Exit CBB UK, Enter CBB USA

Welcome, citizens, into a fresh new series of Celebrity Big Brother and this time it is the debut of Celebrity Big Brother USA

A whole new batch of celebrities for us punteroonies to get our teeth into, and also a whole different format to what most of us are used to

Basically, the North American format is a lot more cutthroat than the UK version

• ·         There is no public vote
• ·         Strategy is the name of the game, and alliances are formed
• ·         Houseguests choose who to evict, save and when it gets to the business end there is a jury of ex houseguests who decide the overall winner

More will be explained about this format as this blog continues through this series, and I do hope I can get it right for those not familiar with this format

On to this series we go….

The boss of CBS’s wife Julie Chen welcomes us in, and we are straight down to business as we get a look at the first 5 to go in

3 weeks long (Feb 7-25 local time) and first up is lead singer of Sugar Ray, Mark McGrath

A familiar face to BBUK viewers, Brandi Glanville, is up next…She was in Summer CBB UK 2017, but didn’t make much of an impact overall. Apparently she hasn’t got a clue about the North American format but we will see as the show progresses and if she is still in there further down the line

NBA star, Meta World Peace, is next up….His story speaks for itself in terms of NBA

Next up is the beauty queen who was wrongly given the Miss Universe crown in 2015, Arianda Gutierrez

Ross Matthews up next, and he is a celebrity journalist….Will say he certainly has a high opinion of himself, says he’s a BB superfan as he sat in the audience for the very first civilian BB USA. We shall see, Ross

Julie welcomes the first 5 on stage, and congratulates them on being amongst the cast of the inaugural Celebrity Big Brother USA and in they go to get used to their surroundings

On to the second lot of houseguests:

Shannon Elizabeth – Claims to have watched every series of Big Brother USA, is a keen poker player and conservationist and has starred in many films such as Scary Movie and American Pie

Chuck Liddell – UFC Hall of Famer and former light heavyweight UFC champion

Keshia Knight Pulliam – Former child star of The Cosby Show. She has her own spice line called Keshia’s Kitchen and is a very keen cook

Marissa Jaret Winokur – Tony Award winning actress in the stage version of Hairspray and she reveals she has transitioned into a director as well. We see a short clip of her revealing to her son that she is going into the house. Her strategy is a social game, and she says she is no threat to either the girls or boys.

James Maslow – Big Time Rush actor and also a singer

Omarosa – Appeared on the first ever The Apprentice USA, to which a certain current president was the boss. Says she is a ‘reality tv legend’. Worked in the White House in the Trump administration and she also says she is a ‘superfan’.

Marissa’s silent OMG is observed on camera as Julie announces Omarosa to come on the stage

Shannon is sceptical about sharing a room with Omarosa, but she’ll see

Marissa reveals how close she is with Shannon, but won’t tell the others at least not yet

Omarosa tells James that she was on The Apprentice with Trump, she is distinctly unimpressed with his resume though…Have this feeling James is an early candidate for first out

Brandi is as clueless as everyone else on why James is in there, but does talk to him and keeps cutting him off. James walks away politely saying to himself how rude Brandi is, and she is being considered for the block if James wins Head of Household

Omarosa expresses an interest in working with Shannon for this shortened version of the USA series, then Shannon discusses if one of the ladies wins Head of Household then two of the guys will go on the chopping block

Julie appears on the plasma saying it’s time for the first Head of Household competition, and it’s endurance to get this season’s competitions underway

But first, houseguests have to stand behind a number and the houseguest who is standing behind the number contained in the envelope will be safe this week. Julie reveals the number and it is number FIVE, which to no great shock Omarosa is standing behind. They don’t want to see her sent on her way too early, that’s just personal opinion

Back to the competition, and everyone except obviously Omarosa has to hang on to a giant award for the longest time possible

And worst luck, Julie announces a song and dance number and perennial runner up Paul turns up in a top hat and tuxedo singing and dancing

