Day 24 HL's

9.55am, some of the HM's are in the bedroom. Corin wants to be walked through Josie's dumb blonde jokes from the day before. Josie remembers them all now and gives the 'how do you make a blonde's eyes twinkle?' as an example. Corin mishears this as 'pinkle!' so obviously has not put on her listening ears that morning.  

JOSIE: I just said, show her a massive willy!

Sunshine is being quizzed by BB in the Diary room about how she feels over the impending eviction. She doesn't know really, she's not really thought about it. But because of what happened the other day that really brought her down a bit and she's been trying to solve the issues. It hadn't worked very well last night, as John's the kind of person that needs a bit of time. 

She states that she's apologised for everything and taken all the blame and doesn't know what else she can do. She had thought that their friendship was strong enough for things like that to be resolved but it obviously isn't.

SUNSHINE: (self-pitying) I obviously thought that we were better friends than we were.  

As of last night, it appeared that John would prefer to wrestle crocodiles and dingoes simultaneously, than be Sunshine's friend again!

Shabby, Dave and Ben are in the bathroom. Ben has a question for Shabby 'it's obvious that us 3 in particular have had our good and our bad qualities exposed for the world to see.'  He endorses that the quieter, more saint-like figures are the Steve's and Corin's of the world. He wonders if it is that they don't have bad qualities, if they have different bad qualities or if they just control themselves a lot better. 

Shabby had said right from the beginning, and she thinks it is starting to happen - that it will just take longer to crack them. She knows Steve misses his family but he's a lot better equipped than they are as he's been in the army. She classifies that Corin is very bright, bubbly and positive but she's starting to see cracks in her as she was really miserable all day yesterday.

CORIN: (creeped up unawares) Are you really Shabby? Seeing cracks in me?! 

Shabby has but thinks this is a good thing as she doesn't understand how anybody can be bright and bubbly all the time. 

CORIN: (believes that she is pure joy and sunshine every waking hour) I always am!

In a weird way, it made Shabby feel better seeing Corin like that yesterday as it made her realise everybody has something that is unacceptable to them. She continues to explain that it could be that she doesn't have cigarettes or finds everyone to be a game-playing b*stard (seemingly this is always Shabby's issue!) She just thinks there are levels.  

12.15pm, Mario jumps out behind the bathroom door as Ife comes out of the toilet and makes her jump with a sharp scream. John James and Ben are in the bedroom. John is fixing his hair while Ben bewails so much that I want to eat my own hair!! He's been worried over the past week or so that John has never really understood him. 

He guesses he's one of these people with an amazing sense of humour, that actually laugh a lot and has p*ssed himself laughing but needs to be ultra relaxed. John yeah's along mid aerosoling his armpits!! But being in there they are never going to be 'do you ever feel totally relaxed in here?'  

JOHN: (swigs some water) Um.. yeah, I go through stages. (being driven to old age with Ben's borrrrrrrring babblings)

Corin is in the Diary room. BB asks her how much it would mean for them to win the shopping task. She squawks that it would mean quite a lot as they've never won the £500 and shrieks that they'd all be buzzing and Josie could get her hair dye. 

CORIN: (puts a big fat smile on her face) Oh my God like everyone can get a bit of what they want. Oh my God like I'd get a packet of sweets like.. just be absolutely loving it! Cos everyone will be buzzing!

She can see Steve is absolutely starving and if they don't get the full budget he will be, she censors an expletive 'off!' Her radar is astute! She hadn't realised that every day at home she eats a packet of sweets, until a woman at the shop, asked why she was always buying them! Corin had thought 'mind your own business, love and bought em anyway!' 

She's dying for some sugar and hopes to God that they win the task today, but is now worrying they're not gonna get it as BB keeps asking how much it means.

1.27pm, BB has gathered all the HM's on the sofas. No matter what Ben says, Ife promises to laugh. Mario recommends that Ben gets his willy out as they'll all be laughing then. 

BEN: You won't be laughing, you'll be wanting it!  

BB reminds them that they are celebrating International Joke Day which consists of 5 challenges. So far they have taken part in 4 and the results are as follows: 

The nun, the scouser, the doctor, the waiter and the mother-in-law failed their challenge. 

The dumb blonde failed her challenge (Josie hides behind a cushion and Nathan aww's, a few clap anyway 'well tried!' Josie is sowwy.)

The Englishman, Irishman and the Scotsman passed their task. 

