Former Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has walked straight into a Bushtucker Trial after joining āIām a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!ā
Viewers got their first glimpse of the MSP in her jungle gear getting into a helicopter in the last few minutes of Wednesday nightās hit ITV show.
Ms Dugdale and comedian Iain Lee were spotted boarding a helicopter to join the other celebrities who have set up home in the Australian bush for three weeks.
Ready to take on the beasties and creepy-crawlies of the Jungle, it's Politician @kezdugdale ! ? #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/GzvpgCIv1J
— I'm A Celebrity… (@imacelebrity) November 22, 2017
Iām a Celebrity hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly said the two new campmates would be going āhead to headā in the next Bushtucker Trial – The Battle for 10 Downing Creek.
Ms Dugdale said: āIām best known for leading the Labour party in Scotland and Iām a member of the Scottish Parliament.
āPeople have definitely seen me deal with a few rats and snakes in my time.
āIām a lot tougher than people think I am.
āYou donāt get to the top of Labour politics without having a tough skin.
āIāve just got a feeling the jungle is going to be a whole heap tougher.ā
Wednesday nightās episode of the ITV jungle contest did not feature a vote for the next food challenge, leaving some fans confused.
All became clear however when Ant and Dec visited the camp to tell the celebrities the name of the next Trial – but not who would be doing it.
āTodayās Bushtucker Trial is called āThe Battle for 10 Downing Creekā, but the public have not been voting for this one,ā Ant said.
āInstead, you are all going to join us at the Trials clearing, where all will be revealed,ā Dec added.
The Geordie duo then told viewers that the two celebs taking centre stage in the Trial would be brand new faces.
Ms Dugdale and Mr Leeās arrival in camp and the Bushtucker Trial will be shown in Thursday nightās episode of the ITV reality show.
Among Ms Dugdaleās new jungle-mates are Stanley Johnson, the former Conservative MEP, whose son, Boris, is UK foreign secretary.
Ms Dugdale recently said she expected colleagues to be āangryā about her decision to head to Australia, but that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would be āpretty relaxedā.
When quizzed over her decision last week, Mr Corbyn said Ms Dugdale should not be suspended, adding it was āher choiceā to enter the show.