David Van Day
Arriving at his Bushtucker Trial called Hell-O-Phone, David was quick to knock Nicola’s performance the previous day. He said: "I’m ready for it. She [Nicola] got three stars. Oh, what a shame, lets go for 12."
Surrounded by three red telephones, David was told that he would hear a ring. He would have to identify which phone box was ringing and answer the phone. The caller would ask three questions, each correct answer would win a star. If he was able to endure the telephone box for the three questions he would win another star. There would be four stars up for grabs within the three phones boxes and each star would be a meal for camp.
He was then told that the caller would be someone who had endured a Bushtucker Trial before and there may be ‘jungle’ eavesdroppers joining him in the phone box.
Asked if he would like to take the challenge, David couldn’t resist another dig at Nicola. "I’m gonna do this for the team, not Nicola."
The first phone box rung and David ran straight to it, answering the phone he heard Phil Turfnel’s voice on the other end of the line. Covering his eyes, David waited for the first question which was "Who created Sherlock Holmes?" As water started to fill the box, with a host of critters, David screamed the correct answer Conan Doyle. He also correctly answered the second question and identified that ‘Brangelina’ stood for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Screaming and saying to himself "they’re cuddly" to help his fear of the critters, he wrongly spelled ‘Burglary’ which was the third question. "I can’t concentrate," he screamed.
As he endured the phone box for the three questions he gained a star winning a total of three.
Climbing out he said ‘I didn’t like it.’ As the second phone box rang, he climbed in and answered the phone. Greeted by the voice of Joe Pasquale, maggots, greenflies and cockroaches were poured onto his head. He correctly answered that lapsang souchong was a type of tea and not a breed of dog and that there are 22 players in a typical football game but once again, distracted by the critters, he was unable to answer the third question which was is 4 x 4 x 4. David replied 32 when the correct answer was 64. "What are you doing to me, I’ll never work again," he grimaced.’
Having once again endured the second phone box, David won another star bringing his total to six.
The third telephone box rang and David climbed in, answering the phone to Carol Thatcher. The box started to sink into the ground and water was pumped inside. Asked who was the Prime Minister of England was before Gordon Brown, David correctly answered Tony Blair. Screaming as the water was filling the phone box, David shouted the correct answer of "Atlantic" to the second question of what ocean separates America and the UK? With his eyes covered he wrongly answered that water is also identified as C02. ‘I’m standing here filled up with it, its water," he screamed. Told that is was carbon dioxide and that water is H20 David stepped out of the box.
But having once again with endured for the full three questions he won another star bringing his total to nine stars and nine meals for camp.
Thrilled by his performance he couldn’t resist one final remark about Nicola’s performance. "[We’ll] make a good meal out of it after three stars, God we’ll be full up... I shall be c*ck of the camp."