Next to appear is Rachel, the winner from Series 13, who in my opinion had a lot of help from backstage to help her over the finish line

And back to last year, Cody and Jessica are sitting in the seats of the competition…2017 showmance still going strong

Back to the competition at hand, and the current houseguests get a load of slime and other stuff dropped on them

Meta and Marissa are early fallers, and shortly afterward the spinning of the statues speed up and a touch up of the statues follows and Mark and Ross fall to the crash mats

Ross is happy he outlasted an NBA player in Meta, Chuck then falls of his statue followed by Arianda

Kiesha and Brandi fall off and it’s down to James and Shannon

Chuck is hoping James wins, and then James nearly comes off his statue but hangs on just barely

Statues speed up some more and Shannon and James are barely hanging on, but James does eventually fall and Shannon is the first HoH of the season

The women have control so far, but that may change as Julie introduces 11 Big Brother gift bags and all will be revealed in a few moments

Back on the sofas, Julie goes back to the house after recapping the previous segment

11 gift bags are revealed in which the contents are not all the same, but one of them has the power to recast the Head of Household if the holder of the power so wishes

James is hoping to get that particular power, and Shannon says this power could knock her game sideways whoever gets the power

In the next episode, it’s Nominations time and then a 2 hour show the episode after for Power of Veto and also the first eviction of this season

All in all, a good start to the inaugural CBB for the USA…Really looking forward to seeing how this series pans out and hope it’s a success so we can have plenty more series

Some links you may want to watch out for in this series as they will be discussing this particular format

Big Brother Radio – www.bigbrotherradio.us

BB on Blast - https://www.spreaker.com/user/lightupvm

Rob has a Podcast - http://robhasawebsite.com/

If I've missed anyone, it's not personal and please free to post your links in the comments if you so wish. The more the merrier :)

First episode in the bag, and hope you will like my little contribution to this season

Until next time, and remember someone is always watching :)

CBB, it's time to let you go for another series

Greetings, citizens, and welcome to the final blog for this series and what a series it has been

Can't believe it's the end already, this series has absolutely flown by and you know the old saying "Time flies when you are having fun...."

Although the final two in Anne and Courtney may seem locked in, you never know what might happen as we have seen in so many series

The first CBB on Five when everyone thought Jedward would romp to victory, and they ended up finishing 3rd to winner Paddy and runner up Kerry Katona....

When Jedward made their return to the house, but ended up runners up to Coleen Nolan

Just two examples when you think someone has it wrapped up, then the voters pulled the rug from under the lot of us

So much tale of the tape to get through before 9pm, so here goes for a small look at the contenders before showtime

Shane L - Made a sandwich during one of the few arguments, can't really think of anything else apart from he will have the Boyzone fanbase vote and should not be underestimated. First or second out tonight, but stranger things have happened....

Placing prediction - 4th or 5th, no higher

Wayne - Has contributed immensely to this series even if he has been a bit pissed at times but has kept the morale up with his witty little activities

Placing prediction - 3rd

Jessica - Has provided a few amusing moments and she was actually correct with the cucumber and salmonella link, so not all bad but the I'm fick me stuff may have worn a bit thin with some

Placing prediction - 4th or 5th

Anne - Where to start with her, too many reminders of she who controlled the kitchen in regular series 8...The she who is banned who won Power Trip type housemate who will most likely finish top 2 after that it's up to the voters, well those who want to stop a certain someone else winning who will be mentioned in a moment

Placing prediction - Winner or runner up

Courtney - Like Anne, a very polarising housemate who has divided opinion across the board...Shame a small few of his fans have resorted to using a certain H word these last few days towards anyone who dares to critique him whether it be on forums or social media and that small number who will gloat like mad if he wins

Placing prediction - Winner or runner up

It really is that hard to call, and it will be fascinating to see the results as they come in...Personally I am not bothered too much who wins, but seriously good luck to the final 5 and fingers crossed it won't be too bad tempered out in forum and social media land whoever wins

And here we go....

