Select a day from week 9 in the BB5 house by clicking one of the links below...

July 29	Day 63	Limbo in Limbo
July 28	Day 62	Broken Links To Video-Links!
July 27	Day 61	Bridled En-Stu-siasm!
July 26	Day 60	Quangle-Wangle Jingle-Jangle!
July 25	Day 59	Dumbbells and Weighty Issues
July 24	Day 58	Are You A Celebrity? YES or NO?
July 23	Day 57	E-Vic-Shun Day

Limbo in Limbo [Day 63 - Wednesday 29^th July]

Big Brother injects some holiday fervour into the house with an Agadoo wake-up. There is a group pinapple-pushing session, minus pineapple-pooper Jason of course!

As usual J shortens his day by staying in bed for as long as possible. He makes an early morning horizontal appeal "Get me out public...get me out...set me free!" When Dan makes a visit to the bedroom Jason berates him for not having 'walked' yet as he promised. Dan's reply sheds some doubt on the prospect, "I don't know what is worse, staying in or going and facing the people who have kept me in." Eavesdropper Michelle chips in with emphatic support for Dan's new stance "No-one's leaving before they're evicted, I'm tellin' yer now!"

Big Brother is still keeping Big Mum on the eviction front. The housemates are uneasy about being in limbo and continue to speculate about what's going on. Dan wonders if Big Brother will extend their stay, "...it only lasts ten weeks...Or so we're led to believe!"

In the diary room Jason vents his frustration with his housemates. He thinks that Shell has been upping her game recently to become more 'wacky'; perhaps he's forgotten Shell's wacky naked lawnmowing on day 17! He also still has a downer on Dan and can't understand why the big man bothered to enter for BB considering he regards the show as "Trashy". J seems to think Dan is too much of a local pop hero to qualify for anything but the celebrity version of the show, "Apparently he gets asked for his autograph all the time!"

This evening there is yet more limbo for the housemates. Big Brother provides them with a limbo dancing bar, not to mention the barbecue complete with food and summer cocktails. Jason reveals that he was the limbo champion of Magalluf back in 1993! The proud Scot doesn't look very convincing when his half-hearted attempt immediately knocks the bar straight off!

As midnight approaches Nadia and Michelle are on the decking having a chat about Nadia's hopes of finding a lover after leaving the house. Nadia jokes that she is jealous of Michelle's romance with Stu. She tells Michelle she wants someone "who will cuddle me...who will chain me to his wrist and keep me together for the rest of my life". They go on to discuss whether Michelle is too domineering, Nadia thinks she is "a little bit" but Michelle doesn't see it as all that bad a thing, "Some men want you to be in charge. Sometimes it's good to be a bossy boots!" Michelle also lets out that she was called "bossy Bassy" at school! Now there's a surprise!

Broken Links To Video-Links! [Day 62 - Wednesday 28^th July]

At around 12:30am Nadia, Dan, Shell and Stu hear some shouting coming from outside the house. Nadia is certain she heard her name being called, but none of the others are too sure what was said. Nadia is a little upset by what she heard. In her own words "I'm freaking out!"

Before going to bed, chain-mates Michelle and Jason unchain for one-to-one sessions with BB.

It turns out neither enjoy being shackled up together. Michelle describes the act of sleeping with Jason as "Something I would never do...even in my wildest, wildest dreams."

Jason moans, "I'm surrounded by people who butt kiss-each other all day long. I don't even want to sit near them." He seems to have a particular problem with Nadia, "Nadia is a pain in the a**e, to be honest. They all lick Nadia's a**e. They're scared of her because she screams like a banshee."

Dan however seems to be really enjoying Nadia's company. As the pair settle for sleep Dan realises that Nadia is still upset about the shouting incident and offers her a comforting cuddle as they snuggle up in the bed. It is clear that the chains have bonded the pair in a very positive way.

The morning wake-up song is quite appropriate for Jason and Michelle, "I can't get no satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.

