The Grand Final

Here we go guys…
Woohoo!

When they heard that they were through to the final, reactions were mixed to say the least. Biggins burst into tears and said "I’m overwhelmed it’s the final!" Jay jumped up and down and screamed "I’m in the final" and Janice… Well Janice didn’t disappoint, as always she had something hilarious to say. "Thank you public, you’re insane but thank you!" She really has made the show this year.

Sadly Biggins and Jay couldn’t help themselves and had to have a moments backstabbing at the stream. Biggins whispered to Jay, "we have to stop her!"

THE TRIALS:

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Each camper has a Bushtucker Trial today. One trial per meal. Janice was battling for the starter and after being pinned down she had to have all sorts of crawlies poured all over her. She was an absolute Trojan! She had mealworms, yabbies, fly pupa, green ants and cockroaches dropped on her and she had to tolerate each boxfull for a minute each. She won all five stars and even kept going while the cockroaches crawled all over her and the yabbies pinched her. After a long standing fear of cockroaches she was so brave. I was screaming with laughter when Dec tried to wind Janice up and she gave it to him. "Shut up, D***head. I’ll yabbie you in a minute!" Ant tried to join in too, but she called him a j**koff and both boys fell about laughing. It was classic I’m A Celeb – Loved it!

Next up was Biggins and he had the eating trial to do. Eugh! First he necked a witchetty grub (which was so gross) and then he was offered crocodile feet! I thought I was going to vomit, seriously… There were these little green scaley feet on the plate… He ate the lot – Aaaagh! THEN he gobbled up three LIVE cockroaches, a Kangaroo’s penis and then he snaffled it’s testicles too. Biggins couldn’t help himself, "I’ve had worse in my mouth!" It was unbelievable. Having refused every temptation offered, Ant and Dec had to concede and give him something. He swaggered back to camp with a glass of champagne. Well done Biggins you were a star. One main course coming up!

I thought that Jay’s trial was far more physically challenging than the others. He was competing for the camp’s dessert and he was trapped in a tank that gradually filled with water. He had to unscrew tubes within the tank and retrieve stars as numerous horrors were thrown in! He swam around happily with water spiders, eels and monitor lizards but freaked out slightly when they threw in some crocs. "S**t, do they bite?" Ant replied, "they might nibble a bit". I’d have been outta there!

Jay managed to get four out of five stars, but Ant and Dec awarded camp with their dessert anyway (bless em!)

The Aftermath:

Can you believe that Jay was telling Janice how well she’s done! Careful Jay, you’ve spent half your time talking behind her back with Biggins and Gemma. People might think you’re being two faced!

The Final Two:

Leaving camp in third place is… Jay.
The final two are Janice and Biggins.
Janice can’t believe it! Aaaaw Man!

Jay leaves the camp as his best bits play and he is so chuffed at how far he got. "I’ve loved every minute of it. It was an amazing experience. I’m so please because I told everyone that I wanted to make it to the final three, just so I could be here for the whole experience". As another montage runs, I have to say he really did do well. One thing you can’t say about Jay is that he didn’t try. His trials were amazing, what a grafter!

There’s me being complimentary… Jay has just been talking about the older members of the camp, "the younger members didn’t have a bad word to say, but the older ones couldn’t talk to each other without fighting". Then he said he would like Biggins to win, "even though I haven’t had a bad word with Janice". What tot – Yes you have!

THE WINNER:

Janice and Biggins are sat on the logs waiting for the result… They both know how wonderful it would be for their charity and they REALLY want to win.
Will Janice or Biggins be the ‘Queen’ of the Jungle?
(Ellen’s said she’ll pilfer that title when she promotes this – Hi Ellen!)

The winner is… Biggins!
Biggins is Queen of the Jungle!

Janice leaves camp for her interview…
I love this woman – Go on girl!
Janice is elated and so happy to be out. She’s not disappointed to be second and says it was great to spend time with Biggins, her King "or my queen". Her best bits play and I can’t stop laughing. She’s ‘giving it’ to the other campers, faffing about in all her trials and abusing Ant and Dec too. They also throw in numerous examples of her saying, "awww man!" 

Janice’s worst moment was being bitten by the rat and her best moments were whenever she achieved something. "I’m a room service kind of girl and it was great to have a go at so many things".

"I would like to thank I’m A Celebrity and the British public for their support. It’s a great show and it’s for charitable purposes it’s fantastic!" As she watches her best bits, Janice is overwhelmed and bursts into tears. She’s a big softy really. What a star!

