Colin Baker
As we come to the end the second week of the celebrities' time in the Australian jungle, we've got the latest update for you one the latest happenings in the camp.
MORNING STORY
The celebrities had had a disturbed night and woke up feeling tired but full of stories of what went on in the night.
Describing what had happen Colin said: “In the middle of the night we were all woken up by the most horrendous banshee screaming, everyone was startled. They obviously believe whatever they saw, they aren’t making it up but it is well weird as you might say.”
Charlie seemed more sceptical: “We did have an eventful night Ashley thinks she saw a big hairy thing looking down at her window looking at her, now Ashley is not the squeamish type.”
Eric laughed: “Hugo just flipped and I nearly fell out the hammock!”
The most terrified appeared to be Hugo: “Ashley nearly gave me a heart attack, it’s why I don’t like horror films, it was a little scary and weird, it was the most powerful, loud, sheer terror scream I’ve heard in my life. Was he (David) winding us up?” he asked.
Keeping the story going David suggested: “Hugo is a screamer, I told them it could be big foot, is that supposed to be in Australia? I said maybe it was a bear! You get those strange dreams where two people have the same dream, it is very rare and freaky or maybe you actually saw something.”
Pleased with her convincing performance, Ashley said: “My scream was Oscar worthy and it became the talk of the morning, I feel so bad now I had to talk Hugo to sleep for an hour and a half. I could have kicked whatever I saw’s ass better than Hugo!”
PRE TRIAL
The camp mates were left shocked when the results of the Trial were revealed.
Hugo said, “I wasn’t expecting that.” To Colin and Eric, he said, “At least you get to do a Trial before you leave.”
Rosemary added, “Colin you said you wanted to do a Trial.”
Later Eric said, “I’m going to beat him. I don’t play to lose. I would have sent anyone home, anyone I played. Its just unlucky its my friend Colin.”
However, Colin declared that he wouldn’t go down without a fight.
Colin and Eric were told that they each had to choose a female celebrity to join them and take part in the Trial.
Eric immediately chose Rosemary whilst Colin picked Charlie.
A shocked Rosemary agreed to take part but expressed that she did have a fear of snakes. Later she said in the Bush Telegraph, “I’m honoured that he picked me and hopefully i can do it.
Eric then said, “There’s a first on TV, me and Rosemary friends.”
Colin, struggled to pick of his female camp mates and said, “I feel awful doing this to anybody.” He then picked Charlie and added, “We’ve bonded for life for this. I’m at your beck and call.”
Revealing the reasons he picked Charlie, Colin said, “I couldn’t ask Helen after having done six or seven Bush Tucker Trials. Ashley had a horrible night last night when she had either nightmares or was frightened by a random beast of western Australia. So that left Charlie.”
With Colin and Eric being popular members of the camp, Ashley admitted, “One of them is going to leave and that’s tough. When either one of those two go there’s going to be a big hole missing.”
As the teams headed to the Trial, sportsman Eric continued with his fighting talk and said, “I don’t like this. Losing is not an option. Anyone can lose, it’s easy to lose it’s hard to win.”
Whilst Colin added, the competition is very tough. I feel a bit like I’m about to enter 100 metres with Usain Bolt.”
PANIC ROOMS - BUSH TUCKER TRIAL
Ant and Dec welcomed Colin and Charlie who were going head to head with Eric and Rosemary. Asked why Eric had chosen Rosemary as his panic partner, he said: “The first night here she sat in a hut for the night with bugs so that was the ploy behind choosing Rosemary.”
Colin said he felt apprehensive as he didn’t know what was behind the doors but had chosen Charlie as she’s “feisty little thing, she’s my only and best choice.”
Rosemary said she was going to go for it “Because Eric is going to win and I don’t want the wrath of Eric.”
Ant and Dec explained the trial. “There are two panic rooms and each is identical, one wall in each room is covered in hell holes, each of these holes contains stars as well as a few surprises. Inside each room is a collection box and you will have five minutes to find as many stars as you can and deposit them in a box.”
With every star counting towards jungle survival, there were also eight possible large stars in there which would count as dinners. The hellholes were also filled with snakes, crocs, lizards, crabs, yabbies, cockroaches, and scorpions among other critters.
