Comic Joe Pasquale faced the most dramatic Bushtucker Trial so far - dangling from a helicopter 200ft above the sea.

Joe, who has a fear of flying, had to climb down a rope ladder while braving a wind speed of 110 knots.

The trial - dubbed the Hell-O-Copter- was the first to take place outside the camp.

Joe was blindfolded and taken to a helipad 25 miles away on Australia's Gold Coast.

There he met presenters Ant and Dec and was taken up in an adapted rescue helicopter.

"This is a very special one. The biggest Bushtucker Trial yet," Dec said.

Joe's challenge was to climb down the ladder and unfurl red banners attached to the rope at intervals. Each banner represented a meal for the camp.

"You are going to be travelling at about 30 knots," Dec told him. "It's over 30mph but the problem is going to be the downdraft from the rotor blades which will be nearly four times that. That's going to be 110 knots."

A nervous Joe tried to put on a brave face, saying: "Why not? This is what I was born to do. Danger is my middle name."

As Joe - strapped into a safety harness - made his way to the edge of the helicopter he admitted: "My bottle's going a little bit now. Constipation's in the distance now."

Midway through the challenge, he was overcome with exhaustion and cried: "I can't hold on much longer."

But the comedian persevered and managed to collect all eight flags.

On his return to camp, he told Janet Street-Porter: "You know what kept me going? Thinking of your face if you didn't have anything decent to cook."

Sophie Anderton, right, broke down and sobbed in the Bush Telegraph after a row with acid-tongued Janet.