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

Week 5 ramblings (BBUK)

Off we go again, citizens, as the end gets a step closer....

Everywhere gets more feisty whether it is something production have done, or what the housemates have done

We get started with more crappy punishments which of course the housemates don't take seriously, as in hot water and hair appliances off and the hot tub out of bounds.... No wonder the housemates laugh all the time, when they know they can break a rule or two and can get some airtime with a puerile punishment

Time for another Elsa in Fantasy Land where she talked to Jenny about demons, needless to say it caused Jenny and others to be open mouthed. How did Elsa pass the psych test to get in there, answers on a postcard please.

Speaking of fantasy worlds, Sam got it into his head that Zelah had a crush on him. Oh please, not another manufactured nomance for this series. Moving swiftly on, and the mini mart was open for business, with a phone call from home and more importantly a Save and Replace up for grabs for the highest bidder.

After 2 weeks immune, Caroline was first to bid for the Save and Replace while the majority of them were only thinking about their stomachs, leaving the way open for Caroline to get a third week of immunity. In my opinion, she should have been ineligible to go for it as she's just had 2 weeks immunity. But hey ho, what does it matter as BB are happy to ignore the little things. Speaking of ignoring stuff, Jenny bought the phone call from home, and proceeded to ask her mum on who to be careful of.

Shame BB are ignoring the things that make this show important, and taking it down a very dark route which effectively killed the second era of the show

3 guesses to who her mum said, yep it was Caroline. That little thing called outside information, the bane of every series where it happens.

However, the pizza party that was bought was strewn with rule breaks when BB asked them to return the leftover pizza. Everyone except Richard and Cameron were punished, as in the previously mentioned hot water blah blah blah, and also everyone except the above two had to return their food bought from the mini mart, but Caroline got to keep her Save and Replace. What's up with that, seriously?

In case you missed it, it was face to face nominations for Week 5

Richard, Farida and Tate were originally on the chopping block, but Caroline used her Save and Replace

on Tate, choosing Zelah to replace him. Seems pretty straight forward to who will go. Oh and it's a Double Eviction. With only 3 up, doesn't make sense. Then again not much about this series has made sense production wise.

Nancy, Sam and Caroline then discussed who would win... One hint to you three, it won't be any of you.

ANOTHER rule break to report as Sam was a naughty boy in hiding some honey, and being made to douse himself in honey. Another puerile punishment for the books.

Farida was given a secret mission to make them believe she has had a string of jobs which included a zookeeper, hand model, martial arts instructor and lollipop lady. Needless to say she passed and it won the housemates a takeaway each. Guess they had to give her something to do in case she leaves in the double, but what about Richard and Zelah. Do they get to do something as well? Stay tuned....

On to the latest task, refuse to call it shopping task as the budget is irrelevant pass or fail, and Bad Brother have taken over. Apparently they have to pass 'tests' to win keys to free Big Brother from the crate in the garden.

Farida, Richard and Teja have been selected as Bad Brother's henchmen..... No Zelah as the third henchman? No? Shouldn't he be getting some airtime as he is on the block after all?

Anyway, lots of gunge, Emily's 'letter from home' getting shredded, and many menial tests later and shock horror, they find the right key to get Big Brother out of the crate and the luxury budget is theirs. £1000 no less, wish I had that much to spend on food.

They should know by now they will get their letters anyway if they are still there near to the end, so no big deal.

On to Halloween, and no marking it this year apart from the task previously mentioned and the party they received. 13 about to become 11, and once again this Sam and Zelah nonsense takes up most of the show, along with 'bowlgate' where Sam didn't clean up his bowl of beans, which in turn set Tate off. More airtime for Sam, even though he does not deserve it.

On to said party, they got ANOTHER takeaway along with the party. Like a hotel for this lot. Outside information on tap, parties without earning them. Of course it wouldn't be the UK version without some shit stirring thrown in, and they didn't disappoint but it didn't affect the party too much.

To finish things off, Tate put the dampeners on a last minute showmance with Emily with the no chemistry. One showmance is enough and THAT needs to be knocked on the head. 11 left with 2 weeks to go, almost certainly a few flash evictions coming up I would think to get those numbers down.

Eviction time, and it's Farida and Zelah as expected who are shown the door, Richard lives to fight another week and is another step closer to possibly being the new oldest civilian winner in the UK version. 

Still sad there have been no Welsh housemates this year, fingers crossed for next year. Hopefully all those rumours about the live feed being chopped are just that. But just lately it does feel the feed is being phased out with all the unnecessary birdsong. Not allowed to hear anything with the excuse of saving it for the highlights, or the usual excuse of it being too expensive? Answers on a postcard, please

Into the penultimate week we go, bang average series but it is flying by, and nearly time to say g'day to the next coming of BB Australia... Original voice, 24/7 feed, all the bells and whistles that made it great back in the day. May write about it, watch this space.

