Day 5 - In Detail. ‘The Sun’ flies over, 3rd and final nomination results announced

On Day 5, the group hadn’t gone to bed until 3.30 in the morning but that didn’t stop Big Brother switching-on the bedroom lights early again, allowing everyone just 7 hours sleep. It was requested that one of the contestants go to the diary room but they all just stirred in bed, hoping that somebody else would go!

45 minutes later the group sat around the sofa area awaiting the result of the previous day’s nominations. Big Brother announced that there were three possible evictees: Anthea, Jack and Keith. Like Vanessa the time before, Anthea predicted that she would be the one to go but the others tried to dismiss this, saying that the public could be starting to warm to her by now. Anthea mentioned something about ‘having a persona’ in reference to a previous conversation involving Vanessa. Jack picked-up on this and mimicked Vanessa, whimpering a little speech like a child.

At almost midday the conversation had turned to something much more important – the supply of teabags had almost run out! Desperate measures were on the cards; the group would have to start drying them out in the sun and/or rationing them. Bringing the situation back into perspective Jack quipped, “If we’re not careful, we’ll end up living like members of the public.” Everyone laughed at his self-mocking comment.

Within 15 minutes, Big Brother ordered the group to go to the girls’ bedroom and remain there until further notice. Picking-up on the innuendo Jack suggestively said (to Big Brother), “And the task is?” The reason for the housemates’ restriction was because The Sun newspaper had attempted to drop some leaflets into the Big Brother compound using a remote-controlled helicopter. They had tried this stunt last year in a bid to oust ‘Nasty’ Nick Bateman from the house. However this time, they were successful in landing some leaflets into the garden. Security quickly cleared them away. The leaflets stated “We Back Jack,” the idea being that they didn’t want the other housemates to nominate him. A little late considering that the final nominations had already gone ahead. A successful publicity stunt for the national newspaper nevertheless!

If the teabag shortage was a problem, then there was veritable crisis brewing in the house – it was established by the group that they had next-to no booze left to last the final 3 days!! The conversation originally related to how little food they had left, but inevitably moved on to alcohol.

At 1.30pm Anthea was called to the diary room to find-out how she was feeling about being nominated. She stated that she was happy to either stay or go, although she was missing her husband. Sounding quite chuffed, Anthea then added that she thought the remaining group members would all stay good friends.

Big Brother then summoned Keith. At first the Irishman said that everyone was fine about being up for eviction. However, he’d obviously considered that all the others had voted for him saying, “That’s a bit tough (to take).”

When Jack was called to speak with Big Brother, he gave a speech about how he’d been the one to pull the group back from the depths of despair and had helped to keep morale high. Having made Big Brother and the viewers think that he was justifying his prolonged longevity, he then said with a straight face, “Obviously that’s invaluable and it’s another very good reason for me to leave on Wednesday; to see how they would be able to cope without me.” Ironic, cruel and very funny!

Mid-afternoon, Jack did some cooking while the others completed a physical work-out. The group then sat around the sofas working on the latest task. This was to compose and perform a song based on their experience in the house, for which they would receive a takeaway meal that evening if successful. They decided that if Big Brother had supplied some wine, they would’ve had the task ‘finished within 5 minutes.’ In the absence of alcohol however, it actually took them two hours to complete!

At 7.15pm, it was time to perform their musical masterpiece to an audience of Big Brother. Based on a blues riff, the song was wryly called, “Please-bear-in-mind-that-we’ve-been-here-for-four-days-we’re-all-tired-and-emotional.” Catchy title! Jack provided the backbone to the song and Claire showed that she could really sing, showing-off a superb voice. Anthea’s effort was a bit weak and Keith didn’t appear to be particularly musical, disappointing considering he’s the pop star! Overall it was a great effort though, especially as they had put the song together in such a relatively short time.

30 minutes later, Keith visited Big Brother to request some wine with their Chinese meal. Big Brother said it would, “Get back to him.” When Claire collected the meal from the diary room 2 minutes later however, Big Brother had come-up trumps and supplied them with 1 bottle of wine and 4 beers. Towards the end of the meal Jack claimed that the only reason he’d want to stay in the house until the last day at that point, was to miss Comic Relief Day. Adding to this, he acknowledged that it was a good cause but he just couldn’t stand watching, “All the Celebrities you don’t like anyway, jumping around, doing stuff they’re not very good at.” A bit cynical, again blurring the boundary between Jack’s real feelings and his comedy character.

When the meal was over the housemates decided to retire to the girls’ bedroom, where they could lower the lighting in order to create some atmosphere. They switched-off the main lights, plugged in a stand-up light and lit some candles. However, just as they were beginning to enjoy the ambience they’d created, Big Brother spoilt their fun by turning the main lights back on. This prompted Anthea to declare, “(the) Bastards!”

At around 12.30am, the group sat around the sofas playing cards. This was the last night they would all spend together as one contestant would definitely be evicted the next day (later that day to be accurate.) Anthea was sure that it would her and promised to have a good tidy-up and make some scones before she went. Those left behind would probably have been more appreciative however, if she’d promised to fly-in some crates of beer to keep them going!

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