After the break, the campers vote for Holly to come back, which is either a) a twist or b) stupidity, I can’t tell which.

There is a challenge that Lou wins and the prize is absolutely one of the best looking cheeseburgers I’ve ever seen, and let me tell you, I’ve seen plenty.

Then there is another challenge to eliminate one camper. It has to be between Holly (because the producers have already gotten the required shots of her and Sanjaya hugging each other up in the river, in their underwear.) and John, who got the fewest votes in the last marathon call-in voting period.

John wins. Sanjaya and I are sad, but I’m sadder because Sanjaya at least had the river/underwear time with Holly. Good bye, Holly. There are only two episodes left, so you’ll probably be back two more times.

In the next episode, considerable time is spent “looking back,” which is just an excuse for producers to re-use footage they’ve already used. These flashbacks are exceedingly boring, and I fast-forward through them. Thank the Lord for inventing digital video recorders.

Then there is another challenge and John wins. The prize is a salad (GACK!) and a pretty good-looking breadstick. But John used to be a vegan, before he started eating bugs and worms and other creepy Costa Rican critters in the challenges, so he is actually happy to win it.

Finally, the eliminations: First, Sanjaya, who cries because he is leaving his friends. (That’s what the other campers think. I think those are tears of joy, because in about 15 minutes he and Holly will be alone with no cameras anywhere around. Whoo-Hoo!)

And then Patti is eliminated, which I am sort of sad about because Patti is nothing like I expected her to be (which is to say, I like her).

On to the finale …

All of the contestants (except for Frangela) are back, which of course means there is going to be a lot of time wasted with them reminiscing about their month in the jungle. I have my finger poised over the fast-forward button for when those parts happen.

There is a challenge and YAY! Everybody wins. Torrie gets a pizza, Lou gets fried chicken and John gets a vegetarian hamburger (DOUBLE GACK!).

Then John is eliminated. (It didn’t go that quickly, but could have.)

This leaves Torrie and Lou and, with great dramatic flair, Lou is crowned King of the Jungle. I swear to God it looked like he was going to cry. No, really, it did.

Oddly, once Lou is announced as the winner, everybody totally ignores Torrie. I think that was very rude. (Speaking of Torrie, Ring Posts blogger Kevin Eck weighs in on her near victory here and here.)

And … that’s a wrap.

I have a suggestion for the show’s producers, if they bring it back for another season:

Drag it out over, say, three months, instead of cramming it into a few weeks, and broadcast only one night each week. The current short broadcast schedule forces the show to flip back and forth, in any given episode, between live broadcast and filmed segments. This is very confusing and makes me focus waaaaaay more than I need to be focusing on a reality television show. When I want to engage in targeted thinking, I’ll watch the History Channel or Giada on the Food Network, or even C-Span.

It is very upsetting to see Myleene Klass in short shorts and a tank top (in a filmed segment) then, after the double-run of the obnoxious Wal-Mart commercial, to have her show up, live, in a demure dress. Producers: Why do you think I sat through the obnoxious Wal-Mart commercials? A longer schedule would allow filmed shows (with far less reliance on boring flashbacks) with live segments only at the end of each show. The I’m A Celebrity … producers should watch Survivor or The Amazing Race to learn how to pace a reality competition.

Speaking of Myleene, I believe she was one of the two real winners on the show. Apparently Myleene is quite popular and well-known in the U.K., but this was the first time I had ever seen her. Not only is she a reality show personality (and model, singer and actress) but she is a classical pianist who studied at the University of London’s prestigious (sorry, Prof. McIntyre) Royal Academy of Music. Her CD, Myleene’s Music For Romance has quickly become one of Mrs. Bucky’s favorite ways to relax.

The other real winner was Patti Blagojevich, wife of impeached and indicted Illinois governor, Rod. She had the opportunity to influence the jury pool and she did so in a very positive manner. Patti came off as a smart, likeable and, quite possibly, unfairly persecuted woman. Is that the real Patti Blagojevich? I have no idea. But to the extent that image, real or not, rubs off on her husband, the jungle stay was likely worth it for her.