Star evicted from I’m A Celebrity to leave four in the final

By Jenny Garnsworthy, Press Association

Scarlett Moffat said she was “gutted” to become the latest star to be evicted from I’m A Celebrity… South Africa – just a day before the final.

The Gogglebox star learnt she would be leaving the ITV programme after she came last in a trial, telling hosts Ant and Dec: “I felt like I was so close. I was the last girl standing.”

Moffat’s eviction means the four celebrities who have made it to Friday night’s final are Olympian Mo Farah, former football manager Harry Redknapp, actor and DJ Craig Charles, and actor Adam Thomas.

The four men will compete for the chance to be named the “ultimate legend 2026”.

Speaking to Ant and Dec after leaving the camp, Moffatt said she had found the spin-off show in South Africa tougher than when she took part in the 16th series of the original show in 2016 and 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.”

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.