WHOOP WHOOP and all that

First up, it's hello to the housemates who have gone, but Malika hasn't turned up yet

Momma Willis looking as hot as ever

5th place will be announced in 3 minutes, folks, get voting

Series recap before we get down to the real business and lots of happy memories to take away from this series, which is what it should be all about really....

Nice to have a series we can look back on fondly, which is very rare in this era of the show....Hoping it's not going to be a case of too little too late

5th place time, and finishing in 5th is WAYNE

Bit of a shock, thought he would finish at least 3rd as stated further up....Guess it's that Boyzone vote working for Shane L

Vote frozen again once Wayne's interview is done, let's get ready for 4th place....This SHOULD be Shane L or Jess, watch this space

And here we go again, time for 4th place to come on down and it's JESS

Who on earth is voting BOREZONE Lynch

But well done Jess, another member of the No Nominations club

Top 3 is confirmed as SHANE L, ANNE and COURTNEY

Vote frozen again, and a few minutes breather while everyone gets their breath back ready for bronze medal announcement

Taking the bronze medal in this series, no great shock it's BOREZONE Lynch

So the final 2 everyone called has become a reality and we have a 30 minute breather before the winner is announced

To say it's going to be rough when the winner is announced would be a massive understatement....

Half time in the CBB final January 2018

Final word from the top 2, before the announcement

And this is it, and the winner of CBB January 2018 is......COURTNEY

Anne is your runner up, folks

Like I said, not too bothered who wins and well done to the fans of the winning housemates, but in essence they have all been winners this series, and I hope that we will get more of the same in the summer when the civilian series rolls around

And for me that wraps up this particular series, and I would just like to say thank you to everyone who has taken some time to read this blog and I do hope it has been a good read and thank you so much for all the likes and retweets, it is very much appreciated

Mulling over about whether to do the US version and BB Canada, so watch this space or my twitter timeline

But before I go, I would like to point you in the direction of Big Brother Radio and BB on Blast  if you do suffer withdrawal from this amazing series seek out these two pretty top notch sites

Catalogues of show from both as far as the eye can see and come highly recommended :)

Thank you so much to all the fansites, DSBB forum members and everyone else in between for all the laughs and opinions, it certainly hasn't been a dull series and looking forward to doing this again in the summer

The biggest thanks and I do mean this most sincerely go to Emma, Rylan, Marcus and everyone else on the BB crew for putting on a dam good series even if it did have its little faults and look forward to the summer

Nice to have a series to remember for the right reasons and not be saying thank god that's over

I hate long goodbyes, but as the curtain falls on another series and the last firework has flown for Courtney's victory, everything is crossed the show gets another contract as we start the road to the summer shows, or perhaps sooner those sticking around for CBB US and BB Canada

So long for now, and remember someone is always watching even if we are not ;)

Thank you, good night and see you maybe in the summer :)

Return (or should that be Revenge) of the ex housemates

Greetings citizens for the penultimate blog of this current series

Tonight we see the return of the evicted housemates for a task and a party

Lucky us, some would say

These people were evicted for a reason, and it does seem a bit pointless sending them back in when they will be seeing each other anyway for the finale and then the wrap party....So in essence they will be having two wrap parties

Some of them won't be able to help themselves in revealing what's going on out here, but I suppose BB had to cater to the MTV generation or those who just love the arguing eventually and tonight is that night

Still it's only one night, but could still affect the result tomorrow however don't think it will alter the probably already locked in final 2 of Courtney and Anne

So without further ado, let's get down to business, grin and bear it, and let the ex not rights have their extra minute on tonight's show

Day 30, but we don't need to be reminded what is happening today ;)

Lights on in the bedroom and an all too familiar voice is on hand to wake them up in Ginuwine, and so it begins and in Celebrity Hijack style

Ginuwine proceeds to treat the people still in there with a breakfast each, and then the men who bring the breakfast in do a striptease

