I’m A Celebrity 2020: Mo Farah ‘disappointed’ after winning 9 stars

I’m A Celebrity’s Mo Farah admitted he was ‘disappointed’ in himself despite bagging an impressive nine stars during his very first solo trial on Friday.

The Olympic champion, 37, faced his fears in the Fort Locks challenge, in which he was knocked down by fish guts and covered in a number of critters as he attempted to win meals for camp. 

But despite his valiant effort, which some viewers compared to 2004 campmate Paul Burrell’s Hell Holes Bushtucker Trial, Mo was unhappy with his result after being ‘scared and terrified’ in trial and wished he’d done better. 

Deflated: I’m A Celebrity’s Mo Farah admitted he was ‘disappointed’ in himself after bagging an impressive nine stars during his very first solo trial on Friday

Following Jordan North’s triumphant trial on Thursday, in which he won 12 stars, the public decided to turn their focus on someone else and voted for Mo to do Friday’s trial.

Ahead of the task, the athlete expressed his concerns about what he could be facing as he said: ‘I hate not knowing’.

Reflecting on Mo’s nerves, Victoria Derbyshire stated: ‘I think he’s a little scared and I don’t blame him because it’s the fear of the unknown.’

While Russell Watson added: ‘It doesn’t matter whether you’re the fastest sprinter in the world, whether you’re the fastest racing driver in the world, it doesn’t make any difference. You’re taken out of that comfort zone and it makes you feel nervous.’

Horrid: The Olympic champion, 37, faced his fears in the Fort Locks challenge, in which he was knocked down by fish guts and covered in a number of critters as he attempted to win meals for camp

With Mo then speaking further on his fears, adding: ‘Everyone’s done well so far . . . I don’t want to be that person and let the team down and I can’t feed them. I’ll just do my best and that’s all I can do.’

The star later entered the trials area to face hosts Ant and Dec, where he explained how heading for an unknown trial left him uneasy.

‘It’s the not knowing. Everything I do, you train for it, you get through it, and you relate but knowing scares me’, he explained.

Not impressed: But despite his valiant effort, Mo was unhappy with his result after being ‘scared and terrified’ in trial and wished he’d done better

You’re next! Following Jordan North’s triumphant trial previously in which he won 12 stars, the public decided to turn their focus on someone else and voted for Mo to do the next trial 

Ant then went on to outline the trial, explaining to Mo: ‘You have to retrieve the stars that are locked within the hell holes built into the castle walls. The keys you need to open the locks are on chains in holes on the opposite wall. The keys and the locks are colour coded.’

While Dec added: ‘When you find a star, put it in your star bag. Only stars that are in your star bag at the end of the trial will count.’

The first hole saw Mo dip his hand into offal as he rummage around to retrieve a yellow key, with the sportsman having to try three yellow locks to release the star.

When the grate finally opened, he then had to place his hand into a hole full of worms to unscrew the star and put it in his bag.

Fearful: Ahead of the task, the athlete expressed his concerns about what he could be facing as he said: ‘I hate not knowing’

Ant explained: ‘You have to retrieve the stars that are locked within the hell holes built into the castle walls. The keys you need to open the locks are on chains in holes on the opposite wall’

Challenge: As the grate opened up, he then rummaged around the corresponding grate which contained locusts, with Mo successfully bagging his second star

Oh no! Things then became difficult with the next hole, which contained slime, as during his attempts to retrieve the key, the runner was knocked to the ground by fish guts tumbling down onto his head

Next up, he had to face stinking fish guts, with Mo screaming as he frantically searched for the key.

As the grate opened up, he then rummaged around the corresponding grate which contained locusts, with Mo successfully bagging his second star.

Things then became difficult with the next hole, which contained slime, as during his attempts to retrieve the key, the runner was knocked to the ground by fish guts tumbling down onto his head.

Tough: After recovering from the fall, Mo persevered during the trial, screaming and shouting as he faced cockroaches followed by crayfish and more fish guts, before hundreds of maggots rained down on him

Time’s up! As Mo retrieved his ninth star, he unfortunately ran out of time

After recovering from the fall,  Mo persevered during the trial, screaming and shouting as he faced cockroaches followed by crayfish and more fish guts, before hundreds of maggots rained down on him. 

As Mo retrieved his ninth star, he unfortunately ran out of time. 

Reflecting on the hardest part of the trial, a deflated Mo said it was ‘just not knowing (what was) on the other side’. 

