Celebrity Farm
Celebrity Farm was a 2003 Raidió Teilifís Éireann reality television 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 Ireland's C-List celebrities to spend seven days on a farm with one being voted off every evening. It was hosted by Ear to the Ground presenter Mairead McGuinness and the prize money 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, pantomime actress
2nd evicted: Paddy O'Gorman, TV presenter
3rd evicted: Mary [Coughlan (singer)|Mary Coughlan], jazz musician
4th evicted: Kevin Sharkey, 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 Fair City. He split his prize money between a children's charity, a children's hospital and a centre for those with disabilities. 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 (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show] after the series, instead appearing on rival chat show The Dunphy Show.