That was horrible. And poor Sam - anyone who knows what it is like to have something crawl in their ear, or even get their ear syringed will know it isn't nice. No wonder she kept holding her ears after. Is there an argument for giving them earplugs for trials - or would they not be able to hear what was happening?
Awful trial
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That's something which occurred to me during the trial. They give them goggles but why don't they give them earplugs?
I don't know why nobody has thought of this before because this has happened before on the show at least once with Fatima Whitbread.
But it was only tonight that I wondered why they get goggles but not earplugs.
I don't know why nobody has thought of this before because this has happened before on the show at least once with Fatima Whitbread.
But it was only tonight that I wondered why they get goggles but not earplugs.
Originally Posted by Karly:
“That was horrible. And poor Sam - anyone who knows what it is like to have something crawl in their ear, or even get their ear syringed will know it isn't nice. No wonder she kept holding her ears after. Is there an argument for giving them earplugs for trials - or would they not be able to hear what was happening?”
“That was horrible. And poor Sam - anyone who knows what it is like to have something crawl in their ear, or even get their ear syringed will know it isn't nice. No wonder she kept holding her ears after. Is there an argument for giving them earplugs for trials - or would they not be able to hear what was happening?”
Poor Sam!! The fact she still continued with the trial after the cockroach-in-ear incident shows that she's made of impressively stern stuff. What a trooper, hope she stays to the end.
Makes me wonder what would happen if something like that happened mid trial. Would they have to endure to the end, or say I'm A Celebrity, or could they stop and start it?
It was awful. A naff, hard, impossible-to-do trial. If I had been Sam, I would have quit after that roach was washed out of my ear. They really should have earplugs.
I thought it was a good trial, they've had it easy so far.
But why they don't give them ear plugs is beyond me.
But why they don't give them ear plugs is beyond me.
It was surely virtually impossible to find the right stars in that trial. Maybe because until now they had won enough stars to keep the camp reasonably well fed, they (producers) decided on one that they could not be won?
Agree, about Sam. She's no quitter. I'd like to see her win - someone with a bit of class.
Agree, about Sam. She's no quitter. I'd like to see her win - someone with a bit of class.
Originally Posted by Oliver_Tomlinso:
“They made it near impossible in the hope that no food would cause conflict”
“They made it near impossible in the hope that no food would cause conflict”
Edited
My thinking too. It was a task more or less about chance than effort....any of them would have struggled. Had it been 8 red stars they would have had a better shot but the order of numbers was reaally crafty on the producers side. Joel kept saying he was getting star 7 but it couldn't count, had to be 3.
Needle....haystack
Originally Posted by Oliver_Tomlinso:
“They made it near impossible in the hope that no food would cause conflict”
“They made it near impossible in the hope that no food would cause conflict”
Its a shame if they do that as it wastes a trial. Impossible trial's annoy me along with ones which are too easy.
Considering they got lots of questions wrong and Sam had her hands over her ears half the time, more stars were definitely possible.
Very difficult trial, probably intentionally so.
Having to answer questions (which by ITV's standard were somewhat difficult... the speed of a cockroach etc), in order to be able to begin looking for one star out of 48, whilst being turned repeatedly, covered in bugs all with a minute per star. Ridiculously difficult.
Having to answer questions (which by ITV's standard were somewhat difficult... the speed of a cockroach etc), in order to be able to begin looking for one star out of 48, whilst being turned repeatedly, covered in bugs all with a minute per star. Ridiculously difficult.
It was one of the most disgusting & hardest bush tucker trial. Felt sorry for Sam but she was amazing to keep going, not just a pretty face.
I've seen Larry wearing earplugs in a trial - either that or he wears a hearing aid I suppose.
I have been more worried about noses. Presumably a little critter can only get so far into your ear before the eardrum stops it. But how far can a critter get if it goes up your nose?
I have been more worried about noses. Presumably a little critter can only get so far into your ear before the eardrum stops it. But how far can a critter get if it goes up your nose?