Disappointed: Before making his way back into the camp, Mo spoke once more about the trial, stating he was ‘scared and terrified’ throughout

Difficult: That was not easy. Going home with nine stars, I am disappointed. I’ll just have to explain to the teammates’, before adding: ‘I stink’

With Dec then laughing: ‘A lot of the time it was worse in your head than it was in the hole.’

Before making his way back into the camp, Mo spoke once more about the trial, stating he was ‘scared and terrified’ throughout.

He then admitted: ‘That was not easy. Going home with nine stars, I am disappointed. I’ll just have to explain to the teammates’, before adding: ‘I stink’.

Returning to the camp, Mo explained what he had to do, before modestly revealing: ‘I managed to get only nine.’ 

He’s back! Returning to the camp, Mo explained what he had to do, before modestly revealing: ‘I managed to get only nine’

Kicking up a stink: But while his fellow celebrities applauded his achievements, they were more concerned about the stench coming off him following his encounter with fish guts, with Mo hastily jumping into the shower

Gross: As Jordan North helped Mo with the water as he washed his clothes, the Radio DJ remarked: ‘I thought it was me being dramatic because I haven’t got a good gag reflex. Honestly, I’ve never smelt anything like it. He absolutely stunk!’

He added: ‘I hope my kids will be pleased for me tonight getting nine stars. I was thinking about them when I was doing it and getting through it. I don’t want to embarrass myself but at the same time I was making a lot of noise. Sorry kids!’

But while his fellow celebrities applauded his achievements, they were more concerned about the stench coming off him following his encounter with fish guts, with Mo hastily jumping into the shower. 

As Jordan North helped Mo with the water as he washed his clothes, the Radio DJ remarked: ‘I thought it was me being dramatic because I haven’t got a good gag reflex. Honestly, I’ve never smelt anything like it. He absolutely stunk!’ 

Reaction: Following Mo’s trial, I’m A Celebrity viewers were quick to take to Twitter to share their thoughts on his efforts

Following Mo’s trial, I’m A Celebrity viewers were quick to take to Twitter to share their thoughts on his efforts. 

‘Dying at Mo doing the trial’ commented one viewer.

While another remarked: ‘I can see mo getting voted to do a few more trials at this rate.’

A third fan tweeted: ‘@Mo_Farah’s noises that he’s making during his trial are histericaly funny, go on Mo you can do it.’

‘Mo Farah’s reactions are TV gold!’ remarked a fourth watcher.

Something fishy: Later, after Mo received nine stars, the celebrities received a dinner of cuttlefish

Ironic: Victoria remarked of the meal: ‘So Mo got covered in fish guts and we’ve got cuttlefish…hilarious’

‘Mo Farah going ‘ahhh awahhgawha’ and ‘ahhdisgustingeeooh’ is HILARIOUS’ joked a fifth.

With another viewer predicting: ‘I think we’re going to be seeing a lot more of Mo.’

Other viewers were also left in hysterics as they watched the trial, comparing it to Paul Burrell’s Bushtucker Trial back in series four of the show back in 2004. 

The former Royal Butler and friend to Princess Diana found his way into the I’m A Celeb hall of fame after he screamed his way through the Hell Holes trial.

Throwback: Some viewers said Mo’s trial reminded them of Paul Burrell’s attempt at the Hell Holes challenge in 2004

One person tweeted a snap of Paul, writing: ‘This Mo reaction bringing back memories of this trial with Paul Burrell.’

While another said: ‘I think Mo has stolen Paul Burrell’s title!!!!’ 

Later, after Mo received nine stars, the celebrities received a dinner of cuttlefish.

Victoria remarked of the meal: ‘So Mo got covered in fish guts and we’ve got cuttlefish…hilarious.’

While Vernon quipped: ‘I’ve never had cuttlefish before, the only thing I know about cuttlefish is that the bone from a cuttlefish is the bone you see in budgie cages to help sharpen their beaks.’ 

Bad cluck: It was a busy day for Mo as earlier in the show he took part in the Castle Coin Challenge alongside Victoria

Castle Coin Challenge: The two dressed up as large robins and had to use their beaks which were controlled by their hands to pick up large worms hidden throughout the area

It was a busy day for Mo as earlier in the show he took part in the Castle Coin Challenge alongside Victoria.

