Fans of I'm a Celebrity are getting their fix of the jungle action earlier in the year with a host famous faces from over the past 20 years gathering in South Africa instead of Australia. Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan is one of the all-star line-up taking part in the new I'm A Celebrity ...Get Me Out Of Here! spin-off.
Helen, from Bury, is competing with campmates including Bolton boxer Amir Khan, TV presenter Carol Vorderman and fomer royal butler Paul Burrell in a bid to be crowned the first I’m A Celebrity Legend. Helen, 32, who first took part in the 12th series of I'm A Celebrity back in 2012, left viewers gobsmacked with her first challenge which saw the Rosie Webster actress leap across giant balls suspended in the air as part of the Newton's Cradle challenge to grab a star.
After letting campmates Phil Tufnell and Fatima Whitbread go first, she took a breath and seriously impressed with her pluck despite not reaching the star at the end in Monday's launch episode. Telling cricket star Phil and ex-javelin thrower Fatima that she was having a 'mind chat' she reassured herself while suspended in the air: "You are safe. You are calm, you can do this. Wait for the wind to calm down and jump."
