I’m A Celebrity LIVE: Latest updates as Oti Mabuse is forced to face her fears in a horrifying trial ahead of a fourth celeb being evicted from the jungle
I’m A Celebrity contestants will tonight wave farewell to another celebrity leaving the jungle as the battle to be crowned King or Queen nears the final stages.
Tulisa Contostavlos became the third star to be voted off I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! despite the bookies tipping Barry McGuigan, Alan Halsall and Melvin Odoom for elimination ahead of her. The N-Dubz singer was expected to reach the latter stages of the competition but joins Jane Moore and Dean McCullough in leaving the camp.
Follow the latest updates from tonight’s episode below and join in the conversation in our comments section
Time to dance for your life!
As the campmates arrive to the Kangaroo Court challenge area, they find a disco set with three dance booths, a seating area and DJ booth.
To gain entry to the Jungle Arms, they have to take part in a game of Jungle Musical Statues, hosted by DJ Kiosk Kev.
Playing in groups of three, the celebs have to make their way to the dance booths, and Kev would play a track from his album ‘Jungle on the Dance Floor.’
When the music starts they have to start dancing, but when the music stopps they have to strike the correct dance pose and hold the position for 10 seconds.
But will they all manage to get in?
The Jungle Arms returns!
The camp are overjoyed by the news they have a chance to visit the Jungle Arms and cheer excitedly at the prospect of a drink.
Getting ready to go immediately, GK declares: ‘Let’s get a glass of prosecco! I’ve never walked so fast in my life.’
And as Maura wonders about what they will have to do in order to gain entry, she vows: ‘I’m telling you now, I will go to lengths to get my glass of wine, you watch.’
Dinner time!
The camp gets a delicious meal of silkies for dinner, with them labelling it ‘Jungle Nandos’.
Melvin praises: ‘It was finger licking good!’
While GK Barry and Reverand Richard engage in another one of their hilarious and bizarre conversations.
GK reflects: ‘I love talking with Richard, I just feel like he teaches me so much.’
While Richard sweetly adds: ‘I don’t know what a bromance is between a 62-year-old gay man and a 25-year-old lesbian but whatever that is, we’re having one!’
The celebrities discuss the impact of fame
Speaking of his time in The Communards, Richard shares: ‘The big thing for us came when we had ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ and it was number 1 for weeks and weeks, and I remember we were playing in Ireland and we were booked into a sports stadium, we came on stage and there was this barrage of knickers. All these girls threw their knickers!’
Joking he added: ‘Never in the history of recorded sound did a girl throw her knickers at a band to less effect than to The Communards, I think Jimmy made a scrunchie out of a pair of them and that was it.’
While Danny says the good thing about fame is it gives him satisifcation to know he can bring joy to people.
He said: ‘I think to make a difference to people’s lives, I get such satisfaction and that’s what keeps me going to make people smile or forget about their worries or to make them feel less lonely in hard times, and just come and enjoy and a bit of escapism at one of our shows, I feel very privileged to have that.’
And she’s done it!
After a very challenging trial with a load of creepy crawlies and a tight space, Oti managed to get 8 out of 9 stars for camp!
And it seems she’s impressed fans at home with her courage and quick thinking.
But she says: ‘That was my nightmare! I can’t be demure right now’ before breaking out into a primal scream.
Three star down!
Oti has succeeded in getting three out of three stars so far!
But viewers can’t help but think that her questions are more difficult than Dean’s, with even Ant and Dec admitting they didn’t know the answer to Mariah Carey’s Prince of Egypt hit.
Are you getting the answers right?
The Mummy Returns!
Oti is straight to volunteer for the The Sinister Sarcophagus: The Mummy Returns, after Dean previously quit the trial early.
But she is quick to regret her decision as she mutters: ‘What have I done?’
However, her campmates are behind her and the dancer says: ‘I’m hoping to face my fears and do my best!’
As she joins Ant and Dec, Oti vows she won’t say I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! no matter what happens.
But will she manage to keep to her word?
Bye Tulisa!
The celebrities have to say goodbye to Tulisa, as Alan calls her his original ‘wife’ in the jungle and Danny calls her an ‘amazing campmate’.
However, it’s time to get straight on with the chores and Danny decides to tackle the dunny solo, much to the delight of Melvin.
It’s time!
As Oti gears up to take on The Sinister Sarcophagus: The Mummy Returns, the Jungle Arms re-opens its doors and another celebrity will have to pack their bags…
I’m A Celeb’s iconic fan favourite trial Celebrity Cyclone ‘set to get a spin-off series’ on ITV
I’m A Celebrity’s iconic fan favourite trial Celebrity Cyclone is reportedly set to get it’s own spin off series – and the public may have the chance to get involved.
The legendary challenge, which comes when there are just four campmates left in the jungle, sees the contestants battle wind, water, and obstacles as they make their way up a huge slip and slide.
They carry giant yellow stars up the hill one by one while dressed up as superheroes, making for a much more fun trial than the others.
As the years have gone on, Celebrity Cyclone has become a beloved tradition of the show that most campmates want to make it far enough to take on.
