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I’m a Celebrity Ep 5 Recap

Many thanks to Erin, who sent this terrific recap in while I was at the Nick Offerman show. Ten gold stars for you, Erin.

I AM PEACEFUL, I AM POWERFUL, I AM PURE!
Chris and Julia open the show walking across the wobbly bridge – seriously thought Julia was going to stack it, that would have made good live TV! Ha! They cross live to the camp very quick to check out the celebs, with comments about Anthony and Fev being clean shaven for some reason …

Boredom must really be setting in. While Paul is away from camp for a few moments they set Akmal up to tell a joke that isn’t really funny but they will all laugh hysterically at, so they can gee up Paul. I feel like these mini prank moments are “you had to be there” moments.

More Chris and Julia and then we get a clip about all the Celebs missing home –the novelty of the situation starting to wear off.

Much hype about Warnie deep and meaningful with the celebs to be shown later in the episode – better be worth it!

Anthony and Bonnie chat about their respective marriages. Anthony talks about his relationship with Tim, his husband, and how they got married in NZ, and they discuss gay marriage in general.

Chris and Julia comment after this about how they are getting good, real conversations so early in the series.

Laurina’s reaction to being selected for Tucker Trial ain’t pretty! The others all give her positive thoughts. She is teary, apparently not upset but emotional. Warnie gives her a good pep talk, telling her to remain calm and to at least give it a go.

Right before they show the Tucker Trial Chris and Julia reveal they are going to show some behind the scenes footage during it, because it is vital to telling the full story.

Laurina arrives for the trial and talks about how emotionally exhausted she is. She must take getting voting in very personally. They explain she must lie in the “viper room” – basically a coffin – for 12 minutes, while 45 snakes join her. She must last 12 minutes; one star for each minute. She says she will think of her boyfriend.

Behind the scenes, they show the producers talking her through the rules. Laurina has a long-sleeved shirt on she plans to button up tight so nothing can get in. The producer is really keen for her to just wear a singlet, however, she is adamant about wearing the shirt. Not being able to convince her, they bring over Dr Chris to talk to her and, for her own safety, he basically tells her she must lose the shirt.

Back “on camera”, she gets in, lies down, they drop in some corn then “open the viper room”. She actually manages to remain incredibly calm throughout the whole thing. Seven minutes in the lights go out. After another minute or two Chris even has to tell her to her to be quiet as there is a head of the snake RIGHT near her head – she keeps talking, until Chris basically shouts at her to shut up, or something will bite! Even in the last minute two of the snakes (which both look like they would be as long as Laurina is tall) seem to be mating on her, she manages to lie completely still.


Finally time’s up. Chris and Julia are in awe. Laurina comes out just about delirious, having almost enjoyed the whole thing!

She tells Chris and Julia she meditated chanting to herself the phrase “I am peaceful, I am powerful, I am pure!”. Very proud of herself she heads back to camp. Back at camp they are all very excited to hear about the trial and look forward to a full dinner later that night!

A snippet containing much laughter about Bonnie having worn Val’s knickers! And this group seem very happy to “flaunt it” – even if they don’t “have it”!

Laurina invents a clay mask for her face – the boys think it’s hilarious. Thou Fev is seen giving his skin a quick rub, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him with a face mask on by the end of the series, ha!

Anthony and Bonnie have a chat about Versace wine glasses and whether they can go in the dishwasher. Paul stops by, with a look of agog on his face. He has no idea what they are on about; clearly there are no “Fursace” glasses in his house. They talk in depth about what kind of glass certain drinks should be served in. They tell Paul a drink tastes much better when presented in Versace or Waterford. I hope Anthony never comes to mine; his drink will taste disgusting in my Ikea crystal!

Apparently Chris and Julia have been copping flak for “canned laughter” on the show, so they show all the crew; there are lots of people in their tree house, putting the show together.

The food bag arrives. Tonight it’s angel fish and ricotta for the vegos. They seem pretty happy with the food, and give the chefs a big hurrah for their cooking efforts when it’s plated up.

Finally we get to the hyped Shane chat with some of the girls about his relationships. He and Simone still get on really well he says, despite what you read in the gossip pages. Apparently Liz and Hugh Grant are really good friends. When Shane would come back to Aust, Hugh would go for the weekend but was never around when Shane was there… The girls suggest that probably means there was more to it than just friends! He talks about not wanting more kids unless he was to fall head over heels in love with someone new.

To boost the celebs’ ego a bit they play Beat the Tweet – they must read out some tweets and have to guess who it could be about … they do pretty well with their guesses.

Time for Chris and Julia to pop in and deliver the news about the next Tucker Trial. Akmal and surprise, surprise, Laurina, will be doing Croc Bait, something about being stuck in a clear box in croc-infested waters. Annnnddd that’s all until Sunday night!

