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V/O: 8:13am. Most of the housemates are asleep in the bedroom. Tisha has come to the diary room.

Tisha: Hey Big Brother, I know you’re probably gonna say no, but it’s worth asking, can we have a takeaway tonight? Cause I woke up and I really fancied a Chinese but it’s a bit rude to have Chinese for breakfast and s**t so I thought I’d ask you for later on. Or Indian, Indian’d be nice. Or pizza maybe. Thanks.

Big Brother: Good morning, Tisha.

Tisha: Oh yeah, morning. Now can we have a takeaway tonight?

Big Brother: Tisha, Big Brother will get back to you.

Tisha: Come on, say yes.

Tisha flutters her eyes at the camera.

Big Brother: Tisha, the diary room door is now open.

Tisha: I’m not backing down on this one, Bruv!

Tisha leaves the diary room and goes back to bed.

V/O: 9:44am. All of the housemates are now awake. Billy is in the kitchen, making breakfast. Nadine, Greg, Priscilla and Edwin are in the living area.

Billy: How many am I cooking this for?

Greg: Well, Nadine and Priscilla have already had cereal, and Candie told me she isn’t really feeling hungry, so cook about a dozen and we can pick and choose from there. That’ll be the easiest way.

Billy: How can she not be hungry? I bet you that she just doesn’t want to eat my food, that’s all. (muttering) Silly girl.

Priscilla: (to Nadine) Billy’s being a bit grumpy, isn’t he?

Nadine: Mmm.

V/O: 10:25am. Candie, Eloise and Leon have been called to the diary room.

Eloise: Back again, I see…

Big Brother: Hello, Candie. Hello, Eloise. Hello, Leon.

Candie: Morning!

Leon: Yeah… hi.

Big Brother: Currently, Eloise, you have banked 80 coins. Candie and Leon, you have both banked 75 coins each. However, for 60 of your coins, Big Brother would like to offer you all a personal luxury shopping budget for each of your stays in the house. Even if the house fails the week’s shopping task and receives the minimum of one pound per head per day, you will receive your own personal luxury shopping budget to spend on whatever you like. What are your decisions, Candie, Eloise and Leon?

Leon: Personally, I don’t give much of a s**t if I’m up for the first public vote because I’d like to think I’d stay, so losing sixty isn’t a very big deal for me.

Candie: Well, I don’t really want to give up what I’ve already earned, that just seems ridiculous to me. I’m happy playing the game and living off a basic budget if we have to.

Eloise: Yeah, I gave up my clothes for this.

Leon looks surprised at his fellow housemates’ decisions.

Leon: Really? I’ll go with yes, then, if you two aren’t.

Big Brother: To confirm, who will be accepting Big Brother’s offer of sixty coins for a personal luxury shopping budget?

Leon: Just me.

Big Brother: Thank you, Candie, Eloise and Leon. Leon, Big Brother will ask you to provide Big Brother with seventy five of your coins via the hatch in the living room. Unless you have any further questions, you may now leave the diary room.

Eloise: Thanks.

Candie, Eloise and Leon leave the diary room.

Candie: (to Leon) Why’d you do that?

Leon: Well, I don’t want to starve just because you guys fail your tasks, do I? I’m surprised you two said no.

V/O: 12:56pm. Greg and Caitlyn are in the kitchen, working on lunch.

Caitlyn: That smells lush, that does.

Greg: Here, try some.

Caitlyn: Oh, cheers, love.

Caitlyn takes a spoon of the mixture and tastes it.

Greg: I’d blow on it first…

Caitlyn drops the spoon on the floor.

Caitlyn: Ah, s**t, that’s well hot, that is! Ah, my word, that’s hot. And you can stop laughing and all.

V/O: 1:27pm. All housemates are at the dining table.

Vivienne: That was gorgeous, thanks, Greg.

Tanvir: Hey, what was in it, again?

Greg: Erm, mostly chicken stock, a couple of vegetables, herbs, things like that. Thanks, guys. You’ll make me blush!

Tisha: Mmm. Yeah. Almost as good as Chinese.

V/O: 2:03pm. Most of the housemates have been gathered in the living area.

Laura: I don’t have a very good ******ing feeling about this!

Spencer: Shut up, there’s something on the screen…

V/O: Simon has been called to the diary room. His visit is being relayed to the house via the television screen in the living area.

Big Brother: Hello, Simon.

Simon: Afternoon, BB.

Big Brother: Simon, as you aware, throughout the week, housemates have been faced with a series of dilemmas revolving around money. Housemates have had the chance to earn coins for themselves, as well as returning some of these coins for treats. So far, Big Brother has rewarded housemates with plasma screen televisions, personal luxury shopping budgets and even a brand new car.

