Category: Daily shows 2012

Footage from the Sunday eviction show.

11.27am – Sarah and Ray are sitting down to talk about last night, where Ray danced “aggressively” towards Sarah and upset her. Bradley is nearby. He is explaining what he did was irresponsible and he “pushed that line” and stepped over it. He was becoming this “bouncy and violent person”. He explains he never hit anyone but clearly it upset Sarah.

Sarah: The expression in your face and hitting my hat on the ground a couple of times and pushing me out of the way, I’ve watched hip hop movies, I’ve never seen anyone dance like that and push the girl away and being like “yeeeeah” (manly hand actions). For a 30 year old woman and a 25 year old bloke, to have a dance off that was degrading – I don’t think that’s ok. I felt threatened. And I shouldn’t have grabbed your hat and glasses (said to Bradley).

The three of them group hug.

Outside Ryan is playing some new version of charades where the other housemate give him situations and he acts them out. The first is from Michael “you’ve just made the most amazing pie in the world and gone outside to take a phone call and you’ve come back and found the pie is on fire and you’re looking for the fire extinguisher to put it out”. He acts it out and Michael gives running commentary. Ryan acts it out comically while Michael continues. And the end he screams “why god, why the pie?”.

4.47pm – Yesterday Angie was talking about she doesn’t like Estelle, and continues now… “the one sentence for me was quote ‘maybe this is just me being selfish but…'”. Angie says there’s no maybe about it. Ben sees other housemates being humans but sees Estelle in the corner making webs. “She creeps up on you”.

Unknown time – Channel Nine decides to put for a radio station in the way of the timestamp. Estelle is confronting Sarah about the fallout from last night’s party. Estelle says “you’ve just kind of brushed me off”. Sarah wants to talk about it later. Estelle replies “I’m going to be walking around for the next three hours thinking ‘what have I done’?” Sarah is annoyed and says back “why do you want to do it in front of other housemates do you want to make it uncomfortable for them?”.

Estelle: I’m being direct because I’ve said three times I didn’t know what I’ve done.

Sarah: When you speak to me sometimes I feel like you don’t acknowledge what I say. I feel that some words you said last night indicated to me that my feelings weren’t validated. It seems like more got spoken out there (outside) than did in here (where Sarah was).

Estelle: I’m feeling like people are ganging up on me because I don’t gossip about people Sarah I’m honest to people’s faces that’s why I wanted to talk about it this morning.

Estelle is suddenly in tears and the eviction audience laughs. She says that her intentions are honest but people are grabbing onto things that I say.

Sarah: I know you are this beautiful fantastic person. What I feel for you… (Estelle tries to interrupt). No.. I’m speaking, I’m speaking. I’m going to talk. It’s my turn. Look at me and listen love. For you, for me and for the house you need to let people finish their sentences, and empathetically acknowledge what they’ve just said.

The footage cuts away so we don’t know what happened next.

8.07pm – There is cross promotion of another Channel Nine show that we won’t cover in this recap.

George comes to the diary room to wish his Mum happy Fathers Day because his Mum has been there for him his whole life.

Angie says “I’m missing you heaps and I love you more than ever”.

Michael says “Happy Fathers Day dad. I graduated, only took eight years. Look at me now, I’m wearing a shirt that’s not mine and company provided pants. Worst son ever”.

Layla says “I hope I’m making my Dad proud and… um… don’t matter. Sorry!”

9.53pm – Estelle is telling Bradley in the bedroom that Sarah reminded her that she is still cutting people off in conversations. Meanwhile Sarah is telling Stacey and Ben in the lounge room what happened as well.

Bradley believes Sarah was in the wrong.

Sarah tells her group that Estelle has super sharp hearing and has heard all of the conversations about her today.

Bradley says the hardest thing in the house is people who are two faced.

Footage from the Sunday eviction show.

8.53am – It’s Estelle’s 24th birthday and the housemates are being woken with a rooster call. Layla is talking about the nutritional value of a cereal and Estelle comments about how she should be looking at the calories, not the carbs. Then later Layla says about Estelle “I really can’t stand her”, and has to leave the kitchen. Layla says “I can’t take it, it’s her birthday and I want to smack her in the head. I hate being told I’m wrong. I might be wrong but it’s only my opinion”.

Sarah is telling Ben that Estelle’s constant need to be involved in everything is getting annoying.

Angie suggests to some of the girls it may be worth having a discussion with Estelle about her constantly shutting people down and trying to get involved in things that aren’t hers to get involved in.

Estelle approaches Sarah and Ben “can I put my two cents in? I think you’re amazing and I noticed the self doubt feelings and if you weren’t in here you wouldn’t be feeling them because it’s so foreign to you” and so on… They hug but Ben doesn’t look very enthusiastic about it.

6.13pm – Everyone but Estelle is getting dressed up for her party in the diary room. It’s a street theme and Estelle screams when she sees all of their costumes (which are some rap / ghetto stereotype). Later she thanks the housemates because she hasn’t celebrated a birthday since she was little. The others cheer they love her. Sarah toasts to Estelle’s birthday “you’re an amazing spiritual person”, some of the boys comment Sarah used the same line previously.

9.54pm – There’s a rap battle going on and Michael is hosting. 30 seconds to bust a piece of the freshest style you got.

Turns out a rap battle is just the housemates dancing in front of each other.

First is Ray vs Sarah and Ray takes Sarah’s cap off during the dance.

Not to editorialise – but Ray dances look a douche.

After the music finishes Sarah complains “can we not get aggressive, it’s not on” (referring to Ray taking her hat). She is quite upset by it. Bradley boos and Sarah gives him the finger, then takes his hat off his head. Sarah then walks away and Ray follows to apologise “sorry, it’s what I do with my mates”. Sarah says “I don’t care I’m not your mate and I’m not your girlfriend. I’m not a bloke. You pushed me again. It’s not on”. Ray keeps saying “I’m really sorry, I’m really sorry”.