PS from Juz: Check out this tweet from Dr Chris just before the show aired:



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I’m A Celeb – Ep 2 and chat

Just fast forwarded through Mon night’s Celeb, mainly to see the reaction to Warnie’s arrival. Honestly, is anyone going to watch this every night, especially when there is so much else on? If anyone is mad enough to do so, feel free to email me recaps, as I can’t see myself watching regularly unless a pack of hyenas attacks the camp. Maybe when it’s final five …  Laurina is a genius for bringing a blow-up couch when the others had family photos. If anyone gets narky with her they can poke it with a sharp stick. They all hate her already (although it’s not clear why) and run away. I don’t think Laurina will be fussed.

Fev shows a different side of himself, talking about depression and rehab.

Oh god, more charades … And finally the box with Warnie cooped up inside is revealed. Bonnie doesn’t really know who he is but he’s Fev’s BFF. Val brought cards so they’ll just be playing poker all the time. I love that Akmal is geeking out over Warnie.

Warnie picks Fev for the first Tucker Trial and they get bugs dumped on them. They both do well until the snakes come in and that’s when I’d be bolting. The medic checking the blokes afterwards for sneaky bugs reminded me of *nerd alert* Star Trek: Wrath of Khan and the larvae crawling into Chekov’s ear – urgh!

Dinner ingredients include warthog ribs so they must be wishing Julie Goodwin was on this season. I’m thinking browning then a slow braise but they’ll be too hungry for that.

Harrogan’s a vego – who’d have thunk it.

 



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I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here Now

Joel Creasey and Heather Maltman on the after show.
Joel Creasey and Heather Maltman on the after show.

The I’m A Celeb after show screens on Channel 11 at 9.30pm and is hosted by actress/Bachelorette contestant Heather Maltman and comedian/former I’m a Celeb contestant Joel Creasey who are now BFFs (so long, Chrissie Swan).

They start with a montage of the celebs politely pretending to know who each other is. More BFF banter then cut to camp and boring shots of the girls chatting about moisturiser. Yep, it’s all happening here. You can vote on Twitter or Facebook for who you want to do a Tucker Trial – if you’re a 13-year-old girl, that is.

It’s hard to do a behind-the-scenes show when nothing much has happened yet. They’re padding out the show by rerunning footage of the celebs walking down the red carpet, most of the girls baby giraffes in their in high heels. Joel makes some nicely snarky comments about Dean wearing Tarocash and the Chief looking like a tax agent.

Joel reveals Laurina is his early pick to win because she cooks and does the dishes. At camp, the celebs are struggling to play Charades because some of them aren’t into reading and kultcha.

BFFs do an awkward video chat with Merv Hughes – I’d forgotten he was in it last year. Joel says a couple of celebs are already thinking of skedaddling, 48 hours in. That must be when the clause for their appearance fee runs out.

Cut to  animal experts giving a talk about how puff adders are going to kill them all stone dead, then more filler. While Heather is finding her feet on camera I do prefer their schtick to JMo’s super ham and Chris’s straight man act. And Heather looks fab, but playsuits belong on four-year-olds, not grown women.

What do we think Warnie’s luxury item will be? I say ciggies. Apparently he’s a 40 a day man, so if it’s not smokes expect a very angsty Warney. Will he be carrying around a rock and pretending it’s a mobile phone?  Or carving a cricket bat out of a branch? A game of French cricket would  liven up the camp footage.

And that’s pretty much it. Ten minutes of footage stretched out to an hour that was really an ad for Channel 10’s new show: I’m Too Cool to Play Charades … Get Me Out of Here.

 



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I’m a Celebrity – live recap

Akmal SalehAkmal Saleh

Anthony CalleaAnthony Callea

Bonnie LythgoeBonnie Lythgoe

Brendan FevolaBrendan Fevola

Courtney HancockCourtney Hancock

Dean GeyerDean Geyer

Havana BrownHavana Brown

Jo Beth TaylorJo Beth Taylor

Laurina FleureLaurina Fleure

Paul HarroganPaul Harrogan

Shane WarneShane Warne

Val LehmanVal Lehman

LIVE BLOG (SA TIME):  Missed the first minute and tuned in to see Akmal has already arrived. Yay – he’s good value.

They are moving quickly – it’s Bonnie Lythgoe (ex-wife of Nigel Lythgoe, creator of So You Think You Can Dance). Makes sense –  she was a judge on the Aussie version years ago, which was a Channel 10 product. Was there a little bit of her contract left to use up? Yes, I watched it but I wonder if many of the other celebs did. She and Akmal politely pretend to know who the other is.

30 seconds later  – it IS Anthony  Callea, ex-Australian Idol singer. Poor lad must be sweating in that glittery jacket.

Courtney Hancock is next. Sorry, I don’t know you, champion ironwoman, but you seem nice. No-one else knows her either.

Bonnie confesses she has never slept in a sleeping bag. She is going to be the Maureen of the season.

Paul “The Chief” Harrogan is the NRL captain – hadn’t thought of him at all. He knows who Akmal is. Phew.

Here comes the helicopter … darn, it’s only Chris and JMo, who tell them they will be trekking to the camp together. Five angry blokes with pregnant bellies AKA parachute backpacks pop out to give everyone the willies. Our Famous Five realise they will have to jump out of a plane. Geez, who’d have thunk that was a possibility on a show like this. “Just think of it as an instant facelift,” say Callea. Good one, Ant. They will have to change into their khaki shirts and red pants. Luckily Ant has red dacks on already .

12 mins in: I’ll give Ten credit – they are ripping right through it. JMo is wearing a super shiny blue retro swing dress but it is it just me or does she not really look like her? I prefer her usual make-up and do.

17 mins in: Cut to pre-recorded confessionals. Bonnie does not want to share a toilet. Please, someone, make her swim in a vat of elephant poo like last year.

OMG It’s Jo Beth Taylor! Didn’t pick that – she’s ex-Channel Nine. Guess that rules out Toni Pearen then.

Yes, as we already know, it’s Val Lehman: Bea Smith from Prisoner. Jo Beth knows who she is but I don’t think it’s reciprocated.

And, it’s Fev (Brendan Fevola), to be this season’s Barry Hall. Jo Beth introduces herself as JB. Fev is afraid of snakes, spiders and, errr, mozzies.

The international DJ is Havana Brown and she knows Fev. She is kinda famous overseas but I’m tipping not many TTV readers will know her. Will find some links to her songs later.

Dean Geyer – another Idol contestant! His family moved here from South Africa years ago. I last saw him playing a buff marine type in Terra Nova, a US sci-fi series filmed in Queensland. Must be between gigs. He came third on the season of Idol won by Damien Leith (the Irish guy with the beautiful voice), with runner up Jessica Mauboy.

We were right – it is Laurina Fleure from Bachie Blake Dirty Dog season. She will be good TV.

 JMo and Chris are back. Let’s hope Fev offers to carry Val’s bag for her. They have to canoe to camp. Deano puts his tank top on backwards and has to have Fev point it out. D’oh.

32 mins in: More precorded confessionals. All pretty tame so they have to cut to a clip of a scary-looking snake. Chris has placed a wooden statue of a gazelle between him and JMo to keep her mitts off him.

The Famous Five get the speech on how a lion could eat them when they land, although there’s probably  more danger of being shot accidentally by one of the armed guard.

Val is cacking herself because Fev can’t steer a canoe and they go backwards. Laurina is the first one to say shit as she and Jo Beth capsize. Jo Beth then clocks herself in the face with her own oar. Let’s hope she didn’t smash a tooth. Havana benefits from the fact Dean looks like he’s rafted before, plus she’s not a 72-year-old woman.

We’re still waiting on the 12th celeb – is this Warnie?

 To recap, we have:

Akmal

Bonnie

Ant

Havana

Laurina

Jo Beth

Courtney Ironwoman

Fev

Paul Harrogan

Deano

Val

43 mins in: Heather (ex-Bachelorette) and Joel Creasey, who host the after-show, say g’day. We know they are cool because Joel is wearing art curator glasses and Heather is in a playsuit.

Cut to the sky and they have to push Harrogan out of the chopper. He’s a big unit so that skydiver must have some guns. He’s packing death and fair enough – I wouldn’t do it. The River Tribe is waiting to welcome the Sky People. So we have khaki shirts versus navy shirts – is this a two tribes scenario, a la Survivor?

Poor Courtney lands a bit hard and looks shaken. Bonnie jumps and there are no creases on her forehead – it can’t be just the effect of the wind. She’s a bit teary. Akmal pretty much takes it in his stride and lands standing up, leaving Ant to sweat it out on his own.

54 minutes in: Not a lot of ads tonight – I’m  surprised. Is KFC not on board this year? Ant jumps: “I’m never, ever doing this again.” So, Ant to win?

JMo is getting more texts. HAS to be Warnie. Ok, I was wrong – it’s another ad! Ten is using I’m A Celeb to lure people into staying to watch the X Files. I’ve seen part of the first ep and, honestly, it ain’t worth it. Duchovny is just dialling it in for the moolah. Can you believe they initially fought against giving Gillian the same money as DD? Makes me even less inclined to watch.

One hour in: The core 11 celebs arrive at the first Tucker Trial, which is how they win extra food. They are dangling above vats of fish guts and offal. Celebs must use their mouths to pick up stars from boxes crawling with the usual gross insects. Akmal and Val try not to swallow any mealworms and are giving it a good crack. Box 2 is cockroaches and Bonnie does surprisingly well, beating Fev. Havana and Ant try not to drown putting their heads in a tank of eels. Box 4 is 14kg of maggots. Deano laps it up and Court does well. Laurina and Harrigan have scorpions – they’ve saved them for her, expecting her to freak.

72 mins in: Laurina smashes it and seals the win for her team. So, Sky People are going to get dunked. Akmal jumps out but is made to hop back in. It’s not that bad – their heads didn’t even get slimed. The worst bit is they know a hot shower is a long way off. The others have to tell Dean and Fev what a long drop and a short drop are. Jo Beth gives delivers the horrifying news that if they poo in the wrong one they have to scoop it out with their hands. This could lead to trouble.

They get a teeny dinner of biltong and salad. Why not give them the ingredients and make them cook it? More interesting than watching them get handed food.

85 mins in: It’s dark and the Sky Peeps finally make it to camp, looking knackered. After trying to start the fire for ages the celebs finally twig they have a flame in their lantern and can use that. Some of the dunkees burn their rank undies. Val kindly tries to teach Ant how to cook rice – he buys the pre-cooked packs at home. Tim must be the chef of the couple, or perhaps Mama Callea cooks and drops off care packages for them.

Fev thinks the jungle noises are fake. JoBeth needs a Panadeine Forte desperately. Harrogan is snoring – everyone wants to kill him. Fev snores, too.

The plane with Celeb No. 12 lands and, shock, horror, it’s Mr Yeah Yeah. But – cliffhanger – they are saving his entrance for tomorrow night.

Phew – that was a jam-packed 90 minutes. So, who do we think will be out first? Court?

I leave you with this classic from Jo Beth:



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I’m a Celebrity general chat

It starts this Sunday at 6.30pm, so get ready to discuss here.

Is Rhonda Burchmore one of the celebs? She’s been in the New York blizzard for the past few days, according to social media.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BA5dl5RH3nA/

Is Warnie going in? He keeps denying it but the reports are coming thick and fast. Plus he could do with the cash for his charity. Hopefully on Sunday night we can say “yeah, yeah” – he’s in.

Thinking of growing my hair long again like this ? Thoughts ? #advancedhair.

A photo posted by Shane Warne (@shanewarne23) on



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Are you ready for the onslaught?

For the past month it’s been nothing but cricket and tennis on TV (I’ve been making the most of Stan’s 30-day free trial) but now it’s time for the annual bombardment of  premieres of shows old and new.

Channel 10 is attempting to get ahead of the pack by launching the second season of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – a whole 24 hours ahead of the other channels. It premieres Sunday, January 31 at the family-friendly timeslot of 6.30pm (check your local guide).

There’s meant to be an after-show on Eleven, hosted by Bachelor reject Heather Maltman and jungle reject Joel Creasey, but it’s not showing up as yet on Sunday TV guides.

The following night the other channels join the party.

Nine kicks off with Australia’s Got Talent and a new panel of judges: Kelly Osbourne (daughter of Ozzy and fashion commentator), Eddie Perfect (beloved by Offspring and Play School viewers) and Sophie Monk (remember when she was an unknown on one of Australia’s first reality shows, Popstars?). Hughesy is hosting.

The Farmer Wants a Wife, also on Nine, starts the same night at 8.45pm.

I suspect Channel 7 is where most of us will land on the Monday night for the return of My Kitchen Rules (with the first part of much-promoted Molly telemovie looking likely to air on February 7).

Backtracking a little here, but if you have time the previous Monday night (January 25) turn to the ABC for the Australian of the Year Special. Four finalists have been selected for each state and territory in the categories Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Australia’s Local Hero.

If you’ve missed it no doubt you can catch up on iView or read more about the nominees at http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/

Other shows due in February are Nine’s scripted comedy Here Come the Habibs! and the Australian episodes of If You are the One on SBS2. Wanted, the TV series Rebecca Gibney developed and in which she stars, starts in February on Seven. Over in Pay TV land, the excellent Selling Houses Australia returns February 3 on the Lifestyle channel.

Here’s a link to a Channel 7 ad for the MKR premiere and a few other shows that start the same day:

So, what will you be watching?

UPDATE: The Celeb after show is now appearing in the TV guides. It’s called Get Me Out of here now, runs 9.30-10.30pm this Sunday (check your local guide) on Eleven  and is rated M for “Adult Themes or medical procedures, Coarse language”.

 



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