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Zara Woodcock

Shirley Ballas says she'd jump ship to I'm A Celeb and rates her chances at winning

Shirley Ballas revealed she would love to take part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

The head judge at Strictly Come Dancing reckons she could beat the other campmates and become Queen of the Jungle.

It looks like she'll bring her skills on the dancefloor to the Bushtucker Trials.

The 62-year-old also loves the entire idea of traveling to Australia.

"I want to do I'm A Celebrity. I love that show, I love Ant and Dec, and I love the whole prospect of going to Australia," she said.

"I could do well, I think! They're not going to make me do anything that's going to make me do anything that's going to kill me, and that's what I'd take in my heart"

Shirley reckons she would do well on I'm A Celeb (BBC)

She added to Heat magazine: "Snakes and rats - they crawl on you, but they aren't going to eat you. At least, I hope not!"

Her I'm A Celeb comments come after she admitted she's taking a break from showbusiness after Strictly due to the vile trolls.

The show’s head judge is so sick of relentless abuse she has even ditched panto this Christmas.

Shirley said: “The names I’ve been called, I couldn’t even repeat them to you.”

She recently said she wants to take a break from showbusiness after Strictly (BBC)

The star said she accepts people disagreeing with her opinions of the contestants on Strictly.

However, comments about her appearance have affected her self-esteem.

Shirley said: “It makes you worry – ‘Do I look right? Am I too heavy?’ They say, ‘Cover up your bingo arms’, then it makes you think, ‘Should I wear a dress with sleeves?’

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Shirley thinks she would be able to do the Bushtucker Trials (pictured Chris Moyles) (REX/Shutterstock)

"One person said, ‘Your ears are too big’, so I got a tape measure out and measured my ears.

"Others say I look like I have a glass eye – that’s probably because I wear one lens.

"It’s just mean. I’ve been in this industry for 50 years. I’ve got awards for everything that I’ve done.

“Then to get somebody that thinks I don’t understand what I’m talking about…”

Shirley says her partner Danny Taylor, 48, tells her to stay off social media while her Strictly co-judge Craig Revel Horwood, 57, urges her to take no notice. Speaking at the TV Choice Awards, the mum-of-one said: “Craig says let it go, it’s not a big deal but to me it’s a big deal.

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