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Day 41: Heaven and Hell

Critics of Big Brother have often compared it to watching the animals during feeding time at the zoo. They're all in their cage not able to get out, and we're the ones looking in seeing how they'll behave next. Last night's episode was exactly like that. They were all treated to an Election Breakfast where the results of the "Head Of House" poll would be announced. By the end of the meal, we had Mohammed and Bex having a food fight, throwing white powder and jugs of milk at each other! The others are all screaming in a corner with Luke giving Mikey a running commentary on which food item has just been hurled in their direction. CHAOS! I do wonder if we should keep them all locked up in there even when the series is over. I'm scared.

To cut a long story short (and in an attempt to bring you up to date quickly), Darnell has been elected as the first "Head of House". Since Sunday afternoon, the house has been brilliantly split into two halves - Heaven and Hell. And when I say "split" - I mean, EVERYTHING'S split. There's now 2 doors to the diary room and 2 doors to the garden, with housemates on the Heaven side getting exclusive use of the luxury bedroom and bathroom. On the Hell side, BB has revealed a new shower block in the garden, which only runs cold water. Housemates in Hell have also got to cook for everyone as they have use of the kitchen and will sleep in the cold and nasty "B-Block" where the beds aren't nice! Trust me, I know, I tried one out before the series started. NOT comfy.

Darnell obviously gets to stay in Heaven and had to choose 6 other housemates to join him. Understandably, he opted for his friends who haven't been using the luxury bedroom up to this point: Dale, Kat, Mo, Rachel, Rex and (bizarrely) Maysoon. The others will live in Hell until further notice. Bex is taking it particularly badly, acting like a spoilt child using phrases like "why can't I stay on the other side" and "why me, why me!". Just to wind her up a bit more, Big Brother threw the Heaven housemates a party featuring sushi, strawberries, chicken and other delicacies. They've also each been provided with an iPod and headphones, so they listen in to BB's specially selected tracks!

So, what's happened since? Well, Heavenly housemates were treated to a lie-in yesterday morning with the housemates from Hell being woken an hour earlier. "They don't even get an alarm" yelled Bex across the divide... which in itself probably acted like an a siren-alarm of the loudest proportions. Then she had to join the rest of her hell-ish friends peeling potatoes for several hours, otherwise BB said they would lose their right to vote this week (nasty!). And just in case you think the animals in the cage have calmed down ... they've not! ... with a water, toothpaste, washing up liquid, salt and flour fight kicking off in the early hours of this morning.

Someone get David Attenborough on the phone... he might want to make a documentary about this lot.

Simon
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Posted by Simon Beale on July 15, 2008 at 09:18AM

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