I'm a Celebrity's Maura Higgins and Barry McGuigan leave jungle as Oti immune

Oti Mabuse is guaranteed a place in semi-final Cyclone trial. There is another double eviction on Friday night but the former Strictly pro is immune.

Barry McGuigan and Maura Higgins left the I'm a Celebrity jungle. (ITV)
Barry McGuigan and Maura Higgins left the I'm a Celebrity jungle. (ITV)

I'm a Celebrity had a shake-up on Thursday — days away from the final. The double vote off saw Maura Higgins and Barry McGuigan leave the jungle.

Oti Mabuse was named as immune from two votes two days in a row as she is guaranteed a place in the semi-final where she will take part in the iconic Cyclone trial. Some viewers have complained they think this I'm a Celebrity twist is unfair.

The former Strictly pro will also immune from the double eviction on Friday night. It was tough competition to get the immunity. Mabuse went head-to-head in Battle Blocks against Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones and Higgins.

Love Island's Maura Higgins is I'm a Celebrity's new campmate. (ITV)
Love Island's Maura Higgins is I'm a Celebrity's new campmate. (ITV)

Higgins had a gut feeling she was going to be leaving the jungle on Thursday. "I said it last night," she said. "It's my time. I just had a gut feeling. My gut feelings are never wrong!"

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She has said she is eyeing up a massive breakfast now she is leaving the jungle.

She says: "You think about food all the time. I'm going to have a big massive breakfast. I want a crispy bacon, egg bap, I want hash browns on the side. I really miss coffee. I'm going to scoff my face with lots of chocolate later."

Barry McGuigan - I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)
Barry McGuigan - I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)

McGuigan admitted he was "gutted" to miss out on Cyclone. "I'm kinda disappointed," he said. "It would have been great."

The former boxer shared an insight into his special bond with Danny Jones who he wants to win the show.

"It makes me feel great," he says. "all my kids are the same age as him. He takes the p*** out of me. I don't mind that. I enjoy that. I think he's going to be the king. He's a great fella. We have a lot in common. My dad was a musician. Love his creativity. My dad was a musician. It was a great fun."

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No one went home during Wednesday's show. Melvin Odoom, Tulisa, Dean McCullough and Jane Moore have also left the jungle camp. Tulisa is believed to be on a flight back to the UK, according to reports by MailOnline.

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  • Two people to leave I'm a Celebrity again tomorrow

    Two people leave the jungle tomorrow.

    Oti Mabuse is immune from the vote. Three people will be left in the vote and they will join Mabuse in the semi-finale for the Cyclone trial.

    The vote is open!

  • Maura Higgins wants Rev Richard Coles to win

    Maura Higgins has her heart set on Rev Richard Coles winning.

    She says: "I love every single one of them but I want Father Richard to win. He would not expect it."

  • Maura Higgins didn't think she would do the spider trial

    Maura Higgins admits she nearly called I'm a Celebrity during the spider trial.

    She wasn't sure she was going to make it through the spider tunnel but she did it in Fright At The End Of the Tunnel.

    Higgins says: "I have such a phobia of spiders. I didn't think I was going to do that trial. I don't know how I got in. I remember sat there. I'm glad I did it. I'm much stronger than I ever thought."

  • Maura Higgins eyes up big breakfast

    Maura Higgins loves a treat.

    She admits she's got a big breakfast planned now she's out of the jungle.

    She says: "You think about food all the time. I'm going to have a big massive breakfast. I want a crispy bacon, egg bap, I want hash browns on the side. I really miss coffee. I'm going to scoff my face with lots of chocolate later."

  • Maura Higgins gushes over friend Rev Richard Coles

    Maura Higgins has high praise for Rev Richard Coles.

    She says: "I absolutely love him. He's so hilarious. The things he comes out with shocks me. He's a lovely human."

    Joining the camp late wasn't a problem for them either.