As the morning drags on Michelle does her best to get some kind of satisfaction by cuddling up and smooching with Stuart. Co-chainees Jason and Shell sit patiently with them on the garden bench while they satiate themselves with lurrrrve!

Since there have been no 'nomos' so far this week the housemates are starting to wonder what Big Brother is up to. Nobody is very sure, although most think that they might all be up for eviction. Shell wonders whether eviction voting has stopped and if the public might be voting for the winner. Big Brother is giving nothing away about this one.

As their final part to their ordeal in chains the couples compete in a typing task. Each couple has to write a story of at least 500 words and they may only use BB5 housemates as characters. To make things that little bit more tricky the members of each pair must take turns typing one letter at a time.

No-one seems to have finished off their story when the allotted time is up. Michelle is a bit miffed that Stuart and Shell report no problem reaching the target word count. What's worse is they used big words too! To finish the task each couple do a synchronised read of their literary efforts. Needless to say this ain't Shakespeare!

At long last the chain-challenge comes to it's conclusion. Big Brother announces that all couples have passed the pottery test, although the typing task was only passed by Stuart and Shell. Thankfully that's good enough, with a pass rate of 4 out of 6 the group have scored an overall pass for the challenge. Big Brother announces they may unshackle, but should stay seated in readiness for their individual privilege passes.

The privilege passes turn out to be video messages from friends and family transmitted on the plasma screen.

First up is a message for Dan from his brother and friends, the housemates are all super-excited and Dan has to shush them so he can listen to the words of encouragement.

Jason laughs as his flatmate and his best mate pull his leg. His flatmate wants him to 'stay away' because he's got the flat tidy for once!

Michelle's mum, dad, sister and pussy follow up with their good wishes. Next up are Nadia's pals; their message of love draws a tear from the Portuguese livewire. It starts a trend, Shell really cries upon seeing her boyfriend, mum and brother.

Even Stuart looks ready for waterworks when his Team Handsome buddies show up. They make a T then a H with their fingers in case there is any doubt that they are the real thing. One Team Handsome buddy mentions that there's a girl who's been asking them for Stuart's number. This doesn't go down too well with Michelle who is adamant that the young lady will not get hold of that number!

Freedom from their shackles, combined no doubt with some of the alcohol supplied by Big Brother, seems to have made some of the housemates a little heady. Jason seems happy to be able to get some proper exercise, although he's obviously still missing his jungle cat pal because at one point alone in the garden he shouts out "Victor Ebuwa!" Dan is behaving equally strange. He decides to throw Shell over his shoulder and run around the garden patting her botty!

Bridled En-Stu-siasm! [Day 61 - Tuesday 27^th July]

The chained couples are woken up by Diana Ross singing ...wait for it..."Chain Reaction". Nice to know Big Bro has a sense of humour!

The chain gang are put to a bit of hard labour in the shape of an exercise video. After the aerobic workout Stuart is his usual en-Stu-siastic self, "I feel so alive!" he exclaims.

This evening the housemates have another sub-task to keep their minds off their shackles...

Well let's face it, they are better off going 'pottery' than going potty so BB  provides them with a potters wheel, some clay and water. Each couple have to work together to make a vase; one chainee must use their left hand and the other their right hand.

Dan and Nadia mould some curious clay and Michelle takes the opportunity to showcase her singing. It's ghastly, or should that be 'Ghost'-ly? Think Patrick Swayze, think Demi Moore, think "Unchained Melody" - oh BB you crafty tinker, so that's what the task is about!

Quangle-Wangle Jingle-Jangle! [Day 60 - Monday 26^th July]

The Wurzels mangle the sleeping housemates by providing the morning wake up call. Only Shell and Stuart bother to jig to the strains of "I've got a brand new combine harvester"!

The group have been wondering about why BB called them for a weigh-in yesterday. This afternoon all is revealed. They are to be paired off into boy-girl couples according to their weights. The catch is that each couple will be chained together! The lightweight couple is Shell and Stuart, middleweights are Jason and Michelle and the heavyweights are Dan and Nadia.