10.12pm – Sarah is in the bedroom still very upset about the dance battle earlier. “I was trying to dance and be in the spirit of things and being shoved and pushed and my hat ripped off”. She’s teary. Ben says “I think it was his face, it looked really aggressive, it didn’t look like he was having fun it looked like he was aggressive”.

Outside Michael is telling Ray “none of the boys thought you went too far and you went first – any of the boys would probably have gone that far, we didn’t know what the boundary was”.

Ben tells Sarah Ray didn’t want to lose the competition so he just had to take control and be aggressive to win. Ben said he was standing on the sidelines thinking “this is just a pressure cooker”. “You are a 30 year old woman and we’re doing our best to hang out with 20 year olds”. Ray enters the bathroom to apologise to Sarah (who is in the toilet) again but Ben butts in and says to Ray “you’ve actually made it to the point where if you will make it worse if you push it. She just wants to talk about it with other people. All I can say to you is I watched what happened and I know what you’re like, it just comes across as so aggressive. She’s coming out of the bathroom now but if you’re going to push the subject I don’t think that’s right”.

Sarah emerges from the toilet and Ray says “I know you don’t want to talk about it now but my heart says lets talk about it”. Sarah says “we’ll talk about it in the morning, lets just go make it a good night for Estelle”.

9.48am – Ray is about to have his luxury breakfast again as part of the YES/NO task – blueberry pancakes which are being cooked by Angie and Ben (who really don’t like Ray). There are still housemates in bed so Big Brother plays rave music into the house, causing almost all of the housemates to dance around. Ray seems to dance the hardest with a very Jersey Shore-esque fist pump. Afterwards, Angie and Benjamin are trying to work out with two mysterious liquids on the food preparation table is. Angie thinks it smells like sour cream, but they’re not allowed to taste the food to test. Ironically pre-empting a backfire situation, Ryan is in the bedroom telling some of the housemates he will “do something to pay you back” for having eaten luxury food all week while the other housemates are on staples.

Benjamin is explaining to some of the housemates in the kitchen:

“When I die I’m going to come to a gate and there’s going to be god or some form of whatever that is and they’re gonna be like ‘hey Benjamin, the reason you’re not coming to here and you’re going to hell is you made pancakes for Ray'”. All the HMs laugh. Ray enters and Angie sits him down, revealing his breakfast. It’s a giant stack of pancakes which Angie explains is 2kg of pancake batter which is slightly burnt. Big Brother suddenly asks Ben and Angie to repeat the rules of the YES/NO task in preparing Ray’s food. Big Brother then says he noticed Benjamin putting his finger in the butter milk and then licking it.

Ben: Oh thank god, I’m sorry people but I’m glad he doesn’t have to eat this. I didn’t know what it was (referring to the mysterious liquids from before).

Big Brother announces it was a clear violation of the rules and counts as a NO. If they say one more NO they fail the task.

11.07am – Ray is still trying to eat the pile of pancakes and he’s struggling. Angie suggests he eats it throughout the day – eating all of it at once and then vomiting would be a bad idea. Angie goes to leave and suggests they leave Ray alone. Ben says no I’ll stay with Ray for a while. Ray looks surprised.

11.07am – Ben is ready to confront Ray about their sour relationship. He says it’s the first time he’s had a chance to alone, but obviously I’ve been annoyed with you for quite some time.

Ben: To be perfectly honest when I threw a glass of water on Bradley’s face multiple people had come up to me and told me about how you were expressing your opinion and at that particular point I felt like you were a friend of mine and you decided to have all these opinions about me behind my back, then out of nowhere I get all these people telling me (differently). Then when I would say things in public I can see mirrors, I can see you roll your eyes at me so I’m like why are you rolling your eyes at anything I say? Why when you’re so opinionated, would just not just come and have that conversation with me?

Ray: I wasn’t upset that you threw a glass of water at Bradley I was upset you threw a glass of water. It could have been on anybody and I just think in terms of table etiquette I don’t want it to get to the stage where we throw food at each other.

Ben: Did you see what happened afterwards, when I went and spoke to Bradley?

Ray: I understand that 100%

George enters and the two others ask him to step out for a moment. He doesn’t for a while.

Ben explains he thought Ray was a nice person but then the day of nominations you didn’t even look me in the eye. Ray says he didn’t have to make any effort at nominations because he thought it was clear who was Ben’s enemies. Ben replies his issue is that Ray continued to have an opinion without talking to him.

Ray: I can tell you’re upset but whether you’re trying to be nasty or not, it doesn’t come across that way.

Ben then explains that Ray was the first person male to come and talk to him when he first entered the house and it stripped away Ben as being “the gay housemate” but then on the other hand Ray has called Ben a poof during jokes and then didn’t apologise for doing that. Ray says he was meaning to apologise, but Ben explains for not apologising in front of everyone else in the room it made the whole thing worse. “Why have you grandstanded the fact that you said this word and not apologised for it?”

Ray: It was a joke ok, I thought you’d laugh it off. I’m sorry about it.

They wrap it up by saying sorry and Ray thanks Ben for breakfast.

2.19pm – All housemates are called to the living room where BB reminds them they have said no three times already for this week’s YES/NO task. They have one last activity to complete.

Big Brother: Bradley, would you like to receive your first real kiss from one of your fellow female housemates?

Bradley: Yes, Big Brother.