    She adds: "Everyone was so welcoming. Every single person they're all incredible." She says: "There were no arguments. It's rare. If anyone says boo to me, I can be like ahhh."

  • Maura Higgins says I'm a Celeb was a lot tougher

    Watching her highlights back, Maura Higgins says she really screamed a lot.

    She admits it's "weird. So weird. It's like. I swore a lot. I screamed a lot. I embraced it."

    Higgins says it was a "lot tougher" than she thought but she loved every moment of it.

  • Maura Higgins meets Ant and Dec after show

    Maura Higgins meets Ant and Dec at the other side of the I'm a Celebrity camp.

    "I said it last night," she says. "It's my time. I just had a gut feeling. My gut feelings are never wrong!"

  • Goodbye Maura Higgins

  • Goodbye Barry McGuigan

  • Barry McGuigan's wife waits for him at wrong side of bridge

    Barry McGuigan's wife Sandra arrives at the wrong end of the rope bridge to meet him.

    Regardless, the former boxer walks the bridge by himself and stands smiling at the end of the bridge where the photos are captured.

    This is the moment where they are usually met with family and friends. Sandra just came a bit early to meet him!

  • Barry McGuigan talks vision problems

    Barry McGuigan opens up about his vision struggles after being unable to see the numbers on the padlock in the first trial.

    Also the former boxer talks about mainly missing his wife and his children and his grandchildren. Plus good food!

    "Thank you for your kindness and generosity, it's welcome," he says goodbye to Ant and Dec.

  • Barry McGuigan details close friendship with Danny Jones

    Barry McGuigan opens up about his special bond with Danny Jones.

    "It makes me feel great," he says. "all my kids are the same age as him. He takes the p**s out of me. I don't mind that. I enjoy that. I think he's going to be the king. He's a great fella. We have a lot in common. My dad was a musician. Love his creativity. My dad was a musician. It was a great fun."

    Ant and Dec then gush over McGuigan's singing ability.

    "My dad was a singer. I used to get on stage when I was a kid. I always done it. I enjoy it." He says. "I get involved in that. It's a family thing. My mother is still in the choir she's 88 years old. It's in the family."

    McGuigan laughs at the idea of being on the next McFly album.

  • Barry McGuigan gutted on missing out on Cyclone

    Barry McGuigan "gutted" to miss out on the Cyclone.

    "I'm kinda disappointed," he says. "It would have been great."

    The former boxer says it was much more "difficult" mainly because of the food and having no sauce. "Everything tastes bland and ridiculous," he says.

    Of watching back his experience, he says: "Snippets were great. Very hard to know what the general public how well you are doing. There's no feedback. I keep pulling people's hands to look at the clock."

  • Barry McGuigan and Maura Higgins are leaving the jungle tonight

    Barry McGuigan and Maura Higgins are leaving the jungle.

    Oti Mabuse is immune from the vote.

    It's not: GK Barry, Danny Jones, Coleen Rooney, Alan Halsall, Rev Richard Coles.

  • Rev Richard Coles is finding it tough

    Rev Richard Coles reveals he was having a difficult time when in conversation with Oti Mabuse.

    Away from the rest of camp, in the leaders lodge, the rev is able to share how he is truly feeling.

    "Not a great day for me," he says. "I’m 62 and I do find some of the physical stuff quite challenging."

    Mabuse says: "I don’t like to see you like this, your energy is quite different."

    Coles admits he has been struggling. He says: "Yeah my energy is in the red at the moment but I don’t want to bring other people down."

    Mabuse consoles him saying: "We are here for you, we’re here to bring you up."

    In the most reassuring way, she gives him a hug and says: "I’m so proud of you."

  • I'm a Celebrity stars are repulsed by the eels

    The I'm a Celebrity stars are not impressed with the eels.

    "Becareful with the bones guys!"

    Maura Higgins spits out the eel, saying it's rough.

  • Danny Jones talks about being estranged from his dad

    Danny Jones is vulnerable talking about becoming estranged from his dad while talking to Oti Mabuse.

