The Clones Cyclone was battling it out for his own ticket to a different type of Cyclone in Wednesday night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
The former boxer took on Maura Higgins, Oti Mabuse and Alan Halsall, after Ant and Dec revealed that over the next two days the campmates would all be competing to win a ticket to Cyclone, which would guarantee the winner immunity from the next two vote-offs, as well as a coveted place in the epic Cyclone challenge.
They were told they would be split into two groups of four to take part in a trial at the Arcade of Agony. There would be two winners from each group who would go through to the final.
In McGuigan’s group, they each had a ‘Grim Ball’ machine, filled with various multicoloured balls and plenty of critters. They had to put their hands inside and grab one ball at a time to win the tickets inside.
In order to play for another ball, they’d need to get a coin from the box of fish guts. They would also have the opportunity to win a star each, hidden in one of the balls in their grim ball machine, equating to meals for camp.
Barry McGuigan takes on the Spiralling Out of Control trial
Vowing to give it their best shot, all four of them got in position waiting for the klaxon to sound. As the game began, it wasn’t long before Barry found the first star, equating to a meal for camp.
Maura screamed her way through and came up with an unusual tactic to break the balls open, squatting down and hitting the ball on the floor.
Alan was next to find a star for camp, and with time running out, Barry picked up his speed so much, he nearly slipped on his way back to the grim ball machine.
And with just 10 seconds remaining, Oti managed to find her star.
Dec said of the competition between the four of them: “Very hard to call, it’s gonna be really, really close.”
The celebrities taking part in the Arcade of Agony trial
With Barry, Alan and Oti all finding a star, they won three stars in total for camp, with Ant and Dec sharing that they would reveal the amount of tickets they got and who was through to the final in the morning.
Returning back to camp, Barry said of the trial: “It was very competitive, it was good fun, I really enjoyed it.”
As they reunited with the camp, they learned they had won five stars in total out of a possible 8 for their dinner that evening.
Ant and Dec revealed live on air which four celebrities are through to the final stage of the competition — to win the coveted ticket to Cyclone.
Just four celebrities are left to compete for the golden ticket in 2024. From the first group Coleen and Danny made it through. While Maura and Oti were the top two from the second group.
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