House of Power summary and thoughts (BBUK 2026)

Off we go again, citizens, as the House of Power rolls around and there is an unwelcome visitor in Gemma Collins.... 

You know, the lazy one who is supposedly iconic, well the way the show and sideshow were talking about her, you would think she was some kind of super universal megastar who's unlocked the secrets of the universe.

Thankfully for us, she didn't stay along, but god knows what she could of told them that got swept under the carpet and left on the cutting room floor.

Now in somewhat of a surprise we do see some footage of a Friday afternoon, they do spoil us sometimes don't they. Basically Twinks and Frankie made up after his ridiculous rant in the Diary Room about witchcraft, Rochelle 'made up' with Pauline, and then back to normal business with Pauline getting booted out, and Rob thanking everyone in his humble little way for surviving. 

But looming on the horizon, here comes the Collins monster and already she's tipping them off about the outside. Rob could not be happier, as like in his Christmases have come at once, first with surviving eviction and because Collins has arrived.

But the rain cloud of doom aka Samuel, is acting like a douche in losing Pauline, reminds me of Kathreya's 'don't take any more of my friends away, Big Brother'. 

Gemma was getting a guided tour courtesy of Rochelle and Rhianna, and then getting someone else to get her cases to take to her guest room, yep she's not changed at all. Thank god her stay is only short, don't think I could take a whole week of her.

Meanwhile, Gemma is in the Diary Room and BB is absolutely and nauseatingly fawning over her, with her saying she was unforgettable. Think most would disagree with that, Gemma, as you did nothing or more often wouldn't do anything when you were a housemate.

So we officially move into House of Power theme, and of course it wouldn't be the ITV era without division and don't rule out some stirring.

So the housemates were divided in to two teams as in Red and Blue

Red - Rob, Frankie, Twinks, Omar and Rhianna

Blue - Philip, Rochelle, Samuel, Lynx, Harry and Catrin

In a rare moment, it was up to the housemates to decide the teams

First up, it was Frankie v Philip in a 10p budget game of stack the dice to which Frankie won.... Riveting stuff I may add, and Gemma not shutting the hell up while they were competing.

It was announced that the winners of each task would have the power in the house, you can see where this is going can't you, everyone outside called it. But more of that later, we have more challenges to come first over this week.... Can't wait, said with the utmost sarcasm.

Reds could use the main parts of the kitchen as in the air fryer, hair appliances, kettle, toaster, and hot tub. Blues were not allowed these luxuries, had to do all the cleaning, two minutes in the showers and could not sit on the sofa. There was an extra prize for the red team as in they could have a cocktail party with Gemma. 

So much for the economy budget they are all supposed to be on, why do they bother with a luxury or economy budget when they will get parties and treats anyway. If they are on economy then stick to it, don't encourage them not to try and encourage laziness.

If I remember correctly, there was no punishment for Harry for sitting on the sofa when he wasn't supposed to, and Philip was quite aggressive even if he was messing about in telling Harry off. That guy's mask is slowly slipping, watch this space. He then takes Samuel to one side and seriously warns him about Rob.

Said cocktail wasn't much fun, less said the better. Then there was a fake argument from the house elders, again less said the better.

Omar then showed his redflag behaviour, basically declaring Rhianna should effectively not talk to Lynx in the way she did and should respect Omar. She did not like the way he spoke to her and there was a falling out. Oh boy, these two will be done five minutes after leaving the house, the signs have been there for weeks.

Back to Gemma, and she said she had noticed the tension in the house and hoped her final day would be better. You can always go now, Gemma, if it's that difficult for you. You wouldn't be missed. 

The next day, and Gemma's final one in there in this stay, she was encouraging them to have some fun. Meanwhile, the so called lovebirds try to reach an agreement, my opinion DON'T BOTHER, but eventually they do. Yawn, lucky us. Please let one or both of these morons be up for the public vote this week. 

Back to the Gemma show, and now she was handing out advice to Twinks saying it's not her fault she arrived late, or words to that effect. Later on Twinks wins the next challenge for Team Red, and may I say there was punishment after all for Harry sitting on the sofa and that the Red team would have a time advantage.

Another riveting challenge where Twinks and Lynx had to build a house of cards, yep these budget cuts really showing at the moment, and yes Gemma wouldn't shut up yet again. Can she just leave already? Look at that, ANOTHER party, this time a pizza one, while Twinks and Rhianna made up. Awwww how touching, when nothing has been done. It is killing Rhianna inside that Twinks supposedly has eyes for Omar.

Next up to receive Gemma's 'pearls of wisdom' was Samuel, and then a makeover followed shortly afterwards, enough said. Rob said he would continue singing as it's part of what makes him him, or words to that effect.

Back to the non economy budget, as now a spa for the Red team is introduced, followed by the said pizzas and also beer pong.

FINALLY, Gemma leaves and not a moment too soon, and cue some final fawning for her before she leaves. Urgh, just go, you lazy waste of space... 

Back to the lovebirds, and still there are issues, so no, no compromise reached.... Some pointless conversations follow about confidence before we move to Rochelle 'joking' about Yasmin's weight, which Yasmin was able to laugh about. Frankie then had his doubts about his friendship with Rhianna, saying she had changed once Gemma had walked through the door. How he came to that conclusion, I have no idea....

Anyway, back to the show, and Frankie and Lynx are talking about the house becoming 'hierarchical', if that's not a word..... it is now. Some small political talks with Twinks leading the way, moving swiftly on.....

Rochelle was summoned to the Diary Room and warned about her future conduct in terms of talking about Yasmin's weight.... Back to Frankie, as he has it out with Rhianna and cleared the air. Pointless conversation. Rob was talking about his leadership of Team Red, while Samuel and Twinks talked about the pecking order in which he put the two house elders at the top, but eventually discarded the hierarchy idea.

Oh look, Frankie has come out to Yasmin.... She, meanwhile, couldn't have cared less judging by the look on her face at the time.

Now on to the next 10p challenge, a good old fashioned slobber knocker called dominos. To say this was full of tension, would be a massive understatement with both teams exchanging barbs as the dominos would not fall correctly, eventually resulting in Yasmin from Team Red knocking over the blues attempt, resulting in a DQ for the reds.

Now the Blue teams turn to celebrate, HOWEVER there was a catch to this victory as the Blue team had to give a Killer Nomination to one of the red team. Yes, more nomination meddling, you can't beat it.

Team Red was allowed to see the decision in full technicolour on the plasma, which was very raw and unfiltered. Probably what them backstage were counting on. Anyway, Yasmin was picked and she would face the public vote. She then took Samuel to one side, as she thought his comments about picking her really stung.

Rob and Lynx drifted further apart, as Lynx admitted Rob's singing was getting to him. So, on to the party for Team Blue and they really rubbed it in celebrating in front of Team Red. Omar continued his disrespectful behaviour towards Rhianna, saying she was testing his patience. He is heading for a one way ticket to Red Flag City if he wasn't there already, he's got to go and soon.