Here he is…The King Of The Jungle! Biggins leaves camp and he is overjoyed. "It’s been wonderful. I’ve made fantastic new friends, my health has got better and Bob is so pleased with me. (He starts to cry…) I still can’t believe it!"

Biggins is gobsmacked to see the footage of the cave and the 200 rats! He screams with laughter when he discovers that he’d given the rat a cuddle for five minutes, before he flicked it off! "Eugh, I thought it was my water bottle!"

Biggins watches his best bits and he smiles from ear to ear as he’s crowned King Of The Jungle by previous winner Matt Willis. Congratulations Chris! You deserve it fella, you’re an institution and a British legend – Bless ya!

I hope you’ve enjoyed the show and the blog guys.
It’s been fab!
Feel free to leave your comments and
join me every day on the X Factor Blog.

Huge hugs, Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Day 17/18 – Final Four No More

What a treat to see Celebrity Cyclone back as the latest Bushtucker Trial. I just love to see celebs sliding down a wet and muddy hill on their bums with legs akimbo, especially when they have fire and wind machines to contend with! No individual camper completed the trial tonight, it was all for one and one for all. All four of them had a go! They did well too and got three out of four stars to the top of the hill. No hungry bellies tonight guys.

So the final four will be no more by the end of this show. Who do you think should make tomorrow’s final?

Ant and Dec are taking advantage of the extra time the campers have had on their hands… they’ve filled the show with montages aplenty! Everything you can think of, from which celeb supports which camper to the contestants highlights from the jungle.

Biggins loved dancing in camp (with Lynne), getting to know everyone and doing the trials. His worst moment was when Janice and Rodney refused to say goodbye to Lynne. "I thought that was terrible. I have made eight good friends in here". Janice and Rodders aren’t counted in that then Biggins?

Jay’s highlights were the trials and his favourite… The bike trial with Janice of course! "That was the best. The wheels just stayed in place and we kept going on. I was just in the zone and I knew we could do it".  

Next, a ton of celebs popped up to support the final four. My personal favourite was Ben Shepherd (wonder why?) – He was backing Janice, "I want her to win because she has everything! She’s given us drama, excitement, care, conflict and fun. She’s direct and to the point. I really want to see Janice win!"

A VT ran of some of Janice’s best bits and I was screaming with laughter when Ant and Dec asked her to eat the crocodile penis. "Okay Janice you have to bit the shaft". Janice screamed "YOU BITE THE SHAFT!" Love it!

The votes are in and the bottom two are Jay and Cerys. Janice can’t believe she’s made it to the final and Biggins bursts into tears! The lines have reopened and now the public can vote for who they want to SAVE, Jay or Cerys.

Get voting guys! I’ll see you back here at 10pm for the result.

Back… Leaving camp tonight is Cerys!

Cerys is so chuffed. She’s jumping around and screaming "I’m going home!" I wonder if Marc is here to meet her. Oooh, can’t wait to find out!

As Cerys leaves the camp she’s overjoyed to see champagne on the table. "I am so pleased to be out. I can get my children chill out all day tomorrow and then get ready for the party tomorrow night. Thanks to everyone for letting me come out tonight!"

Cerys watches her best bits and Ant and Dec ask her was it what she expected. "No not at all. When you agree to it you think of the bugs. It’s nothing to do with the bugs ast all. It’s about emotion and relationships and the experience".

Ant and Dec comment on how she ‘bonded’ with everyone, especially Marc. When they mention his name she looks over her shoulder to see if he is there… They show her the footage of the two of them together and explain that sadly, Marc has not made it back to Oz to see her. Personally, I think that’s terrible. He should never have sent her that note if he wasn’t going to come! Ant and Dec advise that he went home to sort things out, but he has chosen to stay there. Ouch!

Cerys says "I’m gutted that he’s not here to be honest".
BAD FORM MARC, VERY BAD FORM!

Cerys says she loves Janice (even though she’s direct), but she would love Christopher Biggins to win. As she heads across the bridge to the paps, Cerys seems happy to trot off and see her beloved children. Good luck sweety, have fun before the party and maybe Marc will be there eh?

See you LIVE tomorrow for the GRAND FINAL!
Who will be the new King or Queen of the Jungle?

Selena x

Day 16/17 – Still Five Left

Here we go, we are now officially at the business end of the show! Tonight the fab five become the fantastic four.
Who will fly the coop?

