Scarlett Moffatt has expressed her disappointment after being eliminated from I’m A Celebrity… South Africa, just a day before the series finale.
The Gogglebox star’s departure came after she finished last in a crucial trial, leaving her “gutted”.
She told hosts Ant and Dec: “I felt like I was so close. I was the last girl standing.”
Her exit paves the way for an all-male final, with Olympian Sir Mo Farah, football manager Harry Redknapp, actor and DJ Craig Charles, and actor Adam Thomas now set to battle it out.
The quartet will compete for the title of “ultimate legend 2026”.
Reflecting on her time in the camp, Moffatt admitted the South African spin-off proved more challenging than her victorious 2016 stint, where she was crowned Queen Of The Jungle.
“Just the trials. Who comes up with these? They’re sickos,” she said.
Asked why she returned, she said: “This show honestly means everything to us.”
She told fellow Geordies Ant and Dec: “I just feel like growing up, I watched you two on SMTV Live, and hearing your accent made me feel like, if I wanted to do it, then I could, because of you. It means a lot.”
“I’ve really, really had the best time.”
Questioned about how she found her fellow campmates, she said: “We’re all as mad as a box of frogs, aren’t we?
“I just feel like everyone’s eccentrically wonderful.”
Asked who she would like to see win, she said: “Please Mo. He is just the most wonderful human being. There’s not a bad bone in his body.”
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The challenge saw the celebrities have to count coloured balls as they rolled down a tube in front of them while they were showered with maggots, cockroaches, crickets and mealworms.
The five contestants were then asked how many blue balls there had been and were told that whoever’s estimate was the furthest from the correct figure would be evicted.
Thursday night’s episode also saw the celebrities take part in the Cyclone challenge, which saw them have to clamber along a water slide to reach stars while being pelted with huge balls and sprayed with high-pressure hoses.
The group won the task, which resulted in them all receiving phone messages from their loved ones at home.
They also enjoyed a breakfast of 10 eggs between them after successfully catching them from a large “chicken” roosting in a tree above their camp.
The final of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa will be shown from 7.30pm on Friday on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player.