Anne already complaining in the Diary Room, no great shock there

John Barnes turn on the mic, and he gives Jess and Anne a football training session to complete...A bit of fun I suppose

Anne doing her daily routine of talking to the camera, and we have some sofa gatherage

Good grief, India's back, this will go down well for some...not

We are treated to some furious flashbacks, in Courtney's malfunction on launch night and a dig at Shane L making a sandwich, Wayne getting cleaned in the bath by Amanda and Jess's cucumber/salmonella connection

Then we get Anne directing Dapper around the mini race course played on the plasma

And lots of outside information is sent in as India tells them how they are being perceived out here, which should NOT be allowed...Go away and piss off, India...Be bitter someplace else

Dapper up next, and he gives Jess a little game of Yes and No, Courtney a game of Would You Rather

Now Andrew makes an appearance via the secret wall, to the happiness of Courtney and Courtney gets a secret mission

While Courtney is doing his secret mission, Anne walks across the living area and Andrew sticks two fingers up at Anne as she walks past....Eventually they all spot him on the wall

Rachel up next with one of her crappy rapping, but look out in she goes and then a flood of ex housemates are not far behind.....'Nuff said

India STILL giving away outside information might I add

Remember the days of old when they were left alone to enjoy the final week without any interference to make things miserable

Lucky us, the most boring showmance in the history is now back on again, as in Ashley and Ginuwine and then it's back to Courtney and Andrew in the bathroom

Finally they are out of there, and that's end credits

Not as bad as I feared, but wish they could have done more to keep India quiet about the outside

Going to knock off half a point for the outside information, but at the moment this series is heading for 8 out of 10 overall

So that's the penultimate episode in the bag as the ex housemates leave in readiness for the final 5 to head out the door tomorrow, and despite India giving away way too much about the outside this series will get a high rating from me no matter who wins tomorrow

Tomorrow see the next and hopefully not final January winner crowned, who wins YOU decide

Just hope forums and social media will stay pleasant and not spontaneously combust with cries of fix if their favourite doesn't win

Remember it's only a TV show, so the best of luck to the final 5 for tomorrow no matter what people's feelings are about them

In closing, remember once proceedings are over tomorrow, the US version starts on February 7 local time, and the early hours of February 8 for us in the UK

Remember, someone is always watching even if we are not ;)

Until the final time tomorrow.....

Return to the Triple of Doom

Greetings citizens

On tonight's show the finalists are sorted out as we take another step on the road to the finale, and there are more tasks ahead before the ex not rights head in for the final full highlights tomorrow

According to the social media account: "Gender debates upset the house, three walk out the door and the finalists let their hair down"

Day 29, and it's another triple eviction day.....The tears are flowing, folks, from them not me ;)

The second day of the girl power task has begun, and the housemates are woken with a catchy tune befitting of the current task

BB announces the champagne breakfast, and lots of back slapping and tears ensue...Been a good atmosphere in this series to which I applaud, interference has been kept to a minimum. Just hope the ex housemates do NOT lower the tone tomorrow

Oh who are we kidding, some of them won't be able to help themselves in terms of divulging outside information, yes that old chestnut again

Boring I know, but those people were evicted for a reason

Anyways, back to the show and Wayne is talking about how he met his husband

The good old fashioned debate task is next, hosted by Anne Widdecombe

Are women stronger than men

Do RTV stars set a good example to young women

Is it unwomanly to break wind in front of people

Would you judge a woman who had sex on TV more harshly than a man

Only on BB would you get those kind of juvenile questions

Several post mortems of that part of the task continue throughout the house

Thoughts now turning to the triple eviction, and Anne says to bring on the executioner

Jess is in the Diary Room, and the sex on TV question eats away at her, while Malika makes an eviction prediction whilst applying the war paint for the eviction

Meanwhile back in the Diary Room, Jess rolls out the tears and admits she did the deed and doesn't want anyone to think less of her

Plug for the civilian series....

