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Katy Hallam & Max Channon

I'm A Celebrity... Bushtucker trial halted amid Mike Tindall cheating claims

Declan Donnelly halted a bushtucker trial amid cheating claims on Saturday night's episode of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner and former health secretary Matt Hancock were going head-to-head in a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-style quiz show trial. Campmates were invited to join the pair for the challenge in which Matt and Owen were given lifelines to use, reports Birmingham Live.

However, Dec halted the trial midway through, telling the campmates: "There was some audience cheating there so we're going to have to take your final answer of C."

Mike Tindall - the former rugby player who is married to Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips and the first member of the royal family to compete on I'm A Celebrity - could be heard in the background coughing when the correct answer was read out.

This appeared to be a reference to the famous Who Wants To Be A Millionaire cheating scandal. Charles and Diana Ingram, together with co-conspirator Tecwen Whittock, were found guilty of cheating their way to winning a million pounds on the show, by coughing when the correct answers came up.

However, campmate Scarlette Douglas was quick to hit back at Dec. She said: "But that wasn't their final answer!"

But Dec responded: "It was your final answer as you all coughed! That was the rules guys."

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