Charlie and Rosemary went first and as they put their hands into the holes, each of the two women were squealing away and perspiring, observed by their partners Colin and Eric from a platform at the back of the panic room.
At the end Eric said: “Rosemary, to the day I die, I will remember that. I have been watching a screaming lunatic.”
The men were calmer, even when Eric was nipped by a frisky snake, “He doesn’t like me and he’s had a wee in here.”
He was encouraged and hugely supported by Rosemary saying, “You are a hero, incredible, you are doing brilliantly I can’t believe it.”
Colin was nipped several times by a crab, “Ow! Get off, he’s fighting for his territory, it was huge and every time I went in, it attacked me.” Colin also picked up a scorpion and was bitten several times by what he thought was a ‘prickly snake’. “The crab kept coming at me”, he said.
All the stars collected were kept in the collection boxes which would be weighed live on Sunday’s show, but between the two teams a total of five dinner stars were retrieved.
POST TRIAL
The teams headed back to camp accompanied by a ranger carrying their boxes. The boxes were placed in camp and an image of Colin and Eric as an indicator of which one belonged to which celebrity.
Rosemary admitted that she was disappointed with her performance, she said, “I feel like I’ve let Eric down enormously because I only bought out one star at a time. I hope Eric stays because he’s the heart and soul and gets the water done, the fire done. He does so much in the camp.”
Eric then joked, “That’s what she wants me there for!”
However a jubilant Colin revealed that the Trial “Wasn’t as scary as I expect.”
Referring to his well-known TV character, Charlie then joked, “No Tardis required today.”
Talking about the Trial Colin added, “When I felt the nips Charlie said I screamed like a girl. I don’t believe I did.”
Back in camp, the other celebrities were discussing the impending eviction.
David said to the camp mates, “That would be a turn up for the books if Eric goes, a big upset.”
Hugo commenting on Eric picking Rosemary and said, “If Rosemary guided him around he’s going to have to deal with her, bossing him around. You’re panicking and you’ve got Rosemary bossing you around.”
Helen then added, “If Eric goes I will not be happy.”
The camp mates returned and talked through the Trial, all admitting it was fun and Rosemary confessed, “Eric and I have bonded.”
MIRROR MIRROR - A MEDDLER IN THE HAYE
David who had been selected to become the camp meddler given a task that was going to get the girls in a spin - hiding the camp mirror.
“Ha ha, this is going to hurt the ladies in the camp, particularly Helen”. David had been warned that if he is seen taking it, he will forfeit the care packages.
As Helen grew increasingly concerned as to the whereabouts of the mirror, particularly as she had given herself a fake tan, Rosemary said: “Helen was looking horrendous, she had no mirror, she had put so much fake tan on the poor girl did look silly. It is actually very funny, it’s a hoot!”
David agreed, “It looks absolutely terrible, it looks like she’s had a mud fight. It’s patchy and she’s such a pretty girl she messes herself up.”
Helen washed her face and everyone agreed she looked better. Said David: “She’s struggling without that mirror, I do feel sorry for her.
“Ashley and I are working really well together now, we’re a great little team, and working very hard to make sure we get our missions done.”
While sunbathing they went over the event of the night before. “I woke up and you were screaming, I looked round and everyone was still asleep so I started screaming as well.”
David’s fellow naughty meddler told the Bush Telegraph: “Knowing that those boxes are sitting there with our photos and sweets or whatever is what’s pushing me, in normal life I’m not one to be thinking of pranks to pull on my friends.”
HUGO CAMP MEDDLER
Still in the dark about David and Ashley’s secret missions, Hugo was selected to complete one which involved telling other celebrities in one to one conversations three ‘facts’ about himself. He had to tell Helen he was going to inherit 30m pounds on his 30th birthday, tell Eric that he was going to become King of the Jungle and reveal to Rosemary that his dad is a self made man who used to run a flower stall at the market before he became a successful lawyer.
Picking his moment with Helen he said: “I’m exhausted, I don’t know why I have to do this, all I have to do is wait until I’m 30 and then I’m going to inherit 30m pounds off my father.” The actress just looked at him as he continued, “But I’m here now so we’re going to have some fun.” Apparently unimpressed, she just replied “yeah”.
As Eric lay in his favourite spot, his hammock, Hugo said: “You know, I think that I might actually just win this and become King of the Jungle, what do you think my chances are?”
