I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-Willie says farewell

Willie Carson failed to make the semi-final of I’m a Celeb as he was voted out of the jungle last night, leaving Anthony Cotton, Mark Wright, Dougie Poynter and Fatima Whitbread in the final four to battle it out tonight as two celebs will leave.

Willie said his goodbyes to the camp before being interviewed by Ant and Dec who told him the Willie Wiggle has become infamous.

Also on last night’s show

• Anthony and Fatima did a trial together. Fatima was blindfolded and sat in a booth where there were controls to enable Anthony to collect stars from a swing metres above the ground. Fatima also had to contend with creepy crawlies in the booth with her.The pair came back with just three stars after Anthony failed on several times to pick up the stars after being dropped onto them.
• The camp mates competed in an estimation quiz to win the chance to speak to loved ones via video phone. All was going swimmingly until Mark realised he could see the answers on the question sheet and asked I’m a Celeb producers to re-start the game after worrying Anthony, who was reading out the questions, was cheating. However, after re-starting the game with new questions, Anthony still won.
• The celebs were tasked with filming a jungle soap opera. Mark played the innocent husband whose wife (Fatima) cheats on him with his best mate (Dougie). Willie played the Fatima’s father. Anthony produced, directed and filmed the scenes, ordering his team mates around.

I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-Crissy leaves the jungle after meeting Peter Andre

Crissy left the jungle on I’m a Celeb last night, after receiving the least public votes to stay. Mark Wright joined Crissy in the bottom two, but the Only Way is Essex star won the right to stay in camp for another day, while Benidorm actor Crissy packed her bags.

The eviction followed a surprise visit from former I’m a Celeb camp mate, Peter Andre, after the celebs correctly guessed the title and or singer of a selection of songs.  Pete told the celebs about his romance with Katie Price (Jordan) in the jungle and how special the place is to him. All the while Crissy and Fatima, who adore the singer, swooned over him. Mark likened their behaviour to school girls with crushes, and even had to tell Crissy to calm down after she continued to chase Andre who agreed to give her his number to arrange for her to see one of his shows.

Pete’s challenge in the jungle was to help the celebs make up a song, which they entitled ‘Their last days’, with Dougie, whose birthday it was, on the guitar and the other camp mates singing and on percussion.

The evening ended with all the boys, apart from Mark, sharing a hot tub with Peter after they guessed correctly the most answers in a quiz. Pete said it was one of the best nights he had ever had as Willie did cannon balls in the hot tub.

Also on I’m a Celeb:

• Dougie did his first task after being spurred on by the camp mates to do something special on his birthday. The McFly singer sat on the hands of a life size clock which he had to move round to different points on the clock face to retrieve stars for camp. At each point there was a box containing critters and stars, which Dougie had to remove using his mouth.

I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-Jessica-Jane leaves camp

Jessica-Jane was voted out of the jungle in I’m a Celeb last night. The brunette was in the bottom two with Prince Willie.

Jessica-Jane said she was looking forward to seeing her fiancee and eating chocolate brownies on her escape from the jungle.

Also, on last night’s show:

• Anthony went AWOL after the roles in camp for the Prince and Princess task were swapped again, leaving him to watch Mark cook dinner. Anthony also refused to do the second part of the sabotage mission with Dougie and disappeared to the Bush Telegraph to be alone.
• Anthony and Dougie’s sabotage mission this time was to hide the camp mates' towels, make all the clean clothes dirty and get the washer woman to clean them again. Anthony eventually agreed to take part and claimed he had fell over and knocked the clean clothes onto the ground. Meanwhile, Dougie hid the towels on top of the Bush Telegraph.
• Willie made Crissy princess after Lorraine was evicted from the jungle the previous evening.
• Dougie was put into the stocks after the celebs received a note to tell them they continued to fail to keep to their own jobs and someone would be punished by going into the stocks. Dougie put himself forward for the job as much of the celebs’ error was down to him failing to do his job as woodsman properly.
• Mark did a Bushman trial and won the maximum number of stars for camp. The physical task saw him operate wheels to move the stars hanging on wire to his reach. Each wheel was placed in a pit consisting of gunge or bog, which prevented Mark from leaping out to grab the stars. However, he persevered and won a banquet for the camp.
• Jessica-Jane and Emily did the celeb chest. After Emily fell from a wooden horse suspended in the air and dropped the flags she worked hard to retrieve, Jessica-Jane attempted to guess the answer to the clue and code to take the chest to camp. Her guess was right, however the celebs in camp got the answer to who is the most popular royal wrong and forfeited their reward for water pistols.

