Esther Rantzen and Timmy Mallet get the boot from I'm A Celebrity in double eviction night
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Chris Johnson
Last updated at 10:47 AM on 01st December 2008
Timmy Mallet and Esther Rantzen have been thrown out of I'm A Celebrity in a double eviction.
Rantzen became the fifth celebrity to be kicked off the show while former Blue singer Simon Webbe, who was also told he might have been for the chop, avoided the boot.
Earlier in the programme Mallet was sent packing after he lost to Brian Paddick in a head-to-head bush tucker trial.
Esther Rantzen became the fifth contestant to be evicted from I'm A Celebrity. Earlier in the night viewers saw Timmy Mallet sent packing
Wacky star Mallett wears his wackiest shirt to leave the jungle after a surprise double eviction
Following her eviction, Rantzen then appeared more sorry to be leaving her fellow campmates.
She said: 'I'm feeling very sorry to leave because they are such lovely people and the whole environment is so gorgeous.'
The 68-year-old broadcaster also said her time in the jungle was emotional.
Reunited: Esther gives her daughter a hug as she leaves the jungle
She said: 'It made me feel very vulnerable and emotional because you are cut off from the distractions of everyday life and everything that you had been holding back came to the fore.'
Earlier in the show, viewers saw Wacaday star Mallet and Paddick pitted against each other in the first ever trial of its kind which saw the celebrity with the lowest score evicted.
The pair embarked upon the Last Chance Saloon challenge which saw them both compete to out-drink and out-eat each other.
Mallet was the fourth contestant to be evicted from the show after Brian Paddick beat him in a winner-takes-all bush tucker trial
Mallet, who is now set to star in a pantomime, leaves over the bridge
Both had to eat and drink a range of jungle nasties, including crocodile and camel penises.
But Paddick claimed victory after winning three of the five rounds, with Mallet just winning one round.
It means that the former LibDem mayoral candidate has won immunity from the next public vote-off, giving him a handy leg-up in the show.
Disgusting: Mallet and Paddick guzzle down Beetle Juice, made up of cockroaches, meal worms with darkling beetles
Making a mess: Mallet could not keep the disgusting drink in his mouth
The beetle juice challenge was won by Paddick
After his eviction, Mallett – who gained a reputation for fraying the nerves of fellow contestants – told the Mail: ‘Clearly I have the ability to rub people up the wrong way.
‘I’m not going to stop being utterly nutterly. I’m happy with myself and I’m happy with my jungle experience.’
He added: ‘It’s unique to go into that jungle. You’ve got no access to phones or emails or contact to the outside world – and every time you see someone from production, they won’t tell you a word.
‘They’ve got their watches covered so you can’t even see the time. It adds to the drama and the nervousness of it all.’
Conveniently, Mallett has left just in time to fulfil an obligation to star in a panto in Weston-super-Mare.
‘I have already worked out my entrance, which will have an I’m A Celebrity feel,’ he said.
Mallet squeezes Paddicks arm as they both chomp on a beach worm
Paddick shows presenters Ant and Dec the marks on his arm
During the bush tucker trial, the first round saw them having to down Beetle Juice Cocktails which was a mouth watering blend of cockroaches, meal worms with darkling beetles.
Paddick finished his drink around the same time as Mallet but was the first to put down his glass and open his mouth for inspection.
Next came a crunchy snack of several giant leafcutter ants and a couple of Mopani worms served on a plate.
The pair struggled with these as they claimed they were so crunchy and chewed and chewed for what seemed ages before Mallet claimed victory while Ant and Dec almost split their sides laughing.
Paddick spat out the remaining bugs saying they were dry as crackers.
Ant and Dec could hardly contain themselves during the trial
Round three saw them have to drink a 'penis colada', a tasty combination of crocodile and camel penis with a penis wedge.
Paddick said: ‘If I don’t win this I’ll never live it down.’ But true to form he won.
The fourth of the five rounds was dubbed Tesquilla – one beach worm in each glass – and the celebrity to eat the whole worm first would win the round.
Winner: Brian won, giving him immunity from the public vote for two nights
The pair threw the worms into their mouths, clearly struggling to eat the delicacy, but Brian won and Mallet was duly evicted.
Before the trial Paddick said: ‘If Timmy decides to play unfair tactics then at least I’ll go down as the one who has played the game by the rules and I’d rather do that than cheat.’
And, feeling confident, Mallet said: ‘It takes a certain someone to be up against the collar. Well, Mr Mischief here is going to bring him down a peg or two and send him on his way.’
Mallets makes a trademark howl after discovering he lost the challenge
When Paddick showed his face back in camp, many of the celebrities were relieved.
He told them that his opponent had played unfair by squeezing his arm, and leaving marks, during the trial.
He told the other celebrities: ‘Timmy was very unfair, see these marks here in my arm, it’s out of order.
Mallet gives Ant a hug, rubbing the remains from the trial all over him
'The worm was wriggling about in the glass and Timmy was dragging it out when he suddenly grabbed my arm – that was a deliberate attempt to stop me chewing and to stop me swallowing.
'He has a calculating side to him that I didn’t find pleasant so I’m not going to be crying on my pillow about the fact that Timmy’s gone.’
In the Bush Telegraph David Van Day said: ‘Some would call it cheating, I’d call it aggressive tactics. They are making hay of it in the camp.’
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The evictions and the method of how it's done needs to be questioned. We now learn according to the newspapers that the idiot Timmy Mallet had to be out as he is due in pantomime.
Who actually checks the voting and who is voted for ?
I see Brian put his ' police giving evidence' face on when he exaggerated the fact that Timmy had squeezed his arm. The only thing I can say is that the Police are better off without that man. This programme has taken the Big Bother route of putting a group of misfits together.
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