he 5,4,3,2,1 shopping task (contains spoilers)

[Marcus.]

Housemates awoke to a mystery countdown clock on the living room wall. What could it mean?

Big Brother broke the news that a mammoth shopping task had been set with a total of five mini tasks to be completed, descending from five to one, with each task completed by the corresponding number of housemates.

Tasks five to two will be worth a percentage of the shopping budget with the big one – number one holding the key to all the shopping they have accumulated. The biggie must be completed by a single housemate, chosen by Big Brother and deemed the most courageous.

Housemates will decide between themselves who takes part in the other four challenges but there's a twist – naturally. They must pick the five unhealthiest, four smartest, three most similar and the two that least get along. Oh BB you are such a stirrer.

Each task will begin when the matching number flashes on the wall. As well as this BB will sound a klaxon willy-nilly to trigger mini tasks to be completed before the countdown runs out. Failure may lead to a reduction in shopping spends.

[Marcus.]

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 1h
11.47am: First up are Jack and Joe, Wolfy, Sophie and Hazel - officially the five unhealithiest HMs (according to themselves) #BBUKLIVE

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 52m
12.46pm: Sophie, Hazel, Wolfy, Jack and Joe are donning shower caps, pouches and bowl hats. This task is going to be a hoot! #BBUKLIVE

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 42m
12.53pm: The 'unhealthy' HMs are getting ready for the first challenge. They are going to have to bounce their way to a win. #BBUKLIVE

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 22m
1:17pm: The first #bbtask challenge is over, and competitors are rinsing off in the shower. The results will be revealed soon... #bbuklive

[Vicky.]

Housemates awoke to a mystery countdown clock on the living room wall. What could it mean?

Big Brother broke the news that a mammoth shopping task had been set with a total of five mini tasks to be completed, descending from five to one, with each task completed by the corresponding number of housemates.

Tasks five to two will be worth a percentage of the shopping budget with the big one – number one holding the key to all the shopping they have accumulated. The biggie must be completed by a single housemate, chosen by Big Brother and deemed the most courageous.

Housemates will decide between themselves who takes part in the other four challenges but there's a twist – naturally. They must pick the five unhealthiest, four smartest, three most similar and the two that least get along. Oh BB you are such a stirrer.

Each task will begin when the matching number flashes on the wall. As well as this BB will sound a klaxon willy-nilly to trigger mini tasks to be completed before the countdown runs out. Failure may lead to a reduction in shopping spends.

Another breakdown from Wolfy then...

[Marcus.]

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 1m
3.37pm: What the flip?! It's task time again. And it's all about four letter words. #BBUKLIVE

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 16m
3.21pm: Dexter has been challenged to put on an item of clothing from every single HM. RT if you want to see a picture. #BBUKLIVE
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[Marcus.]

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Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 6m
3.46pm: Dexter is in the hood. And shoes and vest and jumper... #BBUKLIVE pic.twitter.com/qNqiHkgcKL

[Marcus.]

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 7m
4.40pm: Kylie? Rylan? Morph's friend Chas. Just what do the housemates look like? You decide. #BBUKLIVE pic.twitter.com/LQCkeFX64H

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 24m
4.23pm: And they're off! HMs have to spell out four letter words using giant letters. #BBUKLIVE

Big Brother Live ‏@BBUKLive 31m
4.15pm: The four 'smartest' HMs are dressed head to toe in white lycra. Joe thinks they look like Kylie. We don't. #BBUKLIVE

[erinp5]

Day 21: 5,4,3,2,1 continues with Three Of A Kind
2 hours ago

A trio of our beautiful housemates attempted to crack part three of the 5,4,3,2,1 task this morning. Big Brother requested that three housemates who are "on the same wavelength" journey to the Diary Room and, while Jackie attempted to round up two pals, Charlie and Daley legged it up the stairs, closely pursued, controversially by Dexter.

Not exactly a threesome you'd describe as "in sync", adorned with glittery bow ties, this triumvirate attempted to answer questions like "Who's the laziest housemate?" and "Who's most fun?", in silence and using cards with HMs faces emblazoned across them. Here's how they voted...

Who's most fun?

Charlie - Jack & Joe
Daley - Jack & Joe
Dexter - Jack & Joe

Who's most easily offended?

