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The twists and turns of life in the Celebrity Big Brother house trundle on relentlessly, with a cruel punishment for George Galloway for (yet again) discussing nominations with his fellow housemates.

Everyone was gathered in the lounge on Saturday afternoon and Preston read out a transcript of a conversation George had with Rula Lenska on Thursday about who he would have nominated in his previous punishment with Preston (also for discussing nominations).

Big Brother then erected a polling booth in the main area of the house and instructed all of the housemates, except George, to cast their vote on whether George should be allowed to nominate. They voted 4/3 in favour of denying the Member of Parliament his two nomination votes. In the ensuing round, Chantelle, Dennis Rodman and George were all nominated to face the public vote during Wednesday's double-evitions live show.

In other news, the housemates were forced to don Lycra leotards for a silly dance task on Saturday, and then Big Brother set the group a complicated money-counting task on Sunday which involves Chantelle and Preston gaining access to a luxury private club, which they must keep secret from the other housemates (although, the other housemates can see them on the monitors), whilst the rest of the house must keep up the pretence of counting money and deliberately fail the task.

Polish-English actress Rula Lenska has become the third housemate to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house, following in the footsteps of Faria Alam and Jodie Marsh.

Most of Day 16 in the house was spent preparing for tonight's eviction, with Traci Bingham certain she would be the celeb heading for the door. However, the public voted in favor of Rula and the two other housemates nominated by George Galloway and Samuel Preston have now been given a stay of execution.

Earlier yesterday afternoon, Pete Burns' fur coat was confiscated by police investigating complaints over its possible origin, following Pete's claims that it had previously been on the back of a protected species of gorilla (it turns out that it's made of colobus monkey fur, which is not illegal, but may have breached importation rules). Pete spent the remaining time complaining vociferously about the confiscation and refused to sit with the other housemates during the live eviction.

Meanwhile, some of the housemates are starting to grow concerned over Michael Barrymore's mental state; the disgraced entertainer is sleeping poorly and spending much of his time cleaning and lining up items in the house in an obsessive manner.

Faria Alam, the woman probably most famous for her public affair with England soccer coach Sven Goran-Eriksson, now follows Jodie Marsh as the second person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house.

George Galloway, Maggot and Michael Barrymore all selected her during Monday's private nomination process, and the public voted to eject her from the show in a stand-off with Pete Burns and Dennis Rodman.

In other news, the house appears to have recovered from the confusing race row which erupted yesterday, after Faria finally owned up to her involvement in sparking off the whole issue -- and most of the housemates spent today preparing for a potential eviction when Big Brother awoke everyone with an alarm of gloomy bell tolls.

Later in the day, Preston kicked off a spate of therapeutic hugging around the house, before everyone was set a task to paint self-portraits, depicting themselves "inside and out".

Tensions are starting to fray considerably in the Celebrity Big Brother House, following almost two weeks in confinement for the B-List stars.

Following a 'Mods and Rockers' party to celebrate Preston's birthday last night, the housemates have discovered that Faria Alam, Pete Burns and Dennis Rodman will face the public vote as a result of yesterday's nominations (which presumably included Rula's "pants of power" nomination).

As a result, the mood in the house has shifted considerably, with a race row flaring up over misinterpreted comments made by Faria over the possibility of a non-white housemate ever winning Big Brother, which ended up with Traci having the finger of blame pointed at her by Dennis.

In other news, George has been chosen by Big Brother to take part in a secret task to win the housemates a luxury food budget, and has been cleared of any wrong-doing out in the real world when Member of Parliament Chris Bryant asked the Speaker of the House of Commons if it was "entirely in order" that George could sign parliamentary motions put before the Commons during the time he has appeared on the show.

A romance seems to be blossoming in the Celebrity BB house between Preston and Chantelle; the two seem to be spending much of their time together discussing relationships and shared a kiss whilst drunk at the expense of Big Brother on Sunday night.

Preston spent much of today feeling paranoid about the liaison, asserting that he couldn't quite remember what had happened, while Traci Bingham and the grossly oversexed Dennis Rodman spent some of the day at each others' throats, after Dennis referred to her as a "bloated bitch".

Pete Burns continues to maintain that he's going to leave the house, but doesn't seem keen to actually carry out his idle threat, and the second round of nominations took place earlier this afternoon, with Rula's 'special power' revealed: she's exempt from nomination for wearing her 'pants of power' for two days, but must nominate a third person to face the public vote as her reward.