Eric smiled and said: “I reckon you’ve got a chance yeah, just take one day at a time.”
Colin added: “All the young girls will be voting for you. You are eye candy dear.”
“So are you Colin, so are you,” Hugo replied as he chalked up another success.
The final part of his mission was to convince Rosemary that his father was a self made man.
Helping her with her bed, he started: “Rosemary, I find your perseverance so inspiring, just like my Dad, he is a self made man, he actually started out running a successful flower stall and then turned into a successful lawyer and that’s how he made all of his money.”
Believing his tale, Rosemary said: “Well I have great respect for that.”
CELEBS DON’TCHA KNOW
Ashley and David were to be given their final mission - but when they arrived at the spot to get their phone call with instructions they met up with Hugo. They all looked at each other without knowing each other was involved in the missions and were then told they had to work together to perform their final mission - teach the camp mates the lyrics and dance moves to the chorus of the Pussycat Dolls hit Don’t Cha - and everyone had to take part.
“How are we going to get Eric to do that?” questioned David. “I guarantee he won’t do it.” Ashley agreed, “how the hell are we going to do this, the others will do it but Eric won’t.”
Hugo wondered if peer pressure would work “We could go in and say we’d all been in the Bush Telegraph and they said that unless we performed this task we wouldn’t get dinner.”
The scheming trio returned to camp and told the other celebrities of the task with David and Hugo feigning protest along with the others. Eric was not happy at first but they encouraged him to take part so that everyone could get dinner.
Ashley put everyone through the moves - remember the chorus - Don’t Cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me, then replace hot with fun, freak and raw or there will be no dinner, “ said Ashley. “They are taking the piss making us sing for supper’ moaned Eric, however he got up and cut some moves along with the others.
HOW TO COPE WITH ERIC
Hugo, David and Helen were discussing who would be going out in the next vote off and Helen suggested it would be Eric and then possibly Charlie.
“Charlie is beautiful and intelligent and I do like Eric as a person, don’t get me wrong, but anything he does say is bad, I know he doesn’t mean it that way, but people don’t like it, I don’t mind people taking the piss but he takes it to another level.”
Defending the former darts champion, Hugo advised her not to take it too seriously and said “If someone either here or back in London tried to hurt you he’d be the first person to go in and protect you.”
Helen agreed and suggested that boy’s banter might be different from the banter she enjoys with her girl friends. “Our banter is not taking the piss out of each other but his banter is different, and sometimes it’s the last thing I need.”
Hugo advised Helen to tell Eric that she wasn’t enjoying it and added: “You might leave here thinking that I’m so glad he was like that, it’s toughened me up a bit. There is a lesson to be learned around every corner here, sometimes it’s easy to see and other times not.”
SNAKES IN CAMP
Colin, Ashley and Hugo were milling around in camp when Colin commented that he’d not seen a snake in the camp during his stay in the jungle. At that moment, David came into the camp saying that he’d just seen one!
Colin said later “It was extraordinary. I was lying in my hammock and I said to Hugo and Eric do you know I haven’t seen a snake in our time and he said ‘shut up, touch wood’. Literally two minutes later David came down the path and said there was a bloody great snake. Having a snake that close didn’t appear to us so in the time honoured way, we bellowed ‘snake’.”
Ashley commented “We had a visitor today. We had a snake. He was just slithering along the path. What if it was at night and we didn't see him and he was just slithering by our beds.”
As the campmates watched the snake from a distance, Colin said “He’s coming in the camp” whilst Eric comments “He won’t swallow me” Hugo said “I told you. You and your bloody big mouth Colin.”
DINGO DOLLAR CHALLENGE
Rosemary and Helen completed the day’s Dingo Dollar Challenge in order to win a treat for camp.
“Rosemary you are valiant. You are valiant to the point of superbness” shouted Colin.
They made their way to the challenge area where they saw a lever on a tree with a bag of dingo dollars and a board with codes written on it.
They read the accompanying instructions. “The lever will select either dollars or codes; Run down the hill to lover one of them; Two locks are attached to the bag of cash; remember the codes to unlock your stash.”
Helen had to attach herself to a bungee rope and run down a hill which would release either the board of codes or the bag of coins. Rosemary had to try to remember the codes, to unlock the combination locks on the money and release the cash.
