We've got the highlights from day three from the jungle, so check out the latest hissy fits from Helen and all the other exploits from the bush.
TRIAL PREPARATIONS
The public decided to send MP Nadine Dorries for Snake Rock and actress Helen Flanagan for Croc Creek to face the first publicly voted Bush Tucker Trial.
Upon being voted for the Trial, Nadine explained “I’ve got to deliver. You can’t say you’ll do something, you can’t put yourself up for something without doing your bit to deliver it and I’ve got to deliver food to those guys tonight.”
Psyching herself up, she said “Got to win; nothing’s going to stop me doing it” before pausing and asking her fellow campmates “rats. Do you think they’ll put rats in?”
Eric laughed as he pointed out in the Bush Telegraph that “She’s spent all her life trying to get votes and now she’s got votes that she didn’t want.”
Hugo spurred Nadine on. “Nadine, you’re going to win this. Just think how many witty comments when you do go back into Parliament. You can say ‘I’ve been in a coffin full of bugs and nothing compares to the crap that comes out of your mouth’”
“That’s a good line” concurred Nadine. ”Or compared to the House of Commons, this is a breeze” suggested Colin.
“I did say there’d be rats and snakes and it’s just like work. I work in Westminster. What’s the difference?” she added.
“I think it’s a badge of honour to do the first public trial. I think it’s good. My concern over claustrophobia and feeling like I’m suffocating and losing my breath. That’s what I’m worried about.”
Similar conversations were taking place in Croc Creek as the campmates tried to encourage a nervous Helen. “In preparation for the Trial, Helen is putting her clothes on for a change because she’s usually taking them off so people might not recognise her” joked Charlie.
And Brian added ”She’s lovely . She’s vulnerable and she’s our little girl that we’re going to keep an eye on and look after.”
Helen spent time choosing a closely fitting bra to prevent the bugs crawling on her. “I think I should put a really massive bra on so they’re never going to go anywhere near me.”
She claimed “I’m actually really excited. I really expected for me to get the challenge today anyway but I think it’s a really good chance for me to redeem myself because obviously I looked like such a pathetic wimp doing the whole height thing because I’ve got a real phobia of heights about them but I’m raring to go. I really want to prove myself and be strong on the is Trial and bring back the food.”
She continued “I’d be so proud of myself if I can win this Trial because I don’t think I’ve won anything before and it would be a nice feeling. And I’m going to be a champion jungle warrior princess.”
BUG BURIAL
Both celebrities met hosts Ant and Dec in the Trials area for Bug Burial and asked the two why they thought that the public had voted for them. Nadine said that she thought that being chosen was a badge of honour. She said “I fully expected this because I’m an MP and MPs are a conduit for public anger so I kind of expected it.”
Helen said “Obviously because I’m terrified of heights and because I acted like a pathetic wimp it was embarrassing . I kind of want to be a bit better in this.”
Ant and Dec explained the rules of the Trial to them. Nadine and Helen each had to lie for ten minutes in two underground crates that had lids bolted down on them. After ten minutes, an allen key would drop into the crate. Then it was a race to undo all three bolts before escaping from the crate and raising a flag. The first celebrity to do so would win dinner for their camp.
It was an all or nothing challenge – if one celebrity said ‘I’m A Celebrity . . .Get Me Out Of Here’, the other still had to carry on and complete the Trial to win the food. And of course, this being a Bush Tucker Trial, meant that they wouldn’t be alone in the crates as they would be joined by all sorts of jungle critters.
Nadine said “It sounds absolutely dreadful but I’ve got to do it.”
Helen said “I even struggle with keys. Are you joking me? I’m absolutely petrified. Oh My God, do we have to do it now. Seriously? Can’t we just pretend?”
The two celebrities gingerly stepped into their respective crates, wearing goggles, shirts and shorts. The lids were bolted down, which immediately prompted Helen to say “I don’t like this. What’s that noise?”
Maggots were dumped into the crate through a hole in the wall and after seconds, Helen shouted I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! and she was helped out of the crate.
After two minutes, 3000 cockroaches joined the maggots in Nadine’s crate. She complained that something was nipping her knee but she told Ant and Dec that she didn’t want to know what was in there with her. More maggots were dropped in and as she covered her face with her hand, she said “You’re going to bury me if you put any more in.”