First of all, I want to answer a question for Terry (thanks for all of your comments). The show ends on Friday. Five become four tonight and then another leaves tomorrow, three will be left on Friday for the final.

Jay is up for the Bushtucker Trial tonight. When he heard it was called Table Top Terror, he volunteered straight away (as the girls were more than weary). I hope he does well as they have literally NO food at all. NONE! No rice, beans, anything and their basic provisions will not be replenished until tomorrow. In other words, what they win in the trial is all they have to eat today. No pressure then Jay!

Although Jay was convinced that the trial would be eating something horrible, it wasn’t. He had to push his head through a hole in each table and retrieve a star (similar to the trial Janice did with Biggins). First he rammed his head into a dome filled with crickets and millipedes, then it was stick insects and leaf mimics. He even stopped to have a look at the leaf mimics! Eugh, the next dome was full of spiders and then it was time for the snakes. What a hero!

The final dome had a whopping monitor lizard inside and Jay just took it in his stride. He couldn’t see it at first and mocked, "where is it? It’s behind you!" But then the lizard became rather angry and started hissing. It turned around and headed for Jay’s face. Needless to say he stopped messing around and pulled his head out of the dome quick smart.

He swaggers back to camp with all the stars and the campers smother him. I’m not surprised they’re happy, they must be starving!

HOT GOSS: Cerys’s brother has arrived in Australia (with her children) and when he was asked about Marc he said he hadn’t seen him in the hotel. He doesn’t think that Cerys will be that disappointed (if Marc doesn’t show) as she seems to be enjoying her time in the jungle. I think they’ll have him hidden away if he is there don’t you?

It doesn’t add up?
After yesterdays spelling ‘B’ the campers had a maths quiz to do. If they managed to complete a maths problem each, they’d win a humongous chocolate cake and the campers were literally drooling! If they couldn’t do it in time, the cake would fall into a box of cockroaches – Yak!

Unfortunately they missed out as Gemma and Janice couldn’t figure out their questions quick enough. Gemma had trouble with 47 minus 20 and Janice couldn’t get 20% of 60. I guess Carol Vorderman is safe eh!

As the cake splattered into the vat of roaches, I don’t think the campers minded too much. Within minutes Cerys was given a guitar as compensation and they had a fabulous time singing ’round the fire. Gemma whooped and told the Bush Telegraph that Cerys’s voice was beautiful. Janice thought it was so uplifting and Biggins said, "I was so happy to be here for that. It was wonderful!"

The polls: I’ve been checking out the various internet polls and they think it’s gonna be a two horse race. They all say that Janice and Biggins will be battling out in the final and I think the polls are bob on. What about you? Who would you have as the final two?

The votes are in and it’s the biggest vote of the show.
It’s down to Cerys and Gemma and leaving tonight is… Gemma!

I’m pleased because Gemma said that she wanted to leave earlier and she’s SO chuffed because she gets to see her family. She’s smiling from ear to ear and it’s great to see. Janice is overwhelmed that she has been saved by the public and rather than her usual "oh man", she’s screaming "thank you, thank you public" as loud as she can.

Gemma tells Ant and Dec that she is pleased to be out. "I was ready to come out yesterday. I want to see my mum as well, I’ve missed my mum. If anything goes wrong you tell your mum don’t you (well I do) and you can’t in there. Gemma watches her best bits and she’s obviously had a ball! She says the best thing about camp was the lack of stress and wearing no make up. The worst was missing her family, the trials and no chocolate. She wants Biggins or Jay to win.

Finally, Ant and Dec show her footage of Janice speaking in the Bush Telegraph. "I think Gemma is adorable, she could be my daughter. She’s the sweetest girl and I think she has more talent than most of the actresses in Hollywood. She’s smart and funny". Mmmm… Gemma looks a little sheepish after hearing that – Wonder why? Anything to do with how they’ve treated Janice lately and gossiped behind her back? I think so!

Can’t wait till tomorrow!
The show is on at 8pm.
Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Day 16 – Five Left

Here we go…

It’s a short show tonight because of the football (so there’s no eviction). At the moment the contestants are sat on the logs and Ant and Dec are just making the sweat!

Superhero…

Wow! Jay saved the day when a Funnelweb spider crawled into camp and under Janice’s bed. He bravely hunted around for the minibeast and even caught it in a jar, before the cavalry arrived.  

