It's been a whirlwind 66 days in the Big Brother House, with twists and evictions and tasks filling our housemates' time. But time hasn't stopped in the outside world, either. Since they've been in the House, they haven't had access to newspapers or TV channels, and thus no way of knowing what was going on in the world.
So we thought we'd put together a quick primer for them, to make sure they're not short of small talk once they head home. Here are ten things they've totally missed during their time on Big Brother:
1. George Osborne announced a new Budget
Earlier this month, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an emergency Budget. It capped public sector pay rises at 1%, introduced a National Living Wage of ÂĢ7.20 per hour, increased the tax-free personal allowance to ÂĢ11,000... and cut corporation tax to 19%.
2. Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon
Despite overwhelming crowd support for Roger Federer, world no. 1 Novak Djokovic took the title for the third time. Strawberries and cream all round?
3. The US won the Women's World Cup
And in other sporting news, the US team beat the Japanese women's national team 5-2. And then they got to go on stage and perform with Taylor Swift.
4. Christopher Lee and Omar Sharif died
In sadder news, there have been some celeb deaths since Big Brother started. Hammer Horror legend Christopher Lee died on 7 June at the age of 93, while Omar Sharif (you know, from Lawrence Of Arabia) died on 10 July at the age of 83.
5. Greece almost got kicked out of the eurozone
More bad news: debt-ridden Greece is in crisis, and with its banks on the verge of collapse, may end up being pushed out of the eurozone. This situation is ongoing, so housemates, just chuck the word "Grexit" into conversation and you'll probably get away with it.
6. Same-sex marriage became legal in all US states
On 26 June, the US Supreme Court found that it was unconstitional for states to ban same-sex marriage - meaning gay marriage is now legal in all of the United States of America. Closer to home, back in May the government of Ireland held a referendum on same-sex marriage, and an overwhelming majority voted in favour (though the constitution has yet to be formally altered).
7. Emoji became the fastest-growing language in the UK
According to a professor at Bangor University, the visual language of emoji is the fastest growing language in the UK, with most 8-to-25 year olds (which covers all our finalists except Danny) saying they find it easier to express themselves in emoji than in text. So considering our housemates haven't had access to their mobiles for about ten weeks, they might find themselves struggling to understand anything their friends are tweeting.
8. Jurassic World took a record $511 million in its opening weekend
The fourth Jurassic Park movie was released on 12 June and made more money than our brains can compute. It also featured Chris Pratt training raptors, and was pretty much the year's must-see movie. If HMs are lucky, it'll still be showing somewhere when they get out.
9. Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest
In other pop culture news, this year's Eurovision Song Contest was held on 23 May and was won by the Swedish entry, MÃĨns ZelmerlÃķw, with his song Heroes. The interactive cartoon thing he performed with was pretty cool.
10. And someone won ÂĢ93 million on EuroMillions
And finally, one lucky person scooped a whopping ÂĢ93 million on the EuroMillions draw back in June. They've decided to remain anonymous, which is a shame because they could've made friends with our winner and swapped notes on how awesome it is to win stuff. Or something.