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Jimmy out of jungle in third spot

Jimmy out of jungle in third spot

04/12/2009 23:04

Jimmy White has come third in this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here final.

The snooker star, described by campmate Colin McAllister as "the glue that bonded the camp together", seemed happy to have got so far, wishing the final two - Kim Woodburn and Gino D'Acampo - luck.

He told Ant and Dec that he felt "fantastic", adding: "I'm absolutely delighted. Thanks to everybody that voted for me."

He said he had not been expecting to last the full 21 days in the jungle: "When I arrived on that horse with one eye called Paddy - is he still alive by the way? - I was aching all over and I laid on the bed and I thought I'm not going to make this. But I tried to be professional and I thought, well I've got to stay.

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"Then I found a job doing the water and helping out and I was fine.

"The greatest thing for me was the group effort and we all became pals and we all helped each other out."

Jimmy was shown his jungle highlights, including his four Bushtucker Trials. In Memory Misery, he had to remember a series of pictures on the back of numbers, or face being covered in slime and cockroaches and thrown into a vat of fish guts.

He also had to dress in a red Lycra suit and overcome his fear of heights, when he was told he would have to climb along high wire routes to collect hanging stars.

As he negotiated the walkways, with the hammer provided, he had to smash the stars to release ribbons inside.

He then had to battle a slippery slope against gale force wind machines and powerful water jets to collect stars to win meals for camp in Hell Hill.

He said of the trials: "Everybody who says they want to do a trial is telling lies... It's a different type of pressure because you're not just doing it for yourself but for the camp."

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It's all over now, but will you be watching next year's show?
OMG, it was the best one yet, of course i'll watch next year's!
You must be joking, there' s no way I'm going to watch it...ever!!
Well, depends which celebs they'll dig out of the barrel I suppose...
 
 

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