Ant and Dec confirmed the species and advised that this spider is deadly. It’s venom can kill a man in 15 minutes.

Well done Jay!

Climbing Cerys!

Todays Bushtucker Trial was called ‘Down Vine’ and I’m telling you it was a tricky one. Cerys had to traverse a series of vines and collect the stars along the way. After dropping the stars into the water, she had to leave enough time to fall from the vines and swim with her bounty to a net nearby.

Considering the aount of time she had, two stars wasn’t too shabby.

And Finally…

Now I feel like I’m reading the news!
Finally, the campers got to play a game for some treats (can we have more of those please). I can only watch them wash their clothes and sweep the floor for so long, it gets a little repetitive you know. Anyway… They had to take part in a spelling ‘B’ and if they managed to spell six words each they’d get a chocolate brownie. Sadly, they made a bit of a show of themselves and the whole game was pretty pants. Even though they were rubbish at spelling, they all managed to score top marks in exchange for a chocolate treat (except for Jay who was SO annoyed with himself).

See you tomorrow at 9pm when everything is back to normal.

Who should go next?
Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Day 15 – A Strange Day

Mmmm… It’s been a strange day guys. For the first time ever, I’m not happy with Jay. We all know that Rodney and Janice had a rapport. Rodney told us that he understood her in his interview. So when Rodney left, it was perfectly natural for Janice to be a little upset and she had a cry. Next thing, Jay walks off to the Bush Telegraph and accuses her of crocodile tears. Excuse the pun, but what a croc! You could clearly see how upset she was and Jay tried to say she wasn’t crying – When she obviously was! Why would you say that about someone? Naughty Jay, very naughty and to top it of Gemma joined in later on too! Leave Janice alone.

As night began to fall, Janice expained why she was so upset. "I got on with Rodney and he got me. Anna and Cerys have their little click and Jay and Gemma have theirs. Now Anna and Biggins have one too and I’m on the outside. I’m very lonely out there".

Can someone give Janice a hug please!

Tonight’s Bushtucker Trial is called Terror Train In The Temple Of Doom (Part 3). Jay and Gemma have to ride a jungle ghost train, while all manner of crawlies are flung their way. Their was fly pupa, cockroaches, spiders, green ants (in a nest), mealworms and all kinds of gross slime and gunk. When they exited the train you could tell they stunk, just by Ant and Dec’s face!

Considering it was pitch black the whole time, they did really well. Three out of six stars isn’t bad. There are only six of them now after all.

Back in camp the conversation had turned to Marc and Cerys and Cerys said she was really excited about her exit, but she didn’t want to get her hopes up. She would wait and see and keep it in the back of her head. Biggins told the Bush Telegraph that he thought Marc would return to see Cerys, "I think Cerys would be very disappointed if Marc didn’t come".

The Celebrity Chest was a tough one today as both Anna and Janice had to walk the plank. The only problem was that the plank was 250 feet long and around a hundred feet up (over a ravine). When the girls finally made it across, they each got a message from home and there was tears all round. Joe (Janice’s best friend) wished her well, "I’m looking forward to seeing you and waiting for us to have Margheritas together" and Anna’s husband and daughter told her, "we miss you!"

When the chest arrived back in camp they had to figure out how many stars the team had won since the merger…

Sadly, they blew it and they missed out on chocolate coins. Janice was away showering and the others questioned whether her figures were right. Cerys knew they were being unfair, "are we just being horrible blaming Janice because she’s not here?" I couldn’t have said it better myself Cerys. Leave her alone. What is it, pick on Janice day? By the end of the night she was literally left to sit on her own, how horrible! Anna openly said "I hope she’s not here tomorrow", infront of Janice and Jay sniped too. Thankfully, Cerys was much more understanding. "There’s an obvious seperation between Janice and the rest of the camp and that’s quite sad. I thinkk she’s SO tired from all of the trials she’s done". Apart from Cerys, I’d say that the others could be accused of bullying Janice.

It seems like Anna and Jay’s behaviour hasn’t gone down too well.
The votes are in and they are both up for eviction.
Anna is out of there!

I really loved Anna and I think it’s a shame that she let herself down towards the end. She always had a good word to say about everyone, until today. During her interview Anna said she loved her time in the jungle. She bonded with Cerys, Marc and Biggins and thought she wouldn’t last this long. When she’s asked about Janice she says, "she’s extraordinary, but difficult to live with. When she walked the plank with me yesterday I thought, look at you… You’re ten years older than me… She skipped over the plank!" She would like to see Biggins win and tells Ant and Dec to wait and see what happens with Marc and Cerys.