I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-Pat and Lorraine leave the jungle

Not one, but two people left the jungle on last night’s I’m a Celebrity. Pat was the first to leave after loosing in a task to Olympian Fatima, where the two faced spiders, meal worms, snakes and cockroaches in a trial which saw them put their head in a bowl filled with critters.

Despite getting a cockroach stuck up her nose, Fatima still won the trial after a tie breaker led to the celebs having to battle it out to find three stars in a tank of goo using just their mouths. Fatima left Pat standing after finding the three stars in record timing, while Pat struggled to find even one.

Pat’s eviction followed a day of being a skivvy for Prince Willie and Princess Lorraine. His jobs included getting the bed ready for the Prince and Princess and her beloved Tedward, who Pat had threatened to burn at the stake a week before.

Following Pat was Lorraine who left after getting the least public votes to stay in the jungle.

Also on last night’s episode:

• Prince Willie and Princess Lorraine switched the roles of the celebs around. Tony, who previously was the chef of the camp, was made jester. However, after refusing to take on the role, he was given the job of housekeeper instead of Mark. Fatima was made chef and cooked up a gourmet meal of duck and aubergine, which received praise from all the camp mates apart from Tony who criticised the way Fatima cooked the meal and claimed that he had created meals from much trickier ingredients.

I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-Pat Sharp takes joke too far

Pat Sharp's true colours were revealed on I'm a Celebrity..... last night, as the former children's TV presenter and radio DJ, bitched behind the back of his fellow contestants, with half of them, the orange team (Lorrain Chase, Stephanie Powers, Anthony Cotton, Fatima, Willie) spending the night in the Sin Bin, after loosing the Beat the Bugs-Head Spin, immunity challenge to the blue team.

Mr Sharp told his fellow blue team mates, Mark Wright, Jessica-Jane, Emily,  Dougie and Crissy, that he believes Sinitta is playing a very clever game, as someone that head strong couldn't possibly be that terrified of everything, and that Lorraine is far too nice and her teddy bear Tedwood should be burnt at the stake.

Knowing how much Tedwood means to Lorraine, Pat's team mates told him enough is enough, however he continued with his bitching until Lorraine told him to sod off and revealed that from now on Tedwood will stay in her bag.

However, Pat got his comeuppance as the public voted for him to do the next task-Head Spin, but was it just a clever plan devised by Sharp all along?

I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here-The two teams become one

The camps combined on last night's show, with Snake Rock joining Croc Creek to form one team. While Snake Rock were sad to break-up their little 'family', celebs at Croc Creek were looking forward to the move and enjoying new conversations.

Mark seemed particularly pleased that Jessica-Jane, who he beat in the celeb chest challenge, where they had to fill waders with water, would be joining the group, and even Stephanie Powers seemed content to be sous chef to Anthony Cotton, after he told her he prepared three different meals a day from just rice and beans.

The coming together of the camps followed the arrival of two new celebs-Sinitta and Pat Sharp, who endured a night in a cave full of cockroaches to win their team mates their luxury items-including Lorraine Chase's teddy bear, and Dougie's girlfriend's hairband sprayed with her perfume. Sinitta's time in the cave, screaming and standing frozen to a spot, also won her the public vote to compete in tonight's trial Cable Car Tastrophe.