Back to the show, and it's almost time for a certain three to leave the premises

Lots of prep is shown and now it's time....

Eight become five

And. here. we. go.

COURTNEY and ANNE are finalists, but you knew that already ;)

First two leaving are ASHLEY and MALIKA, but you knew that already

Amanda and Shane L are left in limbo for now, only one will be a finalist but we all know who it is

And to no surprise AMANDA is evicted and SHANE L is the final finalist

Into the final part of this episode we go, and it's party time as the finalists celebrate getting to Friday and Lady Gaga plays over the loudspeaker

All squished into the Diary Room as BB congratulate them on getting to the final, Anne says they would all like to win but in reality there's only 2 who are likely to win....The real battle is for 3rd to 5th

My order of placings:

5th - Shane L

4th - Jess

3rd - Wayne

Runner up - Anne/Courtney

Winner - Anne/Courtney

Can't choose between winner and runner up, and also don't want to be called every name under the sun if I choose one for winner and another for runner up

In seriousness I don't mind who wins, it won't affect me personally but I have a feeling it will get nasty on forums and social media whoever wins, especially if the final 2 are as expected

Anyways, the show ends on Courtney talking about Anne and Anne in the diary room giving her thoughts on being a finalist

The final live feed wasn't too exciting last night, but it's the calm before the storm as you may have heard, the ex not rights will be going back in on tomorrow's show so plenty of coverage if it gets really feisty

And that wraps up another episode, hope you will enjoy this post as I have writing it

Remember someone is always watching, even if we are not ;)

Until tomorrow's chaos....

Big Brother and the Triple of Doom

Greetings citizens on another triple eviction night

Anne, Courtney, Malika, Shane L, Ashley and Amanda face the final vote to save before vote to win kicks in

No recap tonight, as it's a LONG show and there's so much to cover

So swiftly into tonight's proceedings we go....

WHOOP WHOOP being as annoying as ever as Momma Willis welcomes us in for the final eviction, and the poor girl is suffering from a bit of a cold

Absolutely pissing down at the compound as Momma recaps the past few days events since the last triple

Day 28, several shots of the housemates as the morning after the pool party begins but Malika had an early night

Ashley recites some poetry for Malika which earns her a hug from Malika, Malika talks about friendship and some tears start flowing

Wayne and Amanda talk about Malika, whilst Malika makes her way to the Diary Room and still crying again and more or less says she wants to leave....There's the door, bye bye, or you will get your wish tonight

The rarely seen Shane L talks (yes, talks) about why he was known as the 'wild one' in Boyzone

Back to Momma, and she warns us about Anne dressing up as Scary Spice after the break

Vote now closed, and next up it's Courtney getting dressed up

Next up is BB announcing the series of tasks celebrating the year of the woman and girl power, and each housemate has to say what is means to be a woman

Another talent show is announced and the housemates will be split into two teams to impersonate Spice Girls and Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child - Malika, Shane L, Amanda
Spice Girls - Anne, Courtney, Ashley, Wayne, Jess

Fingers in your ears time, but Malika is actually reasonable and I'm no music critic, but overall it is pretty terrible

Plug for the civilian series, and then Emma announces two will be coming out at the same time....Shock eviction incoming? let's see after the break

Back from the break, and now it's the Spice Girls turn.....Dear me, what a mess but before any accusations of sense of humour bypass I meant it in a joking way

I know it's not X Factor or The Voice as well ;)

And we end the highlights with Wayne and the rest raising a glass and saying good luck all round

Back to Emma, and here we go....The results are in

Joining Wayne and Jess in the final will be COURTNEY and ANNE

First and second evicted tonight is....ASHLEY and MALIKA

Last spot in the final will go to either Amanda or Shane L, result to be revealed after Ashley and Malika's interviews

BB bosses breathing a sigh of relief to Courtney and Anne staying, now they can just tell the ex housemates to really go for it when they are chucked back in tomorrow

Ginuwine is there, watching Ashley's every word no doubt as Momma Willis talks about the yawnmance

Right, this is it.....