As Nadia reads the instructions Jason looks despondent (well more despondent than usual!) The group choose how each couple will have their chains attached. Dan and Nadia will be chained by their ankles, Jason and Michelle by their wrists and Shell and Stuart will be chained together from their waists.

The chained housemates will have to sleep together and all brushing of teeth and putting on of make-up must be performed by their partner-in-chains. The only escape they will have from one another is during diary room and toilet visits. Even then the other-half of each couple will be confined to a designated waiting area.

The task will last until Wednesday.

On the upside, successfully completing the task will not just earn the group double-shopping money for next week but also a mystery privilege pass for each of them.

Who would have thought being chained together would have Jason waxing lyrical and Michelle making sweet music with him in the diary room? Okay it was part of one of BB's little sub-tasks, but they both performed very well. Jason recited four lines of Edward Lear's "The Quangle-Wangle's Hat" whilst Michelle played the chorus of this morning's wakey-wakey Wurzel's gem "Combine Harvester".

J looked particularly pleased with his recital. In reward for passing the challenge BB provided the housemates with a food hamper, 2 bottles of wine and 2 beers.

As bed time approached Jason wound Stu up by threatening to sleep in the buff whilst chained to Michelle. "No way!" exhorted Michelle's green-eyed chicken. A little later it was Michelle giving the green-eyed glares as she poked her head around the bathroom door to make sure that Shell wasn't working up a froth as she brushed Stuart's teeth for him!

Dumbbells and Weighty Issues [Day 59 - Sunday 25^th July]

Jason's mood hits a new low this morning. He tells Big Brother he's ready to go "I'm not going to last a week, I'm not even going to last a day to be honest". He says he is missing evictee Vic and wishes he was back home having a couple of beers with his pals. Revealingly he tells BB "I'm not wanting to have anything like riches or fame...I don't want to have my night where it's just all about me." BB encourages Jason to reconsider,  J decides he will sleep on it.

Dan has made something of a habit of scalding Jason. This afternoon his scalding is hot, crotch-ety and very wet! The pair engage in a bit of banter over which of the housemates will keep in contact in the future. Dan tells Jason he doesn't think anyone will, then he teases the Scot asking "Did that bring a tear to your eye?"

Jason tells him it didn't. "Wrong answer!" exclaims Dan, flinging a cushion in Jason's direction. This causes J to spill a hot cup of tea all over his crotch area. "That's f*****g hot man!" screams Jason.

Dan gestures to help ease the aching in Jason's loins but his advance is halted by an emphatic "Don't touch me!". This reaction somewhat drains Dan's sympathy "That's what you get for insulting me!" he barks back.

Michelle proves she is no dumb-belle by inventing a game that involves fishing for anagrams. This prompts Stuart to exclaim "That's well good!" Perhaps it isn't just anagrams Michelle is fishing for!

Later, "dumbells" are good news for Jason when Big Brother provides the inmates with some exercice equipment. Jason lets out an "Ahhhh" when he discovers the treat and is soon venting his frustrations by pumping iron. Self-proclaimed brainbox Stu is unusually suspicious of Big Brother's motives for this free treat. "Why have they done that?" he wonders, perhaps he would be less confused if he was privvy to Jason's early morning diary room doldrums.

The BB treat seems to have done the trick for Jason, after his workout he tells BB that he is feeling more positive "I may as well stick to Friday until I get evicted". Keep taking the positive pills Jason!

Today Jason isn't alone in having a weights obsession, Big Brother summons each housemate to the diary room for a weigh-in. This provokes a bit of embarrassment from the weigh-ees, especially Nadia who unsuccessfully tries to obscure Big Brother's view of her 12 stone 13 pound reading!

Are You A Celebrity? YES or NO? [Day 58 - Saturday 24^th July]

With the endgame in sight the group awaken to ABBA singing "The Winner Takes It All". Everyone gets up for a dance except for Jason.

