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Kirsten McStay

Jill Scott is I'm A Celebrity 2022 winner as Lioness becomes Queen of the jungle

Jill Scott has been named as the winner of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! 2022.

She and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner made it down to the final two but it was the football star who came out on top and won the title 'Queen of the Jungle' - scooping the crown.

The last two standing gathered in the studio with their former campmates and hosts Ant and Dec to hear the results of the public vote.

And the studio erupted in cheers as the Geordie duo announced the news and the Lioness received the jungle crown. Jill, Matt and Owen made it to the final three and the Tory MP placed third and former rugby star Mike Tindall placed fourth during last night's show.

It comes after all three of the finalists - Owen, Jill and Matt - shared their shock at making it to the top three.

Owen said he loved the experience but was so excited to speak to his family. He said: "I’m in the final baby! What is going on? I don’t know what to say, I don’t know what to think... I want to speak to my mum.”

Jill won the crown (ITV grab)

Lioness Jill also said making it to the final "meant the world" to her. She said: "When I first stepped into the jungle and looked around at all of the celebrities, no way am I getting anywhere near that final. To be part of the final three with Owen and Matt, god, it just means the world, it really does."

Tory MP Matt Hancock also said that he was "grateful" to make it into the show's final. Adding: "I can’t believe I’m in the final. It’s brilliant… I’m just so grateful."

To win their last meal, the remaining three took part in the last Bushtucker trial called 'rat race'.

Owen Warner was the runner up (ITV Grab)

Jill had to spin stars with her tongue to release them from a pole with over 100 rats and 1000 maggots in a box beside her. She won all her stars.

Owen then had to win the campmate's main courses in the Bushtucker Bonanza where he had to eat five dishes. He had to eat, fermented egg, beach worms, camel's testicle and eye, scorpion and bull's penis. He won all his stars.

The two finalists Jill and Owen (ITV grab)

Matt then had to take part in 'Flood your face' to win the camp dessert for the evening. The trial meant he had to put his face in a tank for five minutes with a snorkel but he would not be alone. He was joined by snakes, eels, toads and spiders. He successfully collected all his stars - meaning the three finalists would eat well for their last meal.

The show returned to Australia this year for the first time in three years owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The show had to be held in a castle in North Wales amid the pandemic which halted travelling between different countries, with Giovanna Fletcher and Danny Miller being crowned Queen and King of the Jungle respectively across the two UK-based series.

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