Third evictee for tonight - AMANDA
Finalist - SHANE L

Finalists confirmed to be ANN, COURTNEY, WAYNE, JESS and SHANE L

And so that wraps up the final vote to save for this series, and now it's VOTE TO WIN...Although it does seem the final 2 are pretty much locked in anyway

Who wins, YOU decide

Emma closes the show, and some live feed of BB congratulating the remaining housemates on being finalists

Reminder about tomorrow shenanigans with the ex housemates going back in for a task and then a party.....Outside information anyone? We know some of those not rights won't be able to keep their gobs shut about out here especially when the drink comes out

You can probably tell I am not a big fan of outside contact, a rule that has slowly eroded in the Five era and was rather hoping it would be a peaceful week

Maybe it still will be peaceful, we'll just have to wait and see....As Captain Picard said in Encounter at Farpoint, "lets see what's out there"

Just remember, someone is always watching even if we are not ;)

Until next time....

Final countdown (and nominations)

Greetings citizens, and into the last 5 days of this series we go

Tonight sees the final nominations for this series, whether it's a double or triple eviction tomorrow is up to BB

When we last left said housemates:

• The remaining men got their letters from home, apart from Shane L who refused his letter
• There was a meditation session for the whole house, but Anne and Shane L did not participate
• Amanda and Courtney had an argument, where Amanda said she thought the skirt drop from Courtney was fake

Lots of discussion about Amanda and Courtney's argument on forums and social media, so at least people are talking about it

Let's hope we can all get through to Friday not at each other's throats and just be happy for whoever the winner is

Remember this is only a TV show, nobody will have been arrested or killed

Right, onto tonight's show.....

Diary room nominations, and oh dear, one of the least popular tasks in rate yourselves most to least

Day 27 in the house, but already discussion is on last night's argument

Anne claims she knew Courtney was saying his stuff, but is grateful that she has Amanda in her corner or words to that effect....Not much to add as this argument is already stirring up a hornet's nest

"Wayne is having a moment with some cling film and an avocado"

And back to Courtney, this time trying to clear the air with Anne....Without sounding premature, these two will more than likely be the final two. The two most talked about in this series, so it's makes perfect sense one will be the winner and the other will be runner up

On to the final nominations we go, so let us all find out who will be the final ones to face the chopping block before vote to win kicks in from tomorrow evening

Diary room nominations to close things out, to which NONE have been played to the house yet

Anne - Courtney and Malika

Shane L - Courtney and Ashley

Malika - Anne and Amanda

Ashley - Courtney and Shane L

To be continued....

Housemates speculate who will fall at the final hurdle before the final, and Malika is already thinking ahead so cue her going tomorrow if she's up of course ;)

Back to nominations:

Jess - Courtney and Malika

Courtney - Amanda and Anne

Amanda - Courtney and Malika

Wayne - Anne and Courtney

So it's official

On the block: Anne, Amanda, Courtney, Malika, Shane L and Ashley

Finalists so far: Wayne and Jess

Jess made it through this series with NO nominations

Who stays, the edit will decide ;)

Next part, and the next task entitled "Are you worthy"

First off housemates have to write down on a clipboard about what their most noteworthy moment in the house was

The next part of the task and it's most to least, aka BB shit stirring to try and make the final week miserable, disappointed but it seemed inevitable this task would be rolled out

Jess and Wayne must rate their fellow housemates from most to least in terms of being entertaining, and then it's loyal and then most honest and finally most popular

Not bothering with the results as we didn't have a say in it, but whether we had a say or not it's still stirring in the final week which wasn't really needed

But hey ho best foot forward onto the final segment for tonight

Courtney trying to find a 'happy' place, whatever that means, Malika and Ashley wonder if he is ok