See you tomorrow…
Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Day 14 – Happy Campers

What can I say? The campers are happy!

The sun was shining today and the contestants lapped it up and loved every minute. Now John has gone, they’ve had a go at cooking and got to grips with organising camp… Janice even described their environment as "The Garden Of Eden".

Gemma revealed that it was time for the latest trial and Biggins quite happily volunteered. It’s like a different camp today!

The Bushtucker Trial was called Website and Biggins was lowered into a chamber filled with tubes of spiders. As he punched his way through to the spider filled columns, he squealed and screamed, but he collected all of the stars. He’s a legend! I know the camp will be chuffed with the result.

All credit to Biggins. Those spiders would have frightened the life out of me, it’s not like they were bathtub crawlies. They were huge!

Rest & Relaxation…

All of the campers commented how wonderful it was to have Janice back (the old Janice that is). She had a good cry after John left yesterday (John understood her) and it seems that she released a lot of stress at that point. She explained to the other campers that she’s not the shrew they think she is and she apologised for upsetting them all. From that moment the atmosphere has been nothing short of wonderful.

All of the other campers have been getting along too. Rodney said it was a great day to be alive and Biggins said he’s never felt so relaxed.

THEN to top it all off, they even had a new camper come and visit – A Goat!

Janice led the goat into camp and the gang had a go at milking her. Cerys was a dab hand and had the technique down pat, but it was Rodney’s goat massage that really raised the milk quota. All the campers were chuckling at how well the goat took to Rodney and how he took to her. He was so sweet, talking to her and rubbing her back. Love was in the air once again – Bless!

Miss And Loss…

There have been tons of tears in the Bush Telegraph over the past two days, as the question has been "What do you miss?" Obviously all of the campers miss thier family, their partners and thier children, so it’s been like a blub-fest. Talk about pushing their buttons. Rodney felt like he had to explain and pointed out that it may seem a little OTT, but no one can understand unless they have been through this experience. You don’t have to explain Rodders. You’re all allowed to have a good cry if you miss your loved ones. It’s only natural.

Fortunately the camp were uplifted when the Celebrity chest came back. The missed out on the prize, so it wasn’t because they won a treat. It was because they all got to discover how much weight they’d lost. They had to collectively guess how much flab they’d dropped and to win the goodies, they must be within 5 pounds. They were within 8 so no cigar, but Biggins and Rodders found that they had lost over 2 stone each! Never mind all these diet plans – Get yourself to the jungle eh?

The Jungle Pit!

Biggins and Anna were offered the chance to win a full cooked breakfast for the camp. The campers cheered at the thought, but Biggins quickly explained that the trial was an overnight stay in a jungle pit. Did I mention the pit was full of rats? Well it was and they were climbing on their beds and everything. It wasn’t nice and it just got worse. I hd to laugh when a rat sat on Biggins and he didn’t even notice. He screamed blue murder, but it was SO funny because the rat was there for ages before he noticed. He even had a nap while it was there!

Regardless of the trials and tribulations, they were both stars and survived the whole night. The campers have enjoyed a whopping cooked breakfast before another member has to leave.

The votes are in…

It’s between Gemma and Rodney tonight and I have to say, I’m surprised that it’s Rodney who’s leaving. I thought Gems would go before him as he’s such a big character, but there you go. I guess that’s the joy of the public vote people!

Rodney is more than happy to be out and as he swigs his champagne Ant and Dec want to know how he found it. "It’s tough. I’m telling you guys, this is hard! I heard so many rumours before I came. I heard that they’d look after us, but you don’t".

..Then the boys wanted to know about Lynne. "To be honest, I despise everything she stands for. She spouted about money and wealth and then was said about how working class people work for respect and money doesn’t matter. It’s easy to say that when you’ve got a ten bedroom house isn’t it".

When asked about Cerys and Marc he was reluctant to say too much out of loyalty (good for him!) The only thing he would say was that Marc and Cerys had a chemistry from the minute they met. As he get’s ready to leave, Rodney adds that he would like Jay to win (he’s a popular guy in camp isn’t he?)

Who do you think should be in the top three?
Leave your comments and tell me your predictions.
See you tomorrow… Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Day 13 – Marc And Cerys

Okay, so there’s a ton of controversy over Lynne’s exit after Rodney and Janice refused to say goodbye. They both didn’t want to be hypocritical and now it seems that they’ve isolated themselves because of it. The rest of the group believe it was childish and there was no need. Much as I would love to go on, I can’t. I’m far too over excited about the Marc and Cerys romance!

During tonight’s show Cerys reveals all and Marc sends a message to her from beyond the boundaries of camp!

Anyway… Back to that in a mo. John and Jay did the Bushtucker Trial today and it was great fun! John volunteered to do the trial to escape the arguing and Jay just loves trials, so he was happy to do it. They really are a right little duo! They keep each others spirits up and their comaraderie showed during the trial. They did so well! They had to steer a crate (blind) over a swamp and then drop out onto floating stars. They got two out of three and won six meals. Cool!

In camp, all hell was breaking loose. I felt sorry for Janice as she’d broke down in the confessional. The group were more than judgemental about how she reacted to Lynne’s exit and she feels like they’ve turned on her. "The group hates me. It’s not always easy telling it like it is, but it’s who I am!" Keep your chin up Janice, we still love ya! Rodney cracked me up, "I don’t give a toss either way. If people vote for me they vote, if they don’t they don’t. It’s the peoples choice!"

Love is in the air!

The campers had a game to play to win letters from home and it was absolute genius! Each contestant had to hold a glassfull of liquid in their mouth and spit it out into a huge tube. The only problem was the glasses of liquid ranged from chilli sauce and cheese fruit juice to cod liver oil. All but poor Biggins managed to score their letters as he accidentally knocked his glass of liquid over – I felt so sorry for him. They all cried as they heard from their loved ones and it was so sweet to hear the letters fro Anna’s children. They wanted her to write back (bless em!)

The shocker came when Cerys got her letter and it was from Marc! "Keep singing songbird. There are problems in London and I have had to go back to sort them out, but I may well return to greet you when you leave (if that is what you wish)".

Cerys was agog and couldn’t believe it. After a heart to heart with Anna she went straight to the bush telegraph to share her feelings. "I have to admit that with regards to Marc, I had feelings. I know he had a girlfriend and I know he didn’t want to hurt her in any way. He says that there are problems in London and he’s gone to sort them out, but I think he’s trying to tell me things are okay… He says he will come, but I don’t want to make more of a mess than I’ve made. Okay, well he’s sent a message to me so I’ll send one back. Please tell Marc I said hi and I would love for him to come over if that’s what he thinks is best. But tell him if there’s not time, there’s no rush. It’s a long life…" Later she told Anna that she can’t wait to see Marc, but she said it’s a crazy way to start anything. "Getting a letter from Marc has knocked me over. How brave is that, for him to send that letter?" Anna could only agree, she thinks they’re possible soulmates. Cerys continued, "I do feel sorry if there’s been any hurt caused, but I do want to see what happens". Janice also gave some great advice and told Cerys to take it very slow. Biggins agreed, "you should take it slow. You don’t know him very well and you might not even like his w***y or something". The girls just burst out laughing!

How romantic! Will Marc be there to run across the bridge to her? I get the feeling she’s saying she’s happy to wait, don’t you? The balls in your court Marc. Whadya gonna do now fella?

The eviction:

The votes are in and John and Anna are in the bottom two.
John is leaving the camp tonight.
Who will be the new camp chef?
It’s going to be funny watching those guys work it out!

John said it was a magical experience and he enjoyed the space and peace inside his own head and getting to know all of the personalities. He looks like a different guy now that he’s out of camp. He’s smily and chirpy and appears so much more relaxed. When Ant and Dec ask him about his trials, he says he loved the witchety grub but not the crocodile c**k. With regard to the other campers, John admits that he and Lynne did not get on and he thought she was lazy. He thinks Janice is as mad as a march hare, but he really likes her. "She’s had seven or eight trials and she’s done them all with a big heart". He also thinks that Cerys is wonderful as she helped him every night with the cooking. "Cerys will probably do it from now on and she’s really good".

But who would you like to win John? "Jay, he’s my best buddy".

See you tomorrow…
Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Day 12 – Water Babies

After Katie left, it brought poor Biggins to tears…
You could tell that everyone liked Katie (except Lynne of course!) as they all noticed how much they missed her today. Her smiling face, her team spirit and her work ethic – Seems like you made a good impression Katie.