Catrin, remember her?, was concerned about Omar's treatment of the girls and expressed this to Twinks. Nice to see she hasn't been totally forgotten, I suppose.

Nominations day looms, and Twinks says she has barely slept worrying about nominations. Straight down to business, and to cut a long story short Rob and Twinks ended up on the chopping block with Yasmin. Yasmin's perfectly safe against those two, she's picking up a big following on the outside and still increasing as I write all this. 

On a sour note, another Nikki performance from Rochelle as she freaked out about her nail kit. Big Brother couldn't have cared less with a simple bye bye as she threatened to tear the house apart to find said kit. Samuel was upset when his friends found themselves on the chopping block, what else is new? Rob took it all in his stride rather than going straight into 'how dare they nominate me' mode. Credit to him on that score.

Rob was still feeling sour about Lynx, while Yasmin encouraged Twinks to make the most of the days left should she be the one to go. Frankie, that incredible sulk, still didn't trust Rhianna...

In the kitchen, Rob is merrily mashing some sweet potato thinking it would show how he felt, while Lynx, Philip and Omar spoke about Twinks's reaction to being nominated. What have some of these people got against Twinks, the moment she walked in she has had them rattled for some reason. Give her a chance, you boneheads. Rob claimed he would be joyous to the end, even if he did go. Twinks, meanwhile, proclaimed she would process things in her own way and would bring out every conversation possible. Good luck, girl, you'll need it in this house of rotters.

Now we move to the next Cbeebies shopping task, with the winning team getting the luxury budget and the losers getting economy aka parties and treats anyway, with the way this week has gone.

Shall we just say, "Big Brother's Body" and yes it is as puerile as thought.....

Whenever a toilet flush sounded and whichever light lit up, as in red or blue, then that team would have to empty Big Brother's bladder. Yasmin had a falling out with Lynx, to which they quickly made up, but an even bigger fall out with Samuel to which she refused a hug and he was told to give her time. Next, the gunge returned as housemates had a true or false game, to which a wrong answer would bring down the snot. Pretty disgusting in my opinion, but that's BB these days in this country.

Harry was hurt by insinuations that he was not up to the challenge, and Rob tried to cheer him up. A point in Rob's favour to stay I would say.

More bladders, more arguments... 'Nuff said. The picking at Harry continued through Rochelle. Don't these people know they will get treats anyway. Anyway, Rochelle later apologised to Harry. He then went to the Diary Room where BB reassured him and offered him a new costume.... Okaaaaaay

Victory for the blues in the next challenge which involved an Operation type game where various body parts were called out and they had to connect wires to the right body parts... Moving swiftly on.

In other random news, Yasmin and Sam made peace and Philip and Lynx discussed Rochelle and how she makes things about herself. Oh Philip, your comeuppance is long overdue and it can't come soon enough. What goes around comes around and all that.

One more flush after lights out for the Blue team, and Rob is singing again...

On to eviction day we go, and it will be goodbye to Rob, Twinks and Yasmin. Although I would be very shocked if Yasmin goes with her popularity on the increase.

Early flush for the Red Team, as this puerile task drags into the next day, and Rob reflected on his time in the house to Big Brother. Nice gentle start so far.... but wait, just wait

Frankie went into a sulk about cleaning duties, while Catrin was shocked at the general state of the house. Well, you can clean up as well instead of just sitting there blending into the wallpaper.

Well, well, well... The customary stirring during the shopping task, but thankfully the final part of this task didn't quite go to plan and was very brief. Let's leave it there.

Yasmin was christened the Bone Collector, an accolade she said she deserved as she collected gossip, but also threw Rhianna's name into the mix if it hadn't been her. Philip was hoping Twinks would leave, well I say hope, it was more like expectation, but he actually hoped Rob would stay.

Fast forwarding the politics talk, Twinks was worrying her smile had gone since she's been in the house, feeling isolated as the eviction loomed. I don't get why so many have a problem with her, I would be her friend in a heartbeat if I was in there and I do mean that.

On to the shopping task result, and unfortunately the blue team won the luxury budget, while Team Red were on economy, although that won't last as we all know given how the last few days have gone with the parties and treats. By the way, the Red team were warned they were not to touch the Blue Team's luxury budget or there would be severe penalties for the whole house. Make of that what you will, as you know BB is just egging on the red team to do it and see what happens.

Samuel went way over budget, Carol Vorderman or Rachel Reilly he is not it would seem. Crackergate then found its way in, with Rochelle scoffing down the red team's crackers and which opened up a new can of worms regarding food and drink. Yep, normal business resumed in the house.

Finally, we arrive at the main event of the evening and next to be evicted was.......ROB

Have no issue with him dancing his way out as we were kind of used it during his stay... 

And so House of Power comes to a close, and House of Time is rolled out, and having seen some of what it entails I will try not to let my eyes turn white and go all green skin....

Usual shout to BB on Blast for their sterling work this series and they are right here if you would like to listen

Until next time, see you at the end of House of Time and keep on rocking....

House of Revelations - Summary and Thoughts (BBUK 2026)

 Greetings, fellow Big Brother citizens, as we thankfully head out of House of Revelations

To say this was a lousy week would be a bit of an understatement

• Johanne gone
• New housemates treated like dirt as soon as they walked in, one more than the other
• Less said about the shopping task the better
• Way too much big pile of poo stirring where it wasn't needed

Need I say more?

Rochelle going to be even more insufferable now her nemesis is gone, although it should have been her that went. Guess her fanbase is just too strong, and the show are going out of their way to make sure she is bullet proof until her usefulness is done. Anyway, on to the newbies and we have Catrin from Aberdare, and Twinks (genuine name not a made up nickname on my part I may add) from East London.

And already Philip and Rochelle (who else) are gossiping about Twinks already, but you should have seen Rhianna's face, wondering if either of the newbies were a threat to her overall pursuit of Lynx and her current 'romance' with Omar. Worth a thousand words. She was fuming......

Meanwhile back on the Rochelle show, she was coming up with rude nicknames for both Catrin and Twinks while Harry was bringing up with Rob the way Rochelle is acting since surviving eviction, while Pauline said Rochelle's true colours were coming through.

Yes still missing Live Feed, seeing what conversations we may be missing out on....

On to the next day, Pauline was in the Diary Room in tears, bemoaning how she felt alone now Johanne had gone. Philip offered an olive branch to Pauline to which she turned down, and he wasted no time in reporting into HQ to criticise her. That guy has gone way down in people's estimations, especially since the two newbies have arrived. From what we have been shown, it's not hard to see why.

Omar was with Yasmin and Lynx talking about his fears about witchcraft. Basically, most of the remaining segments were taken up with this.... Outside of this, there was discussion about identity which I won't go into

Now time for some big pile of poo stirring courtesy of The Library, in which Big Brother had stored housemates conversations. Topics such as:

"Samuel calls out a stirrer"

"Rochelle calls Samuel Mr Bean"

"Is Harry as thick as he makes out"

"Does Yasmin have a crush on Lynx"

Plus a few others.....

