Author: Tim

8.01am – Bradley is running the first shift on Double B FM – “the shipping report”. He has to read weather conditions for a shipping harbour: “Tasmania is in for a fairly stormy day” etc. etc.

All female housemates are called to the diary room. Ava hugs Josh goodbye before leaving. In the diary room BB tells them to go make themselves look pretty: “total glamour”. The hot water is turned on for the girls only.

In the Captains Quarters Sam says he’s most intrigued by Estelle because she has a cheeky smile. Zoe says it would be cute if the girls are thrown a nice luncheon, which Ben is sad about not joining. Ben is already on to what is happening – he’s predicted the girls have to pull a male intruder out of the Captains Quarters.

All housemates are called to the living room and Ben is called to the radio studio, where’s asked to host a show called “Date Watch” – a one off live special event giving commentary on events unfolding in the Big Brother house. In the Captains Quarters Sam is asked which girl he wants to to have his “first course” with. Zoe is summoned. Meanwhile Ben is reading a commentary script over the radio, and shown footage from the Captains Quarters.

Zoe and Sam meet, and Zoe is very flustered. The housemates are eventually shown Zoe on the TV screen and everyone goes silent. The footage then switches to Sam and all the girls scream – Angie starts fanning herself “oh he’s smoking”. Her eyes glass over.

12.22pm – The date with Zoe continues. They realise they have mutual friends from regional Australia, Sam’s ex girlfriend from high school is friends with Zoe. Big Brother announces there is one minute left on their date. In the radio studio Ben predicts that Sam is a metrosexual guy with great manners. Zoe joins the other housemates and is very excited that she knows the same people as Sam. The girls all scream.

Ava is next, Ben commentating that she looks sexy and reserved at the same time. The watching housemates keep commenting that Sam is very tall. Josh looks uncomfortable. Ava and Sam’s chat is very flirtatious. Sam says that the big scar on his head was from a conjoined twin when he was born.

Layla is next. She comments his accent isn’t very strong for an Australian. Ben commentates that Layla plays dumb but is actually very intelligent. Layla tells Sam that Angie is frothing.

Angie arrives and tells Sam he looks handsome. She sits on her leg in a weird angle, while the other girls tell the TV screen “Angie, put your lady leg down”. They cringe at Angie’s body language. Ben commentates that Angie is not looking at Sam in the eye because she really likes him “she would love to use this man as a pawn in her game with Josh”.

Stacey enters – she hasn’t seen the Captains Quarters before. The chemistry is far less awkward than Sam with Angie. Stacey clarifies that the other housemates can only see them, not hear them, so “just pretend I just said something really funny”. Sam fakes a big laugh and the other housemates all cheer for Stacey’s joke.

2.58pm – Final date, Estelle. By this point all of the male housemates have left the living room and it’s only the girls watching. Sam comments that everyone looks different to their photos. The chemistry is far better than the other housemates, and the girls all look suspicious.

After the dates Sam decides who he wants to meet for an after-lunch coffee. He picks Estelle. This time the other housemates can hear the date as well as see it (unknown to Estelle), which makes them feel uncomfortable. Afterwards Estelle brings Sam into the rest of the house, and in making sleeping arrangements it turns out that Sam will sleep next to Estelle. He’s then given a tour of the rest of the house.

A bit later, Layla explains to Zoe that she felt Sam was being cold to her. While on his coffee date with Estelle he said he “didn’t know what to think of Layla”. Layla is also concerned about how much unnecessary drama is going on because she knows George will be going back to his ex after he leaves the house, so why is she hooking up with him?

4.33pm – Back to the radio task, George, Sam and Zoe are hosting the “rural wrap-up”. It’s a bit clunky and their first question from a listener is “is it ok to eat roadkill?”. Sam says that kangaroo tastes good and if he sees one on the side of the road with a good leg in it he’ll probably pick it up. Zoe reminds listeners that they need to check that it’s clean and not diseased first. The next caller is Bob Katter, (a real member of parliament who has very right wing views). They HMs don’t know who he is, but ask what he loves about the country. He replies that he loves the height of the gumtrees and the kangaroos that live near his house.