After Biggins burst into tears (bless him), the conversation soon turned to tonight’s eviction and John and Anna thought they might be up again. "We’re in the melting pot for tonight". Janice added that she had a funny feeling it might be here and Lynne snapped at her. "Why has it always gotta be about YOU!" Hang on, John and Anna were talking about the same thing! Janice advised that she is allowed to have her opinion and Lynne replied, "yeah, I hear them every day". Janice was visibly shocked, "I only said it could be me". Lynne sniped, "I hope it is!" Charming!

 

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How brave was Anna in the trial! GO ON GIRL!

I knew Rodney would take it with a pinch of salt, but Anna was surprisingly fantastic! They both had to dive underwater (with bell helmets) and open plastic globes with stars inside. Unfortunately, there were some nasty creatures inside the globes and Anna had to put her hand right in to unhook the locks. She went through fish, yabbies, lizards, eels and lil’ gators. Although she screamed blue murder, she just went for it and she even kept her cool when Rodney fell over and when she had a monitor lizard in HER helmet!

They bring home the bacon and snaffle all the stars. These two should do the trials more often.

 

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Less than 100 voted between the bottom two. Get voting!

Eugh! John’s ranting on about missing sex and I really don’t wanna hear it thanks. What I would like to see is Anna, Cerys, Gemma and Jay having some fun. Why are there no games or activities this year? Someone usually steps up and thinks of things to do and I thought Biggins might be the one for that. I’m beginning to think we need Right Said Fred to lighten things up, but they’ve already flown home (boo!)

PLEASE PRODUCERS, GIVE THEM SOME GAMES TO PLAY OR TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT, SOMETHING, ANYTHING WILL DO, WHERE IS ALL THE FUN?

Did you see Cerys and Anna trying to talk in code about Marc, it was hilarious! Cerys asked Anna what she thought about ‘that man’ and then she blatantly winked and mouthed the word ‘Marc’. Anna said, "he was genuine and he would never hurt anyone on purpose". She added that he had a girlfriend though and he would have to sort that out, but she may have found a soul mate. Cerys asked, "how do you know that?" Anna’s reply was straight from the heart, "you just do. You just do".

Yummy!

The producers must have heard me moaning, they’ve laid on a treasure hunt for the campers. Five scrolls were hidden around the camp and the group had to follow the clues to find the X that marked the spot. They won three mystery tins of food. After some argy-bargy over whether they should open them or not, they discovered they had cherries, franks and beans. Do these guys have to argue over everything? I had to laugh when Rodney said he would kill someone for baked beans. He may be controversial, but you have to admit he can be funny!

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Hang on… What’s with Lynne snapping at John? He only asked her a question when she was talking about herself and she sniped "oh here we go" to the others. I’m not surprised that John was so upset. He was frustrated at tea time. "It’s hard to take a gobfull of s**t from someone and then cook for them". Later she complained about how he’d cooked the potatoes as well. She hasn’t complained for the past two weeks has she. In the hut John said, "if you don’t want to eat it then don’t. God knows you could do with losing a few pounds".

The Eviction:
I’m not even describing the lead up…
Lynne is out! YES! There is a God!
The good thing is, maybe now they’ll all have some fun.
Janice and Rodney are not hypocritical and they walk away when it’s time for goodbye hugs. As Lynne leaves neither of them wave and Lynne tells Ant and Dec that she’ll be happy if she never sees them again. Once again, she claims that she gave the hourglass challenge to Rodney and after seeing footage of Janice talking about her, she says that Janice is the one who plays up to the cameras.

I have to say, I’m disappointed that a woman who could have inspired us with her wisdom and life experience will be remembered for her petty arguments and sound bites. It seems like such a waste, as after reading her story I thought she’d be able to rise above anything. At least the others haven’t disappointed. We know Janice is a brash, loud American who tells it like it is and Rodney, well we all know what he’s like and he’s been just that. Sadly, Lynne could have been so much more but I can only see her face, contorted with rage or eyes rolling in disgust. When I listen, I just hear her screaming and shouting at John, Rodney or Janice. I don’t think that’s how she would want to be remembered.

Enough is enough, get her off. I have never been so happy to hear Ant and Dec say "you’re a celebrity, get yourself outta here! I’m actually looking forward to tomorrow now.

Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger
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Day 11 – Two Down

So after Marc’s eviction yesterday, the camp are wondering why?

