I’m A Celebrity: Sir Mo Farah and AJ Pritchard are the latest stars evicted from the castle

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Sir Mo Farah and AJ Pritchard were the latest stars evicted from I’m A Celebrity on Wednesday night. 

The Olympian, 37, and the former Strictly dancer, 26, were given the boot after 18 days at Wales’ Gwrych Castle, with AJ bowing out of the competition in seventh place, while Mo placed sixth. 

The remaining four celebrities- Giovanna Fletcher, 35, Jordan North, 30, Vernon Kay, 46, and Shane Richie, 56,- are now battling it out for a place in Friday’s finale.

AJ told hosts Declan Donnelly and Ant McPartlin: ‘It feels like a celebration coming out of there. We’ve made friends for life definitely.’ 

The ballroom pro continued: ‘I’ve made so many memories in such a short space of time. I thought I was going to be sick on the helicopter on day one. You don’t know what to expect, you watch the show as a super fan, but this has been so much better.’

AJ was quizzed on his clash with Shane, which happened when the dancer was unimpressed by the actor’s cleaning efforts. ‘If you’re going to do a job do it properly, you know, come on,’ said AJ, with Ant told him he was on his side. 

When asked by Dec if it was frustrating when people didn’t pull their weight, AJ replied: ‘Maybe… I’m not going to lie. I think if you’re going to do your job do it properly, it’s much better between everyone else. 

‘The thing is to resolve problems and not let them fester. Shane was really ill at times, you have highs and lows.

‘Everybody was positive. It was rewarding.’

Ant and Dec then went on to talk to Mo about his experience on the show. During the eviction interview, the athlete spoke of why he took part in I’m A Celebrity: ‘Part of me was like “can I challenge myself?”, he said.

‘All I wanted to know is “can I go in and challenge myself?” I mean I know I can run. It’s been an amazing journey, I wouldn’t change one thing.

‘I let go and was myself. It’s amazing. The challenges were brutal. It was hard but you wanted to challenge yourself.’

When asked about who they wanted to win, both said they wanted Giovanna to be crowned Queen of the Castle. 

‘She’s so positive, she does so much for so many people. She picked me up when I was down’, said AJ.  

Their departure comes after viewers watched the duo earn a meagre three stars during the Game Of Groans trial.

Mo and AJ were tasked with remembering symbols on shields, which they had to do while covered in bugs and spun around for 60 seconds.   

The pair had three rounds, with two stars up for grabs in each round.  The pair told Ant and Dec that AJ would focus on the top two lines, while Mo was in charge of remembering the bottom two. 

However as the dias started spinning, the duo were covered in cockroaches, crickets, mealworms and maggots causing them to get distracted.

They failed to win any points in the first round but  during the next round, they both got the questions correct so won two stars.

After the shields moved around again, Mo got his wrong symbol wrong but AJ was right meaning they won another star, getting total of three overall.  

Viewers also watched Giovanna finally receive a sweet message from her husband Tom and their children, as well as Jordan and AJ.  

The author who previously missed out on a letter from home, was overjoyed as she got the message from Tom, along with some chocolate hobknobs. 

AJ and Jessica Plummer, who left the castle on Tuesday night, earned the notes by taking part in the Castle Coin Challenge, which saw them transfer food from bucket to bucket for Humphrey the horse. 

The duo transported food into Humphrey’s starter main and dessert pails, but as the buckets were tied on chains they had to throw the food from one to the other.  

While it was not an easy task, and the pair accidentally covered each other in some of Humphrey’s food, they did succeed, with AJ helping to finish the task by carrying the final molasses in his wellington boot.

After winning the bag of coins from Humphrey’s mouth they were offered to either take the remaining treats from home for AJ, Giovanna and Jordan, or a fruit platter, and Jessica chose the former.

Also in the episode, Jordan was feeling the repercussions of their boozy karaoke session during a ‘pub grub’ at The Castle Inn. 

The DJ joked he felt ‘fuzzy’ and needed aspirin after downing two pints of Guinness as he and his campmates took part in hide and seek.  

Following their fun-filled evening, the BBC Radio 1 star said in the Telegraph: ‘I think I might be hungover, I think I need some aspirin.’

The media personality suggested they played the classic game once dancer AJ and actress Jessica Plummer participated in the Castle Coin challenge.

Jordan fronted the activity as the seeker, while Shane, Giovanna, Russell Watson, Sir Mo and Vernon hid in the Telegraph. 

The broadcaster struggled to find them as he searched around North Wales’ Gwrych Castle, before he finally entered the Telegraph – where he was shocked to see his pals. 

It later came as a surprise to Shane when Mo playfully teased him that he has a butler.

The EastEnders actor, 56, gasped in shock as Vernon joked: ‘When you become a Sir you get one of the Queen’s butlers.’  

The campmates were waiting for their dinner when presenter Vernon, 46, made reference to the long-distance runner’s living situation. 

‘You’ve got staff?!’, a surprised Shane asked, before the host joked: ‘Of course he has, he’s a Sir. When you become a Sir you get one of the Queen’s butlers.’

The soap star was left unconvinced as he replied: ‘Shut up, you don’t’, to which a cheeky Vernon added: ‘Ask Alan Sugar’.

When the comedian pointed out that the Apprentice boss, 73, is now a Lord, Mo quipped: ‘Well he’s probably get two [butlers].’  

Vernon then smiled and called Shane gullible and everyone laughed and cheered. 

Mo later got into character as EastEnders’ bad boy Phil Mitchell on I’m A Celebrity on Tuesday night for a reenactment with Shane aka Alfie Moon.

Shane taught Mo how to speak and walk like hardman Phil, before playing out a drama-filled scene.

Mo followed the soap star around the campfire as he perfected his walk and accent, yelling lines like, ‘Alfie, this is my manor!’

Jordan said: ‘He’s getting better’, while the others laughed. 

I’m A Celebrity continues for ITV weekdays at 9pm.