The announcement of the camps merging also came after Fatima, formerly of Croc Creek, beat Dougie, former Snake Rock member, at the Rat Run trial, which saw the pair scramble on their hands and knees around a maze with cockroaches, a lizard and rats, to find five stars. Dougie said he had been dreading having to go up against the Olympic athlete.

I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-Freedy rushed to hospital after winning trial

Freddie Starr was taken to hospital on last night’s show. The comedian suffered an allergic reaction after the Greasy Spoon eating trial, in which he competed against TOWIE’s Mark Wright.

The competitive celebs were give five courses to eat. The first a fermented egg and soldiers, ‘Bubble n Squeak’-critters, cheese fruit and mice tails, the third-a ‘bacon butty’-made from pig’s anus, followed by ‘grilled tomato’-camel’s toe, and turkey testicles in slime.

After loosing the last task for his team Snake Rock, Freddie gulped down the courses-telling Ant and Dec that the food didn’t bother him and he only has one taste bud that doesn’t work anyway? Mark, on the other hand, passed on two of his courses and gagged his way through the other dishes. To make it harder for the Essex star, Freddie acted out being sick and wound him up throughout the trial

‘No human should be able to eat that’, said Mark, claiming that it looked like Freddie was eating fish and chips, rather than jungle bugs.

Freddie won his team a meal of possum and vegetables, while he was checked into hospital.

It continued to be a winning day for Snake Rock as they took away the celebrity chest, thanks to Jessica-Jane, who beat Anthony Cotton of Croc Creek in a task that saw them push an egg out of a material snake in water wrapped around beams.

Snake Rock answered the chest questioned right to win cheese and biscuits.

Wed night, Stephanie Powers (Snake Rock) and Mark Wright (Croc Creek) will battle it out against each other in trail Creepy Crypt.

Two new celebs are also joining the contestants, singer Sunita and children’s TV presenter Pat Sharpe.

I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here-the celebs arrive in camp

 The celebs were dropped into the jungle last night in the first of the new series of I’m, a Celebrity Get me out of Here.

They were split into two teams of five. One team-Mark Wright, Anthony Cotton, Crissy Rock, Fatima Whitbread and Lorraine Chase, were tasked with doing a parachute jump into camp, while the other team-Stephanie Powers, Dougie Ponyter, Willie Carson, Jessica-Jane Clement, later joined by Freddie Starr, canoed their way into the jungle.

Crissy Rock, who took out her false teeth to do the jump changed her mind at the last minute after seeing her fellow celebs do the tandem skydive-including sixty-year-old Lorraine Chase and soap star Anthony Cotton, who is terrified of flying.

On arrival, the teams were joined by Freddie Starr, before set a trial to decide on who would get the luxury camp.

For the task, the teams, on either side of each other, were hoisted above the ground on ‘weighing scales.’ Each celeb had in front of them a box with nasties and stars. The team to remove the stars with their mouths one at a time in consecutive order the quickest would win.

Before Freddie could get his second star, the whole of the yellow team had retrieved their stars.

The winning team (Mark Wright, Fatima Whitbread, Lorraine Chase, Anthony Cotton, Crissy Rock) were sent to luxury camp Croc Creek where they enjoyed a ice meal. The loosing team went to basic Snake Rock to eat rice and beans after being dunked into a vat of fish guts.

At Snake Rock, Freddie admitted how guilty he felt about loosing the task to his disgruntled team mates, who said to forget about it and get on with things.

On tonight’s episode Mark Wright of Croc Creek will compete against Freddie Starr, Snake Rock, in Greasy Spoon, an eating trial. Will Freddie turn it around and beat competitive Mr Wright?

The Only Way is Essex-Lauren G gets her claws into Mark and Sam

What started as an apology from Mark to Lauren turned into a cat fight between her and Sam.

At Chloe’s 30^th wedding themed part, Mark went over to ‘bridemaid’ Lauren and told her he was sorry she saw him and kissing at the Halloween party. He went on to sat that she can’t say she’s over him and then claim he’s out of order for kissing someone else.