Between them they’re gobsmacked and they figure out that it must be because of his relationship with Cerys. The problem is she can’t understand why he went and she wasn’t even up. I think you’ll find it’s because you’re single sweety and he’s not. Plus the fact that his girlfriend gave a cutting interview while voting was taking place.

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It’s quite sweet that Cerys isn’t too concerned with the if’s and but’s, she’s just worried that Marc might be upset. Bless! 

Readers comment:
Its not making me like Lynne anymore though, I still can’t stand the woman she winds me up something rotten and I’d rather rip my own arm off and beat myself up with it than listen to her! Selena, as always your blog is the bomb, was gutted to miss last nights episode (damn my social life) but this mornings update was more than enough to compensate. Oh how i love this blog……..

Thanks so much Pamela! I aim to please.
Selena x

Back to the show…
Cerys and Gemma ended up doing the Bushtucker Trial. The campers voted for them (after another row between Rodney and Lynne because they both wanted to take over!) It didn’t take long did it!

Anyway… Cerys and Gems had to reverse bungee and as they screamed into the sky they had to throw a ball at a target. If they hit the black and white sections they got three meals. If they hit the red, they got one. Gemma went first and got one meal, but she learned some valuable lessons and advised Cerys on technique. Cerys took to the sky and got 5 meals. Well done ladies, 6 meals is enough to keep the munchies at bay.

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Good Lord, Lynne’s off again bickering and picking and Rodney and Janice are just as bad. Anna (who is no longer invisible) hit the nail on the head. Her theory is that the golden oldies have no patience at all and I have to agree. They’re putting the crocs to shame as far as snapping goes! Anna is starting to grow on me you know, she’s quite funny when she actually speaks. I also loved how Gemma wanted to stay because they’re still trying to get John to cook chips for the chip lovers and he wont. Go on the youngsters, give the narky oldies hell! I’m sure they’re not making camp fun for you. Let them eat chips John!

Now there’s a recipe for disaster! John and Janice trying to get the Celebrity Chest. I’ve no clue how many times Janice said "I’m trying my best" but it was A LOT! John (as always) was direct and as far as Janice was concerned, insulting. They arrived at a turkey pen and they had to catch the turkeys and read the combination to the chest off their feet. Needless to say John did all the fetching and carrying, but Janice gave him all of the credit on their return. She wasn’t proud and tipped her cap to him.

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The real moment of evil came when they had to answer the chest question and last night’s England score was revealed. Rodney was gutted. Naughty producers, should be flogged!

WOW! Marc has just admitted that he’s in love with Cerys. He told an I’m A Celeb staff member, "I’m in love with two people. I could cry, I don’t know what to do. I would like to be here for Cerys when she comes out as she’s gonna go through this, but I’ve hurt someone I’ve been with for two and a half years. I live with her". Marc was asked if she thinks Cerys has fallen in love with him and he said, "yeah, I think she has!"

Marc said he has to put his feelings aside and he wants to go back to London and speak to Sarah. Do you think he’ll be back or will he leave tonight? He didn’t go yesterday as planned, that much we know.

Ant and Dec head into camp and they reveal that the bottom three are Anna, Katie and John. The votes are in and Katie must leave the camp tonight. Was it the right choice? What do you think? If you ask me, Katie wasn’t as annoying as I thought she’d be. In fact she was quite fun and I think I’ll miss her! She was more bubbly than bitch and I just loved it when she said, "less breathing more screwing" to Lynne. She likes workers and Lynne is not one. "She goes on and on and she won’t let anyone get the last word". Katie commended Gemma and Jay for working so hard in camp. She would like to see Jay crowned King Of The Jungle!

See you tomorrow…
Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger

Hot Gossip!

What did I tell you? I said in the blog yesterday that I didn’t think Marc would be rushing home and he isn’t! He’s spoken to girlfriend Sarah by phone, but has decided not to fly home today as planned. Is he going to be there when Cerys leaves camp?

 

Was it really love at first sight?

Join me every night at 9pm for the LIVE blog.

The Bushtucker Trial is a real cracker tonight. Both Gemma and Cerys have to do a reverse bungee and scream into the sky at a million miles an hour. It’s a fantastic stunt, but will they earn any meals? Oh yeah and if Biggins isn’t careful, ‘invisible’ Anna might EAT him. Come and see me tonight at 9pm and all will be revealed.

Don’t forget to vote!

Selena x

Selena Ledgerton Cooper
MSN Reality TV Blogger