Charlie - Wolfy
Daley - Wolfy
Dexter - Dan

Who's most likely to win?

Charlie - Jack & Joe
Daley - Jack & Joe
Dexter - Jack & Joe

Who's laziest?

Charlie - Gina
Daley - Sam
Dexter - Wolfy

Who's most self-obsessed?

Charlie - Gina
Daley - Dexter
Dexter - Gina

Who's most unpleasant?

Charlie - Dexter
Daley - Dexter
Dexter - Dexter

Who's the bossiest?

Charlie - Jackie
Daley - Joe
Dexter - Jackie

Who's cleverest?

Charlie - Dan
Daley - Dan
Dexter - Dan

Who's kindest?

Charlie - Callum
Daley - Jackie
Dexter – Callum

So it turns out these three were on the same wavelength when it came to four of the categories but, considering Big Brother wanted five correct answers out of nine, that's just not going to cut it.

Sorry, ladies and gents of the House – that's another chunk of your shopping budget flushed down the toilet. Say goodbye to assorted chocs, sweets and other delightful comestibles..

[erinp5]

Day 21: Friends like peas
34 mins ago

The housemates have really been pulling together throughout the 5,4,3,2,1, task so it has been easy to overlook the fact that not everyone has been involved.

One housemate in particular was feeling like a bit of a spare part. Following the Three of a Kind task, Sam revealed that he was seemed to be left out and would like to take part. He was concerned his hearing impairment might hold him back.

"It's not about your hearing. It's about choosing the right people for the task," Dan told him. "You've got to think about what they are asking, not who hasn't gone yet. It's now getting serious, that's all." Wise words or did someone call the fun police?

When the alarm sounded, BB announced two housemates who didn't get along but could prove they were able to work together were required. Dan put himself and Sam forward – what a mate - and they slipped into green lycra suits and squeezed into a single pea pod suit.

In the garden Big Brother fired peas at the podded pair who had to catch then and pop them into a second pod. And they made it look easy-peasy.

With one final task left to complete, we're just waiting for Gina to step up to the plate...

[erinp5]

Two peas in a pod vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B8ONSjEZYc

[erinp5]

5.34pm: If Gina decides to take part in a daring magic task, the HMs will win a luxury shopping budget. But will she agree...? #BBUKLIVE

I would love her to refuse:joker:

[erinp5]

Gina has been strapped to the wheel.
6.15pm: She did it! (Of course, the scary man didn't actually throw the knives. It was all a lie.) #BBUKLIVE

[erinp5]

Day 21: this week's shopping task - the result!
35 mins ago

"Bravery, courage and nerves of steel" were the characteristics Big Brother deemed necessary for the ultimate stage of the 5,4,3,2,1 shopping task which fell to the one housemate who had yet to get involved.

Despite Gina's protestations that she'd done her bit with "the four housemates and then... the lemons..." it was clear to one and all that she was up. To the rapturous chants of "Gina, Gina, Gina" she made her way to the Diary Room...
...where she stayed...
...for a really long time.

The source of her long stay was a sharp-edged revelation. Gina was to get strapped to a rotating wheel while a knife thrower did his thing. Big Brother had provided a contract for her to sign and she went over it with a fine toothcomb.

Watching from a screen on the sofas the housemates howled with mirth.

"Endemol versus Gina Rio. I wanna see that lawsuit," said Dexter.
After an eternity Gina proved to be game. She donned a silver suit and went into the garden where the knife-thrower, face painted a menacing white, and his assistant lay in wait.

"The knife thrower is a professional... He's only missed once," said the assistant as Gina made a barnyard's worth of scared sounds.

She hopped up on the wheel anyway and, for the second time, found herself upside down and screaming in the name of task success.

And guess what? She passed the task for everyone, securing 60 per cent of the shopping budget and ending the two-day task. It might not have been one hundred per cent, but they're pretty chuffed nonetheless. Farewell, chickpeas.

From living in luxury to spinning close to the edge, Gina's BB experience has been a thrill ride.

[erinp5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHNVsDwhYL0
Gina on the wheel

[fingers]

Of course they had to ruin that vid with music so loud you couldn't hear an effing word, and of course, they didn't show the wheel.