All the housemates laugh. The female housemates are then reminded of the rules of the task yet again, and one is to step forward. Estelle is instantly egged on by the housemates and she reluctantly does it. Bradley looks really nervous and Ryan looks a little weird about it. They kiss, and BB announces they have passed the task. Everyone cheers for not having to eat staples next week “you don’t win friends with lentils”.

Later on the HMs are all in the kitchen to arrange this week’s shopping. Ray wants ten cans of smoked muscles. Stacey wants muesli. Ryan wants scotch fingers. Josh wants bananas. Angie wants Tim Tams. Stacey wants vita-wheets. Layla wants ice cream cones, 24 pack. Bradley wants top deck chocolate and cocopops.

Layla leaves the kitchen and is excited about how cheap the ice cream cones were – 24 pack for $2.50 or so. Zoe asks if Layla got ice cream with it and Layla suddenly looks mortified – she doesn’t realise it’s just the cone and runs inside to amend the shopping. Ray jokes they shouldn’t have told her.

There’s some aftermath after the kiss. Ryan is feeling a bit weird about it but George tells him to chill out – lucky it wasn’t any of the other guys because they would have “full pashed her like nothing hey”. Sarah explains Bradley didn’t open his mouth at all. Meanwhile Bradley is being called to the diary room to talk about his experience. He says “it was quite good I got really shaky and nervous, I don’t know why, probably because I’d never really kissed a girl before and it was a really bizarre experience. The kiss didn’t mean all that much but meant more coming from her than another female housemate”.

“It was quite nice it was a good feeling. I guess I would sum it up as a good but weird feeling.”

6.30pm – Ben is getting a haircut from Stacey using Ben’s beard trimmer. Ben is shocked at how short it is on just one side (pretty much a number 0). He screams “I’m bald, so bald!” He screams and everyone laughs. Stacey reassures him “it will grow tomorrow”. Ben continues to jokingly scream and act psycho. “Don’t look at me I’m hideous!”. Stacey chases Ben through the house while he screams.

Ryan has come to the diary room and says “nice game today Big Brother with Bradley and Estelle, but a games a game and we won”.

Big Brother reminds Ryan that he didn’t select Estelle. Ryan looks stumped, “yeah.. you’re right”.

Estelle is going to bed early without Ryan. George comments to Layla it appears as if Ryan has been kicked out of Estelle’s bed. Ryan says “goodnight babe” to Estelle. Bradley jokes “gaaaaaay”, “super gay”.

Ryan: Stop taking the crumbs Bradley

The housemate jeer.

Stacey: Brad one person can only take so much and it was Ryan’s turn to dish it out.

Ryan: Thank you everyone.

8.16am – Angie is telling some of the other housemates in the bedroom that she really wants to win the task this week because Ray has tantrums when he is hungry and she doesn’t want to have to deal with it. She says she doesn’t want to be in the house next week if they are on rations. Benjamin says that when they were in the Man Cave Ray would delve in to his opinions of the girls and that it was really offensive. He’s decided he’s no longer talking to Ray.

Ray is in the Diary Room. He says that he’s having a hard time dealing with Benjamin and that the other housemates might think it’s weird that the two most friendly housemates can’t get along with each other.

9.32am – Big Brother has given Estelle the details of this week’s Captain’s Quarter task and she’s telling the housemates that they all have to embrace their inner flower child. They’ve been given 70s outfits – mostly tie-dye. The first task is to stand in wind tunnel filled with rubbish – the housemate to collect the most rubbish in 30 seconds wins that round. Ryan collects 22 pieces, Bradley gets 19 and George 21. Stacey’s dress is blowing up Marilyn Monroe style but she doesn’t seem to mind. Angie stuffs her bra with the rubbish, then Zoe follows suit.

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9.56am – The top six scorers from the rubbish round now have to hug trees – the ones who last the longest win. Zoe is first out, followed by Josh, then Michael, then Angie. Ray’s shoes come off and he falls, which makes Sarah the winner of the Captain’s Quarter task. The girls go crazy – Sarah just looks started. She picks Zoe as her First Mate and Big Brother opens the doors to the Captain’s Quarters. On their way out, Stacey whispers to Sarah to steal the toiletries and bring them back to the rest of the house.

Michael’s been called to the Diary Room, where Big Brother asks him “would you like to wear this electric shock suit?”

Michael: “Yes Big Brother… is this legal?”
Big Brother: “Would you like a shock, Michael?”
Michael: “Yes Big Brother…”

In the pool, Bradley is learning about a love triangle with Estelle. He jokingly says that he and Ryan despise each other because of the way the other feels about Estelle.

In the Diary Room, Benjamin is telling Big Brother that his mission this week was to get to know his fellow nominees Bradley and Ryan better. He thinks he’s done a good job with Bradley but it’s impossible to get to know Ryan because he has nothing interesting to say about anything.

Big Brother has delivered Ray’s next meal, which the housemates must cook for him and he must eat all of.

4.36pm – Benjamin is in the bedroom sewing Stacey’s disco pants when Big Brother asks him if he would like to shock Michael. “Yes Big Brother…” Michael writhes on the ground

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4.17pm – Ryan is telling some of the housemates outside about someone he knows who studied Philosophy at uni, and after six years the final question on his final exam was “what is the purpose of life?” He says that his friend drew a question mark and got 100% in that exam. Bradley says he thinks that the purpose is to be happy. George says his is to be successful and help his family. Estelle says hers is to help others find their purpose.

Ryan: “Over the years, when I’ve been at school, a lot of the… smart, intelligent people would look at me as… thinking that I’m stupid, that I can’t hold a conversation, that I can’t hold a strong conversation and ou know what, I hope they’re thinking that ‘Ryan’s actually a smart guy that can have a conversation be it about the purpose of life… or Batman movies or whatever’.” Estelle says that he should just forget about them.

