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Charlotte McIntyre

I'm A Celebrity fans fume and brand show 'a fix' as final campmates revealed

The I'm A Celebrity South Africa contestants have been battling it out all week to be crowned champion of the All Stars version of the hit Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly ITV series.

This year's evicted contestants returned to the jungle for a third time as Ant and Dec gave them the opportunity of choosing the final three campmates.

Earlier in Thursday's episode, Carol Vorderman and Paul Burrell were booted out of the show after losing their Bushtucker Trial.

Phill Tuffnell, Myleene Klass, Jordan Banjo and Fatima Whitbread remain in the competition with viewers having to wait until Friday to find out who has narrowly missed out on the final three.

However, these elimination trials have not been completely well received by ITV viewers with some accusing the series of "fixing" the result.

The final four took on Celebrity Cyclone (ITV/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK)

One angry fan tweeted: "#ImACeleb and Typical fix. I said Paul and Carol were out. What a cheat making them do two trials one after another. Boring finalists. Yawn."

"It’s a complete fix man, this series is a joke #ImACeleb," another wrote and a third said: "#ImACeleb one word Fix !!"

Another suggested: "The vote should have been down to the viewers who they wanted in the final not the ex-camp mates #ImACeleb @imacelebrity," and a fifth said: "Yeah they should’ve just let a trial decide the final #ImACeleb."

Meanwhile, Carol and Paul opened up on their I'm A Celebrity experience the second time around.

Fatima, Phil and Myleene may make it through to the final three (ITV/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK)

On the trials, the Countdown star said: "They were a lot tougher than in Australia, everyone said that. They were on another level. The trial in the tanks was horrendous. When I was in Australia, they asked me what I was afraid of.

"Obviously, I wasn’t stupid, so didn’t tell them everything. I lied. I said I don’t like snakes or heights when actually I’m not too scared of them. When I came out of the Australian jungle, I didn’t think I’d ever go back in so I confessed my two real fears; drowning and claustrophobia."

Carol's second trial involved her being trapped in a tank and she admitted: "I was in a right mess [and] when we were on our way back to camp, I could feel the emotions building up in me. I must admit, it knocked me for a couple of days."

Paul added: "I found them much tougher this time round than when I did it in 2004. The Trials now are fully advanced – much tougher. Listen, I’m 64 years old.

"Most of the campmates were nearly half my age and had much more stamina and strength than me. I found it tough this time being an older vintage than the rest of them."

I'm A Celebrity South Africa continues on ITV on Friday at 9pm.

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