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.......