COREY'S HUNGER PAINS

Corey Ryan wants viewers to know the hunger some of the contestants on Million Dollar Island Australia are experiencing is very real.

- Helen Vnuk

"People broke down," the 35-year-old PE teacher says of the lack of food. "Some people's stomachs were playing up. People were dropping like flies. Some had low blood pressure. Some fainted. I went in at 103kg and left at 87. It was the toughest experience of my life, but something I'd do again in a heartbeat."