonight’s I’m A Celeb won’t receive a cash prize

If you're assuming the winner of this year's I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! will pick up a big fat cheque on their way out, then you're very mistaken.

So although Angry Ginge has taken home the crown after being crowned King of the Jungle in Sunday (7 December) night's final, he isn't leaving camp with a cash prize too.

The streamer beat Celebs Go Dating receptionist Tom Read Wilson and former EastEnders actress Shona McGarty, who came second and third respectively.

Anyway, let's get back to talking money - the way I'm A Celeb has always worked is the champion gets the crown, the title, the glory…but there's absolutely no cash prize attached.

The show isn't designed like a traditional competition where contestants battle for money. Instead, campmates are actually paid a fixed appearance fee just for taking part.

While some big-name stars earn well over £200,000 simply for signing on, others are on considerably less, from around £15,000 to £30,000.

The winner of I’m A Celeb - which is Angry Ginge this year - doesn't receive prize money (ITV)

The only catch is that they must stay in the jungle for at least 72 hours before receiving their cheque.

Here are the top 10 reported highest-paid I’m A Celebrity contestants of all-time:

• Coleen Rooney – reported £1.5m

• Nigel Farage – reported £1.5m

• Noel Edmonds – reported £600k

• Caitlyn Jenner – reported £500k

• Harry Redknapp – reported £500k

• Boy George – reported £500k

• Katie Price (return appearance) – reported £450k

• Ian Wright – reported £400k

• Amir Khan – reported £400k

• Aitch – reported £250k

Kelly Brook was one of the lowest paid celebrities this year (ITV)

Fans of this year's competition might be a little surprised to see Aitch, 25, on there, considering that Kelly Brook - who has been in the UK mainstream for some 20 years - is earning a reported £80,000.

An insider told The Sun: “Aitch is a very savvy negotiator and very wealthy in his own right already, but I know he is looking to become more mainstream as he gets older, and this will be a good vehicle for him.”

Meanwhile, Aitch's Northern counterpart and YouTuber Angry Ginge reportedly got a higher fee than Brook at £100,000.

"Again, like Aitch, he’s on big money," the source added.

"He has the online fan numbers to make him an attractive prospect to ITV bosses desperate to make the show relevant to a younger audience."

Aitch said he didn't have many deep conversations with Angry Ginge on set but was relieved to just have him around (ITV)

A lot was also made of the rapper's friendship with Angry Ginge prior to the jungle, as Aitch explained to The Sun after his exit that the pair were not that close before I'm A Celeb.

“We’ve got a mutual friend. We weren’t actually supposed to know each other was going on there, but my friend didn’t know I was going on there because I didn’t tell anyone,” he said.

“But he knew Ginge was, so he just said, ‘You’ll never guess what Ginge is going on – I’m A Celebrity’.

“And I’ve gone, ‘Nah, no way, so am I’.

“So me and Ginge, we spoke a couple of days beforehand. Not too much. Just, ‘Are you ready for this? Yeah, let’s go, let’s go’.”