    The McFly star has a special relationship with fellow campmate Barry McGuigan, who has become like a father figure to him.

    He says: "I did, you can go to therapy. You still crave your dad. That's what hard. That's why I get so much satisfaction out of Barry."

    Mabuse says: "That's why he's so protective over you, like a scorpion."

    Jones adds: "I'm close to my father in law for that reason as well."

    Selfless, Jones bought his mum a house and put his sister through university when he got money from McFly at a young age.

  • Seven stars for camp

    The celebs got seven stars.

    GK Barry screams "get me out" when the show finished.

    Alan Halsall plays a prank on GK Barry as he pretends his hand is an insect going up her back. She's not happy until Barry McGuigan points out it isn't an insect, it's Alan Halsall!

  • Four celebs take on bushtucker trial

    GK Barry, Rev Richard Coles, Barry McGuigan and Alan Halsall take on Face Invaders (take Space Invaders) trial — with no sign of Ant and Dec (who are replaced by a bit of paper).

    Each of the celebrities have their heads in a tank of bugs and they are playing an arcade game from the inside.

    They must hit the buttons a lot to try and get the stars.

    All the stars won in the trial will contribute to their dinner in camp.

  • Ant and Dec joke they are irreplaceable after being replaced with a piece of paper

    Ant and Dec are replaced with a bit of paper in the trial where the celebrities are taking part.

    The Geordie presenters joke they are irreplaceable as they playfully say it is an insult.

    "Quite frankly it's insulting!" Ant says.

  • Two celebs head home tonight... the vote is closed

    The vote is closed.

    Two celebrities will be heading home tonight.

  • Oti Mabuse and Maura Higgins talk about being body-shamed

    Oti Mabuse speaks candidly about being body-shamed.

    She says: "I get so many comments about my body."

    Speaking from the heart, Maura Higgins shares her own experience with comments about her weight. She says: "I get that I’m fat! And then I get that I’m underweight. It’s just either underweight or fat. It’s never, ‘Oh she looks good’."

    Mabuse lifts the lid on her struggles with her weight.

    She adds: "I used to find it difficult because my weight gain wasn’t actually my fault, it was me getting over a weight problem. It was me actually not starving myself, not being on laxatives, not smoking, being a vegan.

    "It was actually me being healthy for the first time and I really struggled being like why are people calling me fat? Actually, this is the healthiest I’ve ever been. I was underweight, I didn’t get my period for months. I didn’t eat, we would dance all day, we would drink but we wouldn’t eat.

    "My ribs were sticking out. And back in those days it was like, ‘Oh, she's amazing, she’s got a nice body’ but I was like, ‘No, but this is me being healthy.’"

    Higgins has a lot of compliments for Mabuse. She says: "And you’re beautiful! And you’re sexy, you’ve got the best ass I’ve ever seen. Let me tell you!"

  • Maura Higgins says she's called a bike

    Maura Higgins says she is called a bike because of her romantic past — yet she points out sometimes she is linked to men she hasn't even dated.

    In conversation with Oti Mabuse, she says there are articles that have been written about her that aren't true when it comes to her love life.

    She says: "I’ve been put with men that I’ve never been with”. She went on: “Say if I’m at an after party, there’d be an article the next day saying Maura was cosying up with x,y,z, and when they did articles on my past relationships those people would be in it. Realistically, I couldn’t give a s**t about people’s opinions. I’m called a bike on the Daily Mail."

    Mabuse asks: "What’s a bike?"

    Higgins says in her no-nonsense way: "So every man I see, I ride him."

    Mabuse is shocked. Higgins explains: "I’ve not even been with that many men. I was in a nine year relationship."

  • Coleen Rooney says Wayne Rooney gets approached by fans in the loo

    Coleen Rooney talks about how Wayne has had people come up to him while he's going for a wee.

    She says some people want to shake his hand or get a photo — in the toilets. The mum says some places are just a no-go.

