I'm A Celebrity kicks off with challenging trial!
The 10 contestants in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here 2010 have entered their new jungle home - but not without first facing a surprise challenge. For the first time all the celebrities had to take part in the first Bushtucker trial of the series - all while still wearing their smart clothes and before changing into their jungle outfits. And there was a lot at stake for the winners, with the boys and the girls taking each other on in a bid to win one last night of luxury. The winners of the trial - which consisted of a series of increasingly unpleasant tasks - would win one final night of luxury and a slap-up meal in a posh villa, whereas the others would spend the night in a makeshift camp. The trial consisted of five rounds, with each of the celebrities facing one challenge each. And it kicked off with MP Lembit Opik and Playboy playmate Kayla Collins squaring off in Hell Hole Kitchen - which saw them grabbing stars from a box full of creepy crawlies. Kayla admitted afterwards to being "really terrified", while Lembit admitted, "it was a really disgusting feeling." Meanwhile Gillian McKeith was forced to face her insect phobias when she took part in Not The 10 O'Clock News - in which she and Shaun Ryder were covered in bugs while trying to guess which news headlines were true and which were false. And actor Nigel Havers performed a duet with Sheryl Gascoigne in The Bug Factor - the pair had to sing the Grease hit Summer Nights while being covered with cockroaches, maggots and jungle slime. Stacey Solomon was next, competing with rapper Aggro Santos to see who could eat a kangaroo penis in the quickest time. And finally Britt Ekland and Linford Christie competed in Disastermind, where the pair had to answer questions while wearing helmets which filled with spiders. Eventually the girls' team won and enjoyed one final night in a luxury villa before the ten celebrities entered the jungle, initially being divided into boy and girl camps. The two camps will compete against each other once again in the next Bushtucker Trial, with a horrified Gillian being voted by the public to represent the girls. Lembit will represent the boys' team.
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An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.