Several shots of Courtney as Wayne and Amanda walk around the pool talking about various things

We close with several housemates getting in the pool, and what's this? Anne joins them in the pool to much rejoicing from the housemates

Back to Courtney in the Diary Room, and after a short while Courtney joins them in the jacuzzi

Triple eviction is confirmed for tomorrow, and remember it's Vote to Save so use your vote wisely as it's useless complaining that Wednesday to Friday will be boring if your favourite goes tomorrow

Don't assume your favourite will automatically be safe as you never know when a shock result will rear its head

That's about it for now I think, but remember it's only a few days to the end so let's cease hostilities, disarm, keep the peace and take care of yourselves and each other

Remember someone is always watching even if we are not ;)

Until next time....

Tanning, shocks and dancing

Greeting citizens, the last Sunday of this particular series is upon us

When we last left the housemates there was a triple eviction with Andrew, Johnny and Dapper being shown the door, which caused Courtney to cry his little eyes out

Tonight the final weekend starts in the house and we start to see the roll out of tasks from BB's past, whether it be just Five exclusive tasks or Channel 4 tasks thrown in as well remains to be seen

Tanning, shocks and dancing on the menu tonight looking at tonight's preview

And for the final time on a Sunday in this series, let the games begin

Day 26, the morning after the night before triple eviction wise

Anne says she is disappointed about the loss of Johnny and Dapper, no mention of Andrew. Anne then says how much Courtney is missing Andrew. She says Courtney is just a gimmick, and Shane J is real

Malika talking about her favourite subject in Anne....Be quiet Malika, you are helping her over the finish line.

Courtney talks about the crowd reactions and will see what happens on 'Judgement Day'...Anne's judgement on him doesn't affect him, or so he says and thinks Anne is disrespecting his community

For today's task, housemates will be put to the test to win rewards. An alarm will sound at regular intervals and the housemates called will have to hit the flashing buzzers around the house

Ashley and Wayne are first called, and the task is to endure TEN spray tans and they are successful and the prize is Courtney and Shane L's letter from home

Strangely Shane L refuses his letter from home, that must be a first at least in BBUK

And the next alarm sounds, Jess is called for a solo task....She has to find the reward box key buried in the tub of cotton wool balls, then BB says there is more than one key buried in the tub

Of course she finds the right key, and the reward is a meditation session for the whole house

BB tells the housemates to go to the Pankhurst bedroom, where there's a load of mats laid out for the housemates....

Anne and Shane L are sitting this one out

Another alarm, and this time it is Malika and Courtney that are called

No shock suits, but this devil of a game where you have to have a steady hand to win....Hard to describe this game, let's just say move the conductor along the copper without the buzzer going off

No shock (no pun intended), they have succeeded and the reward is Wayne's letter from home

And the next alarm, Shane L and Amanda next and it's the silent disco task...

Shane L gets B*witched, Amanda gets Steps, and Anne gets rave music

Next reward is a glitter party for the whole house, to see which there is a whole lot of dancing while Anne has her fingers in her ears on the sofa

And yet again more talk about Anne, and it's Wayne, Malika and Courtney doing the talking this time

Wayne is filling Amanda in on his conversation with Courtney, Amanda getting visibly frustrated by the looks of things

Amanda going for Courtney's throat, not literally of course, about his views on Anne and she is chewing out Courtney

Amanda says she worked with many drag queens, and basically says she thinks his skirt dropping on launch night was fake

Believe me, that

And that's the final Sunday of the series over with, and think that was game and set to Amanda tonight

Whether it will be game, set AND match to Amanda remains to be seen as there is the small matter of the final eviction(s?) of the series on Tuesday, and a reminder it's nominations and they will be revealed in tomorrow's blog

It really is anyone's to win as we head into the final straight, and it is pretty hard to call the winner of this series

Anyways that's my lot for tonight as it's Royal Rumble night, so remember someone is always watching even if we are not ;)

Until next time, citizens.....