John worries that they got a fail as they've been left til last and scrunches up his face. 

The chickens passed their task, which results in great jubilation and a high five between John and Dave.  

Shabby prompts Ben that they just need him to pass and they have £500; Mario strangles Ben that there's no pressure! The stand up is called to the Diary room, the room erupts into 'what what's?' 

In the Diary room, Ben is told that later today he will take part in his challenge where he will write and perform an original stand up routine. His routine should last no more than 90 seconds and should incorporate 3 different subject areas of his choice. If he successfully performs for the full 90 seconds, he will pass his personal challenge and HM's will pass the overall shopping task. 

He does indeed understand. There is one other detail Ben should know, that he will perform his routine outside the front door of the BB house in front of the live eviction crowd. Ben is dumbfounded and incredibly nervous 'how will that actually work? As you know there'll be a sea of boos, don't you?'

BB: That is very pessimistic, Ben!

Ben believes it is being very realistic.     

1.41pm, it's been 14 minutes since BB told Ben he'll have to perform a solo stand up routine in front of the live eviction audience. Ben knows he probably has a reputation for being a bit of a pessimist in there, but he thinks Shabby would agree with a point he made. He'd said that the boos will be of such a level 'how will we know whether I'm funny or not?'

Ife's tip for him is to definitely start by cussing himself. Shabby is displeased that Ben will be able to see banners and hear what people are shouting. John thinks Ben will only be able to see his own reaction as BB go to such an effort for them all not to know, so reckons they're bluffing. 

Shabby doesn't understand why BB would be strict if they are going to allow 1 HM out to hear it. As someone up for eviction that evening, she really f**king doesn't like it! John attempts to calm her saying if it is any sort of crowd it will be a fake one. Corin can't see that Ben would be able to find out much as he won't be able to see much and everything will be a blur. 

Mario suggests that his 3 subject matters are the 3 girls facing eviction. I'm sure he could come up with many colourful anecdotes with those 3 but Shabby vetoes this. Josie feels so sorry for Ben while Mario is jealous as he'd like to do that. Shabby slams that it doesn't make any f**king sense and that it feels really f**king weird.

JOHN: (doubtful) I can't see it.. I can't see it. 

Shabby marches away in a huff, this doesn't go unnoticed by Nathan who unkindly tags her as a f**king little baby. In the bedroom, she throws another king-sized strop over it being funny that the people who don't have a problem with it, are those not up for eviction. 

SHABBY: (mouths off) This is a b*llocks idea!  

Josie asks a dangerous question - why don't you like it? Shabby snorts through gritted teeth, whether BB don't actually think it feels sh*t enough for them, without someone going out before them who will know exactly 'which way the wind is blowing!' 

SHABBY: When he comes back in, he will know! And I don't want someone knowing before we do - it's 'orrible! 

2.05pm, Shabby is scared and wails 'why couldn't they have just made eveything easy?' Dave, Nathan and Steve are in the living room. Steve asks what's wrong with Shabby. 

NATHAN: (has a lot of hate in his heart) She's a f**king turbulent little f**king mardyarse b*tch, that's what's wrong with her! She's a f**king weirdo! 

Steve laughs that he won't get any arguments from him. Nathan can't even be f**king arsed talking to the (assuming it is the big bad C word as it is beeped out) anymore! All they get from her is a sour face, storming through a room and killing an atmosphere. If she wants to throw a paddy (? not quite sure what word he uses) with Nathan, he'll just 'f**king rip her to bits!'

Charming young chap, ain't he??????

In the bedroom, John bops Josie smack in the face, throwing a pillow onto her! Shabby has a sneaking suspicion there must be a specific reason they want Ben to do this task. Ben returns 'what would you guess it could be?'

John's unsure but doesn't think they are going to send him out to a crowd, like they send people out who have been evicted. Shabby IS sure that Ben will know who will be kicked out. 

JOHN: Exactly. That allows you to play more of a game in here, that allows you to know who's f**king hated and who's not.. that allows too much.. they're releasing too much information to one person. And they won't do it!

Shabby smiles smarmily, satisfied with John's response. John has jumped into bed with a Bristolian, who has come to dominate his life .. oh and Mario is the other side too. Josie is hidden beneath the doona! Ben repeatedly questioned how he would even get the crowd to shut up, under the impression the boos will be irrepressible.

JOHN: Look if they do it they do it.. but I can't see that happening! And I think it'll be f**ked if they do!