‘Nine months ago you cried and said you wanted to marry me and like that you went off me’, questioned Lauren.

Mark told her it had nothing to do with her anymore.

‘Shut your fucking mouth and listen to me’, said Lauren. ‘Stop shagging about and get over yourself.

‘I forgive you and want to forget you. Get on with it. Get away from me. Never ring me again.’

As Mark walked away Lauren announced to the party her ex was a mug and desperate before turning to Sam and calling her desperate too.

But Sam added fuel to the fire by telling her she was embarrassing herself.

‘Fuck off. You’re meant to be my friend’, said Lauren.

‘Friend?’, questioned Sam.

Earlier Lauren G had told Lauren P and Gemma that Sam has jumped into her grave and is Mark’s sloppy seconds.

The Only Way is Essex-Lauren G gets a fright as she sees Mark and Sam kiss

Bet Lauren wished she’d never spied on Mark and Sam at the Halloween party on last night’s episode, after seeing the pair share their first passionate kiss.

Lauren G and room mate Lauren P hid behind the bushes to hear Mark and Sam reveal their love for each other.

A crushed Lauren G said she wished she had never met Mark as he’s only created grief in her life.

‘I can’t believe I was with him two months ago and engaged. I looked at him like family.’

Lauren Pope tried to turn a negative into a positive situation by telling her best mate that seeing the pair together would help here get over Mark,

‘They (Sam and Mark) don’t care. I feel devastated’, said Lauren G.

But perhaps she should have thought about that when she laughed at Mark at the start of the party and told him he’s a bit of a joke and she can’t take him seriously anymore.

Also at the party, Mark had a one to one with Joey when he told him he didn’t think he needed to inform him about seeing Sam. He went on to say that it wasn’t like that at first and he wanted to make sure he wasn’t upset. However, in a shock move, Joey told him it is ok and he is over Sam?

The Only Way is Essex-Sam gets the Wright approval

Sam was welcomed into the Wright family on last night’s episode as Mark’s mum Carol in invited her to dinner.

However, while out buying the ingredients for the dinner, Carol bumped into Mark’s ex Lauren at the supermarket. To make things more awkward, she revealed to Lauren that she was cooking a big dinner for Sam with the family. ‘Their dating, their just friends’, she insisted. ‘She’s requested shepherd’s pie.’

‘She’s taking my space’, joked Lauren. ‘You gave enough over the years’, replied Carol. Lauren suggested that if there were any left-overs she would come round the following day to polish them off.

But despite the light-hearted conversation, Lauren was more upset than she let on to Carol, telling friends Lauren P and Gemma that she was hurt as Carol had been more of a mum to her than her own mum. Gemma told her that from Carol’s point of view if Sam makes Mark happy then she will cook her shepherd’s pie.

At the Eright family meal, which Mark confirmed to Sam was a date, he said he wished ‘courting’ was like how it was in the old days as Nanny Pat told them what it was like when she was young. Mark said he felt girls were too ‘loose’ now and he wanted to go back to when couples just held hands. He went on to say that it’s terrible how many girls throw themselves at him and he says no everytime to them-as if?!

Mr Wright also revealed that he felt him and Sam were more than friends.

‘What is it you and me?’ he said to Sam. ‘When I left your house (after skiing) I was like fuck-how do I feel about her, maybe I’m falling for her? I don’t want to be in a serious relationship, but I don’t want you seeing other people and I won’t either. I think we’re more than friends?’ ‘Yes we are’, said Sam.

Also on TOWIE

• Arg considered getting his teeth whitened for Lydia and to look sexy and feel more confident as a singer. He told his dentist at a consultation he wanted a white shade between Hollywood and Brentwood.
• Mark visited Sam and sister Billie after they were attacked in a nightclub. Mark told Sam she was still beautiful even with two black eyes. He also admitted he got nervous around her.
• Harry asked Chloe for relationship advice with his potential new boyfriend who is part German.
• At a salsa class some of the group went to, Gemma told Arg, who was her dancing partner, that if Lydia ever broke up with him to come to her.
• Joey revealed that he likes Cara, however Kirk said he wasn’t interested in Cara, and Joey said he didn’t want to break up team Jerk but going on a date with just Cara.