In the kitchen, Angie says that Ray scares her sometimes. Benjamin, mimicking Ray, says over and over: “guys, I don’t wanna go on about it, but I’m getting to eat this food. But I just don’t wanna go on about it, but, I’m gonna get to eat this food.” Layla, Josh and Angie giggle along.

In the garden, Ray is returning fire on Benjamin with George and Ryan.

Ray: “How long is it going to take him to build a bridge and get over it? The thing that I’m concerned about it is that he’s able to turn everyone against me because he’s a very manipulative person. I could tell that his attitude was that he thought he had everyone around his finger and that he would win.”

Back in the kitchen, Benjamin thinks that Ray has clued on to the fact that he calls him Tom Cruise and it’s not because he makes blockbuster movies.

Back in the garden, Ray tells the others that he’s not going to be able to stand it is Benjamin doesn’t go home at the eviction. George agrees. He thinks Benjamin is bullying him. Ryan says “I can’t stop farting, hey.”

Later, Ryan and George are in the kitchen.

George: “How are you going with Estelle? Progressed any further?”
Ryan: “Nah we’re just having fun. Chilling out. I’ll catch up with her outside the house and if things go well you know, you never know, probably… you know, I’ll see how things go. She’s cool man. I’m falling for her I reckon. She’s hot man.”
George: “You got a sparkle in your eyes big boy!”
Ryan: “Nah I like her man. She’s definitely girlfriend material. Yeah. Yeah.”

The girls and Ryan Gosling are in the bathroom when Big Brother tells Ryan that he must go to the naughty corner for wearing his microphone in the pool earlier today. Stacey leaves him in the naughty corner and Big Brother tells him that he must remain silent until further notice. Stacey pretends to get upset and slides down the glass between them.

Later, in the Diary Room, it’s Layla’s turn to be tempted in the Yes/No task. There is a phone on the side table.

Big Brother: Pick up the phone and ask who it is. Do not say anything else at all.

Layla does it – it’s her Aunt in Spain on the other end.

Big Brother: Is Aunty Gail your favourite Aunty
Layla: Yes Big Brother.
Big Brother: Would you like to hang up on your favourite Aunty Gail?
Layla: Yes Big Brother.

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5.19pm. Sarah and Zoe are relaxing in the Captain’s Quarters. They both love each other and hug in the spa. Meanwhile, in the Kitchen, Josh tells Bradley and Estelle that he thinks it’s more relaxed in the house now. They both agree. Bradley says that he thinks Sarah is the Mum of the group, and with her gone they are able to have more fun and “just be kids.” They say they don’t hold it against her but sometimes it’s a bit much.

Stacey and Benjamin are in the bedroom. Benjamin says that he needs to go and have a conversation with Ray and get it over and done with. He says earlier in the week he caught Ray giving people glances when he spoke, and over time he felt alienated from him. He thinks Bradley, Ryan, George and Estelle have a posse and he can’t join because they don’t like him.

Stacey: Don’t let it get to you babe.
Benjamin: I already have.
Stacey: I just thought I would be better at this.
Benjamin: You are really good at it. You’re the only person that kicks up your heels and says “I’ve done something wrong and I need to sort it out rationally.

Later, in the kitchen, the housemates (minus Zoe and Sarah) are eating dinner – chicken mince. In the Captain’s Quarters, Zoe and Sarah are about to start eating when Big Brother asks: “Zoe, would you like to trade your place in the Captain’s Quarters with Ray?” “Yes Big Brother…”

Ray can’t figure out why Big Brother likes him so much. Zoe is shattered that she doesn’t get to enjoy the fillet mignon.

Ad break.

8.07am – Sarah and Ray are eating – they cheers to Sarah for winning. Back in the lounge room, Zoe says that she just wanted to have a delicious meal. Benjamin thinks that if they could just go in there and have a glass of champagne they would be able to solve all the problems in the world.

Ray: I want to jump up and down but this is just not right… it’s not right.

Later, Ryan Gosling’s punishment is over and Stacey must go and retrieve him from the Naughty Corner. When she collects him, Big Brother tells her to check the hatch – he has left something for her. It’s a pair of scissors and she must cut Ryan up in to exactly 50 pieces. When she’s finished cutting, she tells him that she loves him and she is sorry.

In the bedroom, Josh and Angie are chatting in bed. Sarah and Ray are talking about them in the Captain’s Quarters and whether or not there’s more going on than either of them want to admit to.

Sarah: No matter what ya say, if there’s affection involved there’s emotion involved because you’re human. I can’t go and hug Josh now because I’d get a few looks.

Angie and Layla are called to the Diary Room. There’s a single cup cake on the side table.

Big Brother: Angie, would you like a cupcake
Angie: Yes Big Brother.
Big Brother: Layla, would you like to feed Angie a cupcake?
Layla: Yes Big Brother.

They both can’t stop giggling – Layla looks like she would murder something to be able to eat the cupcake.

Ad break.

10.15pm – Big Brother tells Ray he must return to the main house and Zoe can go back in to the Captain’s Quarters. He tells Zoe on the way past that he will win a competition and invite her in. When he enters the bedroom, the rest of the housemates boo him.

Angie and Layla are called to the Diary Room. There are three cupcakes on the side table.

Big Brother: Layla, would you like to feed Angie her cupcakes?
Layla: Yes Big Brother.
Big Brother: Angie, enjoy your cupcakes.

11.27pm – Sarah and Zoe are in bed when the lights turn off and a projector screen comes down from the ceiling – they get to watch Pretty Woman.

In the bedroom, George and Layla are having a snuggle. They decide that if they loose the challenge they will eat Surly but won’t tell Sarah because she’d get upset [she’s vegetarian]. The lights go out.