Next, 5000 crickets joined Nadine and again she said that something was biting her as the insect crawled over her body. “I’m A Celebrity . . .Get Me Out Of Here” she shouted after four minutes.
She emerged from the crate as Helen starred at her incredulously and whilst Nadine stood in front of her covered in critters, said “I’ve got a twig in my hair.”
“Something was biting me and I thought it was a rat biting me and my fear is rats explained Nadine.
She said that she thought her camp would be fine” with her not winning dinner. Helen said that she thought her camp might be annoyed but said that she had tried.
And as the two celebrities left the area empty handed, Helen turned to Nadine and whispered “I want to go home.”
AFTER THE TRIAL
Nadine said “That was possibly the most horrific thing I’ve ever done in my life. It stopped for me when something started biting my leg. It was biting and hurting and in my mind and imagination it was a rat knowing into my flesh but when I came away there were just two bite marks on my skin but in there it was a rat having me for dinner. “
“The camp will be very disappointed when I tell them there is no food but they’ll also be really supportive as well because we’re that kind of team.”
But while she was away, the camp mates were hopeful that Nadine would come back with dinner for a number of reasons. “I hope she’s kicking ass in there” said Ashley. “As long as she wins, who cares. For her, not the food, for her. It will bump her up. She’ll be bubbling won’t she” added Eric. “She’s shown everybody. There’ll be a lot of people in her business will be watching that and hoping that she fails. That’s the nature of the beast isn’t it.”
And Colin said “If she wins, it will probably excuse her from the next one.
A disappointed Nadine returned to Snake Rock. “Neither team is getting a dinner tonight. It was just unbearable. I did five minutes in a coffin underground with the lid drilled down with 15,000 insects.”
“So what they do is put you in the coffin, put the lid down, drill it and you’re drilled in. And they put the first load in and they are all over you up my trousers, in my hair. All down my top, everywhere.”
Hugo later said “It sounds like the most horrific thing in the world. It was a real test of character and I’m super impressed she lasted that long.”
Having told the camp mates that Helen had also asked for the Trial to stop, Eric told Nadine that he thought she had won as she had stayed the longest. “She’s had it tomorrow” he said, about the ex-Coronation Street star. “They’ll vote for her again.” “They might vote for me again” replied Nadine.
It was a similar story in Croc Creek as an upset Helen returned empty handed. “I’m not feeling very good to be honest. I did think this would be easier. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. I’m dreading going back and saying I was only in there 10 seconds, but I tried. It’s embarrassing and it’s just humiliating.” Crying, she added “I just feel like such a wimp.”
She returned back to camp and blurted out that neither she nor Nadine had won. Her camp mates hugged and supported her. “You’ve been crying” said Linda, hugging the young actress.
Helen said “Honestly guys, I swear I really did try. I did get inside it. She lasted about 2 minutes. I lasted about two seconds.”
“They drilled me in and they put something down and I thought it was a snake and I just couldn’t deal with it. In my imagination . . . It was a load of maggots that I could have dealt with but you don’t know what it is because it’s dark but it is upsetting me and I’m feeling humiliated.”
Charlie told her “You did your best” and predicted that Helen might be chosen again. “If you come back with no stars tomorrow, we’ll kick your arse.”
“But crying is making you look weak and I’m finding it hard to put a lid on that” said the actress.
Later David said “It’s not so disappointing. It’s like a kid who goes to sports day and they’re doing an event and they come third or something.”
And Charlie said “When she said she lasted 10 seconds, I was a bit like that is a bit pathetic.”
Later, Helen sobbed in the Bush Telegraph. “I think I’ll be the person who’ll cry the most in the show ever.” And she confessed “I’m really struggling. I’ve even been thinking of going because I just don’t know if I can hack it.”
HELEN-ISMS
Helen Flanagan was possibly unintentionally providing Croc Creek with funny stories. She told them how she once stayed at a hotel and thought that she’d found a man under her bed – only to discover that she’d seen her own reflection in a mirror. She told them how she once stayed in a hotel with a robe in the wardrobe that cost 100 pounds to wear - not realising that she would only be charged if she bought it. And she revealed that she spent 400 pounds a month on having her hair done. “I kiss the magic card and hope” she revealed when her camp mates quizzed her about the cost.
