Former Strictly Come Dancing dancer Camilla Dallerup has quit ITV1’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! just a few days after the show started.

The 35-year-old left the Australian jungle overnight after a difficult few days in camp where she was struggling with the lack of food and sleep.

She said she was so exhausted she was having difficulty summoning the energy to have a shower.

An ITV spokesman said that former boxer Joe Bugner would replace the dancer.

“It’s not eating. Heat, I can deal with,” Dallerup said.

“I’ve got the highest metabolism of anyone I know. I feel useless being here so tired. You can’t help anyone,” she added.

The past few days have seen the dancer in tears as she struggled to cope with the conditions.

‘Too early’

Martin Benson, the show’s series producer, admitted to GMTV on Wednesday that he was worried about her.

“I’m very scared about Camilla, she had a meltdown the other night and she’s not been eating that well – the whole camp is worried about her,” he said.

But Mr Benson added that it was “way too early” for anyone to leave so soon into the series and had been talking with Dallerup to convince her to stay.

“What I do is call her up to the Bush Telegraph and tell her to calm down, to drink some water, to eat some food and to get a good night’s sleep and reassess the situation the next day,” he said.

“I make sure the medics watch her at all times,” he added.

The ITV spokesman said more details surrounding Dallerup’s departure would be given later.