{"id":2384954,"date":"2026-04-22T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2384954"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:04:17","slug":"i-was-terrified-sinitta-opens-up-on-im-a-celebrity-experience-after-eviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-was-terrified-sinitta-opens-up-on-im-a-celebrity-experience-after-eviction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I was terrified\u2019: Sinitta opens up on I\u2019m A Celebrity experience after eviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/breakingNews1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Breaking News\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM cLEJmn\">For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM iTZFOX\">Sign up to our free breaking news emails<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM iGYpOF\">Sign up to our free breaking news emails<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/breakingNews1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Breaking News\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pop star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/im-a-celeb-gemma-collins-fight-sinitta-drama-b2954779.html\">Sinitta<\/a> has dramatically evicted herself from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/declan-donnelly-ashley-roberts-pussycat-dolls-im-a-celeb-b2963113.html\">I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 South Africa<\/a> following the earlier departure of Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>The 62-year-old, who was a contestant in 2011, made her exit during a bushtucker trial on Wednesday night\u2019s episode. <\/p>\n<p>She shouted: &#8220;I\u2019m a celebrity get me out of here,&#8221; immediately ending the challenge for all.<\/p>\n<p>Her Wednesday night departure comes days before the series finale. <\/p>\n<p>Olympian Sir Mo Farah, former football manager Harry Redknapp, ex-Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt, Waterloo Road actor Adam Thomas and actor and DJ Craig Charles remain as the five finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Ant and Dec, Sinitta said she entered the show with &#8220;bravado&#8221; and determination to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, I was terrified\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was kind of forcing myself to do it because I was tired of being scared because I\u2019ve been scared of stuff, all my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve learned that I\u2019m someone who has good game face.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 IvKgE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/04\/10\/9\/12\/Im-A-Celebs-Sinitta-lifts-lit-on-dreamy-relationship-with-Brad-Pitt.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/04\/10\/9\/12\/Im-A-Celebs-Sinitta-lifts-lit-on-dreamy-relationship-with-Brad-Pitt.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/04\/10\/9\/12\/Im-A-Celebs-Sinitta-lifts-lit-on-dreamy-relationship-with-Brad-Pitt.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sinitta described her experience as \u2018life-changing\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Sinitta described her experience as \u2018life-changing\u2019<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> (ITV)<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI put on this thing but I really am a strong person. I\u2019m a calm person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later posted on her Instagram describing her time in South Africa as \u201clife changing\u201d and that she will cherish the memories forever.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts was evicted from I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 South Africa earlier on in the episode.<\/p>\n<p>The American singer, who lasted 12 days in the camp after previously coming runner-up in the 2012 series in Australia, was evicted after being the slowest to complete a puzzle during a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was \u201cgutted\u201d to not make it to the final and told Ant and Dec that she found the all-star series \u201creally tough\u201d compared with her first stint on the show.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThe challenges and trials were really tough. It wasn\u2019t just one eyeball, it wasn\u2019t just one smoothie. I mean, Craig (Charles) did 30 something shots of blood and guts and brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of myself. I faced some of my fears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about her fellow campmates she added: \u201cI loved them all. Everybody had their own magic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel really lucky being through this crazy experience with the group that I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer said she hopes Sir Mo will be crowned king during the highly anticipated finale on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 South Africa airs on weeknights at 9pm on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Pop star Sinitta has dramatically evicted herself from I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 South Africa following the earlier departure of Pussycat Doll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1957370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2384954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-watch-Taylor-Swifts-first-appearance-on-the-Kelces.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384955,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384954\/revisions\/2384955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}