Jason is now looking more like a stray cat than a jungle cat and is missing fellow JC Victor badly. He makes an early attempt to mix with the group which doesn't go unnoticed by Dan "Oh, you're talking to us now your playmate's gone, are you?"

It's afternoon and Nadia's thinks it's the pits...Stu's armpits that is! She trims one of Stu's underarm forests as Michelle watches warily. Shell asks if Nadia will do Stuart's other arm, Michelle butts in "She is not going to do the other side at all!", but Naida completes the job anyway. She even suggests trimming the "important part" but Stuart wisely declines. Stuart is very pleased with his new underarm look. "I'm feeling lucky and neat" he says!

Dan seems to be in a moany mood. In the diary room he declares "I'm sick of them all. I couldn't care less if I never see any of them again".

The Saturday task takes Dan's mind off his woes. £6000 of the prize fund will be risked on this challenge. Each of the housemates takes turn to enter the diary room and put 10 questions to a mystery celebrity in an effort to determine their identity. The celebrities can only answer yes or no to each question. Each celebrity guessed correctly saves £1000 for the prize fund.

Meanwhile the other housemates are viewing the plasma screen from the sofas and can see the celebs as they answer. This is how they got on...

Housemate	Celebrity Guest(s)	Recognised?
Dan	Jim Bowen (former "Bullseye" presenter)	Yes	Dan blurted Jim's name just as he was about to leave the diary room.
Jason	Paul Daniels (Magician)	No	J says "I'll know when I see him" and he does.
Michelle	Chas and Dave (Cockney Pop Idols)	No	The duo get their revenge by singing "Rabbit"
Shell	Sir Patrick Moore (Astronomer extraordinaire)	Yes	Sir Patrick was her childhood hero. She tells him "I used to watch all your programmes!"
Nadia	The Cheeky Girls (Too cheeky for words)	Yes	Nadia immediately recognises her kindred sprits. They encourage housemates to touch bums!
Stuart	Roland Rat (Celebrity rodent)	No	Even after Stu saw the rodent he had no idea.

If your glass is half-full the 3 correct guesses saved the housemates £3000, if it's half-empty the 3 failures lost them £3000. Either way, the fund is reduced to £53500.

Later in the Diary room Jason picks up where Dan left off. He tells Big Brother "there’s no one I want to spend more than 10 minutes with." Afterwards he retreats back to his bed. When Dan coaxes him out to join the others he sits apart and hardly speaks with them.

E-Vic-Shun Day [Day 57 - Friday 23rd July]

Big Brother injects the spirit of peace into the house this eviction day by giving the housemates a mime task; if successful they will be rewarded with an ice-cream making machine for the weekend!

Despite the impressive mime skills on display the housemates fail the task due to the late arrival of 2 lazy jungle cats! At least the task relieves some eviction nerves...for a while.

Tensions resurface at the supper table. Nadia contravenes Dan's rules of dining etiquette by declaring her dislike for the cloves that Shell served up with the meal. He accuses her of being rude. Nadia responds by telling Dan to "p*** off" before abruptly excusing herself from the table.

The main drama of the day arrives as the eviction result is announced. Jason has been the clear bookies favourite for a Big Brother exit, so it is a shock to hear the word 'Victor' spouting from Davina's lips.Victor handles the news well. He knows he will be booed when he walks but convinces himself that it's because he is liked!

Victor strikes a pose as the BB door opens to a boo-fest crescendo. He laughs it all off his back like a duck to water. At Davina's request he cheekily sings 'I'll make love to you'! It is a valiant effort which almost to tames the baying throng.

He appears to relish the limelight and later tells Davina he has no regrets about going in with a gameplan. Despite learning that his spat with Shell probably cost him his place in the house the jungle/pussy cat describes her as 'lovely'.

Victor drew 47.2% of the votes to Jason's 40.6%. In comparison Nadia's share was 7.2% and Dan's only 5%. The total votes cast were 1.84 million.

Davina revealed that there will be no more nominations and next week all six remaining housemates will face the public vote.