The male I’m A Celebrity 2017 contestants triumphed over the females in tonight’s LIVE Bushtucker Trial, which marked the start of a ‘battle of the sexes’ challenge.
Yesterday the campmates were told they’d split in to gender-based teams and compete against each other to win a special feast.
Each team had to choose two players to represent them in an epic all-day ‘race against the elements’.
Dennis Wise and Jamie Lomas were picked by the boys, while Rebekah Vardy and Shappi Khorsandi stepped up for the girls.
During tonight’s episode, the rest of the celebs had to compete in this year’s live Bushtucker Trial, a parody of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway named ‘Jungle Takeaway’.
The Geordie duo welcomed them to a leafy replica of the hit show’s set, with reigning Queen of the Jungle and Extra Camp host Scarlett Moffatt acting as the star guest announcer.
Each round, named after one of Takeaway’s popular segments, saw players from both sides compete for mystery number of points.
The scores were revealed at the end of the Trial, and the team who came top would earn a head start in the race.
First Amir Khan and Jennie McAlpine faced the ‘Crappiest Minute of the Week’.
Their heads were sealed in perspex helmets, filled with jungle critters. Whoever rang their bell closest to 60 seconds won the round.
Amir claimed the points after ringing in at 1:03, six seconds ahead of Jennie.
Stanley Johnson then beat Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo at ‘Chewalong Live’, having been the first to eat three dead witchetty grubs.
For round three, ‘Ant vs. Dec’, Amir and Vanessa White stood in for the popular hosts, unscrewing stars in boxes containing crayfish and mudcrabs.
However, that wasn’t all, as they had to complete the task with giant carpet pythons around their necks.
Amir nervously jumped around the set as he again confronted his fear of snakes, which led him to quit an earlier Trial. Despite this, he got his stars out first, securing another win for the boys.
Next, ‘Blend of the Show Show’ saw Iain Lee and Kezia Dugdale attempt to down two foul concoctions – blended bull penis, and blended ostrich and pig anus.
Kezia struggled with the smoothies, allowing Iain to power ahead and finish first. The radio host even showed off by downing some of his rival’s drinks.
Finally, two players from each team had to move five pig testicles from one bowl to another using only their mouths in ‘Win the Nads’.
Jennie and Toff managed to claim the girls’ only triumph, narrowly beating Iain and Stanley to transfer all their testicles first.
However, it wasn’t enough, as Scarlett then revealed the mystery scores, with the boys victorious by six points to three.
Therefore, Dennis and Jamie immediately set off in a helicopter to begin the race, leaving Becky and Shappy behind to face a delay.
Watch I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! tomorrow at 9pm on ITV to find out who wins the all-day race.