She later said that she would try and “make up for my patheticness with my boobs”.
And readying herself for her Trial, she put on a bikini. “I’ll see how I feel. I might be. Do you think I’ll look stupid. Yes, it probably does a bit. I’ll put some more clothes on” she deliberated with Linda and Charlie.
“My advice would be to put something on. It might look like you’re trying a bit hard” advised Linda patiently.
ERIC IS TICKED OFF
The discovery of a tick on darts champion Eric Bristow sparked the celebrities in Snake Rock to check each other for critters.
The sporting star headed to the Bush Telegraph and had to have the tick removed from his neck by resident camp medic Dr Bob.
Eric said to Ashley, “I’ve got one of those nit things, it’s in there sucking my blood.”
The camp mates started to check themselves and each other. Hugo and Colin checked each other’s backs, whilst Ashley sought help from Nadine.
Ashley commented, “It was so disgusting. It made me nervous. How did it get on his neck?”
Afterwards Hugo joked, “That was the least romantic exposure of flesh ever.”
Over in Croc Creek, Helen was still having issues with the dunny, but this time is was not emptying it but actually using it.
The actress stood outside trying to pluck the courage to go inside. Afterwards she joked to her camp mates, “I’m just thinking that the toilet is like a trial.”
Fellow actress Linda commented, “She’s (Helen) is 22, very young and sheltered in her life. I think it’s more of a shock to her than the rest of us.”
DINGO DOLLARS – FLYING FROGS
Eric and Brian went head to head in the first Dingo Dollars game of the series. The pair had to perch on a lily pad and catch twenty balls with nets. The balls would be fired into the air. They had to catch five at a time then swim over and place them in the tubes to release their Dingo Dollars.
As they arrived at the game area Brian joked, “This is not a darts competition then I wouldn’t stand a chance.”
Brian, found the game easier than Eric who struggled to get back onto his lily pad. As the entertainer placed the last of his five balls in the tube and released the money, Eric had to be told that the game had finished and he had lost.
But the undeterred sportsman vowed to get his revenge and said, “I’ll have him before it’s over, he’s on my list!”
At the outback shack, Brian was faced with a choice of two items for his fellow camp mates, of five brownies or five hammocks.
The entertainer said, “I’d love a chocolate brownie but at the end of the day hammocks are far more important. If we get a good kip that’s so important for camp.”
Having made his choice, the phone rang back in camp and David relayed the question to the other celebrities.
The question was, what is Brian’s TV catchphrase? A) pick up a puppet or B) it’s a puppet.
The campmates picked the latter, ‘it’s a puppet.’
Worried that it may have been a trick question, David set about winding up the girls and said the question was ‘what was the opposite of Brian’s catchphrase.’
Over in Snake Rock, a disappointed Eric returned to camp and delivered the bad news. A despondent Hugo commented, “I can’t bear losing one more time. I really, really want us to win tomorrow now.”
LUXURY HITS THE CAMPS
The campmates were in a jovial mood as they received their luxury items.
Brian Conley was overcome with emotion when he received his chair that contained messages on it from his family. As the celebrities gathered round to read them, the entertainer became overwhelmed.
Helen squealed when given her fake tan much to the amusement of her fellow camp mates. Linda commented, “Helen reminds me of a seven year old child. She bought in bottles of St Tropez tan lotion.”
Charlie received her pillow and David Haye had opted for a cushion after advice from former camper Linford Christie who has said that sitting on the log had given him a sore behind.
Linda admitted that she was jealous of her fellow campmates and wished she thought of bringing a pillow, instead she had opted for a sarong.
In Snake Rock, Nadine received her mascara and Ashley her concealer. Hugo had chosen a silk sleeping bag and Colin a multipurpose blanket. But Eric’s choice of a vibrating back massager proved a popular choice with his fellow camp mates. As the girls each had a go trying out the gadget, Eric then joked, “I don’t want you girls doing it in the middle of the night.”
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The topic of food is notorious on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! And after just two days, both camps were disgruntled at their lack of food after both Helen and Nadine failed in the Bush Tucker Trial.
Each camp faced a meal of just rice and beans.