The Only Way is Essex-Mark's family welcome Sam while lauren G feels rejected

Mark’s mum Carol gave Sam her approval for dating her son on last night’s The Only Way is Essex as the gang celebrated the launch of Lydia’s new store Bella Sorella.

Carol told Sam she’s glad Mark has found someone to have fun with and suggested hey try dating and see how what happens. She even invited the blonde store owner over for dinner.

Having overheard their conversation, Mark’s ex Lauren G, told new best mate Lauren P that in the 10 years she was with Mark she tried to make an effort with his family, and Carol has immediately invited Sam over for dinner.

An angry Lauren G confronted Sam about her and Mark and told her she was shocked about them going out together as she felt they (Sam and Lauren G) were friends. ‘What’s going on?’, said Lauren. ‘Nothing happened’, replied sam. ‘If it did I would want you to tell me’, said Lauren.

Mark echoed Sam’s comments after telling Arg that his and Sam’s relationship is ‘harmless’, they get on well and there is nothing there yet. However, his actions suggested otherwise with the flowers he sent to Sam’s home and the night out he planned for the two of them, preparing food in a restaurant’s kitchen , followed by a romantic meal. Only last week Mark told Sam if it was a date he would wine and dine her???

During the meal Mark told Sam that they were ‘friends with benefits’, and he had always had feelings for her and still does.

‘I’m not saying we’re friends and that’s it’, he said. ‘Something could happen.’

Then Mark asked Sam if she felt them same and if she gets nervous butterflies when she sees him. Sam said she did and Mark revealed that he feels ‘homely’ around her and she is basically the female version of her. He added, ‘It’s nice to go for dinner, who knows where it will take us?’

He ended the date by dropping Sam back at home and giving her a peck on the check which she reciprocated, although Mark clearly wanted more.

Also on last night’s TOWIE:

• Joey and Kirk took Cara and Billi on a date to Hollywood Bowl. Joey stole a kiss from Cara and a cheeky grope, while Kirk and Billi appeared awkward.
• Mario invited Lucy to an Italian meal to get to know his family. Mario also invited Lydia, Arg and Debbie, who is half Italian. Mario’s dad-Mario Senior, told Lucy an Italian wife must cook and clean for her husband and always be ready for him! At the meal Debbie also revealed she was disappointed when Lydia came home with James, but he’s grown on her. When Arg said that he makes Lydia happy, Debbie said that he just made Lydia upset and stressed.

The Only Way is Essex-Lydia threatens to call time on her and Arg's relationship

Lydia told Arg on last night's episode she's not being with someone like him before she ordered him out of her shop.

The argument started with Arg telling Lydia she is constantly digging at his best friend Mark, and calling her a bully. 'If you loved me like you say you do you would make an effort with Mark', said Arg.


Even Lydia's mum-Debbie, took James' side, telling Lydia she needs to lay off Mark and make a bit of an effort if she wants to be with Arg.

But the comment didn't sit with Lydia, who shouted at James asking him why he always pushes, before telling him to leave her shop.

Lucky she didn't know that James had turned down Mark's offer of them (Mark and Arg) having a break from each other, after Mark told him he thought Lydia was concerned that they spend too much time together.

'Not it's not just that', said Arg. 'She has to prove she loves me and give me respect.'

He added, 'Lydia is so brainwashed. She doesn't know what's going on behind closed doors', referring to the trouble between Lucy, Mario and Mark.

Afterwards when Lydia spoke to Lucy she told her she feels down and shit at the moment, what with James and her arguing over Mark.

'I'm frustrated. I need space at the moment', she told Lucy.

Also on last night's TOWIE:

• Mario told his sister Georgina that he 100 per cent trusts Lucy. He told his sister that it had been the hardest week of his life and that he wanted to trust his girlfriends but it is difficult with everyone else's opinions.
• After a visit from his mum, where Mark told her he missed female company but didn't want a girlfriend, Mark text someone to meet him outside the Sugar Hut, leaving viewers on a cliff hanger. Did he text and meet either Sam, Lucy or Lauren G?
• Kirk invited a girl-Billi, he met at the petrol station to the karaoke night he held at the Sugar Hut. Billi brought her friend Cara with her for Joey. Get in there team Jerk.
• Joey moved into his new home. A glorified pool house complete with pool.
• Gemma took Harry on a driving lesson.

The Only Way is Essex-Mark 'If I wanted Lucy I could have her'

Mark and Mario went head to head again on last night’s TOWIE, during Mark#s sister Jess’ underwear party for the launch of her new shop, for which Lucy was a model for.

The trouble started when Arg overheard Joey and Kirk, Mario’s friend, saying that Mario still has a grudge against Mr Wright. Sticking up for his best mate, Arg told Kirk and Joey that it was just ‘boy bitching’ and Mario is probably a but jealous?

When Arg relayed the information to Mark, Mr Wright took Mario aside to have a word. Mark told Mario he was annoyed for him to act as a bitch. Mario told him it was ‘boy banter’, Mark replied, ‘You don’t like me.’ ‘True’, said Mario.

‘We met once and had a chat and got on well. I didn’t bitch afterwards, but you did. That is disrespectful’, said Mark, who implied that if Mario trusted Lucy there wouldn’t be an issue.

‘I don’t trust you’, said Mario. ‘You’re getting it wrong. I didn’t like her at the time she cried over me. What I’m trying to say is if I wanted her (Lucy) I could have her’, boasted Mark.

However, it appears Lucy doesn’t feel the same about her ex as she told Lauren G, after apologising to her that they had both seen the light in regards to Mark, and that she is happy in her new relationship. Lucy admitted that the decisions she had made with Mark were disgusting and she had been dreading bumping into Lauren. Whereas Lauren said she had done her a favour as all Mark does is use people to hurt others.

The Only Way is Essex-Mick and Maria to marry?

Gemma’s wish to match-make the whole of Essex and rid the county of all singletons may be on the way to coming true, as lock and key couple (singles date night) Mick and Maria arranged to go for a drink on last night’s episode.

Mick asked Maria out on a date during Lauren Pope’s paintballing party, despite worries that it would cause trouble with his son Kirk, who in the past had a few run-ins with Maria over former girlfriend Lauren.

‘I think too much about Kirk. Kirk has to get over that stuff’, he said.

And wanting to clear the air herself, Maria decided to have a word with Kirk minus paintball guns. After telling him about the date with his dad, Kirk told her he thought it was weird as she is younger than his brother. However, Maria replied that she is older than him.

‘I prefer my dad to be with a woman with kids and life-experience’, admitted Kirk.

‘I’m just looking out for my dad. As long as you make him smile. I’m fed up with arguing.’

‘There might be a wedding’, said Maria. ‘Shut up’, replied Kirk.

But just as a potential relationship is starting, another may be coming to an end, as Mark gets involved in Lucy and new boyfriend Mario’s love life, even after agreeing to stay away from Lucy to Mario when they bumped into each other at the gym.

Mario told Mr Wright that he has given Lucy rules-not to speak to Mark or any of his family, and that he doesn’t have a problem with him.

‘I want you to respect the fact I’m with Lucy. I’m not going to lie, I asked her not to talk to you in a club.’

Mark replied, ‘You don’t need to feel threatened. You need to talk to her (Lucy) and get her not to talk to me. Anything you want to know ask me.’

However, Mark changed his tune after seeing Lucy in his flat modelling his sister Jess’ underwear ahead of the launch of her lingerie store.

‘You look smoking by the way’, said Mark as he stood in the doorway to his flat, while Lucy was mortified.

