[Mark]

Press release - I'm shocked!

Big Brother will test the housemates' physical endurance during the third Saturday night live challenge, tomorrow night at 9pm on Channel 4.

At the beginning part of the show, the housemates will be told to split into teams of four and five. The team made up of four housemates will be told to pair up for the first half of the two-part challenge. One will assume a wheelbarrow position while the other will be the 'pusher' and in a race against time they will have to collect as many tokens as possible. Each token will be worth an amount of time and the total time accumulated will make up the length of time of the second part of the task will take.

Then comes Big Brother's evil twist. For the second part of the challenge, the remaining five housemates will have to hang from a bar above a patch of stinging nettles and remain there for the length of time that they accumulated during the first part of the challenge.

£2000 will be lost for each housemate who falls from the bar. This means they could potentially lose a total of £10,000 if they fail this task, so they will need to hang on tightly if they want to preserve the £85,000 that currently stands.

Will the housemates keep a firm grip to their prize fund or will they face a prickly reception from the wheelbarrow team? To see how the housemates get on, tune into the live show on Saturday 12 June at 9pm.
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Surely there is danger implications here? I don't know anything about the damage stinging nettles can do, but I imagine it's not nice having all your ankles and feet covered in stings

Maybe BB will use fake looking nettles, to make the housemates think they are real.

- Mark