The shopping task had been running far too smoothly for Big Brother so it was no surprise the third challenge of the day managed to shake up the House.

Housemates were asked questions with answers that had either been voted by BB website users or were related to things they have said during their time in the House.

And the majority of the answers housemates did not want to hear.

Fans chose Sophie as the housemate with the most annoying voice. Gina guessed correctly and despite suggesting herself, Sophie was pretty miffed.

"I think mine's similar to Rylan's,” she said. “So how is it annoying?”

Hazel found herself named as the housemate most likely to make viewers change the channel. She took the news with good grace saying, “I’d rather they were saying something about me than nothing at all.” No publicity is bad publicity and all that but hearing you’re not so popular has got to sting a bit.

The big bombshell was the revelation that Dexter had said the housemate manipulating situations to turn people against him was Gina. Unfortunately for him, when BB asked him, he said he had made that statement about Callum therefore offending two housemates with one insult – smooth.

Gina was characteristically defiant when Dexter attempted to weasel his way out of the awkward situation. “I don’t really care. I don’t want to hear it,” she said.

They have been having it out in the bedroom where she told him, “Of all the people in the House you’re the last person I would say something nasty about.”

Dexter has done his best to pour oil on these troubled waters but we’re not sure Gina is soothed. She closed down the chat with a, "whatever". Watch this space. 

If you happened to cast your eye over the list of evictees so far, you might notice that they all have something in common ... Read more

If you happened to cast your eye over the list of evictees so far, you might notice that they all have something in common. That’s right, apart from being all-round great stuff, they’re all women. Whenever the public have had their say, they’ve evicted a female housemate. What gives?

Sallie, Jemima, Wolfy, Jackie...one thing’s for sure, they weren’t shy, retiring flowers. Maybe that’s what did for them in the end, eh? They were all involved in at least one conflict during their tenure in the House (and Jackie and Wolfy were involved in a couple, each) but so were past male nominees Callum, Dan and the twins. And nominee veteran Dexter has been in more rows than we’ve had hot dinners. Notably, all four showed more than once that they could hold their own and influence others in a heated debate situation.

Look, we don’t have all the answers, but it certainly seems that the voting public isn’t keen on strong women. What’s the deal, guys?

Bucking that trend, Gina has now been saved from eviction three times, and voted into the safe house for a delicious slice of immunity pie. Now, we don’t want to point fingers, but Gina is one of the most outspoken housemates in BB history. It certainly seems that, though her housemates keep nominating her, she’s pretty popular with the voters. Could it be that Gina has hit on some kind of magical formula? We have no idea.

With Sam, Sophie and Dan facing the public vote this week (but shhhhhh, don’t tell them!) it’s technically more likely that on Friday, like Kate Middleton, the Big Brother House will be pushing out a boy. Could Sophie break the trend of all-girl evictees? You’ll have to tune in on Friday to find out!

We will be debating this subject tonight on Big Brother's Bit On The Side, 11pm on Channel 5.

He's pointed the finger at Wolfy and now Dan's making it a double bill of incorrectness by accusing none other than Hazel ... Read more

He's pointed the finger at Wolfy and now Dan's making it a double bill of incorrectness by accusing none other than Hazel of being an actor.

This came about when, as part of this week's shopping task, Hazel was named the biggest snake in the House, donning a big, unwieldy snake costume. Reflecting on the fact that this result was chosen by the beautiful Big Brother-watching public, Dan didn't take long to form a new (and yet, in many ways, old) theory.

After settling into a brief reverie, he sought Charlie's ear, expounding on his Hazel's An Actor theory. "Did Michael love her because he knew she was another actor?" Charlie wasn't having any of it, but she obviously didn't want to upset Dan. So she diplomatically mused "I think Hazel is just Hazel." Well, quite.

Dan seemed to be calmed by Charlie's analysis, but we're sure we'll see him return to this theory, like a dog with a particularly juicy bone

On Day 41, the housemates were awoken in spectacular fashion by a gameshow theme tune, heralding the arrival ofthis week's shopping task. And before the task had a chance to really sink in, Hazel was given her first challenge: to eat a pig's nose. Yuk!

Later on, the housemates were tasked with answering questions relating to things they've said in the past, and public opinion. This had interesting repercussions when it transpired that Dexter had said something none too kind about Gina.

Westlife fans Jack and Joe had a momentous surprise when none other than Shane Filan called up for a little chat. Considering how much singing the twins do on a daily basis, we were surprised they didn't burst into a chorus of Flying Without Wings. Hazel had a bit of an afternoon wobble, as she's convinced she's going home on Friday- looks like Big Brother truly has the housemates fooled with the Safe House twist this week!

It wouldn't be a shopping task without a little bit of mess, so Big Brother duly erected a gunge-tastic apparatus in the garden, leading to a good few gungey faces. Shortly afterwards, housemates had to guess who the public hadvoted the biggest snake in the House, and that housemate had to put on a big foam snake suit. They got it wrong at first, and then the real answer got Dan questioning whether theremight be another actor in their midst.

The day ended in a really rather alluring way, as consummate lad Callum donned a little pair of pants and performed a sexy dance for none other than Charlie. Blimey!