Anyway, that is enough rambling for Week 5.... Hope you enjoyed reading this current effort, and pass it on to others if you wish, and as always enjoy, complain or both. YOU decide.

'Nuff said, and keep on rocking

Until next time...

Week 4 ramblings (BBUK)

Greetings fellow Big Brother citizens, another week done and what a week depending on your point of view

Time travelling a bit, and the crowd had to stay really quiet so nothing was blown. Would have loved someone to go rogue and shout 'Get Emily/Farida out' just to have seen what may have happened

Time to welcome back Farida and Emily, whether some like it or not. A whole 36 hours in that secret house, hardly seemed worth it really. Then again they got as much feed as us out here did, as in very little.

Small difference though, at least they didn't have endure the birdsong and stock footage that we have had to every night. 

Of course it wouldn't be BB in this era, without some shit stirring and they didn't disappoint, with a ChatBBT, which basically entailed the 3 secret people to make judgments on the main housemates disguised as AI, and it was one of those line up from most to least tasks. Remember those days when they could have fun with these tasks and laugh at themselves, rather than be miserable and divided.

Anyway, the secret 3 returned to the main house eventually, with Farida and Emily immune from week 4 nominations unlike Sam, and couldn't shut up about the outside world, no punishment either, nothing, zilch, zero, nada.... It took the housemates to tell them to shut up, as BB must have fallen asleep at the wheel. One of the fundamental rules of this show is NO outside contact, yet like Five are happy to let it go. So later that night, it's party time for them with a Welcome Back party.

Farida of course her usual delusional fame hungry self, so no change there. Emily just went off the boil and is just there now, don't know what's happening with her and Tate whether she's still pursuing him, or is that done. Answers on a postcard please.

By this point, it is the Farida show as she just won't stop butting in where she's not wanted, and getting up a lot of people's noses as she wanders about questioning the showmance, causing Marcus to lose his cool. The showmance is looking precarious at the moment, but no doubt they will be back yet again.

Lo and behold 24 hours later, they have cleared the air yet again. Have to question how many more hits this dratted showmance will take, hopefully one of them will go soon and we can see how one will cope without the other. Next up, those two dreaded words, namely house meeting, are called, where Farida is all but trying to take over. She really hasn't learnt her lesson from her first stint, as this is exactly what caused her first week exit. She has to go as soon as possible, sooner rather than later. There's only so much they will take of her, just a shame she is immune for Week 4

On to nominations then, and it was Fey, Tate, Teja and Nancy on the chopping block. Thankfully all reasons were accepted this time. Reminder, 56 going on 21 (Caroline), Farida and Emily were all immune, but are all viable targets from Week 5. 

Brace yourselves, rule break alert yet again. This time the guilty party was Elsa, and in a highly original punishment, the jail came clinking and clunking out again and in went Elsa. Thankfully no serenading from her. A shame really these punishments are so puerile and the housemates don't take them seriously anymore. They know they can break the rules and get some airtime whatever the punishment is. Come on BB, you are seriously slacking. You're the boss and they are walking all over you every time. 

Jenny and Nancy then decided to pull a prank, thought these two weren't seeing eye to eye, and they executed it over dinner. Kind of a mixed reaction, as Elsa thought it was real and got overwhelmed while others laughed it off. Felt like pointless filler to me, but hey ho on we go....

Shopping task time, and may I say what a bunch of spineless wimps. I mean they spend hours on end sitting around doing nothing, and when it came to toughing it out on that plane set.... Just seriously, most of the tasks these days are spent doing bugger all for some anyway, and they couldn't even manage a few hours. Tell you something though, 56 going on 21 is really skating on thin ice with her antics trying to 'fit in'. Hopefully up and out in Week 5 now she doesn't have that immunity to hide behind.

Oh look another shit stirring task looms as more eyes are dished out to who wants them, depending who is unanimously voted for by the housemates. After much mucking about, it came down to Zelah and Jenny. Jenny is eventually picked, and she then has to give eyes to 3 housemates. Surprisingly, she doesn't pick Cameron, who is a bit put out by the situation.

Perhaps to no shock when it came to chucking out time, Fey was shown the door and it was refreshing to see how much she embraced the experience when she was interviewed. Either you loved her or you hated her, YOU decided

So on to Week 5 we go, and it was announced there will be a Save and Replace token available to the highest bidder in the mini mart, think of it like the Power of Veto in the North American version. God help us if Caroline or Ferida get that, they will be intolerable. Will be interesting to see what order BB will send them into the mini mart.

Anyway, think that's about everything covered for Week 4, and Happy Halloween to everyone who celebrates....

RT or like or both, and indeed enjoy, complain or both. YOU decide

'Nuff said and keep on rocking