5.45pm: Lydia is not amused. She thinks other housemates are trying to steal telly time by getting invoved with the task #bbuklive
5.58pm: A visitor just arrived as part of the task and left the housemates feeling horny. #bbuklive #bbtask http://pic.twitter.com/DnvuNX5n
6.29pm: Lydia had to leave the room because she got the giggles. Wonder if she will make it into the highlights show...
6.33pm: Benedict says he smiles when he is annoyed. He is wondering if this will count as a task fail #bbuklive
6.34pm: 'I always land on my feet. I'm a gymnastic' says Chris as the grammar police surround the House. #bbuklive
Becky and Scott don't like Chris vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGLP8V5osVA&feature=plcp
Later peeps .
Bye for now, erin
6.59pm: Big Brother has made Arron strip down and don red rubber pants. Some of the housemates find this funny. Chris does not
7.10pm: Lauren is explaining the origins of Big Brother. She said: "It comes from a novel by George Orwell called 1989." No lolz
7.24pm: Apparently it only takes Adam five to seven minutes to crack a Rubik's Cube. We're impressed. Are you?
Adam`s Fam-i -ly will be
Something`s wrong with the connection in my pc, it`s making a crackling sound and the mouse keeps switching off. I`ll see about getting it fixed tomorrow
Have a good night
7.57pm: Housemates are getting changed for an event BB's got planned. Apart from Arron who has to remain in his red rubber. #bbuklive
8.09pm: If Chris wins he says he will not be taking Caroline or Becky out for dinner with his prize money #bbuklive
8.11pm: Chris has proudly stated twice that he's seen Roy Chubby Brown and Jim Davidson live. Whatever floats your boat. #bbuklive
8.27pm: Scott says the housemates are looking reem tonight. He doesn't appear to be joking #bbuklive
8.32pm: Lauren doesn't really like comedy. 'Mainly because I don't get it', she says. #bbuklive #bbtask
8.46pm: Housemates have been called to the living room. There's booze. Let the fun and games begin #bbuklive
8.47pm: Housemates think someone is coming into the House. Who do you think it is? #bbuklive
8.50pm: As housemates settle down for whatever's in store, Deana and Arron are having a blazing row. Party vibe to the max! #bbuklive
9.03pm: First act is on stage at the BB Mega Lols Cafe. It's Jeff Leach. He's kicked off with an impression of Caroline #bbuklive
9.07pm: Jeff Leach has suggested Becky could pick up some work as a Mandy Dingle look-a-like after BB. No one laughed
9.12pm: BGT's Gatis Kandis is now trying to raise a laugh in the House. Housemates are starting to crack
9.21pm: It doesn't get much better than this. Ladies and gents, Keith Harris is in the house, with Cuddles
9.25pm: And here comes Orville. 'The legend himself', as Keith rightly calls him.
Arron kicks up a drink stink vid
21.47pm: Arron is in the Diary Room. In his pants. AGAIN #bbuklive
9.55pm: Shievonne is confident they have passed the task.
10.05pm: Benedict appears to be a keen Jeff Leach fan
10.18pm: Caroline can't see any potential romances in the house. Becky replied: 'What about you and... Chris?'
10.33pm: Housemates are all in the garden. The girls are telling Sara she is gorgeous
10.43pm: Chris is explaining to Conor how much he's matured over his short time in the house.
11.01pm: Caroline thinks anyone who says they're just being themselves is probably scrutinising everything that's going on.
11.16pm: Lydia's recalling how she couldn't get in touch with Andy Scott Lee whilst in BB hiding - our hearts are
11.27pm: Chris is showing Shievonne how to deal with a drunk in a doorman situation. 'Use your own body-weight'.
11.36pm: 'It's like we're some big dysfunctional family' says Shievonne, which must surely qualify as understatement
11.59pm: Arron's got his arm around Lauren and they're looking very cosy in the garden. #bbuklive
12.12am: Looks like the housemates are having a bit of an early night which, according to our records, is a first for 2012. #bbuklive
12.19am: Another kiss on the lips for Luke S from Ashleigh (and another friendly peck rather than a snog, to clarify).
12.23am: Arron was settling down to snooze beside Luke S but now he's up, in his onesie and roaming around again.
