Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips was crowned the champion of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! During Wednesday night’s lives finale broadcast on the NBC, co host Damien Fahey announced Phillips as “King of the Jungle”.

“This experience has proven to be so much greater than I expected it to be,” Phillips said in a video clip that aired before his triumph was revealed. “I expected it to be a competition. I expected it to be hard. What I did not expect was the emotional bonds that we’ve created, the foundation of relationships that will go on from here.”

The final three included retired NBA player John Salley , Former wrestler Torrie Wilson and of course Phillips. The winner was determined by viewers voting. Phillips made an impression on viewers and also fellow celebrity cast.

Salley was the first of the three remaining finalists to be eliminated from the finale based on the voting results of Tuesday night, leaving Phillips and Wilson to duke it out.

“The public has decided and voted and I can honestly tell you two that it was incredibly close. Incredibly close,” Fahey told the pair before revealing Wilson Phillips’ victory.

“Congratulations, you deserve it,” Wilson told Phillips as she immediately embraced him.

Other celebrities on the show were former American Idol finalist Sanjaya Malakar, former supermodel Janice Dickinson, Patti Blagojevich, the wife of indicted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, Baldwin brother actors Stephen Baldwin, and Daniel Baldwin; “Frangela” comedy duo members Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, and The Hills stars Spencer Pratt, his new wife Heidi Montag and her older sister Holly Montag also competed on the show.

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Just when you thought they were gone for good, Heidi and Spencer Pratt have decided one more time that they need more attention.

The two Hills stars will be returning to I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! again, Usmagazine confirms, despite several attempts to quit before officially leaving the show on June 8.

They will both be joining the entire cast of the NBC reality series on the June 25 finale. They will also be joined by Heidi’s sister, Holly Montag, who made her debut on the I’m a Celebrity last week.

Holly and Janice Dickinson were both eliminated from last night’s episode.

Heidi Montag seems to love the spotlight. First, she married her Hills co-star Spencer Pratt after faking a first wedding. Then the reality star stirred a lot of trouble on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here before she was hospitalized and finally off the show.

According to PEOPLE magazine, the newlywed has posed for the September issue of Playboy. Somehow we didn’t see that coming.

Details of her Playboy photos are, um, scant: “There is nudity. It’s tasteful – she had a lot of fun with it,” says a second source. A rep for the magazine had no comment, and Montag’s rep was not available to respond to questions.

More Playboy-resque pictures of Heidi below -

First, Heidi Pratt was rushed to the hospital from the show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, it now seems to be Janice Dickinson’s turn. The former model and oldest contestant on the show was rushed to a hospital with a medical emergency. She was transferred by an ambulance this weekend to a medical clinic for treatment.

Not only had Janice complained of hunger, but she also complained of bronchitis during the show. During yesterday’s episode on NBC, Dickinson returned back to the set feeling and looking much better.

First the duo, Heidi and Spencer Pratt tried to quit a couple of times before they finally quit, only to return. They were placed in the “Lost Chamber” for 14 hours. (She and Spencer were sentenced to the spider-filled room while the cast voted if they could remain on the show after quitting last week.)

According to their rep, several false and inaccurate reports were circulating that the duo were tortured. Heidi Pratt’s rep confirms to Usmagazine exclusively that she wasn’t tortured on the set of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.

Following the Pratts getting out of the lost chamber, Heidi was rushed to the hospital Saturday night.

TMZ reported Heidi was being treated for a gastric ulcer, while Spencer’s sister, Stephanie, seems to blame NBC. She posted on Twitter: “I’m really saddened to hear that NBC felt it was ok to punish speidi so harshly and torture them as if they were criminals — that Heidi was…rushed to the hospital and has an IV in her arm after being locked in a dark room for 3 days w no food or water. Pls pray she will be ok.”

“She has been released from the hospital and is doing well,” the rep goes on. “The couple remains in Costa Rica. In addition, it was reported the Pratts have fired their legal counsel. This is inaccurate.”

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Spencer- Heidi’s husband- who is also participating on NBC’s show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here — travelled with her to the hospital, a source confirms.

No additional details have been made available as to Heidi’s present condition or if the show will continue.

We will definitely keep you posted on any developments…

Update - TMZ has confirmed that Heidi suffered from a gastric ulcer.

Usmagazine has confirmed that Heidi and Spencer Pratt will return to the NBC reality show I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!  Apparently they never left.

“Heidi and Spencer are still in the jungle and part of the show,” their rep told Us Wednesday morning.

Us also reports that Spencer’s sister Stephanie and his friend Spenser (yes, spelled with an ‘s’) were the people under the blankets at L.A.’s LAX airport Tuesday night disguising as Heidi and Spencer. Of course, they were used as a distraction to throw people off and make fans think both Spencer and Heidi had returned to L.A., says a source.

Spencer and Heidi had already tried to quit the show at least twice and now they seem to have un-quit. I can’t seem to keep count of their attempts to quit.

On Tuesday’s show, we saw them leave but I guess they are back. These two apparently love the attention. 

Before leaving the show’s premiere, Heidi told other contestants that they will be missed but now they are back!

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Both Heidi and Spencer threatened to walk off the show twice before finally quitting yesterday.

I am guessing this dramatic exit is a strategy for winning the cash prize which is awarded to the charity of their choice. “We’re begging NBC to let us back in!” Pratt shamefully wrote in an email to Extra Tuesday.

In what is not a surprise to anyone who watched the show last night, the two famewhores celebrities known as Heidi and Spencer Pratt have officially quit I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here. TMZ reports the two quit for good shortly after the live part of the show yesterday.

The two had threatened to walk off the show twice during Monday night’s premiere, but kept returning. The two will likely not be missed based on Spencer’s behavior on the show last night. In just one episode, he managed to smack a water bottle from the hands of Frances Gallier, insult most of the cast, and also hid wrestler Torrie Wilson‘s bag away from the campsite in retaliation.

I say good riddance. The saddest part of the whole show was finding out that these two do not put on an act. They are really that stupid and douchey. The two unfortunately get to return to their lives of fake reality show acting, and staged photo shoots.

Ready or not, NBC will be punishing gracing us tonight with the premier of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! I can’t help but feel that there should be quotation marks around celebrity in that title. I was going to simply say no to this reality show until I saw the above photo. The thought of the infamous douche aka Spencer Pratt possibly catching a beat down is worth the torture of watching this show.

The show premiers tonight on NBC at 8/7c.  Joining Heidi and Spencer Pratt will be  Janice Dickenson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Stephen Baldwin, American Idol alum Sanjaya Malakar, and Patti Blagojevich, the wife of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojovich— as they all compete to win money for charity.

TELL US – WILL YOU BE WATCHING THIS SHOW TONIGHT?