The Coronation Street icon made a big impression on the ITV reality show
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I’m A Celebrity South Africa fans branded Beverley Callard their ‘winner’ as a potential feud emerged between the Coronation Street legend and one of her new campmates.
The Liz McDonald actress initially appeared on the Ant and Dec ITV reality in 2020, when the show relocated to a Welsh castle due to the Covid pandemic. She was the fourth celebrity eliminated in the series which was won by Giovanna Fletcher.
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Viewers are finally getting to see how Beverley fares in the jungle, with the 69-year-old among the stars featured in the return of I’m A Celebrity South Africa on Monday night (April 6). The All Stars series was recorded prior to her telling fans she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.
Early on in the episode, Beverley was paired with Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas for a challenge titled Tipped Over The Edge They were strapped back to back and had to collect puzzle pieces from the ledge to build a star.
Going up against Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts and Olympian Sir Mo Farah, the team who completed the star in the fastest time would be the winners. With the cliff’s ledge tipping like a see-saw the closer they got to it, they would be sent over the edge hurtling into the drop below if they went too far too soon.
Adam and Beverly proved to be a good team as they made light work of collecting the puzzle pieces. However, disaster struck towards the end of the challenge when not only did they fall off the ledge when trying to get the last piece, but that some of the ones they had collected fell with them.
Despite still having time to finish the challenge, it took Adam a staggering ten minutes to figure out where to place the jigsaw pieces and led to him and Beverley losing the challenge. After this the stars met boxer David Haye and Gogglebox’s Scarlett Moffatt outside two remote lodges.
With David eventually finding the right key hidden among 50 wrong ones, he said that Beverley should be sent to Savannah Scrub, a camp with basic rations, instead of Scarlett. “It’s survival, we’ve got to eat,” he said.
While she insisted there was ‘no hard feelings’, Beverley replied: “David you are going to pay for that decision… up yours.”
Those watching the episode at home rushed to X, previously known as Twitter, to express why they think Beverley was hard done by and why she may just end up winning the series.
@fansvfavourites said: “oh beverley! this is what all stars is all about! our winner #ImACeleb.” @lmfaoitsjoeyy added: “i won’t accept ANYONE coming for my bev callard #ImACeleb.”
@RyanSoapKing25 wrote: “Poor Bev being sent to be bad camp #ImaCeleb.” @FattyFudge4 posted: “Bev ROBBED being sent away #ImACeleb.”
@RyanJL commented: “Love that Bev Callard is getting this experience after missing out on Australia for her series #ImACeleb.” @ThornhillNina stated: “Loving Bev #ImACeleb.”
