I’m A Celebrity’s Matt Hancock is made camp leader

Matt Hancock was crowned camp leader after winning a leadership contest again his fellow camp mates during Sunday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

It comes after viewers complained that the ITV programme was turning into ‘the Matt Hancock show’, after he was picked to complete his fifth Bushtucker trial.

The former Health Secretary, 44, faced Mike Tindall in the leadership struggle, who moaned that he would be ‘in so much s**t’ for losing to the MP.

King of the camp: Matt Hancock was crowned camp leader after winning a leadership contest again his fellow camp mates during Sunday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here

And Mike will be facing jibes once he arrives home, as Matt and his deputy Charlene White managed to bag the win despite Matt’s claims they were the ‘underdogs’.

One person who made it clear they won’t be following any orders was Boy George, who insisted: ‘Ultimately, neither of them will have any power over me. If I don’t want to do something I won’t do it.’

As the two contestants went head to head in the challenge area, Matt and Charlene and Mike and his deputy Sue arrived to find a wall of lights.

Complaints: It comes after viewers complained that the ITV programme was turning into ‘the Matt Hancock show’, after he was picked to complete his fifth Bushtucker trial (Matt hugging Sue after he won the challenge)

The instructions read: ‘In front of each team is a wall of lights. You will only see which lights are switched on when you press the red button. The first team to turn on all their lights will become the leader and deputy of camp. 

‘Mike and Matt, you will be responsible for turning the lights on. However, you will be blindfolded and will have to rely on your chosen deputy to give you instructions from the deputies’ chairs.’

Mike joked: ‘If I went home and I’d lost to Matt Hancock, I’d be in so much s***.’

Winner, winner! The former Health Secretary, 44, faced Mike Tindall in the leadership struggle, who moaned that he would be ‘in so much s**t’ for losing to the MP

Ever the underdog! And Mike will be facing jibes once he arrives home, as Matt and his deputy Charlene White managed to bag the win despite Matt’s claims they were the ‘underdogs’

Matt told Charlene: ‘We are definitely the underdogs.’

Charlene said: ‘No, no, no you do not come into this challenge with that attitude young man!’

Matt said: ‘We’re underdogs.’

Game on: As the two contestants went head to head in the challenge area, Matt and Charlene and Mike and his deputy Sue arrived to find a wall of lights

The instructions read: ‘In front of each team is a wall of lights. You will only see which lights are switched on when you press the red button. The first team to turn on all their lights will become the leader and deputy of camp’

Referencing Matt’s 2019 leadership challenge, Charlene quipped: ‘Did you go into the leadership challenge thinking you were the underdog.’

Matt humbly replied: ‘Yeah…’

Charlene laughed: ‘Well then that’s why you lost.’

Instructions: ‘Mike and Matt, you will be responsible for turning the lights on. However, you will be blindfolded and will have to rely on your chosen deputy to give you instructions from the deputies’ chairs

As they took on the challenge, Charlene inadvertently misunderstood and was directing Matt to turn the lights off. She then got her left and right muddled up sending him into the bushes.

Charlene admitted: ‘I got in a muddle between my left and my right!’

Matt laughed: ‘She kept sending him into the bushes!’

But he added: ‘My speed felt like it got quicker, because I trusted you.’

Mike joked: ‘If I went home and I’d lost to Matt Hancock, I’d be in so much s***’

Referencing Matt’s 2019 leadership challenge, Charlene quipped: ‘Did you go into the leadership challenge thinking you were the underdog and Matt replied ‘yes’

Charlene laughed: ‘Well then that’s why you lost’

Sue and Mike raced to beat Matt and Charlene, but ultimately he won.

Sue yelled: ‘Oh, b*****x! Furious.’

Matt said: ‘Obviously, it’s a great honour and privilege to be camp leader. I want to thank everybody who voted for me.’

Charlene said: ‘Does this win feel sweet, especially after you lost to Boris? Do you feel like you have been vindicated?’

Losers! Sue and Mike raced to beat Matt and Charlene, but ultimately he won

Camp leaders! Matt said: ‘Obviously, it’s a great honour and privilege to be camp leader. I want to thank everybody who voted for me’

Charlene said: ‘Does this win feel sweet, especially after you lost to Boris? Do you feel like you have been vindicated?’

Chores: The two new leaders chalked out some jobs for the campmates to take on

Matt replied: ‘This more than makes up for it.’

Charlene said: ‘I’m super, super proud of Matt for winning one leadership contest.’

Sue said: ‘We now have a dictatorship.’

Mike added: ‘But there’s always time for revolution.’

On Saturday viewers were left unimpressed after Matt was nominated to do his fifth consecutive Bushtucker Trial.

Miffed: On Saturday viewers were left unimpressed after Matt was nominated to do his fifth consecutive Bushtucker Trial

The politician came out on top of the public vote for the next challenge, which aired the following day.

After the news was delivered by hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, Matt’s campmate Babatunde Aleshe declared: ‘You are the man, you are the man! You’ve done four trials, you got stung by a scorpion and now you’ve got to do this trial!’, but the television audience was not as impressed.

Taking to Twitter to express their annoyance, one person wrote: ‘Why are people continuing to vote for Matt Hancock to do trials? He’s loving the attention. He should be in Britain doing the job he was elected to do. I’m A Celeb has now become the Matt Hancock show! Yuk! 

‘ImACeleb it is about time people left Matt Hancock alone he has done four trials and still he is being picked on give it a rest,’ wrote someone else.

Showing some sympathy, another I’m A Celebrity fan wrote: ‘Starting to feel sorry now for @MattHancock yeah he has made some huge mistakes, but give the trials to someone else now. Let them have the pressure! #ImACeleb.’

Trial: The politician came out on top of the public vote for the next challenge

While another person posted: ‘Ok, so like the rest of the nation I wanted to see Matt Hancock scream and do the trials BUT now we know he is doing ok STOP giving him the air time he wants! STOP voting for him now! And give him something he doesn’t want! Less air time!’

Someone else shared: ‘Funny how we moan about it but I bet half of you ain’t voting for someone different, I agree it’s boring watching him do every trial because ultimately he smashes them! It’s not the fault of I’m A Celeb, it’s us, if everyone moaning voted someone different we might see someone new.’

‘Seriously peeps this is getting boring now. Pick someone else to do the trials, let some of the moaners have a go and see how far they get,’ wrote another viewer.

Unimpressed: Many viewers of the show took to Twitter to express their annoyance at Matt doing another trial

Another person tweeted: ‘Put someone else in a trial getting boring now Matt will do great in all of them the rest are just sat doing nothing.’

While someone else wrote: ‘British Public – he will do any trial thrown at him as he wants redemption. Stop voting for him!’

‘This is getting boring now Matt Hancock is good at the trials. He isn’t entertainment! #imaceleb,’ posted another viewer.

While someone else wrote: ‘#ImACeleb getting a bit boring having Matt Hancock do all the trials. All these other celebs are getting a free ride. Make @ChrisMoyles do one!’ 

Watch the next live episode of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! on Sunday at 9pm on ITV and ITV Hub. 

Game: Earlier in the show, Matt teamed up with Hollyoaks star Owen Warner to compete in a version of ITV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire titled Who Wants to Look Silly On Air?