6.24pm – Michael is feeling weird about now having Sam in the house – “he seems fairly switched on to know what’s going on in the house”. Michael is mostly silent when Stacey says Sam is pretty cool. Ben previously told BB in the diary room that Michael bases his opinion on guys a lot by physical appearance.

Layla is telling George that she’s over Angie and Angie wrapping Layla around her finger. There are constant disagreements and Angie speaking in Layla’s face. George suggests that Layla start hanging out with the other girls some more, and Layla is keen to spend time learning more about Estelle.

Outside some of the girls are having a bitch about Ava, especially Stacey who complains that Ava didn’t “take her iron mask” she took “Estelle’s stinking iron mask”. Just at that moment Ava appears right next to them and says “it’s getting chilly out here” and offers the girls some cut apple. They look uncomfortable.

Michael tells Josh he’s finding all these new people too much because it spins the house into fakeness and everyone goes back into “initial person” and he can’t be bothered doing that. He can’t be bothered speaking to Sam today. Ben says that’s fine because Sam isn’t some DVD that we need to return within a short amount of time.

6.12pm – Josh has challenged Sam to a handstand competition, but then suddenly realises what he’s got himself into when Sam stands on his hands for 35 seconds. Josh manages 3 seconds.

7.11pm – Stacey is hosting “The Scoop with Stacey” on Double B FM. She gives her thoughts on Sam “I think Angie has really taken a shine to Rambo Sambo”. “Ava and Josh, yes they are so cute – is it love? – they have both started dressing like Britney and Justin in the triple denim days, they are lumberjack lovers”. She then goes on to say Michael is not taking Sam’s entrance very well because he’s no longer the alpha male character.

Later in the night Michael comes to the diary room and explains that Sam has mixed things up in the house for no reason and Ava has not brought any substance to the house either. She has a faux-niceness – she’s beautiful but she has the personality of a scratched Country Practice DVD. “Maybe she’s just VHS and I haven’t been able to read her properly”.

Meanwhile Ava and Josh are making out in the pool.

12.29am – Sam is in the diary room and is asked about his time so far in the house. He says Estelle seemed the most intriguing at the beginning he could see there was quite a bit more to her. Later he’s in the kitchen alone with her and asks more about her. He says it’s really easy to speak with her. Estelle comments that things have changed and suddenly she’s the ‘Big Sister’ of the house. Sam makes various comments about Estelle’s rings, then questions her about her exes. He mentions he’s never had a serious girlfriend.

8.01am – Ava and Josh are waking up together, but Ava doesn’t want to cuddle. Instead she goes over to Estelle’s bed and gives her a wake up hug. Zoe tells some of the girls she’s feeling very stressed out about “Big Brother in general”. She goes to the diary room to talk about it. Turns out the issue is Angie – Zoe is sick of Angie gossiping and bitching with the girls, and it scares her. There are other issues too: Zoe genuinely likes Estelle but the rest of the house hates her and it makes her feel out of place. She’s also one to not speak up so she’d rather speak to Ben or Big Brother about it.

Later on Ben gives Zoe a prep talk that she should make an effort to get to know Estelle and that will lead an example for all the other housemates.

Even later on the housemates’ task is introduced by some radio personalities – they must run “Double B FM”. A radio studio has been set up in the old parlour room. First up is Josh and Michael hosting a ‘mens issues’ show. Michael reads from a script and does a fairly good job but Josh is a bit flakey. Their first caller asks “how long should you wait in a relationship before saying ‘I love you’?” Josh says you can’t put a number on it – when the feeling is right, the feeling is right. Michael corrects – oh no he meant six hours. The caller says six hours seems a bit short but if it’s right it’s right. Michael ends the segment with an improv “Michael and Josh” song.

9.18am – Zoe, Layla and Stacey are discussing Estelle. Apparently Angie came up with a theory that Estelle is in the “second phase of a game plan”, and Layla agrees. Zoe looks uncomfortable with that idea, then goes on to explain her worries about being excluded from the girls because of all the gossiping.

Meanwhile Estelle is in the diary room saying she’s now enjoying herself now that she has Ava. She believes her, Ava and Josh have things in common.

Later on Angie, Layla and Zoe discuss a new intruder. They agree that George would get really annoyed if a new hot male intruder entered the house. They joke that Layla would get with the intruder. Angie wants a hot guy to look at.