    Danny Jones had turned the conversation about fame to the worst place to be recognised. He says: "The worst is when you’re having a wee next to someone and they recognise you and the double looking like that."

    Coleen says: "I know that that’s happened to Wayne before in the past, he said whilst he’s been standing there having a wee someone’s said, ‘Can we get a photograph’ or ‘can I shake your hand?’ I think there’s places where it’s a no-go.”

  • Ant and Dec joke about 'hell hole' Australia

    Ant and Dec joke about how Australia is a "hell hole" because they are not recognised as celebrities.

    They jest they can't wait to have people showering them with affection when they touch back in the UK.

  • The I'm a Celebrity voting closes soon

    Only 15 minutes until the vote closes.

    Who will you vote to save? You can vote five

  • I'm a Celeb stars get honest about parenting and childbirth

    Danny Jones says his wife Georgia having postnatal depression was really "hard" and he didn't know how to help.

    The I'm a Celebrity campmates share an intimate conversation about parenthood — with no judgement.

    The conversation started with Alan Halsall saying he will always find time to be a dad while he's famous. Barry McGuigan insists this is absolutely important. He says: "That’s really really important, being present in their lives is so important."

    Then Jones lifts the lid on his own experience of becoming a dad and his relationship with his wife Georgia. He says: "Seeing my wife go through that was kind of new."

    Speaking about his wife Georgia’s experience of childbirth, he said: "Looking back now, she had postnatal depression. That is so hard and what made it harder was she didn’t know."

    Oti Mabuse says she remembers crying after she gave birth. "I just remember going to the shower and I was crying, I was just devastated but nothing was wrong. I had a new baby, the midwives were amazing, I was getting fed, my husband was there, like nothing was wrong but everything was wrong."

    Coleen Rooney says she went through something similar when she gave birth to Kai. She says: "I just threw myself on the bed sobbing. But then I started thinking about other women who were less fortunate than me, so women on their own, single parents."

    She adds: "The emotions just take over you. And also what I found hard is this baby is now your responsibility for life and where our life before that was quite spontaneous. Wayne never knew when he would get time off from week to week…We’d just do things in the spur of the moment whereas now life was a plan. We had to plan it out."

    Mabuse and Jones bond over their shared experience of the impact of childbirth.

    The former Strictly pro says her husband had to learn to be there "emotionally" for her. "He tried to fix it," she says.

    Jones too explains that's what he was trying to do with his wife: "I wanted to try and fix it and say, ‘Come on you can do this!’ but that’s not what she needed."

  • GK Barry remembers splashing out on a fancy car

    Rev Richard Coles quizzes GK Barry on her overnight fame and success.

    He asks her: "So Grace did you go from working in Costa to all of a sudden being able to buy a house?"

    GK Barry replies: "Yeah."

    The rev asks: "So you didn’t go from poor, poor, poor, a little less poor, a bit more money, you went from poor to rich?"

    GK Barry says: "Yeah, pretty quick. And I remember being like, ‘I’m making enough money to buy a new car now’ and I remember a Porsche drove past me as I had that thought and I remember thinking, ‘I could buy a Porsche and it would not be an issue.’

    "I went to the centre, I was looking at an old one that was cheaper, but the one that I wanted was next to it and it was so nice. I rang my accountant and I was like, ‘Can I do it?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah’, so I bought it. I picked it up two days later."

  • Tonight's vote is now open

    The vote is open.

    Two celebrities will leave the jungle tonight.

    You are voting to save your favourite!

    The voting closes a little bit later in the ITV show.

  • Oti Mabuse lifts lid on her winning secret

    Oti Mabuse explains her method that led to her winning.

    She says: "Instead of trying it inside. I slotted them in."

    Ant and Dec are very impressed as they hand her the ticket to the Cyclone.

    Ant says: "Work smart, not harder! I like that."

    All the celebrities clap.

    "You are immune from the next two votes," she says.