Simon: Blimey!

Big Brother: Later today, Big Brother will send housemates on one final hunt for coins around the house. Afterwards, Big Brother will ask housemates to count the number of coins that they have banked, the housemates with the fewest coins will be announced, and the task will finish. However, there is still one dilemma left to be answered. That dilemma is for you.

Simon: Oh lord...

Big Brother: Simon, each week, housemates will compete in tasks in order to earn their shopping for the week. If they pass this task, they will earn a luxury shopping budget. However, if they fail this task, housemates will live on a basic shopping budget. This week, the fate of the rest of the house lies on your shoulders.

Simon: Oh lord, oh lord, oh lord. What do I have to do, then? Nothing bad, I hope.

Big Brother: So far, Simon, you have banked 75 coins for agreeing to have no contact with the outside world for the duration of your stay inside the Big Brother house. Big Brother will now offer you the chance to double that figure to 150 coins. However, this will come at a cost. If you agree to double what you have banked, the house – apart from Leon - will live on a basic shopping budget for the entire week. In addition to this, Big Brother will offer you the chance to win a luxury shopping budget for the entire house – including Greg and Vivienne, who agreed to give up their right to a luxury shopping budget as part of the task, something which will come into play if they survive this week’s eviction. However, in order to do this, you must give Big Brother every single coin that you have banked up to this point. Do you understand?

Simon: I do, I do. Oh man. I did really want those coins but I want everyone to be fed well this week…

Big Brother: Simon, what is your decision?

Simon: Look, I’m going to do the right thing, I’m going to be selfless and I’m going to take the luxury shopping budget. The happiness of the whole house is worth more than those coins are.

Big Brother: Thank you, Simon. You may now leave the diary room.

Simon: Thanks, BB.

Simon leaves the diary room and is greeted by some of his fellow housemates, who have run up to the door and are hugging him.

Simon: Oh s**t, did you see it all?

Jackson: Yeah!

Laura: You did so well, Simon, oh my god.

Edwin: Well done, chap.

Simon: Hey, we get to eat!

Simon’s fellow housemates cheer. Billy, Leon, Tanvir and Spencer are still sat on the sofas.

Billy: (muttering) Alright, alright, don’t milk it…

V/O: 3:58pm. All of the housemates have been locked in the bedroom.

Tisha: I’m so ******ing bored!

Caitlyn: Hey, let’s pass the time and play a pillow fight!

Priscilla sighs, shakes her head and disappears under her duvet.

Spencer: Me first!

Spencer throws a cushion across the room, missing Tisha and hitting Nadine.

Nadine: I don’t want to play, I don’t want to play! Grow up!

Tisha picks up the cushion and throws it back to Spencer, hitting him. Tanvir, Greg, Eloise, Laura, Candie and Billy also join in.

Big Brother: This is Big Brother.

Tanvir: Oh, s**t, we’re being told off…

Big Brother: Would all housemates please gather in a straight line in the garden, facing the bedroom.

The bedroom’s shutters go up and the housemates obey Big Brother’s orders, forming a rather disorderly line in the middle of the garden.

Big Brother: Housemates. Welcome to the final part of this week’s money-themed task. As things stand, each of you has banked a different number of coins – some high, some very low. Big Brother will give you one final chance to bank coins for yourself and try to increase your chance of surviving this week’s public vote. Big Brother has hidden 100 coins in and around the Big Brother house. When Big Brother instructs you to, you must begin to search for as many coins as you can, which you must collect in one of the sacks located on the floor in front of you. A five minute countdown will appear on the screen in the living area. Once this five minutes is up, a klaxon will sound and all housemates must gather in the living area to await further instructions. Good luck housemates, and remember… winner takes all.

Tisha: Let’s do this s**t!

Vivienne: What she said!

Big Brother: Housemates. On your marks. Get set. Go!

The housemates pick up their sacks and run off in all different directions. Eloise stands in the middle of the garden, screaming.

Leon: Got one! Ha ha.

Leon finds the first coin, hidden behind a white elephant statue in the garden. In the living area, Billy finds a coin underneath the sofas, Vivienne finds one on a dining chair and Edwin finds a couple on top of the breakfast bar. Priscilla finds a few in the kitchen cupboards, whilst Simon finds one on top of the island. Tisha collects some from the bathroom wash basins, before coins are found by Tanvir and Jackson in the shower and near the door to the toilet respectively. Caitlyn then collects a handful from the toilet accessed via the living area, Nadine, Greg and Eloise find a few in the hideaway and Laura and Spencer rush to the diary room, where they also fill their sacks. Candie then looks in the vegetable garden.

