Brave I’m A Celebrity star Jane Moore praised by Ant and Dec after dramatic underwater Bushtucker Trial

I’M A Celebrity hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly said they were “remarkably proud” of The Sun’s Jane Moore after she took on a punishing Bushtucker Trial.

Our Jungle Jane, 62, was submerged in water with the likes of water dragons and toads during Tuesday night’s I’m a Celeb as she bravely battled Fright At The End of The Tunnel alongside Maura Higgins.

With 12 minutes to collect 12 stars, Jane swam through the water tunnels, while Maura was above ground finding secret code words.

The Loose Women presenter bravely took on the tough water element when her goggles steamed up.

She struggled to keep her head down underwater for the time needed to unlock the stars.

Meanwhile Maura had to move through the tunnels, searching through the sand on the floor of each part for hidden code words, while joined by a different guest in each, including toads, lizards, and her worst fear – spiders. 

In the end, Jane and Maura won 6 out of 12 stars for camp, and got praised by Ant and Dec who said: “That was a very, very tough Trial, so I think you did remarkably the pair of you, you should both be very proud.” 

On the way back to camp, an emotional Maura got teary over conquering her fears. 

She admitted she had felt Maura admitted: “I’m “petrified” about letting everyone down.

As a result of Jane and Maura winning six stars in Fright at the End of the Tunnel the campmates were treated to mud crabs for dinner. 

Camp chefs Oti Mabuse and Rev Richard Coles were having difficulty cracking the crabs once cooked.

Barry came to the rescue, using his boxing skills to crack open the shell on first attempt with a rock as the camp cheered on. 

Maura exclaimed: “Round one, knockout!” as she acted out her previous career path as ring girl – making the rest of camp howl with laughter.

Before Fright At The End of The Tunnel, Jane’s first trial – which aired on Monday – saw her stay strong and comfort her Loose Women co-star GK Barry.

The Fright Bus challenge was dropped on all the celebs as they finished eating their dinner around the camp fire.

Grace and Ellie – daughters of The Sun columnist and Loose Women star Jane – are urging readers to vote her in for the ITV reality series’ most gruesome challenges.

Ellie told us: “She’s here for the full experience – keep voting!”

She added: “She’ll be amazing at the trials.

“She would really appreciate any votes to do it, because I think, as I say, she’s here for the full experience.”

The pair insisted: “So keep voting, for sure!”