The rest of the episode was to do with Twinks admittance about being a witch, and her hopes about winning people over.... 

Only in a little while and she already had people in there rattled, and has catapulted to the top of the betting odds already, one to watch I would say providing she doesn't muck things up in the meantime

Next day, Twinks admitted she had trouble sleeping due to worrying about her 'witch' narrative, while Rob said he had a dream about finding Gemma Collins's hairbrush.... Oh boy he is going to be so happy at the end of this week.

Rhianna, remember her?, was talking about Omar and how he could be quite childish during arguments. Well you decided to hang on to him for this ridiculous nomance, so you're stuck with him until any deals run out on the outside, but then again the toilet papers are barely bothered about Big Brother these days. The man himself got himself into an argument, yes another one, this time with Yasmin to which she wanted to go home. Well there's the door, use it.

More practical joking from Harry and Samuel to remain relevant in there, jeez some of these men have got to go and soon. 

More stirring ahead as a Agree or Disagree task was rolled out where Twinks, practical jokes, Rob dancing on the table and whether have two newbies was a great thing were asked of the housemates. Completely pointless and didn't accomplish much.

Two Twinks heavy segments follow, with disagreements with Omar and clearing the air with Philip. A further segment then showed her bonding with Lynx about losing fathers at early ages

Some rulebreaking with a shedload of nomination talk and Omar writing a birthday card for Rhianna....Punishment soon to follow, but don't expect anything major as with most punishments in this current era.

Party time now as it's Rhianna's birthday, to which she got a hamper full of treats and a tiara to which she had requested. Twinks made another confession in that she had worked as a burlesque dancer, and was comfortable with nudity. 

Here it comes as in the punishment, and look at that 5 minutes in the jail for Omar and Rochelle, more airtime for those two, not literally 5 minutes but just over an hour or two. No wonder they don't take punishments seriously, they KNOW they can do what they like and the punishments will be very lenient and indeed a joke.

Moving swiftly on, and here come face to face nominations where they will chicken out of nominating their main targets as usual. When all was said and done Rob and Pauline were on the chopping block. All they have to do is keep their heads down, and they may have a chance of staying in.... Not likely in this series, given how it's gone so far.

As the edit would have us believe, Pauline was not taking things at all well and was in full 'how dare they nominate me' mode and threatening to leave. Well the edit has been working towards her downfall for a while, so not surprised at this.

On to Rhianna's party, in which Omar made a cake for her, ah young love, but I use that L word very loosely with these two. They won't last 5 minutes on the outside.

More grief for Pauline, as a conversation with Catrin went downhill very rapidly, and then Pauline said she was going to be made out to be the villain regarding her conversation with Catrin to Rob and Harry.

Catrin was then in tears as she overheard the conversation, and Pauline tried to comfort Catrin and then along comes Rochelle to poke Pauline with a stick, not literally, and Pauline then exploded. To quote Kate Lawler from that evening's Group Chat, Gary Get Involved aka Harry tried to keep Pauline and Rochelle apart..... Big Brother then put Pauline in the snug overnight to cool off

The morning after the night before, and Pauline is back in the house, and of course Rochelle gives her own version of events when she clearly got involved when she didn't need to. Not the first time she has piped into a conversation that has nothing to do with her, and yet she is cheered from the rooftops by some people for some reason known only to them.

On to Rob with another one of his 'performances', first trying to twerk in front of a mirror, and then BB encouraging him to sing in the Diary Room. Thanks a lot, BB, a punishment for all of us there.

Something more serious, in Pauline receiving a formal warning for the fireworks the night before. It is strange how selective BB are in showing warnings when certain others have not been shown. Make of that what you will, citizens.... I'm sure everyone has their own opinion on this

Back to The Library, and Twinks and Catrin could invite two housemates in with them and they chose Philip and Lynx. The subjects this time were:

• Yasmin discussing the nomance between Omar and Rhianna
• Yasmin's involvement in the witch argument
• Are Lynx and Omar two faced?
• Has Rochelle turned smug after avoiding eviction
• Rochelle's nickname for Twinks

Another waste of time as Twinks and Rochelle cleared the air shortly afterwards, and Rhianna and Yasmin had a head to head about Yasmin's views about the nomance.

Bizarre story about Rochelle's experience in a night club about seeing herself in a mirror and nearly having an argument with herself... Riveting stuff

Back to the nomance, and Rhianna said she would like to see Omar a lot more on the outside....Likely story, he won't see her for dust when they get out.

More pranking, very riveting, from Frankie and Lynx as they messed with Gary Get Involved aka Harry's bed. Samuel spilt some tea about Philip to Pauline, and then some mundane chat to end that episode.

The day before the eviction, and housemates woke up to an adult sized model railway set, complete with a train. Welcome to the latest Cbeebies shopping task. Pretty much a pointless exercise as usual, as they barely had to do anything. To cut a long story short, they failed at last and were put on an economy budget, which of course you know, if you watch this era, won't last long

Basically, it was all journeys around the house were to be taken via the train, tickets were to be shown, a flag semaphore challenge which did involve more stirring, ranking housemates according to nominations, replacement bus service..... or stuff to that effect.

Now it gets REALLY riveting, as Twinks complimented Omar on his bone structure, while Lynx asks Rob more or less why he sings a lot, and Pauline and Catrin held peace talks.

The economy budget was causing tension, as hair gel was wanted on the list. Can't really eat that, but it won't matter anyway, remember economy budget = treats and parties most of the time.

On we move to Pauline or Rob's exit, and the usual woop woop from the rentamob on the premises. Cue the stashing of food and supplies in the house as we count down to the eviction, due to the economy budget. 

And here comes the end of the economy budget in the form of the Gossip Machine. Simple instructions, spill the tea about fellow housemates and get a treat. Again to cut a long story short, they passed and got a Nando's takeaway. They've only been on economy for 5 minutes, at least make them suffer a bit before handing things out to them. Encourage laziness and lack of effort when they can get things on tap...

In a bizarre segment, Twinks playfully said 'her coven' would take care of Frankie on the outside....

Rochelle then went into her Nikki impersonation mode saying she would leave over losing a nail. Not the first time she has threatened to leave, why don't BB just call her bluff and open the door for her....

Remember all those years ago, Ulrika Jonsson was constantly threatening to leave and by some luck, she ended up going on to win? Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself with Rochelle.....

A tease of a showmance between Twinks and Pauline, with Pauline hiding a bottle of wine. Pauline trying to make peace, although the damage has already been done in terms of the edit so feels like a lost cause. Before Pauline's exit, Yasmin and Omar made peace.

