Associate Editor Tom Bryant has tried I'm A Celebrity's newest Bushtucker Trial, Jungle News Live, and reports that hours later he can still feel the blended duck tongue and feet cocktail, or quacktail, quacking in his stomach.
The trial involved reading an autocue from an entertainment news desk while increasingly disgusting delicacies were placed in front of him. After the ducky starter, he was served a heart-bleet, a muffin topped with a hunk of goat's heart, which he compared to a fatty, dry, slightly gristly piece of beef. The chewing proved relentless, with his jaw aching and the trial producers watching on entertained.
Trial Details and Rivalry
Bryant collected his second star after dispatching the goat's heart, while his two rival showbiz colleagues were both defeated by the quacktail. He noted that the bragging rights were his, and looked forward to seeing how the celebrities fare when they take on the trial.
Camp Adaptations for Ade Adepitan
I'm A Celebrity bosses invited Ade Adepitan into the Australian jungle several months ago to test how he would cope with the terrain and work out needed adaptations. Producers spent a full day with the wheelchair basketball star and TV presenter earlier this year, resulting in a specially modified camp with widened paths, strengthened handrails, wheelchair parking spaces, crutch holders, and a stairlift for the jungle shower.
Executives confirmed that Ade will be able to tackle the majority of this year's approximately 23 Bushtucker Trials, including the Celebrity Cyclone. One executive producer said, "All I will say is that if he makes it that far…he will be doing the Celebrity Cyclone. Without giving anything away, from the moment you see him on screen, you will be impressed."
The preparations began when producers decided they wanted Ade in this year's line-up and invited him Down Under for a recce in February. He was kept deliberately in the dark about the trials, with the exec explaining, "The camp didn't look anything like it does now…nothing was given away. He came to almost educate us about what his needs were to be able to live in this camp." Ade, who contracted polio as a baby, uses both a wheelchair and crutches, and the camp changes have been carefully incorporated so as not to stand out.
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! returns to ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm on Monday.