The two dressed up as large robins and had to use their beaks which were controlled by their hands to pick up large worms hidden throughout the area.

After completing the task, they visited Kiosk Cledwyn for the first time, leaving him unimpressed as they performed the birdy song dance. 

After choosing a treat of jelly worms, Kiosk Cledwyn then called the camp, with Hollie answering the call.

The question posed to the campmates was ‘what percentage of British adults are reluctant to tell people their age? A/22% or B/10%.’

Moody: After completing the task, they visited Kiosk Cledwyn for the first time, leaving him unimpressed as they performed the birdy song dance

Gutted: Mo and Victoria then returned to camp in their costumes where they broke the sad news that they hadn’t won

After a short discussion, the celebrities opted for 22%. However, it was the wrong answer and Kiosk Cledwyn harshly slammed down his shutter.

Mo and Victoria then returned to camp in their costumes where they broke the sad news that they hadn’t won. 

Elsewhere in the show, Ruthie Henshall opened up about her past relationship with Prince Edward. 

Speaking with Shane Richie, Ruthie boldly said: ‘You performed in Buckingham Palace, you sang in the gardens, I sh****d in the bedrooms.’

A right Royal gossip: Elsewhere in the show, Ruthie Henshall opened up about her past relationship with Prince Edward 

Clearly piping Shane’s interest, the two then settled into his hammock and Ruthie divulged some of her best tales from dating the royal. 

Ruthie then revealed that she had been to Windsor and Balmoral, the Queen’s estate in Scotland, with her ex – and even ended up performing for the family.  

She said: ‘He invited me to Windsor for the weekend as we’re walking I’m seeing a table outside and there’s people sitting round it and I’m thinking that looks like the Queen and I remembered my dad had said to me that if you ever meet the Queen he said you curtsy and call her ma’am. 

Past romance: The I’m A Celebrity contestant and performer, 53, dated Prince Edward on and off for five years in the 1990s (Prince Edward is pictured with his wife Sophie)

‘I grab her hand like this [handshake], forget all about the curtsy and I’m like really really pleased to meet you, really pleased to meet you.’

Enjoying the revelations, Shane then asked: ‘Did you know Diana much?’ 

Ruthie replied: ‘I met her a couple of times and one of my favourite times was we were at Balmoral, there was Diana, The Queen, Margaret, the Queen Mother, Charles, Edward, myself.’ 

She added that Diana was ‘lovely’, however she doesn’t ‘remember an awful lot because Charles gave me my first martini.’

What a story: The performer, 53, spoke candidly about her time with the Royal family, with campmate Shane Richie covering his face at one point

Intrigued: Impressed Shane asked if Ruthie met Diana, Princess of Wales, before the singer revealed she didn’t remember her very well as Prince Charles had given her a martini

‘I’d never tried it before so I was fairly… I had two of them and I was like woah…’, said Ruthie prompting Shane to tease: ‘Don’t tell me you go into show tunes’.

‘Let me tell you. Margaret she goes ‘yes, yes, oh sing us a song from that show you’re in’ and I was in Les Mis at the time. So I sang I Dreamed A Dream and I must have changed key three times because I was so p****d on martinis.’      

Ruthie also reflected on how she met Edward during the insightful conversation.

She said: ‘It’s funny, it’s such a long time ago.. [he’s a] Lovely bloke. And I genuinely fell in love with him.

Shane then asked: ‘There was a headline years ago wasn’t there? The prince and the showgirl. Where did you meet him?’

SO candid: Speaking with Shane Richie, Ruthie boldly said: ‘ You performed in Buckingham Palace, you sang in the gardens, I sh****d in the bedrooms’

Loving it: Shane was all ears as he listened to the tales while lounging in his hammock

‘He was a production assistant at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s. And he then called me himself [Andrew] and he wanted me to play the lead in A Star Is Born. And Edward was my point of contact.

‘He was the one who’d call me up and say you’re rehearsing at 2 o’clock or whatever. And he said to me would you like to come to mine and watch the film of A Star Is Born with me and you can have some dinner. I was like what, at the Palace, is that where you live?’

Shane said: ‘Is that what he meant? God that is so weird. Watching A Star Is Born with Prince Edward.’ Later he joked ‘Her first date was to Buckingham Palace. Can you believe that? Blimey, my first date was Little Chef.’

Shane continued. ‘So when did you think we’re going to do jiggy boom boom? We’re going to do jiggy boom boom soon. I’m going to be new queen of England.’

