Davina, to everyone’s shock, volunteered as team leader.

The losing team — Rex’s camp — had to vote someone out. Rex, trying to save himself, threw soft accusations at the shy comedian (34, fringe circuit, allergic to drama). But Leo, silent for two days, finally spoke.

Dec invited the first to descend: (60s, former breakfast TV legend, adored by grans, feared by publicists). She stepped onto the dusty ground, adjusted her safari shirt, and immediately stepped in a pile of wild goat droppings.

Rex didn’t look back. But Greece wasn’t done with him. The final shot of the episode: a post-credits scene of a masked figure in a gold laurel wreath watching from the hills. A producer whispered, “The DDC has a wildcard.”