Martina Navratilova
Arriving at the Trial, Ant and Dec told Martina the title of the Trial, which she said was told incorrectly to her by George. Looking around at the obstacles in front of her she said ‘I volunteered for this - what was I thinking?’
Ant and Dec explain the rules. Martina would have to jump into the tub and fish around in the laundry that’s been piling up (for several series now) to find the items of camp clothing with stars on them. But this is no ordinary tub and contained some foul smelling jungle pulp which included fish guts.
Once Martina found a star garment, she would have to put the item of clothing on before climbing up out of the tub and pulling herself along the rollers and through the jungle mangle.
After a thorough wringing, she would then have to crawl down the net, take off the star garment and hang it on the washing line in the refreshing buggy breeze/critter wind.
She would have five minutes to find the five garments and transport them through the wash programme one at a time.
Asked if she wanted to go ahead, Martina said ‘I’ve got to do it. I mean that’s what I’m here for. Can’t wimp out, it’s not in my vocabulary.’
Jumping straight into the tub, Martina had a good start finding the first star which was a pair of trousers. Tackling the assault course with ease, she quickly headed back into the tub to retrieve her second garment. Sorting through the many clothes in the tub, she then found the top that contained the star which again, she placed quickly onto the washing line.
She headed back in to find the third star but pulling out lots of clothes, none contained the elusive star. Using both her hands and feet to check all areas of the tub, she finally found the pair of knickers with the star but had just run out of time.
Ant and Dec recoil from the smell as a disappointed Martina headed over to talk to them. ‘Don’t you want a hug?’ she joked.
Angry that she just missed out on the third star and would only be taking two meals back to camp, Martina admitted that her fellow camp mates would ‘be supportive of me because they’ll see what I went through. But it’s a shame going through that and not getting more.’