    Oti Mabuse cheekily admits there is one thing she really needs to do. She says: "I'm going to wash my underwear a bit more now." Of holding onto the Cyclone ticket, she adds: "I'm never letting this go."

  • Oti Mabuse races to the finish line

    Oti Mabuse is covered in gold confetti as she wins the ticket.

    Everyone congratulates her on her efforts.

  • Oti Mabuse has a clever trick to the trial

    Oti Mabuse puts all of her blocks on the floor to arrange them first.

    Ant and Dec point out this is a clever move from the former Strictly star.

    The silence is ended by Maura Higgins who screams her head off when all of the gunk is dumped on them.

  • Celebs battling for Cyclone ticket

    All the celebrities are silent as they are engrossed in trying to win.

    They are fishing through the fishguts to get the blocks.

    Who will be the first to complete it?

  • Newcastle mugs

    Ant and Dec joke about their Newcastle mugs making an appearance in the trial on Wednesday.

    Behind the scenes, the Geordie presenters were loyally watching their team Newcastle United take on Liverpool whom they drew with 3-3.

    In a show of support, they had their mugs out on display. Today, they joke someone asked them why they had Newcastle mugs out.

    Ant and Dec had one answer: they have "Newcastle mugs" present the show whether they like it or not!

  • How does Battle Box work?

    Each celebrity is placed inside one of four game play areas.

    There are ten battle blocks. They need to find all ten and remove them. The stars must place them into the grid in front of them.

    The first must fit all their blocks into a grid and run and press the golden buzzer to win the ticket.

  • Danny Jones is outnumbered by girls

    Danny Jones says he feels outnumbered by the girls.

    "It's all the play for," he says though. "Not a clue what we're doing but we'll try our best!"

  • Who will win the Cyclone ticket?

    The final race is on for the golden ticket to the Cyclone.

    Maura Higgins, Coleen Rooney, Oti Mabuse and Danny Jones are very competitive.

    All of them want to win the ticket to the semi-final. Who will get to it first?

  • Ant is interurpted by a cricket

    Ant and Dec's hilarious comedy sketches live is interrupted by a cricket.

    The cricket bounces on Ant's head and he gets distracted while presenting with Dec.

    He shakes his head and gently slaps the back of his head but he's pleased to brush it off.

    Before being interrupted, the Geordies were playfully discussing Danny Jones' revelation that Green Day inspired McFly.

  • Rev Richard Coles compares GK Barry to an organ harvester

    Rev Richard Coles tells GK Barry that she is a organ harvester but with her hair.

    The podcaster is talking about her hair extensions as she brushes her long wavy hair.

  • Mouse climbs into bed with Maura Higgins

    A mouse climbs into bed with the screamish Maura Higgins.

    Luckily, she is fast asleep and doesn't notice the intruder climbing over her at night.

    It is all revealed by the night camera filming the celebrities while they are sleeping.

  • Why did no one leave the jungle last night?

    Who left the jungle last night is the question many people have been asking. As we approach the I'm a Celebrity final, there are evictions mostly every night until the very final.

    So naturally some I'm a Celebrity fans were confused when no one left the jungle on Wednesday night in a big shake-up to the show's format.

    Yet the reasoning behind this is because the celebrities were given the chance to win immunity from the next two votes, guaranteeing them a place in the semi-final.

  • Some of Wednesday's best bits

    Here are some of I'm a Celebrity's best bits from Wednesday's episode.

    The hilarious moment Alan Halsall called Maura Higgins' singing "agony". Brave man.

    Danny Jones cracking all the fans jokes as he fanned down GK Barry with Barry McGuigan.

    And of course seeing the celebrities battle it out for immunity. Now the race is on between the top four celebs.

  • Melvin Odoom spills his I'm a Celebrity jungle secrets

    Fresh from the jungle, Melvin Odoom is sharing his thoughts from his I'm a Celebrity experience.

    Check it out!