Originally Posted by kaycee:
“It was surely virtually impossible to find the right stars in that trial. Maybe because until now they had won enough stars to keep the camp reasonably well fed, they (producers) decided on one that they could not be won?
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“It was surely virtually impossible to find the right stars in that trial. Maybe because until now they had won enough stars to keep the camp reasonably well fed, they (producers) decided on one that they could not be won?
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These trials are built weeks in advance. The can't suddenly say, "Oh they have had it too easy, let's make a difficult one"
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“That's something which occurred to me during the trial. They give them goggles but why don't they give them earplugs?
I don't know why nobody has thought of this before because this has happened before on the show at least once with Fatima Whitbread.
But it was only tonight that I wondered why they get goggles but not earplugs.”
“That's something which occurred to me during the trial. They give them goggles but why don't they give them earplugs?
I don't know why nobody has thought of this before because this has happened before on the show at least once with Fatima Whitbread.
But it was only tonight that I wondered why they get goggles but not earplugs.”
Originally Posted by droogiefret:
“I've seen Larry wearing earplugs in a trial - either that or he wears a hearing aid I suppose.
I have been more worried about noses. Presumably a little critter can only get so far into your ear before the eardrum stops it. But how far can a critter get if it goes up your nose?”
“I've seen Larry wearing earplugs in a trial - either that or he wears a hearing aid I suppose.
I have been more worried about noses. Presumably a little critter can only get so far into your ear before the eardrum stops it. But how far can a critter get if it goes up your nose?”
I may be wrong but I think it was a Fatima Whitbread who had a critter up her nostril and Dr Bob had to get it out.
Edit: here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4VQpcxD_EU
Originally Posted by Sweetiecat:
“I may be wrong but I think it was a Fatima Whitbread who had a critter up her nostril and Dr Bob had to get it out.
Edit: here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4VQpcxD_EU”
“I may be wrong but I think it was a Fatima Whitbread who had a critter up her nostril and Dr Bob had to get it out.
Edit: here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4VQpcxD_EU”
Oh right, my mistake.
But there has been a precedent before when a bug got in somebody's ear. I can't remember who though.
Originally Posted by carnoch04:
“These trials are built weeks in advance. The can't suddenly say, "Oh they have had it too easy, let's make a difficult one"”
“These trials are built weeks in advance. The can't suddenly say, "Oh they have had it too easy, let's make a difficult one"”
When I saw it I was wondering whether they decided to number the stars at the last minute, to ramp up the difficulty.
Originally Posted by Deb Arkle:
“When I saw it I was wondering whether they decided to number the stars at the last minute, to ramp up the difficulty.”
“When I saw it I was wondering whether they decided to number the stars at the last minute, to ramp up the difficulty.”
And add more
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“Oh right, my mistake.
But there has been a precedent before when a bug got in somebody's ear. I can't remember who though.”
“Oh right, my mistake.
But there has been a precedent before when a bug got in somebody's ear. I can't remember who though.”
Huggy Bear wasn't it? "There's a celebrity in my ear!"
Originally Posted by carnoch04:
“These trials are built weeks in advance. The can't suddenly say, "Oh they have had it too easy, let's make a difficult one"”
“These trials are built weeks in advance. The can't suddenly say, "Oh they have had it too easy, let's make a difficult one"”
Yes of course they are but the numbered stars and questions could have been changed late on to make it much more difficult , horrible trial and I felt sick for them.
I really didn't enjoy this trial one bit, it was just darned impossible for them to complete. And while none of us want them to win every star, every time, it's better when they at least have half a chance of doing so!
Originally Posted by BluesTrainRadio:
“I really didn't enjoy this trial one bit, it was just darned impossible for them to complete. And while none of us want them to win every star, every time, it's better when they at least have half a chance of doing so!”
“I really didn't enjoy this trial one bit, it was just darned impossible for them to complete. And while none of us want them to win every star, every time, it's better when they at least have half a chance of doing so!”
They probably would have got half the stars if they had got more questions right!
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