“I’m going to have to remember the codes and that’ll be a bummer,” said Rosemary. How am I going to remember that? I don’t remember where I am from?”
Helen commented “I just hope that Rosemary remembers the code. It’ll be interesting.”
As Helen clambered into her gear and attached herself to the rope, Rosemary advised “You’ve got to have to be really strong. Helen the hulk!”
“The further I go, the quicker it will come down” stated Helen.
“It was pretty straightforward” said Rosemary. “But we didn’t get it immediately.”
The two valiantly struggled with Helen repeatedly running down the hill to release the money and the codes. “I felt like action woman” she said although after the challenge confessed “She was really funny. She kept forgetting all the codes”
But eventually the two released the dingo dollars, meaning that they could make their way to the Outback Shack to claim their prize.
“Helen - she’s a real star. She really goes for it. There’s no short cut. I’m really proud of her” said a delighted Rosemary afterwards.
THE OUTBACK SHACK
The triumphant couple of campmates made their way to the Outback Shack to find lemonade or chocolate dipped strawberries on the menu.
The ranger posed a question to the campmates. “Rosemary previously worked for Jean Christophe Novelli or Marco Pierre White.”
Hugo answered the telephone and Charlie immediately said that her instinct was the latter. However, Hugo used his intimate knowledge of London’s Chelsea and said that he thought that Rosemary had worked in a restaurant on Royal Hospital Road which would have meant the answer would have been Jean Christophe Novelli. The camp went with Hugo’s educated guess and won the strawberries.
When Rosemary came back it became apparent that Hugo’s reasoning was nothing but a lucky guess.
CELEBRITY WEIGHT LOSS
Colin picture on his Trial box caused a discussion about the weight loss in camp.
The celebrities admitted that Colin looked very different after his time in camp.
David said that he didn’t recognise Colin and that “It looks like someone different.”
Eric added, “He is isn’t he and that’s 17 days.”
Ashley added that it helps that there is no temptations in the Jungle and Hugo commented, “At least he’s got that knowledge in his head now. He can use this experience and bring it into the outside world.”
Rosemary also revealed she was thrilled with her Jungle diet. In the Bush Telegraph she said, “I feel completely different, I feel better. I’ve obviously lost some weight. I feel better in myself and feel a lot healthier. I’m just going to continue I’ve never ever had the opportunity to do a situation like this, to be starved and to do it in such a drastic way. It’s been great I feel so much better in myself. Its really important, it can be done. That’s what I’m so thrilled about. I wonder how much I’ve lost. Its a great boot camp.”
DELICIOUS DINNER
Dinner for camp was octopus which Rosemary prepared for the campmates.
Ashley, Hugo and David had to sneak off to Snake Rock, where Ashley and David revealed that there had been no monster the previous night that that the whole story was a rouse.
“Did you really think there was a monster?” said Ashley as Hugo picked her up and spun her round. The two original ‘meddlers’ laughed at Hugo at his astounded - and relieved - reaction. “You deserve an Oscar,” he said to a delighted David and Ashley.
CARE PACKAGES REVEALED
Ashley, Hugo and David revealed to the other campmates what they’d been up to. They walked back into camp as Hugo said, “We have a few confessions and gifts.”
“Has there been a plot going on,” exclaimed Rosemary.
They explained that they had all had to complete a number of secret missions with the camp.
Colin praised Ashley on her acting skills. “That was the most genuine piece of someone being scared”. Hugo said “I’m not inheriting 30 million pounds, my father doesn't sell flowers and I don't think I'm going to win IAC” referring to his conversations earlier in the day.
The success of the secret mission meant that all of the celebrities would receive care packages from home. Ashley, David and Hugo distributed them one by one. Colin received a melon and some hydrating foot lotion. Charlie opened a letter from her daughter encouraging her to become queen of the jungle, plus a bar of her favourite chocolate. Helen opened a box that contained a mug, some coffee and some chocolate topping.
Hugo opened a necklace and some cookies. “She always knows my taste” he said. And Rosemary had a hair band and some chocolate.
Ashley had a picture of her dog Cooper and a Belgian waffle and Eric had a Christmas themed teddy bear and some biscuits. Finally, David opened some mint shower gel and some chocolate hob nob biscuits.
And they all also received a picture of their loved ones in Australia.
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