I'm A Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec reveal Maura Higgins to do eating trial

Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles will have to eat disgusting things to complete their secret mission and win a buffet for the other celebrities.

Love Island's Maura Higgins is I'm a Celebrity's new campmate. (ITV)
I'm A Celebrity's Maura Higgins will take part in the first eating trial of the series. (ITV)

I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have revealed Maura Higgins is to take part in the first eating trial of the series on Saturday night.

The hosts of the jungle show appeared on ITV2 spin-off show I'm A Celebrity... Unpacked to chat to Joel Dommett.

Ant and Dec revealed details of the next Bushtucker Trial, due to air on Saturday, 23 November after they told the celebrities in camp that morning that they would all be attending. Higgins and Coles will have to take part in the eating trial, while the rest of the celebrities watch.

Rev Richard Coles and Maura Higgins are the new I'm a Celebrity campmates. (ITV)
Rev Richard Coles and Maura Higgins will do the first eating trial on I'm A Celebrity 2024. (ITV)

Newcomers Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles have been living a secret luxury live in the Junkyard, after entering the jungle later than the other celebrities. They have now invited Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough to join them. Their mission is to keep it a secret from the other campmates in order to win a junk food buffet.

Ant and Dec appeared in the camp at the end of of the episode on Friday, 22 November and told the celebrities they would all be attending the next trial, along with the Junkyard campmates.

McPartlin told Dommett on I'm A Celebrity... Unpacked: "All of them together and we've got more news for you. We get all of them down to the trials area and they're doing the eating trial. The one we all love. But there's only two people doing the eating in trial. Only two of them taking it on. Richard and Maura. This is their final challenge for the junk food buffet. And they need to do well in this one, because let's face it, they were nearly rumbled here for being rumbled.

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"I think if they do well in this trial then they can kind of say it themselves but they need to do well, so I'm excited to see them."

Donnelly added: "Let's be honest, they haven't had to do anything. The worst thing they've been through at the minute is just covering themselves in molasses and that wasn't very effective."

I'm A Celebrity's Ant and Dec are the cheeky hosts of the show  (ITV)
I'm A Celebrity's Ant and Dec are the cheeky hosts of the show (ITV)

After discussing boxer Barry McGuigan in the camp, Dommett asked Ant and Dec who would win in a fight.

McPartlin said: "Oh, well, I'm taller but he's quite scrappy. He's quite scrappy." Dommett then asked: "This is gonna sound like the weirdest question ever — do you guys go to the gym? I've just always wanted to ask you, you've looked the same since 2007 and you are fantastic. But you don't give the gym vibe."

Ant and Dec insisted they did go to the gym, but not together. McPartlin said: "We do different things though? I do boxing training." Donnelly added: "I'm more of a yoga and Pilates man."

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs every night at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX.