However, it was host Declan Donnelley who managed to came him down, before he eventually decided to do the trial, which famously featured Jordan shouting “happy place!” as he was locked in a coffin with snakes.
He said: “I’ve not talked about this to anyone. I just had a complete meltdown. And I know what people mean now by sheer panic. I delayed it by loads. None of this got shown on TV.
“I just said, ‘I cannot do this. And I’m not going to do this. And in fact, I am gonna go. I don’t need to do this’. I nearly said, ‘I’m just not going to do the trial’. I nearly walked.”
“I’ve never had a panic attack before,” he said. “There were tears and I was struggling for breath. Dec said to me, ‘Jordan, breathe’. I do think they wanted to put an arm around my shoulders.”
Jordan and Shane went on to win nine stars in the trial, giving them nine meals to share with camp.
But Jordan’s terror meant the public voted for him to take part in two later trials.