I’m a Celebrity live: Dean smashes sixth trial as Richard Coles opens up about his sexuality
Dean set a personal best after competiting in yet another trial
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Your support makes all the difference.Dean McCullough earned 10 stars in his sixth Bushtucker Trial on Monday night’s I’m a Celebrity, a personal best for the Radio 1 DJ.
McCullough had again been voted to face Monday’s trial “Jack and the Screamstalk”, much to the frustrations of Ant and Dec. However, the Northern Irish radio star exceeded expectations, earning 10 stars and even a round of applause from the hosts, who have been critical of his past efforts.
Elsewhere, Maura Higgins has been celebrating her birthday but wasn’t impressed by Danny Jones and Alan Halsall’s “dad jokes”.
Reverend Richard Coles also opened up about his sexuality and his faith in a very frank and risqué chat with GK Barry, as the two form an unlikely friendship.
In a twist, the campmates were given their food early with many assuming that they were being given a treat because of Maura’s birthday. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a treat at all as they were all invited to go on board “The Fright Bus” for a late night challenge.
They were told: “Tonight, you will all have the chance to win treats. However, to be in with a chance of winning, you will all need to take a trip on The Fright Bus!”
Each celebrity could win a piece of luggage from the rack, described to contain holiday essentials and even a tasty treat. However, what happened in the challenge was left as a mystery as we’ll have to wait for tomorrow’s episode to see what transpired on the bus.
Finally, there wasn’t a celebrity picked for Tuesday’s challenge on the show but two celebs will compete in the trial, which has been confirmed as “The Fright at the End of the Tunnel”.
Follow along with our live coverage of tonight’s episode, below.
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Ant McPartlin asks viewers to vote for other contestants
During his appearance on Sunday’s, I’m a Celeb Unpacked, Ant McPartlin directly addressed viewers and asked them to vote for another contestant aside from Dean McCullough, who is now on his sixth Bushtucker Trial of the series.
After being asked about McCullough taking on another challenge, McPartlin held his hands up and said: “Let’s all have a serious talk, I’m going to look directly at the camera here.
“I think it’s good to see other faces down there [in the trial area]. It’s not a personal thing, it’s not about Dean, it’s about us.
“We want to see different people on the show being featured. “I’d like to see Barry do a trial, Melvin on there, Oti ...”
Continuing, he said: “We find this every year when someone gets voted in multiple times, you just get to a part where you go, ‘who’s still voting for Dean?’ I don’t get it.”
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Dean McCullough has been involved is six of nine trials during the series so far
Preview of Monday’s Bushtucker Trial
ITV has shared a preview of Monday’s Bushtucker Trial which sees Dean take on ‘Jack and the Screamstalk’. The Radio One DJ initially appears to be doing well but has a moment of crisis when Ant McPartlin tells him that he’s just put his hand in a box full of spiders.
Viewers demand rules change as Dean faces his sixth trial
Dean McCullough will take on “Jack and the Screamstalk” in tonight’s Bushtucker Trial, which will be the Radio One DJ’s sixth trial of the series already.
The 32-year-old is already on course for an I’m a Celeb record, for doing seven trials on the show but viewers are quickly getting annoyed with the DJ constantly being selected for the challenges.
After it was announced, many fans voiced their frustrations with the current voting system and asked for there to be a rule change.
One person wrote: “Please implement a new rule where people can’t get voted after their second trial in a row. It just makes the show boring and makes your show very repetitive.”
“I think once you’ve done one trial you should be exempt from the next one to give others a chance,” a second viewer said.
A third added: “This is getting boring now. Campmates shouldn’t be able to be voted for twice in a row for trials. It’s ruining it every year.”
Ant McPartlin shares his verdict on Alan and Dean row
Ant McPartlin has suggested that Coronation Street star Alan Halsall was being “passive aggressive” before an argument broke out between him and BBC Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough.
In the latest episode of the ITV reality show, McCullough took issue with Halsall for waking him up then walking away after initially trying to get him to help Loose Women star Jane Moore collect firewood.
Posting an Instagram Live, McPartlin and his longtime co-host Declan Donnelly discussed the incident, which the latter referred to as “the first little bit of tension” in the camp.
I’m a Celeb co-host Ant McPartlin shares his verdict on Alan and Dean row
Presenter called the incident the ‘first little bit of tension’ in the camp
Coleen Rooney recalls meeting with ‘dirty’ Donald Trump
On Sunday’s (24 November) episode, Rooney recalled meeting Trump at the White House with her family.
“When we lived in America, we were invited to the White House for Christmas, and we went in to meet Donald Trump,” she said. “And we walked in and we got to get the official photograph taken in front of the Christmas tree.
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Maura Higgins describes ‘revenge’ on ex-boyfriend before Love Island
Maura Higgins has opened up about an incident with a former boyfriend that prompted her to go on Love Island.
During a segment on Sunday’s (24 November) episode, Higgins told fellow campmates Jane Moore, the Loose Women panellist, and McFly singer Danny Jones, about taking revenge on her former partner.
Speaking about the build-up to her participation on Love Island, she recalled: “So I had a boyfriend at the time.”
While she was initially unsure whether to agree to go on the hit dating series, she one day decided to look through her boyfriend’s phone – only to learn of her partner’s indiscretions.
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The changes appear to have stirred up resentment in the camp, with Moore having specifically requested not to do the cleaning. In the episode, Jones claimed that he had been told the opposite by the Loose Women panellist herself.
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