Later in the night, Angie and Layla are called to the Diary Room. “If I have to eat another cupcake I’m going to be off it,” says Angie. In the Diary Room there are four more cupcakes that Angie must eat. Layla squished them in to small pieces and puts them in Angie’s mouth.

Layla: She’s awesome, she’s a machine!
Angie: Layla, I love you. But this is not fun.
Layla: I love you too. This won’t break us. You’re doing real good. The best I’ve ever known anyone to do in the cupcake challenge. I’ve never even known anyone to do it.

They both go back to bed. George giggles on the way in and Angie tells him to shut up.

7.41am – Bradley is called to the diary room, and is asked to play the piano accordion. “Would you like to wake up your fellow housemates with a performance?” … “Yes Big Brother”. The YES board outside lights up, slightly stirring the housemates who are all in bed, still in the dark. Bradley enters squawking the piano accordion really badly. The housemates are all looking dreadful this early in the morning. Even after all HMs are awake Bradley continues until Big Brother tells him “well done, it was a beautiful recital”.

Ryan and Sarah are called to the diary room and asked “would you like to prepare some breakfast or Ray?”. “Yes Big Brother”. Ryan is really not impressed with having to cook a meal for Ray once again. Meanwhile some of the housemates are discussing how they can’t understand Ray because he just “tells you thinks” and doesn’t engage in a two way conversation. Meanwhile Ray is being served his breakfast in bed. Stacey found it weird when Ray earlier described his perfect girl as “one who doesn’t talk”. Layla agrees “what an odd boy!”. Talk then moves to Layla and George’s relationship, which seems to be fizzling out. Layla confides in Stacey that there was no physical affection last night, not even a kiss. George meanwhile is on the other side of the garden telling Ray he doesn’t want what he has with Layla to turn into a full blown relationship. Ray says “you put your foot in it already mate, just be careful.”

There’s a gratuitous shot of Angie showing Layla her bum and asking her to inspect a pimple.

Ray: They’re women, they’re emotional people

11.19am – Some of the boys are talking about who is the hottest girl in the house. Michael says Stacey’s personality puts her up the top right now. “Estelle is naturally there and Layla has other bits that are good”. Josh jokes that if he went solely by looks he’d go for Ben. Ben says “oh yeah!” Josh seriously thinks Sarah in terms of overall package. Big Brother suddenly reminds all housemates of this week’s YES/NO task, then announces “Stacey, would you like to meet Ryan Gosling?” She jumps up and screams, as do all of the housemates. They have to remind Stacey to say “yes Big Brother” because she keeps screaming so much. She is then called to the diary room and everyone chases after her. Stacey quickly runs by the bathroom to check how she’s looking in the mirrors and to put on some makeup.

The doors to the diary room open… inside is a cardboard cutout of Ryan Gosling and Stacey is very disappointed. She says “hello” to the cardboard Ryan Gosling. “You’re so pretty, can I keep him?”.

“Why is Ryan Gosling your favourite celebrity?”

“I think I just like his style of acting and, look I’m going to beat around the bush I just love his really really pretty face. Look at him… look at his little (baby talk)”

“Stacey, you must remain attached to Ryan Gosling until further notice. You must eat with Ryan Gosling. You must sleep in bed with Ryan Gosling (Stacey squeals) you must make Ryan Gosling feel like part of the Big Brother house”.

Stacey is very excited that cardboard Ryan Gosling is double sided. She emerges from the diary room and everyone screams and cheers. “Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to my husband, baby Goose.”

Later in the day George and Layla are lying in bed looking very awkward. Stacey is feeding cardboard Ryan Gosling some canned fruit. George very awkwardly brings up with Layla “what is this?” (in a thousand more words, and very nervously). They agree they are both not looking for anything serious.

1.07pm – The nominees are in charge of the weekly house discussion dinner. This week BB instructs there must also be a chairperson to ensure all topics are covered and every housemate has a chance to speak. Ben, and Ryan paper scissors rock it and Ben wins: “yay, I love hosting”. Outside of the diary room Bradley says “I think it’s best for us all if Ryan hosts”. Ryan moves around the house and announces he will be hosting dinner tonight. Ben explains later to Estelle that he thought it was best since Ryan is quiet and reserved and this would be a chance for him to speak to the other housemates.

Zoe is alone in the bathroom looking at the fish tank when suddenly:

Surly the fish: Hello darling

Zoe: Oh my god!

Surly: It’s Surly here, come down and say hello. Now listen here, you’re up for a secret mission. Now, here’s the rules, you don’t tell anybody about me. Don’t tell anyone I can talk. If you do you’ll be evicted immediately do you understand? Have a look in the drawer next to my tank, take it out.

Inside the drawer is $500 that will be Zoe’s if she passes the secret mission.

Surly: I’ll give you half an hour to go to every male housemate and give them each a story that starts with the words “This one time, when I was in New York”.

Zoe moves to the kitchen and Ryan is her first target: “This one time when I was in New York I met this guy who looked just like you”. Ryan says “well, I was in New York one time”. Zoe has her strategy figured out completely: next is Michael: “You know this one time when I was in New York I met I guy that looked just like Ryan. In a sushi restaurant.” She pulls the same line on Ray immediately after. Michael is suspicious and says “why are you telling people this, this is so silly”. She pulls the same line on Benjamin and convincingly adds “does that sound weird?” onto the end, Ben says no. Zoe immediately goes back to the bathroom: “Surly I did it!”

Surly: You were supposed to tell every bloke a different story you muppet. But, I’ll give you a chance to make up for it. Who do you think the smartest housemate is? Who dresses the best?

Zoe: Um… Ryan?

Surly: Go and get a pair of his shoes, and thrown them over the back wall. You’ve got five minutes. Don’t let anyone know you’re doing it.