Candid: Friday night’s I’m A Celebrity saw Russell Watson open up to his campmates about his two terrifying brain tumours

‘No’ protested Ruthie. 

Elsewhere, Friday’s show saw Russell Watson open up to his campmates about his two terrifying brain tumours.

The tenor, 53, who battled two benign pituitary tumours back-to-back between 2006 and 2007, told how he ‘saw the light’ while lying in an MIR scanner.

Speaking to his fellow celebrities in Gwrych Castle about his battle, the opera star described how it was the children that gave him the motivation to fight for his life and beat the illness.

His world: The opera star described how it was the children that gave him the motivation to fight for his life and beat the illness (pictured after his second surgery with children Hannah, then 8, and Rebecca, then 13, in October 2007)

Discussing the two brain tumours he’d had, Russell explained: ‘The second one was the ‘one’, the first wasn’t life threatening, it was painful and I nearly lost my vision. 

‘The second one was holy s***, I went home, went to bed and didn’t wake up because of a haemorrhage. My assistant found me, called the paramedics and I knew I was in trouble because the paramedic kept saying ‘stay with us, stay with us’. 

‘We got to the hospital and they operated. One of the most emotional things after I came out of intensive care was this bloke came up to me and said ‘nice to see you’re doing well Mr Watson’ and I realised it was ‘stay with us, stay with us’. 

His pal Vernon Kay then enquired if he’d he’d seen the light as is sometimes claimed by people, with Russell replying ‘big time’. 

He went on to explain the moment he had noticed a ‘strip of light’ while in hospital and thinking he was about to die, before the thought of his children brought him back.

Honest: Discussing the two brain tumours he’d had, Russell explained: ‘The second one was the ‘one’, the first wasn’t life threatening, it was painful and I nearly lost my vision

Scary: ‘The second one was holy s***, I went home, went to bed and didn’t wake up because of a haemorrhage. My assistant found me, called the paramedics and I knew I was in trouble because the paramedic kept saying ‘stay with us, stay with us’

Russell said: ‘I was in the MIR scanner and I could see this long strip of light, like when you’re a kid and you used to keep your bedroom door open. 

‘It was a light strip and I was thinking if I go to that door I’m out of here and the pain stops and I’m away and all I could think about was my children and slowly slowly whilst thinking about my children the clatter clatter of the MRI came back and I thought I’m going to beat this.’

Vernon the got up to hug his pal after he opened up on his scary health ordeal. 

In September 2006, Russell discovered her had developed a tumour which was the size of two golf balls after his peripheral vision became blurry.

Shocking: ‘It was a light strip and I was thinking if I go to that door I’m out of here and the pain stops and I’m away and all I could think about was my children’

Following a trip to LA, he underwent a five-hour emergency operation to remove the eight-centimetre tumour at St George’s Hospital in Tooting.

Just over a year later in October 2007, the classical singer’s vision deteriorated as his tumour returned on his pituitary gland, which was bleeding into his brain.

Just days after his MRI scan, Russell underwent another emergency procedure in Cheadle’s Alexandra Hospital, and later recovered with an extensive rehabilitation programme.

Meanwhile, the episode saw plenty of name-dropping as  Beverley Callard did not shy away from telling her fellow stars that she used to train with Hollywood royalty Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Name-drop: Beverley Callard did not shy away from telling her fellow campmates that she used to train with Arnold Schwarzenegger during Friday night’s episode

The Corrie icon, 63, chatted to Hollie Arnold while giving her a sports massage soon after the campmates woke up on Friday morning. 

And the parasport athlete, 26, was incredibly impressed with Beverley’s massaging talents, leading the actress to reveal that she had done a sports massage course.

But Beverley then further surprised her campmate as she dropped the bombshell that she trained with none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

She went on to reveal to Hollie that it took the Terminator star, 73, a grand total of 18 months to build each of his calves up half an inch.

Pals: While giving Holly Arnold a massage, the Corrie legend, 63, said it took the Hollywood star, 73, (pictured in November 2019) 18 months to build his calves’ half an inch

Speaking later in the Telegraph, Hollie joked that nothing ‘surprises’ her with Beverley as she reflected on Beverley’s rather impressive name-drop.

She continued: ‘Nothing surprises me with Beverley, she trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger!!’ 

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues nightly at 9PM on ITV.