Nicola Mclean
Nicola faced her worst fears - darkness and claustrophobia - during the Bushtucker Trial called ‘Cavern of Calamity’.
When asked by Ant what she thought of the trial’s name she said: "I’m claustrophobic, I hope it’s not going to be tight in there but I think it will be."
Ant outlined the trial: "You have to get inside and search for stars, two kinds of stars large orange and smaller yellow ones, hidden inside the cavern, you’ve got five minutes to find 12 stars.’
Dec added: "For every star you find pop them in the bag. It’s pitch black in there and you have to rely on instinct and feeling. You won’t be alone in there; there will be all sorts of jungle company to get in your way."
Clearly worried by the prospect of going into the cave, Nicola said: "I’m so petrified, I could cry. This show is turning me into a nervous wreck, I could honestly cry. It’s my greatest fears, dark and claustrophobic, I’m genuinely petrified but I’m going to get 11 stars and David’s not going to eat tonight. He’s an idiot and it’s riled me. I might go for ten because I don’t like Timmy either."
Nicola backed into the dark cavern which was then sealed with a rock placed at the entrance. Rats were scurrying around her as she searched the rock walls for stars. Spiders, mealworms and cockroaches were falling on her hair and shoulders as she found two stars in the first couple of minutes. "I’m really scared, oh God, this is horrendous, please God, this is really awful, my worst nightmare." Shaking and screaming she searched inside a bunch of leaves to find her third and final star. "Please let me get some more, I’m trying really hard," as creatures were fell on her head and her hands felt the rats, Nicola decided she’d had enough as her five minutes came to an end.
"Just count me out," she begged Ant and Dec as they counted down the last five seconds of her time limit.
As she left the cave covered in cockroaches, spider webs and mealworms, she said: "I feel I’ve let everyone down, that was really tough. Timmy and David will be hungry so I’m buzzing about that."
Asked by Ant and Dec is she was concerned what her fellow celebrities would think of her returning to camp having won just three meals she said: "I couldn’t care less what the others say. Sorry."