I’m A Celebrity contestants Lucy Benjamin, Colin McAllister and Sabrina Washington were not happy bunnies on tonight’s show once they realised that they had to complete a tandem jump. With their next stop coming into view it was Lucy who quickly realised that they will be jumping out of a plane. Having revealed a fear of heights early on Sabrina screamed; “Oh God no we can’t jump out of a plane!”

As they left the helicopter, fear began to creep into all three celebrities when they were informed that they would be jumping out of the plane at 12 000 feet.

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Actress Lucy Benjamin is worried about her hair going wild as she prepares to embark on her jungle adventure.

The mum-of-one said she is so concerned about the state of her frizzy hair if she doesn’t have any conditioner she might have to resort to rubbing leaves into it.

But the main thing that worries Lucy about going into the jungle is missing her daughter Bessie’s fourth birthday.

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The X Factor show has just ended with Lucy Benjamin belting out the classic hit ‘Last Dance’, deliriously happy to have been crowned the winner of the X Factor – Battle Of the Stars.

Matt Stevens narrowly missed out on winning by only a few percent, and actually looked quite upset to have lost.

I am a bit surprised by how seriously some of the celebrities took the competition. It was never a real singing competiion, due to the fact that most of them (no matter how entertaining) couldn’t actually sing.

All the celebrities have careers already established, and somehow I can’t see Matt Stevens or Paul Rankin quitting their day jobs to become a full time pop singer.

All the celebrities that is, except for the detestable Rebecca Loos and almost as horrid James Hewitt. I hope they disappear into the abyss of has-beens and never grace our television screens ever, ever, ever agin!

I think that if Chris Moyles couldn’t win then Lucy was the next best thing, and to be honest it was nice to see a woman winning for a change. Maybe it’s a sign of things to come for the next series proper!

The X Factor – Battle of the Stars have launched their new website in the run up to the launch of the show this weekend.

Although some of the celebrity’s identities have not been officially revealed, celebritie’s that have confirmed they will be taking part are Michelle Marsh, Lucy Benjamin, Gillian McKeith, Chris Moyles, Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee.

To see the celebrity blogs, and competition details visit the all new X Factor site here!

Wikipedia reports

Lucy Benjamin (born 25 June 1970) is a British actress.

Born Lucy Jane Baker in Reading, Berkshire, England, she took the stage name of Benjamin after her brother. Her first acting role was as a child actor in Doctor Who in 1983. In 1989 she starred in the children’s television programme Press Gang, where she played ‘Julie Craig’ until 1993. In 1995 she appeared in the Rik Mayall comedy Bottom. However she is probably best known for her role as Lisa Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders which she played from 1998-2003.

During her time on EastEnders she was involved in one of the soap’s most renown and highly anticipated storylines, known as Who shot Phil? (2001). The storyline centred around the shooting of her on-screen lover Phil Mitchell and who, out of the many potential candidates, actually performed the dastardly deed. Several suspects ermerged and the audience was kept in the dark as to who the actual murderer was for many weeks. Lucy’s character was eventually unveiled as the shooter. However, despite her heavy involvement in the memorable plot, Lucy was asked to leave the soap in 2002 as producers felt her character had run its course and there was no story options left for her at present. She was asked back for a short period in 2003 however, to help with the oncoming exit of Steve McFadden, who was taking a hiatus from the hit soap.

Lucy’s offscreen relationship with EastEnders co-star Steve McFadden was much publicised in the British tabloid press during her time on the show. The relationship allegedly ended after McFadden was caught cheating on her with an ex-lover and the pair split in 2003.

Since leaving Eastenders Lucy has appeared in the BBC television programme ‘The Afternoon Play’, and the BBC hospital drama Casualty.

In April 2006 it was reported in The Daily Mirror that Lucy is in talks with EastEnders about reprising the role of Lisa Fowler, but it has yet to be confirmed by the BBC.