Robert Kilroy Silk
As he arrived Ant and Dec talked Robert through his second Bushtucker Trial. Encased in a Perspex ‘John T-revolting’ suit ... fixed in the familiar pose (one hand pointed into the air), he was informed that this was an endurance test.
Asked by Ant and Dec if he understood the trial, he laughed ‘I can see very clear but I can’t see where I fit in.’
The suit was split in into six compartments, two legs, two arms, the torso, the head and added to each were jungle creatures. Each compartment was worth either one or two stars and to win all ten Robert would have to endure the ‘John T-revolting’ suit for ten minutes.
Asked by the hosts if he wanted to do the challenge, he said ‘I don’t want to do it, I’ve got to do it.’
Strapped into the suit, the first compartment to be filed was Robert’s right leg and he was joined by rats. Enduring these for one minute, he won one star. Grimacing as a rat bit his foot he joked, ‘so I can go now I’ve got my meal.’
The compartment that contained his left leg was then filled with eels, still distracted by the rats Robert painfully revealed, ‘one of these rats is trying to pull off my big toe nail.’
He successfully collected his second star and the next was his torso. Filled with 10 snakes and had to withstand two minutes to win two stars.
Whilst struggling to cope with the rats, Robert, determined to get as many stars as he could for camp, remained within the suit and won a further two stars and had now won four stars and four meals for his fellow celebrities.
In the next compartment which held his left arm, he was joined by green ants and they soon started nipped at his neck. As the two minutes ticked away a snake made it way up and joined the green ants.
When told this by Ant and Dec, Robert replied ‘I’m not thinking about it’. He earned a further two stars and spiders were the next jungles creatures to fill the penultimate compartment which contained his right arm.
Completing the two minutes with the spiders for another two stars, Robert decided attempt the final compartment. If successful he would win the full ten stars. Cockroaches were poured onto his head, as he concentrated on winning the stars the critters crawled over his face. To make matters worse a snake made its way into this compartment slithering decidedly close to his head. Unperturbed, Ant and Dec counted down and informed Robert he had successfully completed the task and won the full ten stars and ten meals for camp.