As stated, and indeed to no great shock, Pauline was evicted and still we are stuck with the boring men. Hopefully it will be all males on the chopping block this coming week, let's see how BB twist things this week, although I do wish it was just the conventional one in, two names and out and EVERYONE does it.

After Pauline's interview it was announced that the next theme was House of Power, not really liking the sound of that. Head of House? Rich side poor side? Only some have the power to nominate? The possibilities are endless.

Worst luck, Gemma Collins was announced as the next celebrity houseguest, lucky us. The way they were going on about her, you would think a megastar was going in there. Please don't indulge her.... As soon as she went in, she said she was only in there for 48 hours and couldn't say much about the outside, but in the same breath began dropping outside world hints. Goodness knows what she will tell them while we can't watch and will conveniently end up on the editing room floor, guess we'll have to watch their behaviour carefully in the next few episodes, although the nominations stuff in the shopping task was bordering on manipulation of future nominations

Anyway, this House of Revelations chapter has closed, and time to move on to House of Power with a great sense of dread.....

In terms of scoring, I will give House of Revelations a lowly 4.5 out of 10 eyes. Too much stirring for my liking when it's not needed, add to that the laughable punishment along with the usual temporary economy budget to give them treats and a takeaway

Usual shout out to BB on Blast, listen to their latest stuff right here

Until next time, keep on rocking...

House of Nothing summary and thoughts (BBUK 2026)

Another glorious week on planet Big Brother, or was it?

The house entered the House of Nothing phase, and boy did it feel pointless but still we did have a very miniscule break from more arguing

So where to start, oh yes, straight to Chelsey's eviction where they had heard the boos from the baying mob, and Lynx had said he was sad to lose someone close to him. Oh come on dude you only knew her two weeks, a little premature to say you were close to her. Personally glad she's gone, one showmance down and one more to go with Omar and Rhianna, who will no doubt be shoved down our throats until one of them goes which hopefully be soon.

Omar, tactless as ever, decided to tell Rhianna he liked her, oh please..... She wouldn't touch you with a ten foot barge pole on the outside. She's just biding her time for Omar, and no doubt we will have that particular pursuit shoved down our throats, lucky us eh?

The edit in its usual way, was chipping away at Pauline, getting her downfall ready when she was in the Diary Room saying take your best shot at me or words to that effect.....

So begins the House of Nothing as we head into the Saturday highlights, and they wake up to find the house completely devoid, as everything was gone and to cut a long story short for this week they had to win it all back through a series of CBeebies type tasks which offer no challenge whatsoever. So let's get started.....

In a brief blessed relief they had lost their voices, and this was the first task, to win them back

Well it didn't last long, as Big Brother called one Housemate to the Diary Room and the recipient of the first scroll was Yasmin, and could choose two more housemates to get their voices back and she chose Frankie and Charlotte. A little while later Johanne got her voice back, and then Rhianna got hers back via an obstacle course followed by the others. Pretty much pointless, as they are going to get everything back anyway

I do wonder if they had a celebrity drop out, and this was a back up plan....

Next up they got their fridge back, as Rhianna and Omar correctly guessed 30 items they had in the fridge before it was swiped. However it did raise the issue about Pauline's organic food. Spoons were next to return, albeit 7 of them after 7 housemates balanced spoons on their noses. Meanwhile Pauline was talking to Johanne about her yoghurts and coconut water, and it was revealed that Rochelle was taking about the organic food while Pauline was out of the room.

Make of it what you will, but the edit isn't going in those two's favour, if only we had something live to watch to understand the true context.....

Meanwhile, Charlotte wanted to leave due to having enough of this task, and talking about giving this experience her best shot and gone as far as she could. Needless to say she got her wish that night as Big Brother granted her wish and she went on her merry way. I certainly don't mean to be rude, but surely she knew what she was getting into when she signed up..... 'nuff said

And off we go, I hate it when this particular subject about the R word pops up, anyway Rochelle misheard the conversation thinking it was about her and things quickly escalated, resulting in Johanne being called to the Diary Room to cool down, and that was the end of that episode

The very next day, the smell of napalm was still in the air after the night before.....

Rochelle and Johanne's latest argument was being discussed by Omar and Lynx, while Philip and Yasmin were saying how Rhianna was upset.... Didn't know they cared

With great reluctance back to the R word conversation, and Pauline was saying she and Johanne didn't call Rhianna racist, and then later on Rochelle was in the Diary Room saying how the personal things upset her. In a turn of tone, Frankie was next in the Diary Room asking for his toothbrush and then Lynx say morale was low due to nothing to do. That's the whole point of Big Brother, you stupid Love Island wannabe, find stuff to do instead of sitting around doing nothing. I bet as soon as you get a party and treats, you'll soon perk up.

Harry (sorry, who?) got a mission to teach the housemates a knife, fork and spoon pose. Basically when BB played a clinking sound the housemates each had to form one of the 3 poses. The prize was getting their cutlery back, to which they obviously passed.

Yasmin was then practically breaking down the Diary Room door, whining about this week's theme and when it was going to end. One bit of economy budget and they go up the wall, doesn't she know she'll get parties and treats most of the time anyway. Just tough it out..... Hot water and food then returned when Samuel and Lynx won another challenge and housemates guessing to the nearest hour how long the hot tub had been used. This is taking the piss how easy these challenges are, just my opinion.

Back to Pauline and her organic food, saying the meal prepared was not organic. Riveting stuff and yet again another attempt by the edit to get her ready for eviction. Frankie then pulled down a barrier in response to not getting his toothbrush. You can always follow Charlotte out the door, pal, nobody's holding a gun to your head.

Have to say I do like this alarm, they should keep it post Nothing week, less chance of them performing to the cameras to start the day.

Anyway, Rochelle complaining as usual, while the napalm from the R word argument was still in the air. Frankie got a telling off for messing with fixtures and fittings.

Back to the Cbeebies show, and next up Frankie, Lynx, Omar, Rhianna, Pauline and Rob were given the challenge of building furniture and only an hour to dot. Riveting stuff again, Rochelle got the chair up after 30 minutes and then the table and bed followed. But they have to wait for the sofas, as that was not done in time.

Cue a tantrum from Rochelle, who thought her silk pillow was stolen by BB when in fact it was in the bedroom all the time. I do wish BB would stop indulging her when she goes off on one like this. Sooner she's gone the better I would like it, it's not entertaining and very repetitive.

In other challenges, Johanne got the vanity table back and in a big pile of poo stirring challenge Philip and that unknown entity known as Harry, they had to pick 8 put of 12 housemates to give suitcases back. They settled on Philip, Rochelle, Rhianna, Johanne, Pauline, Rob, Frankie and Samuel.... Leaving Yasmin, Harry, Omar and Lynx without their belongings.

Think I'll leave that day there, my intelligent circuits seem to have melted given the way this week is going so far.

Another day, and more nominations meddling, what has happened to the days when it was all housemates in the Diary Room one by one, give two names and out again... Oh yes, and the first inklings of a possible Omar and Rhianna showmance when she told us and BB how he had helped her through the early days of the task and cooked her food.

