ITV I'm A Celebrity fans fume as they vow to switch off after 'boring' scenes

I'm A Celebrity viewers expressed their exasperation and threatened to turn off their TVs on Sunday evening.

In the latest instalment, hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly delivered a roundup of the past 24 hours in camp, featuring Dean and Coleen embarking on the most recent trial. Fans also witnessed the Deals on Wheels challenge make a comeback, and were privy to Coleen discussing her and Wayne Rooney's unexpected encounter with Donald Trump.

However, discontent arose among the audience when it was announced that Dean faced yet another trial. When Ant and Dec entered the campsite to disclose the next participant for the impending challenge, it came as little surprise that Dean was selected once more.

Disgruntled I'm A Celeb devotees took to social media to air their grievances, with one vexed fan posting: "At which point do the producers stop someone getting voted from doing trials every day in a row like this can't last until the end ... #ImACeleb," while another added impatiently: "FFS STOP VOTING FOR DEAN ITS GETTING BORING NOW! #ImACeleb."

Another questioned: "Do you think if we all just stop watching Dean one night, that they'll finally get the point? #ImACeleb," whilst one wrote: "So bored of Dean doing the trials and getting all the camera time now.. he's not entertaining #ImACeleb."

One penned: "Show to be renamed to 'Dean is a celeb get everyone else out of here' #imaceleb," followed by another who pondered, "Is this a fix because it gets a reaction on social media? Really beyond boring. Such a great cast, and all we see is Dean. What a shame."

Earlier in the evening, Coleen and Dean faced the daunting Absolute Carnage trial, wherein Coleen was in the car's boot amidst all the stars, tasked with utilising the tools - housed in the vehicle's front - to unlock varied fastenings.

Whilst trapped in her compartment alongside cockroaches, crickets, giant mealworms, and rodents, Dean contended with being drenched in fish guts as he rummaged for the necessary implements to assist Coleen.

They were given a 12-minute timeframe to secure as many stars as possible and they triumphantly accrued nine stars for their campmates. Reflecting on the trial, Ant and Dec remarked to Coleen, "You were very calm, very quiet, you just got on with it."

To this Coleen responded: "Yeah that is my way of coping, silence, the silent treatment," and Dean added his newfound resolve, having seemingly conquered his aversion to fish guts which had previously led him to withdraw from a trial when fish guts were dumped on his head.

*I'm A Celebrity airs every day at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.