It’s so popular that it could become a full series and a ‘stand alone show,’ reports The Sun.
Fans go wild after hearing ‘adorable’ story of how Danny met his wife
I’m A Celeb fans went wild after hearing Danny Jones share the ‘adorable’ story of how he met his wife Georgia during Monday night’s show – including how he chased her for a whole year to get her to agree to a date.
The couple have been married for a decade after the McFly singer, 38, proposed while on holiday in Cyprus in 2013, and they also share a six-year-old son called Cooper.
Former Miss England winner Georgia, 37, and their son are both due to fly out to Australia in support of the star.
Lifting the lid on how he met the blonde beauty, Danny told his campmates that he met her at an event and was immediately smitten with her and her Northern accent.
He recalled: ‘It took me a year to get her because I invited her out for a roast. It was just like clubbing, we couldn’t talk.
‘I was like “do you wanna go to the pub tomorrow?” and she was like “Yeah”. I text her in the morning and she was like “Sorry, I can’t make it”.’
Watch: Oti Mabuse faces her fears as she’s sealed in a bug-filled sarcophagus
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star Oti Mabuse faced her fear of tight spaces during the latest BushTucker Trial.
During Tuesday’s instalment of the ITV show, the professional dancer, 34, is chosen by the public to face The Sinister Sarcophagus: The Mummy Returns.
Ahead of the trial, Oti is greeted by hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both 49, and they introduce her to the Sarcophagus, a coffin which features a small compartment inside for her to place her head.
As the rangers reveal the inside of the coffin, Declan mysteriously says: ‘The second time it’s been opened, in 2,000 years.’
Upon seeing the small compartment, Oti looks horrified and proceeds to put her face in her hands as Ant says: ‘Okay so you said you’re not great with tight spaces, as you can see it’s gonna be pretty tight in there.’
Watch: Maura Higgins’ mum squirms as she’s grilled over Pete Wicks rumours
Maura Higgins’ mum squirmed as she was grilled by Lorraine about her daughter’s rumoured romance with Pete Wicks.
Sharon Higgins appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the ITV chat show to talk about Maura’s time in the I’m A Celebrity jungle.
She remained relatively tight-lipped about whether her daughter, 34, was really dating the Strictly star – but confirmed the pair are ‘great friends’.
‘I can only say what she has told me, she did tell me that they were great friends and that she’s single and she’s dating,’ she said. ‘So I don’t know much after that like, she didn’t really expand on that. So I don’t know what’s happening.
‘Maura and Pete were always friends but like the way Maura is, she at the moment – she was concentrating on herself.’
Watch: Tulisa accuses camp mates of being ‘pally for the camera’
Following her exit, the N-Dubz singer, 36, has talked about her co-stars played up to the cameras, as well revealing who her favourite campmate was amid rumours of a romance between her and Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall.
Speaking to Lorraine on Monday after her exit, Tulisa said that she wants former Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse to be the next Queen of the Jungle.
‘I don’t know who will win but I would love to see Oti win,’ she said, before gushing over her other friendships in the jungle. ‘Oti, Alan, Melvin, Maura – they were like my soul family in there.’
But while she said she had found ‘friendships for life’, Tulisa admitted the ‘real test starts when you’re out’.
She said: ‘You know, people for the cameras are all pally pally but it’s – will you send those text messages, will you do the four-hour drive – and so the test of the friendships begin now, or in a week’s time.’
I’m A Celeb viewers accuse show bosses of ‘fixing’ the results
There was outrage across social media on Monday evening as Tulisa Contostavlos became the third star to be voted off I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.
The N-Dubz singer, widely tipped to reach the latter stages of this year’s competition, was a surprise choice for elimination ahead of bookies favourites Barry McGuigan, Alan Halsall and Melvin Odoom.
But while Tulisa, 36, took it well, her army of fans reacted poorly to the decision as they took to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, shortly after her name was announced.
In a series of furious tweets viewers blasted the show, with some accusing ITV producers of orchestrating her exit to allow others a better chance of winning.
‘This is beyond fixed… our Tulisa is braver than the marines omg I am fuming at this!!!!!!’ raged one. ‘She deserved to win out of everyone in there it’s bloody cruel.’
A second added: ‘What’s wrong with the public? Tulisa should still be in there
Celebrity set to follow Tulisa out of the jungle
I’m A Celebrity contestants will tonight wave farewell to another celebrity leaving the jungle as the battle to be crowned King or Queen nears the final stages.
Tulisa Contostavlos became the third star to be voted off I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! despite the bookies tipping Barry McGuigan, Alan Halsall and Melvin Odoom for elimination ahead of her.
The N-Dubz singer was expected to reach the latter stages of the competition but joins Jane Moore and Dean McCullough in leaving the camp.
So will there be another surprise on the cards tonight when a fourth celebrity is forced to exit the jungle?
Join us as we guide you through tonight’s episode on ITV at 9pm and bring you reaction from viewers watching at home.
Key Updates
I’m A Celeb viewers accuse show bosses of ‘fixing’ the results
Celebrity set to follow Tulisa out of the jungle
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