Most gruesome Bushtucker trials in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here's history

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! is back and so is the show's infamous Bushtucker Trials.

The gnarly trials have been a staple of the reality show since it began in 2002, and although quite a few changes have been made to them over the years - including a ban on celebrities eating live bugs and insects, and limiting how many trials a campmate can do in a row - they still make for absolute TV gold.

There probably wouldn't be enough time in the day to go through all of the skin-crawling trials celebs have endured over the last two decades, so here at LADbible, we've compiled the most gruesome Bushtucker Trials in I'm A Celeb history.

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Warning: This is not for the faint of heart...

Paul Burrell endures creepy crawlies on his arm - 2004

In the 'Bushtucker Bonanza' trial, the former butler of Princess Diana had to rummage for stars in pitch-black, critter-filled chambers, which consisted of green ants, huntsman spiders, cockroaches, and snakes.

As nauseating as it was for Paul, it was also a hilarious moment thanks to his screaming - something hosts Ant and Dec struggled to keep their composure over.

Shaun Ryder gets bitten by a snake - 2010

The Happy Mondays legend came head to head with an Australian carpet python when he was putting his hands in boxes in search of stars.

The snake had already bitten politician Lembit Opik earlier in the trial, meaning it was likely very agitated when Shaun came along for his turn.

The Mancunian dealt with the painful experience surprisingly well, bar a couple of very strong swear words, and he was swiftly treated by medics who were able to prise his hand from the snake's jaws.

Carl Fogarty drinks a pint of deer's blood - 2014

As part of the 'Vile Vineyards' challenge in season 14 of I'm A Celeb, the former motorbike racer was tasked with downing a blended cocktail of deer's blood, liver and kidney.

Foggy - the season's winner - took it on like an absolute champion though, and managed to neck the whole thing... but not in one go, understandably.

Fatima Whitbread gets a cockroach up her nose - 2014

Only an Olympic gold-medalist could deal with this one...

The retired javelin thrower had her head in a bowl filled with hundreds of cockroaches when one of them crawled up her nose... and then got stuck. Yep, it's literally anyone's worst nightmare.

But thankfully, Fatima kept her cool and, with the help of medic Bob, she was able to flush it out with water and some serious blowing of her nose.

Ferne McCann eats a live spider - 2015

This will probably go down as one of the most stomach-churning eating trials in I'm A Celeb history, as the TOWIE star had to eat a live waterspider.

After being told to spin the glass to make the spider feel dizzy, Ferne was (somehow) able to get it in her mouth and eat it alive... which still makes for an incredibly hard watch 11 years on.

Charlie Brooks eats a witchetty grub - 2016

Just three years before the ban on eating live insects and bugs was put in place, the Eastenders actor had to eat a live witchetty grub.

Eating this form of larvae alive was a very common part of the eating trials in I'm A Celeb, and their size is definitely what makes it so skin-crawling.

After a lot of hyping up, Charlie was able to eat the grub by biting its head off and chewing the rest of the body. Simply sickening!

Adam Thomas holds a live spider in his mouth - 2016

Even though the Waterloo Road star didn't have to eat this one, it was still a skin-crawling watch from our sofas back home.

This was a particularly difficult trial for Adam, who made his phobia of spiders very well known during the 16th season. But nonetheless, he did his campmates proud and managed to pull off the trial by holding the giant spider in his mouth - with its legs sticking out - winning those much-needed stars.

Iain Lee drinks blended cockroaches - 2017

Yep, another food challenge, and poor Iain Lee had to drink a smoothie made up of cockroaches, mealworms, crickets and beach worms.

The TV host was able to get it all down, and even put the empty pint glass on his head for good measure.