Candie: (muttering to herself) I’m sure I saw a few…

Candie reaches over to feel through the growth, placing her bag down on the ground as she does so. Leon then quickly runs behind her and grabs a handful of coins from her bag, placing them into his.

Candie: Hey, Leon, I saw that! That’s not fair!

The coin hunt continues as housemates collect more coins for their sacks. Nadine, Greg and Eloise emerge from the hideaway as the klaxon sounds. Housemates then flock to the living area.

Candie: (to Jackson and Eloise ) I swear, he nicked some of my coins…

Big Brother: This is Big Brother. Thank you, housemates. Big Brother has provided you with a permanent marker each, which are located in the hatch. Would one housemate please retrieve these from the hatch.

Caitlyn: I’ll do it!

Caitlyn walks over to the hatch, opens it and returns with a box filled with permanent marker pens. The housemates then take one and write their name on their respective sack.

Big Brother: Once all sacks are labelled, would all housemates please take their sack, one-by-one, into the diary room and leave it on the floor. Thank you, housemates.

Priscilla: Well, that was a waste of pissing time, wasn’t it?

V/O: 5:16pm. All housemates have been gathered in the living area.

Big Brother: Housemates. Earlier today, you all took part in Big Brother’s coin hunt, the final part of this week’s task. Big Brother now has the results of this task. Billy, please stand up.

Billy stands up, looking confused.

Big Brother: Billy, you earned no coins for your personal dilemma. You received 9 coins in the coin hunt, meaning that you have banked 9 coins in total. Caitlyn, please stand up.

The housemates clap as Caitlyn stands up.

Caitlyn: Oh god!

Big Brother: Caitlyn, you banked no coins for your personal dilemma. You received 7 coins in the coin hunt, meaning that you have banked 7 coins in total. Candie, please stand up.

The housemates clap once more as Candie apprehensively stands up.

Big Brother: Candie, you banked 75 coins for your personal dilemma. You received 2 coins in the coin hunt, meaning that you have banked 77 coins in total. Edwin, please stand up.

The process continues – Edwin has 82 coins in total, Eloise 83, Greg 9, Jackson 79, Laura 6, Leon 31, Nadine 80, Priscilla 7, Simon 5, Spencer 20, Tanvir 8, Tisha 8 and Vivienne 84.

Big Brother: However, during the coin hunt, Leon stole from Candie’s sack. This is strictly against the rules of the task, and Leon will be punished as a result. Big Brother has removed all of the coins that you have banked from your total, leaving you with no coins banked. Therefore, the housemates facing this week’s public vote are, in alphabetical order, Laura, Leon, and Simon. Housemates are now free to leave the sofas.

Nominated:


Laura: S**t…

Eloise: Oh, hun, that’s awful.

Jackson: Way to put a dampener on things, Bruv!

The housemates look downtrodden. Billy goes over to the kitchen and begins to make dinner.

Spencer: (to Billy) We survived the public vote, man, high five.

Spencer and Billy high five in celebration.

Spencer: It’s s**t about Leon, though…

V/O: 6:24pm. All housemates are eating at the dining table.

Everyone is very quiet.

Billy: Nobody like my food, then?

Nadine: …oh, no, it’s lovely, it is… I just don’t think anyone really feels in the mood for talking tonight…

Candie and Leon are sat at either ends of the table, trying not to look at one another.

Tisha: Yeah. Tastes like Chinese.

V/O: 8:04pm. Candie, Eloise, Simon, Laura, Greg, Tisha, Jackson, Caitlyn and Vivienne are all in the bedroom.

Candie: Sorry, I’m just really pissed off by Leon, he knows what he was doing. He didn’t care that it was going to get him punished, he just wanted the attention.

Vivienne: I can’t say I blame you. It was only a game after all, there was no need to take it that seriously. It was just nasty.

Candie: (to Laura and Simon) I hope to god that he goes over you two, because you don’t deserve to be up at all. You really don’t.

Simon: Aw, thanks. Look, we’ll just see what happens. That’s all we can do, really.

His fellow housemates nod in agreement.

V/O: 8:10pm. Leon and Billy are at the smoking area.

Billy: They still talking about you? I can see them looking over. ******ing obsessed twats is what they area.

Leon: Yeah, they need to get over this. Stop taking it all so seriously.

Billy nods in agreement as he lights a cigarette.

V/O: 9:41pm. Nadine, Priscilla and Edwin are mulling over the day’s events in the hideaway.

Priscilla: Today, I realised that I’m living in a house with a bunch of utter bastards. Right?

Nadine: Mmm.

Edwin: Mmm.

Priscilla sighs as she goes for a cigarette.