Zoe must work around Stacey, Sarah and Benjamin who are doing some tailoring on cardboard Ryan Gosling. She manages to sneak them out without being noticed. There’s a ball game going on outside and Zoe manages to throw the shoes over without the wall without anyone noticing… well almost. Michael sees it: “Zoe just threw two black shoes over the fence”. Zoe throws herself under her doona while Ryan comes to inspect his possessions. She then moves to the bathroom to clean the fish tank while George asks “have you lost the plot?” Ryan does not have an impressed look on his face. Stacey tries to check the situation and asks Ryan “did you upset Zoe?”. He says no but Zoe was acting strange before in the kitchen. He asks Zoe if it was his shoes she threw over the wall, Zoe says “no, I didn’t chuck anything over”.

Ryan comes to the diary room and says “Zoe has been acting extremely weird, I think Zoe threw a pair of runners on the room. I was looking through my clothes and I have a black pair of my shoes missing. And she’s being weird.”

Surly: Zoe, you didn’t do very well did you?

Zoe: What do you mean? I did it

Surly: Yeah but you got busted

Zoe: Yeah but they were all out there!

In the diary room Big Brother suggest that maybe food deprivation has something to do with what has happened in the last 10 minutes. Ryan says “you’re making me think Big Brother, but that’s extreme”.

Surly: Now listen. Open the draw, take the cash and stick it where no one will find it. Don’t tell anyone about me, understand.

6.07pm – Tonight’s family dinner is royal themed in honour of Layla’s secret that she’s related to Polish royalty. Bradley and Ben are cooking dinner and joking about how they don’t like Ryan (while he’s out of the room)

Ben (impersonating Ryan): The secret to tonight’s dinner is timing.

Ben: Well, the secret to tonight’s dinner is you sitting in the corner while I cook it.

Ryan enters the kitchen and Ben asks him, “do you think your friends will like Estelle? What about your parents, do you think they’ll like Estelle? Have you ever introduced your parents to girls before?” He hasn’t. While the nominees cook the girls are in the living room and Layla reports back about George’s “lets cool it”, “I don’t want to lead you on” lines. The girls are pretty appalled, and all agree that Layla is using George rather than him using her. Some of the boys are having the same conversation in the bedroom by the story is way different: “it’s all good and sorted”.

8.29pm – Housemates are all eating their dinner and Ryan introduces the topics which were submitted by the housemates. The first is “if you had a time machine and could travel back in time, what is the one thing you would change in the Big Brother house?”. Josh says he would flirt with Ben a bit more and would have made a move on Angie the first move before he got to friend status. The housemate all cheer but Angie is not impressed. Ben says he would not have thrown a glass of water in Bradley’s face, because he has learnt from the experience that it’s not funny but he’s glad he did it because it made him realise that at 32 he should have grown out of that sort of behaviour. Bradley wishes he didn’t say the comment that caused Ben to throw the glass of water and he feels terrible that it happened “because he may go home”. Everyone cheers. “I love you guys”.

The next topic is “what has the BB house taught you?”. Sarah says she was blown away in the first week, the second week she was “something else again”, but this week “it is all just making sense”. She has learnt that she’s learning and will keep on learning.

9.51pm – Stacey decides to give cardboard Ryan Gosling a lap dance. Ryan is lying flat on a chair while the housemates chant a strip song. Stacey tries to sexily take off her sock and throw it down but it makes cardboard Ryan Gosling slide of the chair and Stacey has to pick him up, to the laugher of the other housemates.

The nominee cooks are fixing up dessert and as soon as Ryan leaves Ben exclaims he’s glad he’s not being bossed around by “that man”. Ben and Bradley agree that Ryan did a good job of hosting and if they didn’t pick him he would have easily faded away during discussion. The hosting duties gave him a chance to shine and “fit in a bit”. Meanwhile inside the housemates are also discussing Ryan but in a different way. Ray says that since finding out he was nominated Ryan had a switch turned on and he’s been bubbly and has a big smile on his face. Ryan enters with ice cream dessert and the housemates all cheer, just before the next topic is discussed: “discuss the pros and cons of developing a relationship in the house”.

Michael suggested this topic and rationalises: there are six people in the house who are in a relationship “two might not know it but yeah”. BB said there are eight: Stacey and cardboard Ryan Gosling. Angie says a positive is that a bit of a cuddle gives comfort and makes her happy. Josh says pro snuggles, con saying people taking it for something it’s not. George says the same, Layla looks pissed.

11.32pm – Stacey is getting cardboard Ryan Gosling ready for bed, and explain which side of him she likes best. She washes him in the shower. Meanwhile in the kitchen Ryan asks Ray what he thinks of Estelle (Ryan’s current squeeze) – Ray says “yeaaaah she’s one of the boys” and “you are one of the luckiest guys”. Ray then goes on to say tonight Ryan really came out of his shell, which makes Ryan really excitable. Conversation then moves on to Benjamin and Ray says Ben “hates me, and George”.

12.29am – Michael has been called to the diary room. He recognised the same black box that George found hair clippers in. Big Brother asks Michael to tell him how his hair defines him as a person. Michael cringes and says “um… I never really had any attention from girls or felt confident and then I started growing it and I guess I started feeling like I fit in with people. It was a source of pride that not only was I a red head but I was something who was stoked being a red head”.

“Michael, would you like to lose the hair?”

“I’m sorry guys, but no I wouldn’t do it, no Big Brother”.

The housemates, who are watching in the lounge room, all cheer. The NO board lights up. Michael is looking very angry. When he emerges, the housemates all hug him better and rub his hair, saying “we don’t care!”.