Back to nominations, and it was decided that Omar, Pauline and Samuel would not nominate and to cut a long story short, Johanne and Rochelle were announced later as facing the public vote. A choice, that while not unexpected, did not go down well in many places.

Before that announcement though, not content with one security breach regarding tennis balls it happened again with more possible outside information, such as Philip and Rochelle were favourites to win (what a revolting thought). The fact that it took BB so long to call them in after they had a good look at the messages speaks volumes about who is responsible. They had all the time in the world to get a net over the garden the first time it happened and they didn't, producers or public YOU decide....

Johanne takes the honour of the first formal warning of this series, due to the argument in the task room earlier in the day. Yet they show her formal warning, and yet Rochelle can get away with whatever she wants.... Make it make sense.

Thankfully a light hearted episode for a change, with it centered around being Lynx's birthday and he had an unfailable secret mission which he passed and the rest got their belongings back along, and another easy task where they got the sofas back.

I suppose there was a little tension when Rob jumped on the dining room table and did one of his usual performances, but that was about as memorable as it got for this episode

So, onto the final day of the House of Nothing, and a very feral crowd await Johanne or Rochelle

Much too tough to call this one, for me Rochelle out, but the betting odds are telling a different story

Back to the episode, and Omar and Pauline have been selected to play 'Million Pound Shop', if you are up on your quizzes you will know how this works.... After a while they manage to secure the luxury budget to much disappointment to some viewers. I would love to see them on economy, even it would have been only temporary.

On to some pointless segment about Prosecco going missing, nah don't care

Now for the main event of the evening, as in who will be next to leave 

Please do not swurrrr and all that, and, perhaps to no surprise, the next to leave is JOHANNE. At least she didn't waste time going and have BB tell her to leave. Kind of disappointed, although it will make Rochelle think she's bulletproof. Think Johanne's interview will keep OFCOM busy for a while, until those people find something else to complain about

And that's House of Nothing over with, a very pointless exercise and Johanne gone, but wait.....

House of Revelations up next, and also two new housemates, and guess what ONE OF THEM IS WELSH... Woop woop

Just an Irish housemate now to complete the set, although I think this may be it for the class of 2026. 

Welcome to Catrin from Aberdare, and Twinks from East London. The look on Rhianna's face, thinking she may have some future competition for Lynx's affections should she choose to go down that route.

In a surprising way, they were both straight in there with no twists or secret missions, although it's very early yet. Looking forward to the coming week to see what this theme brings, and I don't mean a bucketload of outside information every other day but given the theme.....

Anyway, think House of Nothing can be classed in the 'less said the better' category and it comes with a 6.5 out of 10 eyes rating. Not great or good just average

Bring on House of Revelations and whatever it may entail

Usual shout out to BB on Blast, check out their channel right here

Until next time, keep on rocking.....

Week 2 summary and thoughts (BBUK 2026)

Hello, citizens of Big Brother World, as we head into another week and moving on from Millie's eviction where Tays left after 0.00001% of chaos, and BB in their infinte wisdom or in other words, can't help themselves, dropped Philip in the soup when they outed him as Tays's deputy

Although you wouldn't think the housemates were mad at him, judging by the non reaction in the episodes after the first eviction. More on that later possibly....

Deep breaths, as you may have seen, Jedward were announced as the next ones in, and despite misgivings they didn't spill too much thankfully, in fact they didn't even need to be in there the way these housemates are blowing up the house by themselves. When Jedward did come out though, and credit to them, yes that did hurt to say that, they did call out the showmances and even better demanded the live feed on their social media when they came out, which in case you missed it was sacrificed on the altar to make way for the celebrity fees

Johanne v The House, Rochelle trying and failing badly with her Nikki (RIP) impersonation in the Diary Room, Rob and his West End singing and dancing auditions, and yes unfortunately the showmances have ramped up with Right Guard (Lynx) and Chelsey and Bro Omar innit and the Clueless wannabe Rhianna... Rhianna wouldn't touch him with a 10 foot barge pole on the outside in my opinion, their circles are so different, and he can barely speak English with all this urban gangster crap. E iz not wicked, bro....

So what better way to start than the very short visit of Jedward, who popped out of a giant pink egg with most of the housemates wondering who they were, especially Rochelle. I know a lot like her, but jeez she hasn't got a clue about this show, bless her. It was revealed that things were to be done in pairs until further notice, and that Jedward would be picking the pairs. 

The pairs turned out to be:

Charlotte and Philip

Chelsey and Frankie

Johanne and Samuel

Pauline and Omar

Rhianna and Lynx

Rochelle and Rob

Yasmine and Harry

Bunch of silly games involved, and there is a leaderboard to whichever pair finishes top wins immunity

We started off with Jepic Pairs, another attempt at stirring with questions like Who is the biggest buzzkill which ended up causing more ructions as Johanne got the honour of biggest buzzkill. It only takes a few words with this lot and they are off on one going at each others throats.

Then Jedward gave Rhianna some 'advice' which ended up getting back to the Love Island crew and Right Guard storming off to Jedward, who were relaxing in the tub, and I think you know which way this went, as Jedward splashed Lynx, and he ended up having to be held back by everyone else

To cut a long story short, Johanne and Samuel won the immunity, but the tension was still in the air

Jedward had been moved to somewhere else or else there would have been blood on the bedroom carpet by morning, due to the near punch up the previous night. But somebody out there had other plans for that day, with tennis balls flying in over the wall with all sorts of messages such as:

"Lynx has a girlfriend"

"There is still a secret mole"

"Tiffany Pollard is arriving next week"

Members of the public or production staff, YOU decide

How many times has BB had to repeat themselves with this lot, whether it be trying to get their attention, telling someone to leave, go to the diary room or even go indoors immediately....

And now to that age old problem, in which the housemates KNOW they can talk about nominations without fear of a serious punishment and get some quick airtime, and this was no different.

Too many to do jail time, so it was cleaning detail for Chelsey, Frankie, Omar, Rihanna, Pauline and Yasmin. Wow, that will teach them a lesson they will never forget....not. No wonder they laugh at BB every time they are called out, and start rubbing their hands at the airtime they get when they are punished.

But in a miracle, there were normal(ish) nominations in which Pauline and Chelsey found themselves on the chopping block. Chelsey I can understand, and it does look quite inevitable she will go, at least I hope so, and then hopefully we can concentrate on picking off one half of the other showmance in Ali G wannabe or Clueless wannabe. Surprised Philip wasn't in the mix, given he was outed as the mole's deputy, must have spun some fancy words to them once the eviction was done. Of course if he did we didn't get to see them due to no live feed. They can do a feed, but choose not to. Really sucks.