Perhaps Mark should take his dad’s advice, Mark senior, who for his first ever appearance on the show, told him he needed to ‘go out with the boys and see different girls-not from the same group.’

‘I’m sick of this, so is the whole family’, he told Mark Jr after he asked his dad whether he was handling the break-up in the right way.

His dad told him he had messed up Lauren’s life and now she has messed up his.

‘Make me proud’, he said.

Also on last night’s TOWIE

• Arg started his new job as a DJ on hospital radio, but he didn’t make a great impression after talking about the girls in Marbs. His boss told him that’s not what recovering 80-year-olds want to hear. He also said that Arg was more like Christopher Robin than Chris Moyles or Evans.
• Joey announced to his sister Frankie that he is ready to move out and get his own place. However when Frankie talked about what bills he would have to pay he was clueless, not even knowing you have to pay TV licence or for water.
• Sam and Joey agreed to meet up and talk to clear the air so it isn’t as awkward when they see each other out.

The Only Way is Essex-Mark gatecrashes a date and the reason why he and Lauren broke-up

 Feeling lonely with his takeaway pizza and night alone in front of the tele, a heartbroken Mr Wright decided to go and join his best mater Arg on a romantic date with girlfriend Lydia on last night’s episode. Clearly Mark hadn’t heard three’s a crowd, as he sat with the pair, who had been enjoying desert. While Arg chatter away to Mark, Lydia didn’t seem exactly thrilled by his presence and gave it to him straight about his failed relationship with Lauren, who at the time was at Gemma’s single event, a lock and key night.

However, Mark lost all sympathy when, earlier in the day, Lauren’s sister had a run in with Lucy, one of Mark’s exes, and implied she was responsible for Mark and Lauren’s break-up because of what happened in Marbella? Lauren’s sister thanked Lucy, who was out with boyfriend Mario, for getting Lauren away from Mark, but told her she owed her sister an apology. Lucy replied that she would never apologise to Lauren and from now on will keep her distance as they (Lucy and Lauren) can never be friends.

Also, on last night’s episode.

• Lydia, her mum Debbie and Joey, tried their hand at selling at a carboot sale only to fail and make a £6 profit. Not a great start ahead of opening a cake shop Lydia. At the car boot Lydia also found Joey a pair of vintage Levi’s, a size too small, which he later wore to the singles night only to be accused by a girl of touching his crotch every two seconds.
• Mark went to a yoga class full of women and nearly ended up breaking his 14 nights of celibacy.
• Harry dressed as cupid for the singles night. He revealed to his mate that his ideal man would be the total opposite of him, not blond, not orange, but have a nice tan, more fun than him and hunky.
• Gemma and Arg worked out with Dino, but were put to same by runner buddies and boyfriend and girlfriend Mario and Lucy.
• Arg revealed at dinner to Lydia that he wants a change of career, and thinks he would be good as a radio DJ.
• Dino and Georgio aren’t having much luck with the ladies, mainly due to being vertically challenged.
• Lauren Pope gained joint custody of her and Kirk’s dog Bozo, but Kirk wanted Lauren back.
• Kirk is to help his dad Mick with his new hotel.

The Only Way is Essex-Mark's off girls as new lads hit the scene

 It's been a long wait over the summer, but Towie is back, hurrah. Amy Childs may have left the show, but there are some new characters in Essex, male model twins Dino and Georgio and Maria’s boyfriend Mario, who didn’t leave much to the imagination, making their first appearances on last night’s show.

And they’re not the only changes, as last night ultimate player Mark Wright turned soppy following his break-up from fiancée Lauren weeks ago.

In a conversation with best mate Arg, Mark questioned him about where he had been and accused him of not being there for him like he was when he split with Lydia, who are now back together.

Arg said that he thinks he hasn’t got the right balance between him (Mark) and girlfriend Lydia as he either spends too much time with Mark and Lydia gets annoyed or vice versa.

Mark told Arg he’s devastated about the break-up and the fact he knows they will never get back together kills him.

‘I’m genuinely cut to pieces’, he said.

