Flanagan finally gets it right... now give her a night off

By MARK WEBSTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL

Published: 06:27 EST, 19 November 2012 | Updated: 06:52 EST, 19 November 2012

Attention Scott Sinclair. You can come out from behind the sofa now.

Let's be brutally honest, nobody saw this coming, did they? Especially on Saturday night after another bushtucker trial in which Helen Flanagan once again failed to win a single star or understand the concept of 'giving 100 per cent'.

Not only did this further frustrate her fellow camp-mates. It also drove Ant and Dec to the point of an on-screen meltdown usually reserved for starving celebrities in sweaty vests.

Dirty dozen: Helen Flanagan finally managed to get 12 stars during a trial

Creepy crawlies: Helen braved the beasties to win meals for the camp

At the beginning of Saturday night's show, Dec implored 'there's 12 to chose from – look at them' as they opened up the phone lines. To no avail.

Come the end of the programme, there was Ant pointing an accusing finger at us and exclaiming 'YOU done it' while Dec reeled away and sighed 'oh for goodness sake'.

However, just 24 hours later, and Britain's favourite participation sport above fishing and darts – voting for Helen – finally, FINALLY paid off.

With a game face we have not seen thus far, Helen got her head in the zone – well a series of Perspex boxes full of creepy crawlies – and came out with 12 whole stars.

Naturally, the young soap star couldn't be more excited about it.

However, she wasn't any more pleased than the Geordie boys were. As she left to both thrill and surprise the camp, Ant and Dec were left in stunned silence and just held each other to a chorus of 'hallelujahs', as if Newcastle had just won the Champions League.

So 'Helen brought home the bacon', said a jubilant David Haye. Which in reality, as Colin Baker put it, was 'the back half of a wallaby'.

Well, if I might paraphrase, any part in a storm, eh?

Suitably filled, and with four days until the first eviction, the camp were paired up.

Helen got Limahl (could be fun), Eric with Nadine (ditto that last set of brackets) and David with Brian, which looks to be the easiest of all the rides.

Relief: Ant and Dec were pleased Helen managed the trial after becoming frustrated with the soap star

In their couples, they made their way to the live bushtucker trial where, well, guess who we voted for?

So, after a pep talk from Dr Bob – 'they're going to scratch, bite and some of them sting quite badly'.

Er, thanks for that, Bob – and to chants of 'easy, easy' from the watching celebrities, Helen pluckily managed five out of the 12 stars, and surely at least one night off from another trial?

I mean, come on people, let's change the record...Ant, Dec and me are getting right fed up with The NeverEnding Story.

You can come out now, Scott: Manchester City winger Sinclair has been watching his girlfriend Helen Flanagan in the jungle