By the way I am liking they have to gather on the sofas for nominations, prefer that to the way it was done from Series 8 to the end of the dark era when they could just lounge around all over the house, adds to the tension with all those looks and side glances to the sofas wondering who nominated who

Did you know that Rhianna said in passing to Chelsey, she would leave with her if Chelsey left....Yes please, get rid of both showmances in one swoop and save a lot of money on our part. Right Guard and Ali G would have to find something else to do, instead of floating around sucking the faces of their bits of fluff in there.

Now on to the Cbeebies shopping task where as usual the rules are as clear as mud, and is all down to BB to decide whichever way they want their stories to go. How fitting it's a Noah's Ark type task where they have to work in pairs in various tasks. I sure miss the days when EVERYONE had to put effort in from the start, rather than just sitting around napping. Remember those days?

No doubt there will be a shedload of stirring thrown in where it's not needed with this lot, wouldn't be an ITV era shopping task without it.

Oh yeah, Rochelle and Johanne went at it again, this time over a chicken. Although to be fair the chicken was very under-done along with the rice. Cherry on the cake time, as BB punished them for nominations talk again, and yes they laughed. Little wonder seeing what the punishment was in washing and peeling carrots. That was quite a conversation they had when talking about nominations, come on BB grow some cajones this lot are really walking all over you.

And so we move onto eviction night, and may I say a quiet woop woop to start, but anytime Chelsey's name came up VERY loud boos, make of that what you will.

But first the last embers of the shopping task, and somehow they managed to pass again and get another luxury budget. Will say the edit is working towards trying to get Pauline out next week, making her look irritable when Rochelle had to make some sacrifices to the shopping list and then making her look overconfident about staying in there when the whole world knew Chelsey would be going.

That was indeed the case when it came to chucking out time, Chelsey out and it's a case of one showmance down, one to go. Rhianna looking to end things with Ali G, aka Omar, and go with Lynx. I feel a triangle storyline coming on with those 3, lucky us if that is the case eh?

So Week 2 comes to an end, with the next theme announced as House of Nothing, and no celebrity announced yet, and some breaking news.....

Charlotte has left the house after deciding it's not for her and will not be coming back, whether there is a replacement on the way we'll have to wait and see.

What does House of Nothing entail? THEY decide and what celebrity would fit into this theme, wonder if they backed out of putting Tiffany Pollard in there after the tennis balls found their way in....

Anyway, think that about covers most of the week that was, and we move on to week 3

Usual shout out to BB on Blast, check out their channel right here

Until next time, keep on rocking......

Week 1 ramblings (BBUK 2026) House of Chaos

Greetings, citizens of Big Brother land, as we head into another series which has been extended to 8 weeks

Very indifferent start to this series I would say, as in it being all but confirmed a "different house" each week and the added problem of celebrities being chucked in every week, and to which two of them have been confirmed by the various toilet papers. Names I won't reveal to those who will want to wait until they are officially confirmed, sorry but I do want to get off to a good start with this year's summaries, instead of going stir crazy from the off.

And, yes there are housemates in this series, even though they will probably be shadows and wallpaper in their own series once these celebrities start filing in

Shall we meet these extras then, I mean housemates, only briefly though as there is a lot of work to do as I write this with the first eviction looming

Yasmin - Manchester

Harry - Croyden

Chelsey - Originally from Grimsby, but now in Manchester

Philip - Liverpool

Lynx - Wolverhampton

Charlotte - Oxford

Pauline - Essex

Rochelle - Essex

Millie - Glasgow

Frankie - London

Samuel - Slough

Rob - Devon

Rhianna - Chelsea

Omar - London

Johanne - Los Angeles

Pfft, only one Scot and no Welsh or Irish housemate. Guess us Welsh and Irish weren't sufficiently entertaining. Although looking at the twist, could have had a lucky escape with what's planned, but hopefully there will be some Welsh and Irish people on standby in case any of this lot walk or are kicked out

Oh yes, in case you didn't know there was a 24 hour feed for the test run in which some influencers went in there, and were given various tasks, secret missions and the jail made an appearance as well so that will most likely make an appearance in the main series, instead of the more serious punishments which most out here want, and that the housemates won't laugh at.

So they have shown they can run a feed, and it was pretty good and unfiltered with the swear words kept in as it was Youtube and the influencers accounts, but won't do it for the main series as they have said there is NO feed for the main series. Seriously? we have to rely on their version of events for every argument and not be allowed to enjoy, complain or both about housemates? Ridiculous if you ask me, it's like Love Island with them in total control of what we see in that house, and then shoving their 'lovey-dovey' showmances down our throats. Who goes, stays or wins. THEY decide

Anyway, no point in going over old rope as they won't change their minds, a pretty standard launch with the usual screaming and shouting from our new not rights, probably due to launch night nerves. Some had the look of recruits, especially Philip and his Tik Tok channel "Queen of Scotty Road", god this guy is going to be annoying from the word go and he didn't disappoint, more on that later.

One I think I did get wrong though was Frankie, thought he was going to be a right ladies man, but he did come out as bisexual a couple of days in, and that couldn't have been easy. Will he win? Not sure he will. Omar and his urban talk innit, and Lynx going in there just to score. Just pack these two along with Chelsey and Rhianna off to Love Island, so we can enjoy BBUK without these four getting shoved down our throats, even when they so much as breathe on each other and everything taken out of context

Think the honour of winning may go to Samuel, he looks like the one who will go on the 'journey'. But it's very early days yet, and of course housemates can go from hero to zero as the edit works in very strange ways, and with no feed this series that goes double.... Some ways, Samuel reminds me somewhat of myself as in really nerdy, although he's got guts for going in there I'll give him that. Something I've already tried twice, but never really got past the first round of auditions. Then again I was going for series 7 and 8 which were probably all but settled anyway, and I would have probably been climbing the walls if I had been in one of those series  Already christened him Brains, so if you see that reference in the future ramblings that's him.

So many arguments as well which will please a lot of the fanbase, should have named this week Johanne v The House seeing she's at the centre of most of the arguments so far

Rochelle says she applied for a joke, and it shows as well as she hasn't got a clue how this show works. She's already had handbags with Johanne and made borderline inappropriate comments to various housemates, which has landed her on the chopping block. More on that in a little while.....

Oh yes did I forget to mention there is a pair of moles in there? Big Brother didn't tell us enough at first, repeatedly telling us 'There's a mole in the house' but they thankfully eased off. The mole, in case anyone missed it and I'm sure they didn't, is Tays. One of the influencers from the test feed, and BB's personal choice I may add. He chose Philip as his deputy, lucky us I suppose. Will be glad when Tays is gone, added NOTHING with this mole crap, but then we have the celebrities looming and this goes on for the rest of the series

Truth is, there has not been much chaos, BUT as usual there has been nominations meddling from the word go with him and Philip the only ones nominating this week, and they decided to nominate Pauline, the possible rebel without a clue aka Kitten if she stays in, Rochelle, no surprise there and also Millie. 