12.49am – Zoe comes to the diary room. Big Brother asks “what do you think Surly’s playing at?” Zoe is surprised and replies “I think Surly’s maybe giving me missions because lying is not my biggest strength when it comes to serious lies and I was really terrified that people were going to stop trusting me because I acted like a crazy person today and was like ‘Zoe what is the deal?'”.

“Having missions is fun but difficult so who know what Surly’s doing to me?”

This daily show was not in chronological order. We’ve reordered the recap.

7.28am – Big Brother is waking the housemates with a rooster sound played into the house. Sarah says the rooster sounds constipated. All housemates are called to the lounge for this week’s task. Stacey explains the general premise – BB will ask a series of questions and all housemates must answer “yes, Big Brother” and follow through with what they have been asked. Big Brother is only prepared to hear the word ‘no’ three times. This week they’re playing for their luxury food budget. The housemates all speculate that there must be trick questions and some weird things they have to do.

Outside they find a large YES / NO board which will light up depending on how questions are answered by housemates. Michael and Layla are called to the diary room. Inside they find a delicious breakfast which has been labelled as Ray’s, complete with chocolate milk. Michael says “Big Brother you are a sweetheart”. BB reminds them of this week’s YES / NO task, and “would you like to prepare some breakfast for Ray?”. They both answer “Yes Big Brother”. The YES sign outside lights up. Michael and Layla emerge with the breakfast trays and must cook the breakfast for Ray, who gets really excited and cheers. It’s a full American breakfast being cooked on the BBQ. All housemates cheer when they see the chocolate milk, and Ray makes a really big deal.

Outside Benjamin tells Stacey that Ray is doing his head in with the scene he’s making, and Stacey completely agrees. “He keeps pulling Tom Cruise”. They both agree he’s a nice person but they can’t stand Ray’s arrogance. Stacey says “I feel like a really bad person because I thought – am I the only person who’s seeing this?” She’s seeing really aggressive and arrogant behaviours.

9.24am – Ray and Ryan are discussing Sarah and say she’s “positive to the point of being fake” but she keeps everyone from getting into a negative slump. Ryan is sick of Sarah’s “spiritual stuff” and being so happy all the time. “She’s putting this face on, being happy, but deep down inside she misses her boyfriend”. Ray thinks something has happened in her life that has made her depressed and has found the power of being positive in books. Ray says that George told him last night Sarah was in the shower with George and kissed him and nibbled his neck. Ray says that doesn’t sit right with him because she has a boyfriend on the outside.

The footage of this incident is played and it appears like Sarah simply gave George a friendly peck on the cheek.

Ray is angry that if it was him who did that with a girlfriend he couldn’t get away with it. Suddenly Sarah comes into the kitchen and tells them “well done with the cleaning guys, really good job”.

All housemates are called to the diary room and Josh is called to the diary room. The diary room camera is shown to the housemates. Next to Josh is a letter for Sarah from her boyfriend Ryan. BB explains Ryan and Sarah were friends for 10 years before falling in love and have been dating for 12 months. It’s been 16 days since they have seen each other. Sarah is watching Josh. “Would you like to read out the first two lines of Ryan’s letter?”, “Yes Big Brother”. It’s a really long letter.

“My smuzz, you are somebody’s reason to smile. To get the opportunity to write this letter to the most gorgeous and influential girl I have ever come across in the world is the biggest privilege a guy could ever have.”

Sarah is starting to cry.

Big Brother: Josh…. beside you is a shredder.

Josh gasps an “oohhhhhhh”. The girls are reassuring Sarah “your to your two lines”.

Big Brother: Josh, would you like to shred Ryan’s letter to Sarah?

Ben yells out “shred it!”

Josh: Yes Big Brother?

The yes sign outside lights up.

Josh: I’m so sorry Sarah!

Sarah says it’s ok but is quite teary. The girls all hug her as Josh shreds the letter. Josh says “that’s brutal”. Afterwards Josh and Sarah hug. She says positively “alright guys, that has set the bar, just say yes Big Brother!”

Later in the day some of the boys are making jam in the kitchen. Meanwhile Layla is explaining to the girls where different girls from different parts of the UK sit in the class / social pecking order. The other housemates, particularly Bradley reassure Layla she’s attractive and deserves to be in the Big Brother house. “I’m so sick of her saying she shouldn’t be here”. They say Bradley will make some girl happy one day. The boys have almost finished their jam which is on the stove – they say they call it Sarah because it’s super bubbly, super sweet and super hot. A bit later HMs are talking about what the Big Brother experience does to you. George says he’s been getting in touch with his feminine side and “talking so much smack about marriage and kids and all that” that he wouldn’t otherwise have outside.

Stacey and Benjamin are in the diary room singing and dancing to a new song they’ve made called “disco pillow”. Stacey tells BB “lets get creative, lets get DIY”. She wants to make some hot pants out of the gold glossy cushion from the living room. They explain they want to unstitch the cushion and will need a needle and thread – they’ll take it in turns turning the cushion into a pair of hot pants. BB says the request has been noted.

1.41pm – George has been called to the diary room. There’s a black box on the table beside him. All housemates are watching from the lounge room. Big Brother asks George “do you find it difficult to maintain your dreadlocks? Do you find them a little heavy on your head? Would you like to lose the dreads?”. George answers yes to all questions, and the YES board lights up. The housemates are all screaming in horror. He must choose a housemate to shave his head. Everyone else wants to discuss whether he wants to keep them because they can take three no’s before they fail the task. They all say he should say no to this one. George goes back to the diary room and says no. The NO board lights up and the housemates all clap.

