Last week I predicted that the final four in this year’s ‘I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out Of Here’ would be Esther Rantzen, George Takei, Joe Swash and Martina Navratilova. This was before Esther finally cracked over the fire incident and health and safety issues and revealed her true character. My prediction also preceded David Van Day’s bizarre but funny antics after the dreadful, false-bosomed Nicola was ejected. Clearly the viewers were less than impressed with Esther and more than bemused with the hugely entertaining David.
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David did, however, get dumped last night and the last three face the final countdown tonight. So whoÂ’s it going to be? It will be a tough one for the voting viewers who will not want to make a loser out of the excruciatingly consistent winning persona of the 52 year-old Martina Navratilova who won her first Wimbledon in 1978 and went on to treat tennis betting fans to a further fifty eight Grand slam titles in her glittering career. Nor will they want to snub the magnificent George Takei who, in his guise as Mr Sulu, piloted Captain Kirk, Lieutenant Uhuru, Scotty, Bones and all the rest of us to the ends of the universe and safely back again. His presence on the programme has been a consistent display of his perfect manners and glorious generosity of spirit, acceptance of the downside of others and his calm in the face of adversity. He gets my vote.
Astute ‘IÂ’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out Of HereÂ’ betting enthusiasts will put there money elsewhere, though. Despite the presence of these two towering humans, the humour, all-round natural good-heartedness and effortless caring nature of Joe Swash will win the hearts and minds of the great British public and they will have overwhelmingly crowned him the ‘King of the Jungle‘, when the dust settles on the camp tonight.
