Russell Grant close to tears on 'Burnout'

Russell Grant has admitted that he came close to tears while filming Marco's Kitchen Burnout.

The TV astrologer, who competed in the fourth heat with Carol Smillie and Alex Ferns, confessed that he became emotional after cooking for 25 diners on the ITV1 cookery contest.

"I have never done anything like that and I actually felt like bursting into tears when I finished. For no other reason than the pressure was off and I'd got through it," he told DS.

However, Grant insisted that there was no sense of competition between the contestants, revealing that they all ended up helping each other.

"When any of us finished we would go and help the other one with some peeling. That's the kind of relationship we had. I remember crying once in Bambi, not because the deer got shot, but because all the animals came to help. It was like that sort of atmosphere, all friends together," he said.

"We didn't give a toss whether we made it through or not."

Marco's Kitchen Burnout airs tonight at 9pm on ITV1.

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