This evening Gina announced to the group that the housemates are different this year and that rather than being a "bunch of wannabes" (her words), they are normal people.

 We'll take her word for it for now but we suggest you cobble together a classic Big Brother housemate complaints bingo card and see for yourself.

We'll be the caller and start you off with a few of this evenings' observations.

Michael spouted an old favourite, "It's too cold in the bedroom." You'll need a too hot to complete the set.

Having flopped in the shopping task, Dan's been moaning that he is missing meat. And they've all been niggling about the chickpeas.

And Wolfy hit out with last year's biggest whinge, running out of cigarettes.

We've not got a full 'House' yet but keep your dabber handy.

After a few days of House unrest over the past week, it was lovely to see a bit of joie de vivre on Day 6. The day started bright and gay, with the housemates awakening in a collective good mood – even former arch enemies, Gina and Sallie, decided to make amends for the day. How lovely.

The high jinks continued in the afternoon with some rather fabulous boogying courtesy of D.I. Dan and dance extraordinaire, Jackie Travers, which made us ponder the question; does that woman ever stop dancing? We certainly hope not!

There was a slight blip in the frivolities, after the housemates learnt that they had failed this week's shopping task after unsuccessfully stacking giant groceries to an appropriate height. Little did they know that their bad performance wasn't due to a misaligned inflatable champagne bottle, but rather to a certain People's Puppet...

But if you thought their spirits were dampened, you'd be wrong, as the evening included such delights as a lesson in love from our treehouse dwellers, a windy moment from Daley and a speech from Charlie as to why our housemates are so awesome this year. Hear, hear Charlie!

So as we crawled into the wee hours, it seemed that everyone was in a great mood and the bickers of the previous day had been put behind them. Will these good vibes flow into Day 7? You'll have to stick around to find out. 

We've a rip-snorting Bit On The Side on our hands this evening and no mistake. The fragrant Emma Willis returns to host an hour of Big Brother fun and games and there's going to be a whole lot to talk about.

Thankfully, Emma's got some pretty talkative types in-house to babble with, including footballing legend and ex-housemate Neil Ruddock. The dashing television personality Will Best will also be in to talk turkey and, on top of all that we've got fabulous ex-housemate Alison Hammond who knows a thing or two about duplicitous BB characters. The cherry on this delicious cake is the lovely body language expert, Judi James.

We spoil you, we really do. See you tonight at 11pm on Channel 5!

Late last night, as HMs scoffed a late night snack, Sallie made a solemn declaration over how she's going to relate to Michael from now on. If you thought she and Dan have given up their suspicions over moley Michael, The People's Puppet, you were dead wrong.

"He might be a lovely man. What's his name, Bill?"

Everyone looked slightly baffled by this name-confusion. Sallie explained in her own, inimitable motormouth manner.

"For me, he's not Michael. That's his stage name"

Daley seemed to concur, nodding sagely, as is his way.

"You might be right" Charlie admitted, not committing to the idea.

"I know I'm right" Sallie went on. "100% right"

This girl's made her mind up but, as things stand, she's not convinced the rest of the gang. Her campaign might just ratchet up a gear as Day 7 progresses...