Day 1 - In Detail. Contestants enter the house, 1st nominations

They arrived in black limos, emerging with just one small, red, suitcase of belongings. Jack turned up in his trademark suit. Vanessa looked rather elegant in a light-coloured outfit complete with dapper hat. Claire and Keith dressed casually. Anthea looked casual but smart. And Chris sported his customary and rather unique, 'jodhpur/monocle' look, without actually wearing the monocle on this occasion. The biggest cheers from the crowd outside went to Jack and Vanessa. In the studio, everyone else apart from Jack had their families in support. This was no doubt some kind of psychological ploy on his part, although what it means at this stage is anybody's guess.

Outside, Vanessa remarked that entering the house was unnerving, but actually looked very relaxed, as did Keith. Claire looked in high spirits but Anthea looked very apprehensive indeed. Chris was his usual 'cocky' self and Jack looked, you guessed it, as miserable as ever. Chris was the last one to enter the house due to his slow 'swagger' down the walkway into the house.

Upon entering the house, the girls immediately remarked how colourful it was. Jack made a dry quip about it being "good to get away from the cameras" and this raised a laugh. Chris started babbling straight away and you could tell that Jack wasn't going to humour him for long. Vanessa got Jack to crack open the champagne. Straight onto the drink in true Big Brother contestant style!

In the boys' bedroom, Chris started talking about sleeping arrangements and Jack quickly and wryly replied, "I'd like to be on my own," making Keith laugh with his innuendo. They decided to move the beds around in order to make the room more symmetrical, but were swiftly reprimanded by Big Brother. This situation brought the girls running to see what was going on and Chris' general behaviour raised a rarely seen smile on the face of Jack.

Jack and Claire got acquainted with the chickens while Chris er... talked to himself in the bedroom. For AGES. When Keith came into the bedroom to ask Chris if he'd settled in yet, Chris had already changed his outfit and was sporting a kind of kaftan/dress type garment. This was much to the bemusement of Keith. Over in the girls' room, Anthea was dishing out homemaking tips to Vanessa, who shortly after, visited Big Brother and requested a 'blue' movie for the bored Keith; it rather predictably wasn't to be.

Lunch soon followed and consisted of soup and biscuits. Yet more of their allowance of alcohol was opened and consumed. A discussion about sexuality ensued, instigated initially by a question to Claire but picked-up on by Keith. Chris became involved, as there had apparently been an incident between him and Keith prior to entering the house. It was intriguingly suggested by Chris that Keith might be gay, but the conversation moved-on before it had been established exactly what it was all about. Although he remained silent, Jack's face was a picture almost every time Chris spoke; he nearly cracked-up when Chris began talking about fame and explained why he 'struts' around wherever he goes.

At around 3.30pm, Chris went to lie on his bed whilst the other housemates played cards. This gave Keith the perfect opportunity to explain what the incident previously discussed at the dining table was all about. It was basically, that Keith had got drunk at a function and become 'overly friendly' with Chris, playfully grabbing the ex-boxer's crotch. This had been misread by Chris who evidently hadn't seen the funny side, had got the totally wrong idea and taken offence.

Later, after a 2-hour nap, Chris returned to the group and began to show Vanessa, now donning a pair of boxing gloves, some of his boxing skills. Jack remarked out of earshot of Chris, that the former World Champion only started talking sensibly when he was talking about boxing. There was a certain amount of respect for Chris in this remark to Claire.

About an hour later, the housemates tucked-into the Mexican food brought in to the house by Keith, one of his luxury items. By then, after seven hours in the house, they had all begun to settle-in. However it wouldn't be long before they had to nominate whom they wanted to vote out of the house, live to the nation. When all the nominations were complete, Davina announced to the group which two faced possible eviction at the hands of the public. The two unlucky housemates concerned, Anthea and Chris, both looked visibly moved when told it was them, particularly Anthea. But hey, that's the nature of the show and it is only a gameshow in aid of charity after all.

Chris visited the diary room to speak to Big Brother shortly after being told that he faced the 'boot. Anthea was called-in for a chat at around 10.15pm. She was obviously a little upset and was trying desperately not to take it personally, something she said would be difficult. Jack sat playing his guitar while they all sat around the sofa area. The housemates then got changed into their bedclothes and Jack performed an amusing 'fart and look back' manoeuvre as he walked out of the bedroom!

Within an hour, Chris was off to bed leaving the others sat chatting on the sofas, consuming the last bottle of wine. Some risqué subjects were discussed, instigated by Keith who'd clearly had a fair bit to drink. Vanessa was happy to take part and Anthea showed she wasn't a prude by eventually giving her opinion on masturbation. However, Claire and Jack were more reluctant, clearly embarrassed about the subjects and tried to move the conversation on. Somewhat surprisingly, everyone apart from Chris was still awake and chatting until well past 3am. Before they went to bed, they concluded that the show was more difficult for celebrities to participate-in and that, when it came to nominations it most definitely wasn't 'only a game.'

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