I’m a Celebrity‘s screaming Danny Jones pleaded with Ant and Dec when he had two snakes slip into his shorts during the first ever BushTucker trial.
The McFly singer took part in The Mausoleum of Misery with Barry McGuigan which saw them locked in a box of snakes where they had to try unlock the padlocks. Only earlier in the show, the musician shared his fear of snakes and now he was pleading with the TV hosts as they slithered up his shorts.
He declared: “I’ve got a snake on my shorts! Oh my god my wiener. Guys!” Jones got all five of his stars during the challenge. Meanwhile, his partner McGuigan got no stars and complained he couldn’t see — leaving Ant and Dec joking he needed glasses.
Once it was over, the singer had to have a snake pulled from his shorts by a member of the TV crew. Later, he admitted he had the snake “near my own python”.
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Rebekah Vardy joke
The ITV show — fronted by Ant and Dec — opened with a….. Rebekah Vardy joke.
The Geordie duo have already made their first jibe about Vardy — not even minutes into the show. They joked it would be great for Coleen Rooney to do a Bushtucker trial without Vardy — referring of course to their infamous libel case that played out in the spotlight. Rooney outed Rebekah Vardy’s Instagram account as the source of the leaks about her personal life to the press, getting her the nickname “Wagatha Christie”.
Ant & Dec – I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)
Dec quipped: “It’ll be nice to face a trial that doesn’t involve Rebekah Vardy.”
Not long after, the presenters threw shade at Tommy Fury who was rumoured to be joining the show but decided to drop out to fight YouTuber KSI instead.
Celebrating getting Barry McGuigan to do the show, they said they managed to get such a big name because “it was either do this or fight a YouTuber on Netflix”.
GK Barry screams “this is hell” during first challenge — and is voted to do trial
GK Barry screaming in trial. (ITV/Shutterstock)
Elsewhere, I’m A Celebrity‘s GK Barry was left with mascara streaming down her face as she screamed through the first challenge. After her reaction, it’s no surprise she was later voted to do the BushTucker trial Vile Vocano.
The celebs had been drenched in a swamp as they undertake first task to become leaders of the camp. GK Barry cried: “This is hell.” The podcaster admitted she was struggling to get to grips with the challenge.
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Jane Moore, Dean McCullough, Oti Mabuse, Tulisa Contostavlos, Danny Jones – I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)
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GK Barry is doing the BushTucker trial
GK Barry breaks down in tears as she’s named to do the BushTucker trial.
She says: “I’m gonna die!”
Ant and Dec joke Barry needs glasses
Ant and Dec keep joking about how Barry McGuigan needs glasses as he kept saying he couldn’t see the numbers on the padlock during the trial.
Danny has snake pulled from his shorts
Danny Jones had two snakes in his shorts. (ITV screengrab)
TV crew pull a huge snake from Danny’s shorts.
After the trial, he admits: “That was the most vulnerable I’ve ever felt!”
The McFly singer says he felt he had the shakes like the first ever gig he had ever done.
They got five stars out of 10, all thanks to Danny though!
Danny begs Ant and Dec
Danny pleads with Ant and Dec as he has a snake up his shorts. The McFly star shouts: “I’ve got a snake on my shorts! Oh my god my wiener. Guys!”
Dec tells him they can’t help him. “Barry I’ve got two snakes in my shorts, come on!” He shouts.
Barry has been absolutely useless
Danny screams as he competes in trial with Barry
The Mausoleum of Misery is underway — and they’re terrified!
Danny and Barry are locked in boxes with snakes, the McFly star is petrified because he’s scared of snakes after being bitten by one in the past. They must work together to get the codes to their padlocks. “Oh my God there are a lot of snakes in here!” Screamed Danny.
So far, they have two stars.
Barry McGuigan and Danny Jones head to the trial
Barry McGuigan and Danny Jones are doing the first trial after being chosen by camp leaders Tulisa and Alan.
GK Barry horrified by I’m A Celeb
GK Barry shares her horror at seeing the dunny.
She says: “Everything here is so much worse than it is on the telly!” The podcaster also admits she was the only one to cry during the swamp task.