  • I'm A Celebrity fans back Coleen for win after bug crawls into her ear during trial

    I'm A Celebrity viewers have said Coleen Rooney deserves to win the show after she kept her cool when a bug got stuck in her ear.

    The celeb — who is the wife of footballer Wayne Rooney — has impressed fans of the ITV show with the way she gets stuck into trials and camp life. But she topped it all when she raced through a Bushtucker Trial with a critter in her ear in the latest episode.

    Fans have now branded Rooney "a soldier" and "a ninja" for the way she handled it, saying she should be crowned Queen of the Jungle.

    Read more here.

  • I'm a Celebrity's biggest rows in 2024 from Tulisa to Dean McCullough

    Tulisa Contostavlos - I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)
    Tulisa Contostavlos - I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here 2024. (ITV)

    I'm A Celebrity's campmates started out as the best of friends this year, but even in a relatively friendly year in the jungle, the lack of food and tough trials have started to get to people.

    Tempers have begun to fray on the ITV1 show, with spats between the stars about performance in trials and division of chores.

    Meanwhile, away from the jungle cameras Tulisa Contostavlos has hinted all might not be so harmonious in camp as it appears, while viewers have complained about some controversial jokes from hosts Ant and Dec.

    These are the biggest on and off-camera rows of I'm A Celebrity 2024.

    Read more here.

  • Will Melvin Odoom and Carol Vorderman go on a date?

    Will Melvin Odoom and Carol Vorderman go on a date? (ITV/Getty)
    Will Melvin Odoom and Carol Vorderman go on a date? (ITV/Getty)

    All the hints that Melvin Odoom and Carol Vorderman could be heading for their first date after the I'm a Celebrity jungle.

    The single 44-year-old radio star, who is looking for love, has made no secret of his crush on the Countdown host and Dean McCullough remarked that anyone who listens to Odoom's radio show knows that he has always admired 63-year-old Vorderman.

    Almost immediately I'm a Celebrity viewers warmed to Odoom because of his caring nature, sense of fun and humour that come across during his time on the jungle show. And now it looks like he has finally caught his celebrity crush Vorderman's eye.

    Check out the signs here.

  • What we know about the I'm a Celebrity final

    Who is going to be in the I'm a Celebrity final? (ITV screengrab)
    Who is going to be in the I'm a Celebrity final? (ITV screengrab)

    The I'm a Celebrity final is days away on Sunday.

    But TV bosses still have some more surprises in store before the ITV jungle series comes to an end.

    Usually there are three campmates in the I'm a Celebrity final. It's a stark difference to exactly three weeks ago when 10 of the 12 stars headed into camp for the first time.

    In the past two years, controversial political figures Nigel Farage and Matt Hancock made the final, coming in third place, but this year there was a ban on politicians going Down Under to film the show.

    The remaining three all take on a trial which sees them win stars for the final meal. One person will win stars for their starters, the second person will get them for their main and finally the last person has the chance to get their desserts.

    Read more here.

  • I'm A Celebrity viewers say Cyclone immunity twist is 'unfair'

    I'm A Celebrity viewers have said a new twist that will see a camper win a ticket to the Cyclone isn’t fair.

    The final challenge on the ITV show is a huge favourite both with fans, and contestants who often enter the jungle with making it to the Cyclone in mind. But hosts Ant and Dec have announced that this year it will be a little different.

    Making a surprise appearance in camp they revealed that over the next two days the campmates will all be competing to win a ticket to Cyclone, with the winner guaranteed immunity from the next two vote offs as well as a coveted place in the epic challenge.

    Read more here.

  • I'm a Celebrity's top 4 stars fight for immunity

    The top four stars from I'm a Celebrity are battling it out for immunity from the next two votes.

    Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones, Oti Mabuse and Maura Higgins will elbow each other out the way in a bid to secure immunity that will see them automatically put through to the semi-final.

    They must undertake the Battle Blocks trial. The winner will be immediately named in the live trial and the race is on to find out who will win.

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! continues nightly at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX.