GARY Lineker has crowned the winner of ITV’s The Box after a very tense duel between two celebrity stars.
After battling weeks of mindboggling tasks, , and made it to tonight’s final.
saw the three celebs stranded on a boat in the Thames as they tried to work out how to open a colour coded padlock.
JB was the first to crack the puzzle and picked to help him in the next task, and
However, in the second challenge after she was the last to stand on the London Dome with a lemon on her head.
This meant JB and went through to the tense final duel where they were given 100 yellow marbles each.
In each round they had to secretly select marbles from their supply to place inside a box which was then placed on scales.
Whoever’s box weighed the most won the round, and the best of five twas set to take the crown.
However, the celebrities had to ensure they managed their dwindling supply as their marbles would not be replenished.
JB and Joey stood at one round each but the third round saw JB take the score to 2-1 against Joey.
After a very tense fourth round, JB edged out Joey by a single marble, prompting invigilators to step in and check the weights.
Taking the crown for The Box 2006, a delighted JB said: ” It feels so good. I mean it does feel bad because I didnt want to beat Joey but I had to beat him.
“I can’t believe it but my kids will be very happy.”
: ” I’m so proud of myself I feel like I won just getting here.”