24 hours later and Mark tells his best mate he’s seen the light and will no longer listen to Lady in Red, but watch films like The Hangover. And in a shock move he pledged to 14 nights of celibacy.

Arg told him he wanted to support him, but didn’t think he would be able to do it, backed by Nanny Pat, who popped into Marks’ flat to collect his washing.

The real test came, not just for Mark, but Joey having split from Sam and Kirk, who ended things with Lauren Pope, at jess’ party when the guys bumped into their exes for the first time.

To make the situation more awkward, Mark approached Lauren, who was looking stunning, and told her it’s hard to forget the way I loved you.

‘You’re the most beautiful girl in the world’, he said. ‘I will love you for the rest of my life.’

Although earlier in the day, Lauren told her new roommate Lauren Pope that she is well rid of Mark, who was Mr Wrong not Mr Wright.

And Joey followed Mark’s lead at the party, arguing with ex Sam about why they split up, after telling new best mate Kirk he still fancies the shop owner.

So it seems that Mark and Joey are loosing their touch especially now the new models on the block have turned up and are impressing the ladies, not with their height or lack of but their Greek and Italian backgrounds.

However things are looking up for Arg, who is back with Lydia, who is opening a bakery, and even getting on with his future mother-in-law Debbie, who told him he is looking more and more like Dustin Hoffman everyday, referring to his weight loss of half a stone.

Car saleswoman Gemma is also doing well after loosing half her body weight and getting over Kirk’s dad Mick.

The Only Way is Essex cast go ghost-hunting

The stars of The Only Way is Essex are to take on their biggest challenge yet as presenter Yvette Fielding invites them to go ghost-hunting with her, could be a laugh?!

Yvette leads Joey Essex, Harry Derbridge, Amy Childs, Mark Wright, James 'Arg' Argent and Sam Faiers on a spooky tour of Coalhouse Fort, which is said to be the most haunted of all forts. The Victorian landmark overlooks the Thames in East Tilbury, near Thurrock in Essex.

The team start off keen and confident, but this quickly turns to fear and panic as strange things begin to happen, 'Shut up.'

Ghost-hunting with The Only Way is Essex-14 September @ 10pm on ITV.

The Only Way is Essex- Lauren proves she's no push over to Mark

Lauren shown who wears the trousers in her and Mark’s relationship as she turned up to Mark’s Phat pool party on last night’s episode, despite him telling her she couldn’t come.

Lauren made Mark’s party, which he threw to compete with Joey’s Ream party, memorable for all the wrong reasons  by throwing him into the pool in front of the whole party, after discovering him with a group of girls.

‘What you doing?’, said Mark to Lauren when she turned up to the party, following a phone call from her sister telling her to get to the party asap as it didn’t look like Mark was working. And it wasn’t only her who wondered why Lauren wasn’t at the party, as it became the main topic of conversation, even Mark’s mum Carole questioned why she wasn’t there and suggested to Mark that Lauren help him with his parties.

Lauren told Mark that she had been on her own all day, when Mark replied that he was working, but she said that he was making her look like a mug, and asked him if he was satisfied that he had kept her indoors? ‘Don’t you think I’m going to get bored?’, she said. Mark told her it was his business and asked her why she was shouting so everyone could her their argument. ‘What means more to you, your parties or me’, questioned Lauren. ‘You’, said Mark, ‘but what have I done wrong?’ Lauren replied that people don’t realise how shit it is, then pushed him into the pool and calling him a mug, before walking out of the party with a smug look on her face.

But what did Mark expect when he banned Lauren from attending any of his parties. Earlier in the day Mark warned Lauren not to come, but she said she didn’t see what the issue was?  He told her he has to go to the party and get work done, and said if he was a stockbroker she wouldn’t come to his office while he was on the phone. ‘Don’t come to my workplace’, he said. ‘Having my bird there scares girls off.’ Lauren replied that people would think it was odd she wasn’t there. Mark said people knew who she was and thought she was over it?