Finally, Michael Barrymore looks set to face court, after a British judge granted permission to bring a private prosecution against him in connection with a man's death back in March 2001, and, in a cruel twist, he could be informed of the news by the producers of Big Brother during the show.

Saturday in the Celebrity Big Brother house started with the infamous 'box task' at 10.30am, with each housemate confined to a large cardboard box, inside which they must for as long as possible. The person who stays in the box the longest wins.

Pete and Preston were first out, after just 45 minutes, followed shortly afterwards by the rest of the house, and with just over an hour notched up, Rula was declared the winner.

Poor old Maggot seems to be feeling the strain, having burst into tears for no apparent reason, but was comforted by an understanding Rula, who has taken on a secret mission, during which she must wear a pair of 'Pants of Power' at all times -- except when she's showering or sleeping -- or she'll be automatically nominated for eviction this week. However, if she succeeds in her mission, she'll be granted special powers on nomination day.

I never thought I'd say it, but I was sorry to see Jodie leave when the public voted her out of the Celebrity Big Brother house tonight.

It's not that she contributed anything worthwhile to the house -- in fact, she was positively egocentric for most of the time -- but she simply didn't deserve the incessant bullying treatment she received from the group over relatively trivial matters. Watching her fight back tears as BB presenter Davina McCall interviewed her post-eviction was a little bit saddening. Personally speaking, I wanted Pete to go; he's honest to the point of brutality, and I'm certain he partly influenced Jodie's exit from the house.

Apart from Jodie's summary dismissal, the housemates spent much of today preparing for the eviction night, with George Galloway rising from his bed early -- as though he was fighting an election campaign -- and Jodie questioning Preston on the size of his manhood in the pool, but they both promised a passionate embrace if they jointly reached the final week. Alas, we won't get to see such a tryst.

Never mind, Channel Four confirmed that Jimmy Savile will arrive in the house over the weekend when he appeared on-stage with Davina and Jodie during the closing credits. Honestly folks, the man looked like he had escaped from a high security rest home, so things should brighten up by the time we update tomorrow night.

The Celebrity Big Brother housemates will have to survive on basic rations and £1 per day, per person, for the next week following their failure to complete the variety of allocated tasks.

According to the British tabloid newspaper, The Sun, 79-year-old British celebrity Jimmy Savile will be entering the house for one day over the weekend, possibly to try and break up the tense atmosphere generated by the presence of Jodie Marsh and her attention-seeking behaviour. Savile is probably best known for his long-running BBC television show, Jim'll Fix It, where he made the wishes of members of the public come true.

Jodie continues to spend most of the time in a foul mood, and vented her anger earlier today over Traci Bingham's joint diary room session with Samuel Preston, unaware that the pair were organizing plans for their birthday celebrations which will be spent as guest of Big Brother.

The first eviction of the series will take place on Friday night, with George Galloway, Jodie Marsh and Pete Burns all up for the chop, so check back here for updates.

The celebrity housemates have now completed a week together in the Big Brother house, and tensions are starting to show on all sides, following the first round of nominations which were announced yesterday.

Jodie Marsh is starting become horribly isolated from the entire group due to her behaviour, and spent most of last night alone in her bed away from the other housemates, while everyone worked on their latest task, which included Maggot and Chantelle trying to learn Japanese overnight, Rula Lenska eating spinach to prove if it makes you stronger -- and Preston eating a box of chocolate liqueurs to find out if they would make him drunk.

George Galloway seems to have "bonded" solidly with Rula, suggesting to her that he feels Preston masterminded the first round of nominations.

Perhaps he's starting to fear that the public may opt to keep Jodie and Pete in the house in favor of dumping him?

Life in the Celebrity Big Brother house is getting tougher for glamour model Jodie Marsh. When nomination time arrived yesterday, everyone in the group voted for Jodie, except Chantelle and Preston, and she now faces the public vote alongside former Dead or Alive frontman/woman Pete Burns and Member of Parliament, George Galloway.

It's been a difficult week so far for Jodie, having been involved in arguments with just about every other housemate, and drowning in her own misery every time she indulges in alcohol. Apart from stuffing her massive boobs into a reluctant Maggot's face whilst drunk, she hasn't really done much to modify her trashy public image and is now favorite to leave the house on the first eviction night, while Preston is now pipping Michael Barrymore as the front runner to win.

In other news, former Jim'll Fix It host Jimmy Saville could be set to enter the house for a spot of lunch at the weekend, and Dennis Rodman continues to let his hormones rule his head, repeatedly asking the glamorous female housemates if he can have sex with them.