Ryder and Solomon battle for jungle crown

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and former 'X Factor' contestant Stacey Solomon will go head to head in the final of 'I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!' tonight as the public decides who will be crowned king or queen of the jungle.

Mother-of-one Solomon, 21, is the bookmakers’ favourite to scoop the 2010 title after winning over fellow campmates and the public with her happy-go-lucky personality.

The pair made it to the final of the competition last night after comic Jenny Eclair was given her marching orders after enduring 16 days in the jungle.

Eclair, 50, said she was “relieved and pleased” to be heading home.

As she left the camp, she gushed “Oh thank you, thank you so much”, telling the two remaining campmates she was “so pleased” they had made it to the final.

The comedienne, who was a late entry into the camp with Dom Joly, also warned hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: “I stink.”

She added: “I’ve gone feral, I really have.

“I’m hugely relieved, you know I didn’t have another day in me.

“I’m shocked to pieces, I’d have put money on me coming about 10th.”

The TV star joked that she had no time to prepare for the show, being drafted in as a last-minute arrival in the celebrity camp.

“I had no time to go to the gym, as you can tell,” she told Ant and Dec.

Eclair, who came third overall, added her voice to the host of jungle evictees who want former 'X Factor' contestant Solomon to win the show.

“Aggro (Santos) and Stacey are fabulous kids,” she said, adding “girls rule” when asked who should win.

She said her time in the jungle had been “extraordinary”.

“It has been mad, dangerous, stupid, filthy, awful – and then, quite good fun.”

Earlier in the show the comic ate crocodile anus and fermented duck egg as part of her final Bushtucker trial, saying the egg tasted “eggy and cheesy with a touch of ancient armpit”.

She told Ant and Dec: “Most of what you threw at me was kind of all right.

“There were some tedious times – the weather’s been awful.

“But I’m pleased I’ve done it.”

Eclair, who was awarded the prize for ’Worst Dressed Celebrity’ in a mock ceremony held by the contestants, said the hardest thing about being in the jungle was only having three pairs of pants, one of which was “savaged” during her time there.

Bookmakers William Hill is offering odds of 1/12 on Solomon taking the jungle title, with former hellraiser Ryder an outside bet at 6/1.

The last episode in this series of 'I’m A Celebrity' will be shown today at 9.25pm on TV3..