I’m A Celebrity’s Jane Moore bravely faces first Bushtucker Trial as her panicked campmates scream in terror
I’M A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! star Jane Moore has taken on her first Bushtucker Trial – and managed to keep her cool.
The Sun columnist, 62, joined all the campmates for the nail-biting challenge, which fell on the evening of Maura Higgins‘ 34th birthday.
But while most of them screamed in terror, Jane managed to stay calm and even comforted her Loose Women co-star GK Barry.
Called The Fright Bus, the Bushtucker Trial was dropped on all the celebs as they finished eating their dinner around the camp fire.
Moments earlier, they were seen discussing why the lights were still on in the jungle.
GK Barry said: “Predictions… I think we’re going to have songs, a little boogy and a bit of birthday cake.”
Tulisa added: “They’re not going to do something negative for Maura’s birthday. It’s only going to be a treat.”
But Danny read a laminate to the group: “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 campmate was handed a ticket before being told to go and stand by a bus stop in the jungle.
Jane told her campmates: “I think there’s going to be extra passengers…”
The doors then opened and the celebs began filing on, with Jane being left at the front with GK – aka Grace – and Oti Mabuse.
“Front row, front row!” she exclaimed. “The seat that everybody wants!”
The challenge was simple: the campmates had to endure the bus and work within their rows of three to escape it, passing four stops on its journey.
To do this, each row would wait until their stop to manoeuvre three tokens across the bar to the stop button as fast as they could. Every token won, would equate to one piece of luggage.
As the gang were told to put their safety goggles on, GK told Jane: “Oh my God, I’m so on edge!”
But tapping her knees in anticipation, Jane simply nudged her and replied: “No, come on, we can do this!”
She then gently rested her head on GK’s shoulder before the task really got going, while wishing everyone luck.
Extremely shrill screams is all that could then be heard as creepy crawlies and critters began falling from the roof of the bus onto its famous passengers.
In a first for this series, the Bushtucker Trial ended on a major cliffhanger as hosts Ant and Dec revealed the rest of it would be shown in Tuesday night’s episode.
However, on spin-off show I’m A Celebrity: Unpacked, it was revealed that the nightmare is not yet over for Jane.
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Coleen Rooney – Arguably the most famous name in the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney, has made a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to be on the show this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever.
Tulisa – The popstar and former X Factor judge has made her triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year’s I’m A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz, Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal.
Alan Halsall – The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he has become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities.
Melvin Odoom – The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. Melvin has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet – the Aussie jungle.
GK Barry – The UK’s biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women. She has even gone on to endorse popular brands such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers.
Dean McCullough – A rising star amongst this year’s bunch of celebs, Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live.
Oti Mabuse – The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She originally found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV’s Dancing On Ice.
Danny Jones – The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle, after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he’s now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice, along with bandmate Tom Fletcher.
Jane Moore – The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist is braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge – having recently split from her husband. It will be Jane’s first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past.
Barry McGuigan – Former pro boxer Barry is the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan. It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to bowel cancer. He told The Late Late Show in 2021: “She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache.”
Maura Higgins – The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard. Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year.
Rev. Richard Coles – Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is a late arrival on I’m A Celebrity, and he’s ready to spill the beans on his former employer. The former Communards and Strictly star, said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year. An insider said: “Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth.”
Together with Maura, Jane will also be taking on the next Bushtucker Trial; Fright At The End Of The Tunnel.
The underwater challenge will require the ladies to be “trapped in a pair of petrifying pipelines” with critters waiting for them.
They will then have to complete words and crack locks to win stars – aka meals – for camp.
Big Brother host Will Best, who is this week’s celebrity panellist on Unpacked, only had positive words for Jane.
He told presenter Joel Dommett: “I feel like she is going to be stoic and get through it.”
- I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! continues at 9pm, ITV1/ ITVX, Tuesday November 26