Hard to believe Millie was a possible favourite at the start, and now she's just been relegated to the wallpaper. People lobbying hard for her to go as the 'sacrificial lamb' with the old mantra "If Rochelle goes, so does the drama"

I don't believe that personally, she's already said she wants to go several times and maybe she should be granted her wish? It would be a waste to keep her in there as she could walk soon anyway..... Just send her on her way from a place she doesn't want to be in.

HOWEVER, Big Brother were at it again, this time with save and replace. The 3 facing the public vote had a chance to save themselves if they could guess who the mole was. Good luck with that as they hardly know each other, heck we know even less about them all with no feed. What chance have Pauline, Rochelle and Millie got?

Hardly none as all 3 failed spectacularly and will face the public vote. Only on BBUK eh? A female goes first, only two males have broken that streak and both quite forgettable in the process.

To round things off, a less than entertaining so far shopping task, what else is new.... And yes there is stirring included and the rules as clear as mud, so nothing new there in this era. Hopefully it will pick up before the eviction, but not getting hopes up.

With the celebrities looming this is going to feel like series 16 where the civilians were overshadowed by the show chucking in celebrities hoping something would stick, and then certain ex housemates were chucked in, with one going over the wall, two leaving via the front door, and the other overstaying their welcome by a good long while. Hope this series won't turn into that, but not feeling hopeful.

Why no feed then, probably to do with this ridiculous twist with the celebrities and ITV's obsession with celebrities with all these shows they feel the celebrities should be on. I mean what's happened to the days when we have had Noel's House Party, Game for a Laugh and Beadle's About to name but a few, where the public were the stars, rather the usual celebrities who will turn up for the opening of an envelope, if it made them a little cash on the side.

Anyway, back to the show and back from the eviction and to no surprise Millie has left, so cue BB ramping up the drama now Rochelle is still there.

Shopping task passed for what it's worth, as they'll get parties and treats anyway

Tays was revealed as the mole, and Philip as his deputy. We don't get to see the fallout live if there is any, only the few small crumbs the show can edit, cut and paste any way they want ready for Sunday. 

Really sucks there is NO feed, as they have most likely blown the budget paying for all the celebrities.

Not much learned from either Tays or Millie's interviews, but the worst news at the end. Those clowns known as Jedward will be moving in for a week, the theme now changing to Double Trouble. So much for these housemates enjoying their experience....

What exactly will Jedward and the other 6 celebrities bring to this series? Absolutely nothing, zilch, zip, nada

The show have got a potential gold mine with these housemates, and now they are being screwed over by them backstage, and in some ways the viewers are being screwed with no feed to watch the Philip fallout alive amongst other things

Better stop before I get really wound up

A shout out for BB on Blast, as they prepare to go on the air with their first pod of this series very soon, channel right here

Until next time, keep on rocking and god help the housemates for the next 7 weeks.......

All hail King Richard (BBUK)

So, curtain down for another year, and the neeeeeew champion and indeed the new oldest civilian winner goes to Richard, but boy did that final week was a long slog to get to that point. 

Pointless task after pointless task, with the usual tedious shit stirring thrown in for good measure. When was the last time we have had a happy final week, and why are Big Brother determined to make the finalists go home miserable. Answers on a postcard please

Right, let's get this flat final week done before some down tools, and I'm A Celebrity takes over the airwaves....

The fallout from the double eviction began with Emily saying she really liked Nancy and Caroline, she must have been the minority, although there are some pretty loyal Caroline fans right up to her demise. 

Back to Emily, who's basically done NOTHING since she's been back apart from talk about the outside world to them. Just sitting there fading into the wallpaper is not a good look at all, all in all bringing back her and Farida felt like a big waste of everyone's time.

Back to the boring showmance where Elsa is constantly in fantasy land, and nauseatingly says she's never cooked a breakfast with a man before to put alongside the ridiculous notion she can't cut her own food. Elusive Emily then put some stupid idea in her head, about the L word. Dear god, Emily, don't encourage that girl, she's only known Marcus for 7 weeks.

Then a pointless task for letters from home, yes we are at that point with letters from people they will see anyway in the next few days anyway. Basically another one in involving those eyes and this is thankfully the final one for this series, thank eff for that. 

Cameron - Had to catch the eyes being thrown over the wall, however many he caught would be added to his final total

Marcus - Involved stirring as he was asked who was the most jarring housemate with the prize being 20 eyes, big sigh as BB just can't help themselves, even in the final week

Teja - More stirring as she was asked to identify who nominated her the most this series, prize being 20 eyes....

And so it went on, adding absolutely nothing apart from that little bit more tension, do we really care how many eyes they have left to play with? Hell no.....

The mini mart opened for the final time, as everyone got their letter anyway including Emily, to which Richard sellotaped her shredded letter back together, and this episode just went on and on and on and on..... Think you get the picture with this one. Just feels by now this series has run out of ideas and we all want it to be over, always the case with the final week, it just drags as the housemates have mentally checked out and out here is no different, and the constant stirring to send them home miserable just drags everything down.

Oh boy, it just gets better....not. More stirring as they now face more decisions as that one thing nobody wanted, as in the pass to the final. 3 days before the end, and they roll this out. So to cut a long story short, the housemates competed in several challenges and the last two standing would be eligible for the pass. Unfortunately the dominoes didn't fall right and Jenny and Cameron were the last two standing on this occasion. Complete waste of time in whoever got it, as both were locked in finalists anyway and were going nowhere in the backdoor double eviction planned for the week, to get it down to 6.

Anyway, the housemates decided to award the pass to Cameron. Yawn, next.....

Oh dear, just put us and them out of their misery as we now head into a completely pointless task involving 'King Cameron', basically another pointless exercise to fill out the whole episode. Think this goes into the 'less said the better' file. 

Oh, must we? Last task of the series and some very subtle Wicked For Good promotion as the house is transformed into the Emerald City, and the housemates take on the role of Ozians, while BB becomes the Wizard. What they don't know is two of them will be turfed out at the end of the task when two will receive their marching orders in the shape of gifts.

Yes, some more stirring, BB being so original as usual. Just let them leave happy for a change. It isn't that difficult. Anyway, on to the gifts and it's Marcus and Teja getting the dubious honour of leaving via the backdoor. This inevitably sets off Elsa, who has a bit of a OTT meltdown and threatens to leave. I will say if this had been a normal eviction, she would have probably legged it out of the door with him. Remember when Imran left and Sukhvinder decided to run out after him? Something like that....

You'll be seeing him in 24 hours, you silly girl. Pull yourself together, 'nuff said....

Now the moment we have all been waiting for, crowning Richard. As predicted for most weeks now....

But first, the Last Supper nonsense with all the usual tears and speeches, so moving swiftly on.....

6th place went to Tate, and 5th to Emily. No surprises there really, although Tate did slightly more than Emily. As said earlier, waste of time putting her back in. Some will say she can now walk out to a crowd, something which she was denied in fairness but she did NOTHING on returning.

