Day 12 - 'Percy the Perv!', Medical practice continues, Girls rile each other                   <<

Early morning, Stuart and Elizabeth sat out in the garden discussing the two nominated housemates Helen and Penny. Elizabeth said that although the blonde stylist might not be the best at practical tasks, she wasn’t malicious and seemed to have taken to her potential eviction well. Stuart hinted that Penny would be leaving by saying, “I don’t think she’s (Helen) going anywhere.”

A little later, after some disastrous porridge made by Narinder and shunned by almost everyone, the group sat around the sofas practising their first aid; if they failed the task this week, the following week’s fodder budget would be a paltry £28. Bubble was still in bed so Stuart decided to get him up “Dad” style, by dragging the duvet off and forcing the reluctant cockney wake up.

In the afternoon Paul and Helen tested each other’s first aid knowledge in the garden… well, Paul tested Helen’s to be frank! In the girls’ room there was a discussion about how intrusive the noise of the panning bedroom cameras were, when they ‘whirred’ around following the housemates. It was revealed that the girl’s pan cam had been nicknamed ‘Percy the Perv!’

Early evening and Bubble announced that he had decided to give up smoking, even though he had 2 packets of fags. He had requested nicotine patches from Big Brother but got no joy there. Intimating that without his ‘smokes he would become irritable, provoked some of group to jokingly request they be allowed to change their nominations.

At around 7.15pm, Brain visited Big Brother to talk about the current task. He said that everyone was putting in a great effort, driven by the impending food shortage if they failed. Brian showed concern that certain people, whom he didn’t name, seemed to have a ‘hidden agenda.’ Further to this, he stated that some housemates were in there for the wrong reasons… like winning the game for instance Brian?

Later on that evening, Elizabeth revealed how she had broken her collarbone in a horse-riding accident. Brian and Narinder practised their first aid as dramatically as possible, with Narinder amusingly smothering the pretend ‘on fire’ Brian’s head in a blanket after rolling him along the ground to put him out.

At 11pm, the tired group were still swotting-up as the 4 first aid manuals had to be returned to Big Brother by midnight. When Penny returned them to the diary room, she re-iterated that the group felt they had to pass the task this time. She also stated that she was a bit scared and anxious about her facing eviction, but that she was having a good time overall.

As the boys prepared for bed Dean announced that he’d put stones in the girls’ beds for a prank. When Brian tried to get in on the conversation by asking what they were talking about, he was jokingly told, “You’re one of them” and was not let-in on the secret! Dean then asked the lads if they thought the group would pass the task the following day? “Honestly? …No way, “ came Brian’s immediate response. Dean agreed.

Amma and Helen stayed up chatting quite late and when Amma finally came to bed, she began brushing her hair. This woke Penny, who was obviously stressed and had a go at the lap dancer, basically telling her to shut up. “Go to bed then,” came Amma’s ill-considered response, to which Penny retorted, “You should be on the sofa (if you’re going to make that noise)”

In the early hours, Paul once again started gibbering away to himself in his sleep, giving clear advice on the first aid task.

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