She is joined by her teammate Jane, as well as Melvin and Oti who were first to arrive in camp. Oti had told Melvin off for being a “teacher’s pet” because he didn’t want to sit on the leader’s thrones.
Will GK Barry be up for tomorrow’s Bushtucker trial?
Ant and Dec joke they know who everyone is voting for to do the first BushTucker trial.
Social media was awash with fans joking they were going to be voting for GK Barry.
Take a sneak peek at the trial below…
Tulisa and Alan are camp leaders
Tulisa and Alan celebrate their win. “This is enough of a prize,” Alan says of meeting Ant and Dec. They are delighted to meet the Geordie hosts first.
The Corrie star admits he was terrified of losing because of Tulisa. He says: “If I don’t win, wow, I’m in trouble!”
Coleen and Dean soaked as boat capsizes
Coleen and Dean are left drenched when their boat capsized.
They managed to release the boat after getting the key, however while paddling away they fell into the water.
Mascara streams down GK Barry’s face as she screams
The celebs are drenched in a swamp as they undertake first challenge to become leaders of the camp.
GK Barry cries: “This is hell.”
Mascara streams down the podcaster’s face as she screams while being in the swamp. It cuts to afterwards where she jokes: “I think we stayed calm, cool and collected the whole time.”
Ant jokes about spending $50 on manicure
Dec jokes the fifth jeep had to be used to get Ant to his manicure appointment. While Dec jests it was a “nail-biting” task, Ant says he wasn’t biting his thanks to his new $50 dollar nails.
Melvin and Oti are left to walk to camp
Melvin and Oti didn’t even have a chance to take part in the race to be the leaders, Instead they must walk back to camp but they aren’t exempt from the first trial.
Dean is first to call Coleen Rooney ‘Wagatha Christie’
That didn’t take long! Dean calls Coleen the nickname “Wagatha Christie” she got thanks to her famous feud with Rebekah Vardy.
He shouted: “Wagatha Christie you’re coming with me!”
So… who are the I’m A Celebrity teams?
The celebrities must race to be leaders of the camp if they hope to be crowned the leaders.
Who are the teams?
I’m A Celeb race is on
Danny and Barry jump into the jeep, with Tulisa and Alan hot on their heels.
GK Barry jokes Jane better pick her because they’re stars of the same ITV show, Loose Women.
“We are in trouble,” jokes Melvin to Coleen as they wait to be picked by Dean and Oti.
Who is Melvin Odoom in ITV I’m A Celebrity 2024?
Melvin Odoom – I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)
Among the celebs taking part this year is BBC Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom. The 44-year-old joined the station, alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges in 2019, with the trio presenting the late-night show on Monday to Thursday nights.
In 2021 they moved to the 10.30am show which included the livelounge. Before joining BBC Radio 1 Melvin worked at KISS FM and won Silver at the Sony Radio Awards in 2009 in the Breakfast Show Award category.
Melvin has worked on TV and presented a number of shows including MTV Digs on MTV One, The Xtra Factor, Lego Masters and Bang on the Money.
Alan Halsall, Melvin Odoom, Coleen Rooney, Barry McGuigan and GK Barry are now ready to head to the challenge.
They are waiting for the first five celebrities to skydive and meet them. “That’s so high they’re basically in space,” says GK Barry.
Meanwhile Barry quips: “That is terrifying.”
GK Barry says she’s going to ‘scream and cry’
GK Barry admits she’s going to scream and cry. Will she be getting all the Bushtucker trial votes? (Everyone except……. Vardy’s votes, perhaps)
She also jokes that she will be bringing “f*** all” to camp and she’s “really nosey”.
Ant and Dec make Tommy Fury dig
Ant and Dec poked fun at Tommy Fury for pulling out of I’m A Celeb at last minute.
They shared their delight over former boxer Barry doing the show. Dec quipped they had managed to get hold of Barry because “it was either do this or fight a YouTuber on Netflix”.
Ant and Dec are delighted with I’m A Celeb opening
Ant and Dec congratulate themselves on how well I’m A Celeb is going. “What an epic start to the series,” says Dec.
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