Later Bradley is explaining his perfect girl: brown hair, greenish eyes, olive skin, a little bit plump but not fat, but have a figure. Ryan doesn’t know his perfect girl, but says “horse rider, loves the Lakers” (referring to Estelle, his current squeeze). Angie says “that makes me want to puke”, then asks what Josh’s type is, “oh we know… sitting on the wall”. Josh brings the photo of the girl Angie is referring to – a girl in New York who would be his girlfriend if she wasn’t so far away. Angie says her perfect boyfriend is “tall and big and strong, the bigger they are the smaller I feel”. Josh makes jokes about boys with bad tattoos and Angie takes it badly, leaving the room. Zoe tells Josh he’s leading her on then throwing it back in Angie’s face, which he doesn’t think is the case. Josh goes and apologises to Angie.

9.01pm – It’s just after nominations time. The house is mostly silent while the housemates ponder about Benjamin, Bradley and Ryan being up for eviction. Ben says “I reckon if I didn’t throw that glass of water at Bradley it would be different”. He just wants to get on with things now, and for the sake of Bradley who is 19 and doesn’t have the same life experience. Ben is 32 and has fallen to pieces, so they wonder how Bradley will take it. Meanwhile Bradley is sitting by himself in the lounge room. Estelle and Ray discuss how they think Bradley finds it hard to see the line between joking and being insulting towards the other housemates.

Bradley is now in the diary room. He tells Big Brother he expected to be up for eviction and wasn’t surprised by it, but it is still a punch in the guts to hear your name being read out. “It was a bit disheartening I guess”. Bradley gets teary. “You can’t really change who you are because you’ve been put into the house because of who you are”. He continues “to be up against Ben is a scary thought because he’s very popular in the house, he does have that temper that can take over sometimes”.

Later in the diary room Benjamin tells Big Brother “the fact that my peers have nominated me this way means that I believe they find me a little untrustworthy. I feel like these people don’t find me very likeable”. He continues “I feel very alone in the Big Brother house this evening”.

In the bathroom Estelle comments the guys take nominations better than the girls. Bradley explains “guys just internalise everything, girls just crave attention”. The girls aren’t very impressed.

Ryan, in the diary room, tells Big Brother it’s been an interesting night. He doesn’t think the nomination will affect his relationships in the house – he’ll just keep going and having a good time, because he doesn’t want to walk around upset in case he’s evicted this week. “I’m a nice guy, I’m here to have fun. It’s up to the rest of Australia if they like me or not”.

Bradley is issuing a toast in the kitchen with a quote taken from The Dark Knight “the night is darkest just before the dawn and I promise you the dawn is coming”. The housemates all cheer and toast their drinks.

10.36pm – Ben and Stacey have returned to the diary room with Sarah to show off the hot pants they’ve created. Stacey is wearing them.

Big Brother: you look ravishing this evening.

Sarah: Ring ring, ring ring. Oh hold on Big Brother… Yes, Miss Mongue’s phone.

Stacey: If that’s Dannii, can you tell her for the final time, I will not babysit.

Big Brother: Big Brother can’t help but notice those very striking pants.

Stacey: I also can’t get them out of my head (I think she means “mind” from the Kylie song!)

Big Brother: Would you care to do some spinning around for Big Brother?

Stacey: I thought you’d actually never ask (help me out! – Sarah and Ben have to lift her)

Stacey dances around in her hot pants with Sarah and Ben as her backup dancers. “And fin”.

Big Brother says he enjoyed the performance and feels Stacey should put on a brief performance for the rest of the housemates. Back in the living room Stacey reveals the gold hot pants and dances around in heels while all the housemates cheer on. Layla has a shocked look on her face. Big Brother suddenly asks Layla if she wants a cute fluffy teddy bear to cuddle tonight? “Yes Big Brother”. The YES board lights up. The naughty corner glass sudden clears and inside is a snake in a glass container, along with the teddy bear. Layla must go inside and grab the teddy bear which is amongst the snakes – she’s just discovered there’s two of them. There’s a opening in the tank just for an arm. She does it very fast and grabs the bear while the housemates cheer “Lay-la!”

Zoe and Ryan have been called to the diary room. Inside there is a special meal for Ray. Ryan says “that’s so unfair man”. They must both cook a steak dinner for Ray and he must eat every last bite. He jumps around and makes a scene just like at breakfast, and some of the other housemates aren’t impressed. Not all housemates watch him eat, and he struggles to finish the last of it, but gets to the end before running to the outside toilet and vomiting. Zoe and Ryan are in the diary room laughing, but say they probably shouldn’t be because Ray is in a lot of pain. Ray emerges from the toilet shirtless and wiping his mouth.

11.47pm – Bedroom chat time. Angie and Josh are asking Ryan what’s going on between him and Estelle. Benjamin tells Zoe he’s noticed the since nominations Bradley, Ray, Estelle and Ryan have all been hanging out. Big Brother suddenly announces that all HMs were warned that the next person to use excessive foul language would face the consequences. BB explains just moments ago that Michael uttered nine swear words in less than three minutes. They were very naughty words indeed – he must report to the naughty corner. Inside he must write a 1000 word essay on 19th Century steam trains. They HMs say he can do it because he’s a genius. He says he’s just stoked to be able to read a book.

1.16am – Michael is still writing his essay. Big Brother says it’s almost time to submit his essay. Michael wants 10 minutes to write the essay conclusion, but he only gets 2 minutes. Afterwards Michael must stand and recite his essay (alone – no other housemates are around).

Michael: “I’m loco, essay”. An analytical exploratory paper on the many facets of the steam train revolution in the 19th Century. By Michael.

Thirteen short years was all it took for John Stevenson’s prediction of steam traction powered transportation to come to fruition.

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And the future of train travel was as they say… full steam ahead.

Big Brother: Michael, Big Brother holds your essay in high es-steam. You’re free to leave the naughty corner.