4th went to Cameron.... Didn't really need the money to be honest, so moving swiftly on

Bronze medal went to Jenny.... Bit of a surprise, as most were expecting her and Richard in the final 2

Silver medal to Elsa.... Guess she could give thanks to the demons, dragons, unicorns and Santa Claus for helping her to get this far

And of course, Richard is crowned winner. An all round good egg even if he was in bed really early. Took all of Caroline's barbs on the chin, and won the war when she was booted.

Less said of the final sideshow the better, nothing but stirring and bitterness right to the end. Let's leave it there. Speaking of the sideshow, strong rumours it has now been cancelled. ITV will announce future plans in due course, hopefully those plans will include the live feed which is also rumoured for the chop. I am just worried, will it be total Love Island type control in 2026 with no sideshow and possibly no live feed?

Anyway, a just above average series, with way too much stirring for my liking which bought the general mood down. No qualms about the cast, the right winner although it was a toss up between Richard and Jenny right to finale night and very nervy the longer Jenny stayed in.

So it was a long slog, so I'm going to go about 6.5 for this series, maybe not a series that will be largely talked about in 10 years when we look back. 'nuff said....

Won't be commenting on BBAU, as I will be focusing on I'm A Celebrity for the duration, but will watch BBAU back at my own pace, due to real life commitments. 

A big shout out to BB on Blast for everything they do and continue to do for the Big Brother community in general, with their great pods for UK and now Australia. Click right here

The door closes on the 2025 run, and hopefully I will be back in 2026 as we welcome in new celebrities and new civilians....

Until then, thank you everyone who has read these recaps and ramblings, and leave a comment if you wish. See everyone in 2026.....

Keep on rocking.....

Week 6 ramblings (BBUK)

3 in one week, or to put it simply bye bye Sam, Nancy and Caroline

Most of the UK fanbase joined as one to say a not so fond farewell to the terrible trio, Sam on Bonfire Night and then the other two horrors two days later. Well, I say horrors but Nancy could have had potential had she not fallen in with the wrong crowd, and to be fair leading up to her exit after Sam left she was kind of likeable on the feed from what we were allowed to hear.

Right, are we all sitting comfortably as we sift through the rubble of Week 6, and yes Caroline was sulking about Richard not going and yes they did hear the 'Get Caroline out' chanting no matter how much they tried to deny it.

Big Brother then, as they usually do, rolled out yet another shit stirring task which again involved their eye currency, this time with a video call from home up for grabs. Oh joy, more outside information for someone. One thing I will not miss when this series is done is this eye currency nonsense, just a complete waste of time in my opinion.

Teja was the lucky recipient of the video call eventually, but first stop the presses as there is ANOTHER rule break, and you've guessed it the terrible trio are at it again, with Big Brother reading in full their latest transgression, and *yawn* the jail is rolled out again, which they do not take seriously with the noise emanating from there over time. HOWEVER, there is a small crumb of comfort when the terrible trio are stripped of all their eye currency and left bankrupt. So some justice if not complete justice.

As stated, Teja got the video call from home, but like Jenny she asked her mum who to look for, which Big Brother completely ignored again. Shame they can get outside information just by asking for it. Sets a bad precedence for next year, and Big Brother should really clamp down on that.

Anyway, Teja's mum said to watch out for Caroline, which didn't go down well for the lady who's 56 going on 21 most of the time

A sad day for the show next, as Ben from series 11 sadly passed away. Who can forget his argument with the Tree of Temptation, a short but amusing clip..... 

On to nominations, or the first nominations of the week I should say as Sam and Nancy are announced on the chopping block, and needless to say Sam goes straight into 'how dare they nominate me' mode. Best thing is that this is a flash vote, and the housemate who goes, will go in a backdoor eviction with NO crowd on Bonfire Night.

Caroline then thought it would be funny to hide a bottle of Prosecco on the eve of Teja's 19th birthday, didn't really go down well with the birthday girl and Tate. Frustration eventually turned to happiness though, and Teja did get her party started eventually, well the housemates version first.

On to the first eviction of the week, but first the cringey showmance where Elsa thought Marcus was 'the one'. Come on young lady, you've only known the guy 6 weeks and he's looking pretty uncomfortable when you are latching on to him. Can only think she will ramp things up once the Friday eviction is done, as they will both be there for the final week. Please, if there is a midweek eviction in the final week can they be separated even if it is only for 48 hours.

Another stirring task is rolled out, fairly pointless though as it was unfailable with what BB had in mind for the backdoor eviction, and shock horror they did win the fireworks party. At least they had to earn this one, unlike the Halloween party where it was just handed to them.

Basically, Sam and Nancy had to wear a red and blue costume respectively, and whichever colour the fireworks were that housemate was evicted. The result was never in doubt however, as the fireworks were RED, and bye bye Sam.

In the latest irrelevant budget task, aka the shopping task, it was Groundhog Day where they had to complete 'the perfect day'. In order, it went:

1. Waking up and finding 10 alarm clocks within 2 minutes
2. Eating a full English breakfast, apart from Tate who had to catch his, piece by piece
3. Speed nominations within 7 minutes
4. Put the eye into a bucket in the garden, involving a lot of balance without dropping it 

15 takes later, and they were no closer and BB announced they had failed and on economy budget

Facing the public vote for the Friday show would be Caroline, Nancy and Jenny. Jenny's first time on the chopping block I might add. No immunity to save Caroline this time, so her goose should be cooked.

Cue Friday, and Caroline seems determined to cause havoc in terms of the shopping list, to which Tate has major reservations. This does take up most of the episode leading up to the next two exits, yes another double with only 3 up.

To no surprise, Nancy was first to go, so she can go and twerk with Sam all she likes now.... FINALLY, Caroline is shown the door, and let's just say her interviews are either 'watch with caution' or 'less said the better', complete disaster as she wasn't even dragged for her behaviour towards Richard

Does seem to heading towards a Richard victory and the crown of 'oldest civilian BBUK winner', but he won the war against Caroline, that's good enough for me. Will be fun on finale night to see Caroline's face if he does win. Just remember though, when it was thought Yinrun would win she only finished 4th, so not everything set in stone just yet.

Really hope the rumours of live feed getting chopped after this series are not true, but the signs are pointing to just that with housemates getting locked in earlier and earlier and lights off shortly afterward....

So into the last week now, and we down to:

Richard

Marcus

Teja

Tate

Elsa

Jenny

Emily

Who wins, hopefully WE decide if the edit and producers don't

Another warning, letters from home incoming in the mini mart from people they will see in midweek or the final Friday anyway, and even worse the dreaded pass to the final WILL be up for grabs in the Tuesday episode..... Who gets it, who cares. Needless waste of time when they should be trying to get past Wednesday and then on to Friday on their own merits 

'nuff said.....

To be concluded post Friday, keep on rocking