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In an extraordinary battle in the Australian Outback, the endearing 21-year-old pipped foul-mouthed Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder, 48, to the post during the final of the ITV1 show. The
two gave each other a chummy high-five last night but bookies named Stacey the shortest-odds favourite in the show’s history. The mother-of-one, who finished third on last year’s X Factor,
had been quoted at 1-25 to win the jungle reality contest. “We have taken almost £30,000 on her,” said Joe Crilly, from William Hill. WIN A LUXURY CRUISE FOR TWO WORTH £2,500! Stacey had
survived skydiving, Bushtucker Trials in dark cages and eating a kangaroo’s penis. She would keep her cool during the challenges by muttering words of encouragement to herself. She hit the
headlines following a row with fellow contestant Gillian McKeith. She had asked McKeith why she was continuing to put herself through the show if she found the experience “unbearable”. She
then snapped at Stacey, stayingshe did not understand her phobias. McKeith told her: “I’m not the sort of person who quits, my family have seen me faint before, they are easy with it.”
Yesterday Shaun and Stacey undertook their last trial. Stacey had a “sham-poo” of meal worms and crickets and Shaun had a “cockroach conditioner”. She is now tipped to win her first
recording contract, which could make her millions. A TV source said: “Stacey has a Barbra Streisand quality. She has made an amazing journey from student to princess of Dagenham.”