2.58pm – Ava and Estelle are hosting their radio segment “talk time”. Their caller is a very old man Albert who is trying to find his cat Terrance Trent Darvey. Through the conversation it turns out he put the cat in his washing machine and it came out as an orange shawl. When the old man realises what they’re implying he gets angry and hangs up on them.

Later it’s Ben and Stacey’s turn to host Double B FM. They’re hosting the “Hot House” show, which is all about gossip and bitching. The segment is fashion, Stacey says Angie is really going for the “GC Barbie look”. Ben adds there is a “blonde bombshell” inspiration, such as Kylie Minogue while she was shopping at Supre. They switch to their first caller, who is Ray (just evicted) who asks them what they thought of Ray in the house. Ben says he was quite fashionable, and Stacey says he was bit of a gorilla “you little gasbag Ray”. “He’s a very shirts off at festivals kind of guy”.

8.32pm – Nominations have just finished and Estelle is distraught that she received 19 points. Ben leads her into the bathroom to chat about it, and reassures her that she’s done this before and will get through it. Bradley is also feeling the nominations heat, he jokes “third time lucky you might finally get rid of me”. Estelle continues crying, saying that she’s nice and her intentions are good. Bradley realises that his bed is cursed – it’s causing his nominations. Estelle suddenly runs outside and runs around the pool in the rain.

Later George is in the diary room and tells BB it would be interesting to know who gave him four points for nominations (he could see it this week because he had the super power, and it was Michael who gave it to him).

In the kitchen the housemates realise it’s halfway through the show, and Angie suspects another intruder will come soon. Bradley keeps making jumpy comments about him being nominated.

Josh (not serious): Yeah Brad we clearly hate you.

Bradley (loudly): Yes but not as much as you hate Estelle!

Everyone in the kitchen tells Bradley to shut up. Because Estelle walks in with Ava just at that moment. Josh quietly tells Bradley to pull his head in. Bradley is then called to the diary room where he is asked to clean the fish tank without speaking to his fellow housemates.

It’s not long before Surly starts talking to Bradley, and tells him there’s a male intruder in the Captains Quarters. Bradley is asked to take a briefcase from the diary room containing photos of the girls into the Captains Quarters. In the diary room Bradley is told to put on a blindfold, and he’s led through the camera runs by a staff member.

11.07pm – Footage of intruder Sam is shown in the Captains Quarters (wearing no shirt). He’s described as an aspiring restaurant owner (he’s actually a waiter). The other housemates have noticed Bradley has been missing a long time, and they predict he may have taken nominations really bad. In reality Bradley has just entered the Captains Quarters from the camera run and suddenly meets Sam. Bradley is very nervous and keeps stuttering.

Sam makes a point of saying he hasn’t seen any episodes of Big Brother before (that’s questionable). Bradley runs through all of the girls from their photos:

Ava – She’s 29, she looks so much younger. She’s extremely fit and extremely good looking. One of the most attractive housemates. She’s become quite close to male housemate, I’m not sure how much I can tell you about that. “All of her is, so good”.

(Meanwhile Michael, Josh and Angie are agreeing that Ava needs to spend more time with the other housemates and not just Estelle)

Estelle – She’s the most confusing people you will meet in your whole life. She’s an equestrian rider. Comes from a poor family but owns two houses. We have a theory that Estelle and Ava could be a couple. She is a puzzle and we have not solved her yet.

Layla – She’s become quite tight with another male housemate, she’s off the radar.

Zoe – A country girl. She has shed a tonne of weight she’s lost a good ten or so kilos.

Stacey – She goes off, she sings songs, she’s so much fun.

Angie – 21, from the Gold Coast. She became quite tight with a guy in the house but then it sort of went south so she’s probably single but I think she’s still a bit attached to that guy.

Bradley asks “do you have anything else you want to know about the girls”. Sam doesn’t, then tells Bradley he surfs and is very active. After a bit of idle chit chat, Big Brother announces it’s time for Bradley to leave the Captains Quarters but must leave the photos “for Sam to analyse further”.

Bradley tells Sam “have fun with those pictures, but not too much fun”.