Nite
2.35am: Lauren's talking about the white sauce she tried to make. Two ingredients: flour and milk. Sounds yum
Lauren just told Arron he is perfect. He's wearing a onesie
Caroline, Lauren and Scott are all in agreement. They say it is a shame Conor has a girlfiend
Arron is showing Lauren his dry skin. Wonder if she still thinks he is perfect. She says it has been one of her favourite nights
1.15am: Shievonne tells Lauren 'you've got to be a floater babe'. Presumably not that kind of floater
1.34am: Scott is telling Caroline she did a good job cutting her own hair. See if you can see the difference tomorrow
1.42am: 'Babe, what's that in the air? That's not a bird it's an animal. It's an eagle' says Shievonne. 'Oh. It's a moth'
1.55am: It seems housemates are retiring to their scratchers, so we shall see you bright and early for more fun. Until then...
Morning all
08.27: The housemates are all still sound asleep..... wakey wakey the sun IS shining and who knows how long that will last!!
9.03am: Housemates are still tucked up in bed. Any ideas what could be in store for our lovely housemates today?
9.14am: If you could play an alarm sound into the Big Brother House to wake up our sleeping housemates, what would it be?
9:37am: Housemates are awoken by the sound of Big Brother's booming voice telling them to wear their mics, are in for a treat?
9.47am: Big Brother has sent 2 laughing ladies into the bedroom,each housemate must introduce themselves whilst they literally LOL
9.50am: The LOL ladies are part of this week's shopping task,can the housemates keep a straight face? Arron & Luke S certainly can
9.53am: Still all bleary eyed and in the bedroom, the LOL ladies have asked the housemates to introduce themselves in gibberish.
Day 8 round-up
Post nominations, the House has been in a sombre mood but this time it's an enforced atmosphere. Big Brother set the housemates a shopping task. There's to be no laughing for two whole days â success will deliver a luxury shopping budget. Failure means budget dining. Housemates are allowed a couple of slip-ups, but the exact number is being kept secret.
Special guests were in and out of the House all day, attempting to get a giggle out of the housemates. Big Brother brought in the big guns in the evening with 80s Saturday tea-time superstars Keith Harris and Orville doing their damnedest to raise a smile.
Up-for-eviction Arron had a spat with Deana, after he suggested she shouldn't have a drink, as it may make her likely to laugh and ruin the task. Deana flipped out and we saw echoes of that Arron and Victoria tiff in the bedroom. That man Arron seems unable to decide whether to charm the chicks or get the ladies' backs up.
And finally, it's taken eight whole days but we can confirm that Big Brother 2012 has seen its first snog. Ashleigh and Luke S puckered up before midnight, but the path of true love rarely runs smooth in the House. Ashleigh is already worrying Lauren may be jealous. We think she may have already set her sights elsewhere.
Romance or fauxmance? Watch this space.
All sorted Baz thanks
Morning all
10.00am: The LOL ladies are asking the housemates to show them their laughterbox! Luke S has a rather large one! Still no LOLs
10.06am: Up out of bed the LOL ladies have got the housemates in a laughter huddle and sitting on each other, still no LOLs though
10.10am: The LOL ladies are saying their laughter goodbyes to a bemused House. "Were they professional laughers?" asks Lydia
10.14am: After a morning of MEGALOLs (not cracking a smile though) the housemates are making breakfast and enjoying the sunshine
10.21am: Luke S is reading out the instructions to Lydia for how to make porridge, she is slightly baffled.
10.25am: Benedict, Lauren and Chris are in the garden, lying out on the sun loungers, catching some morning rays.
10.34am: Lydia is still attempting to make porridge as Luke S tells his captive audience which muscles he'll be working out today
Day 8: Ashleigh's Luke S Concern
After a day of non-smiley, task-based headaches, time for an emotional moment just before bed. Luke S and Ashleigh continued to show their burgeoning affection for one another, cuddling up around the house and, later on, under a duvet. But later on the Essex girl seemed consumed by doubt and went to speak with Shievonne and Deana in the garden about how she might be considered in the outside world. And she also was slightly concerned about how Lauren might react to a romance between her and the entrepreneur from Stoke On Trent.
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Ashleigh and Luke S have yet another minor smooch
The two of them can't seem to help getting closer and closer
The warmth spilled over to the bedroom later...
...but perhaps they were just using any tactic available to avoid laughing and failing the task?
In the garden, Ashleigh voiced her concerns that perhaps her 'close friendship' with Luke S may cause friction with Lauren
Shievonne and Deana offered advice to the confused Essex girl
Ashleigh went to bed pondering romance in the Big Brother House