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ITV I'm A Celebrity All Stars fans blast 'unfair' Helen Flanagan treatment

I'm A Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here viewers claimed three campmates were subjected to "unfair" treatment..

Fans were thrilled as the spin off edition premiered tonight. Ant and Dec returned as hosts as famous campmates take on TV's toughest entertainment challenge again a bid to be crowned Legend.

Nine campmates jetted off to South Africa for the first episode tonight. The celebrities were split into groups of three to take on the first challenges of the season.

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Carol Vorderman, Amir Khan and Jordan Banjo took on the Deadly Drop Challenge while Paul Burrell, Shaun Ryder and Janice Dickinson took on the Trees of Torment Challenge.

Former Coronation Street star, Helen Flanagan, was teamed with Fatima Whitbread and Phil Tufnell for the Giant Ball challenge. The team had to make their way across three giant red ball suspended from a great height to grab their star.

Helen vowed to conquer her fears as she was regularly shook by the Bushtucker Trials during her first stint on the show. The 32-year-old was the final celebrity to take on the red ball challenge and made her way to the final one but just fell short and didn't get the stars.

The first two teams collected all stars but viewers following the show on Twitter claimed that the final challenge was unfair in comparison to the other trials.

Dylan said: "That last challenge was too difficult compared to the others."

Ashley added: "Helen, Phil and Fatima were stitched up there. Disproportionately hard compared to the previous trials"

JoJo commented: "Was the last challenge actually possible to complete lol"

Leesh posted: "Much harder challenge that one compared to the others and the star was too far"

Joshua tweeted: "I don’t think that trial was very fair"

Gem said: "Hmm a bit unfair that trial - it was super hard in comparison to the others"

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