Shabby adds on, that if they do there is a reason why and a point to this. She's starting to think this might involve his punishment, as if you f**k the Tree off or don't do what you're asked - you feel the wrath of the Tree. 

She is worrying Ben who wants to know what they will do. This Shabby doesn't know. John doesn't know if it's a punishment but can't see them putting him out to the crowd. Which leaves Ben more nervous now than he was; Mario so wants to be in Ben's shoes as the comedian. 

Shabby bites her nails, that she doesn't think he would want to be in Ben's shoes right now. John wouldn't wanna be. Ben fears that he could be ejected tonight, which they all rowdily refute. He speculates he could just be taken to a working mens club and then brought back. Shabby just thinks it's all a load of b*llocks!!

2.40pm, Corin and Sunshine are in the garden. All Sunshine is having for dinner is a bowl of potatoes which she is baking in the oven.  Corin exclaims that she should have put one in as she doesn't want what the others are having. 

Ben and Dave are in the nest rehearsing Ben's stand up routine. He'd like to compare 3 of the HM's, beginning with Johnny James their Australian representative 'less of a person, more of a scalextric set! Have you ever heard him when he's angry?' (makes noises of the racing cars)

Judging by Dave's disengaged expression, the routine isn't exactly an evening long festival of fun and folly!! So it's not like the eviction crowd will be struggling to suppress grossly unbecoming giggles :D

Josie and John James are in the bedroom. Josie 'oh my God's', her eyes alight with some wicked thought. 

JOHN: What now? 

JOSIE: I'm not gonna say anything.

JOHN: (starts picking his nose with paranoia) Do I have a bogie or something? 

JOSIE: No, nothing!

JOHN: Yeah, I do! (she insists he doesn't) I'll just flick it over there somewhere! (leans over the edge of the bed to flick what he had picked)

JOSIE: Don't wipe your nose on my pillow, John! 

JOHN: (takes a cheeky wipe of any remnants on a pillow) I flicked it over there!

JOSIE: (good naturedly rips into John) Oh my Gooood! Jonathan James!! This is not about wiping your bogies all over my pillow! Who do you think you are?

He can't disguise his little smirk as she rebukes him ;)

Back in the nest, Dave quickly discerns that 90 seconds isn't a lot of time and delves as to what John, Mario and Josie were talking about. What really gets on Ben's t*ts about Shabby is that she is so into sinister plots, as is John! He is nervous as hell about this as it is, but they've been saying it won't actually happen and is a cover for something.

BEN: I'll be bundled into a bag and taken off to Munich or something!

3.37pm, Caoimhe is asked in the Diary room if Ben has practised his routine on her. He hasn't so she might go get him to do that as he's practising in the snug now. She hopes it's funny, realising they will lose if it isn't. 

Ben whispers to Mario 'why do you think they're making me do this?' Mario jogs Ben's memory that he chose to be the comedian; Ben's brain is pickled at the prospect that it could be a punishment. Steve says it'll be the best thing to do out there! John doesn't know he thinks there might be a hidden clause or that he could come back in with someone. 

Mario pleads for Ben to pick a good-looking gay guy if he gets the choice! Ben's not going to do that 'that's the end of my career in America!' Mario thought as much - that this was all Ben cares about and gathered that from the first time Ben said it. 'You can be honest about your shallowness!' 

Ben is half-joking; Mario doesn't know why Ben presumes he will have a career in America as he doesn't have much of one in the UK. 

BEN: (scathing retort to Mario's cattiness) You're a b*tch! Why are you being a b*tch?

As evidenced by Ben's statement, Mario calculates that it says a lot about Ben's character! Ben lambasts Mario for liking to tell everyone every aspect of his life! Mario thinks Ben's argument has fallen flat on its face, as he ought to have noticed that he doesn't answer quite a lot of questions about his life. Ben is shocked at Mario's bitchy comments as he is hardly going to stand there and ask for a good looking gay guy!

Is this West Side story? Are they gonna rumble at midnight? :P What that statement says to Mario is that Ben is more worried about his career than his friends or anything. Ben is floored by this absolute 'twaddle!' Mario ruminates this is why Ben didn't write down his sexuality on his application form. 

Ben just doesn't consider these things important. A misguided and moronic Mario is miffed that there are no openly gay presenters in America 'except Ellen DeGeneres but she's so old and ugly that no one gives a sh*t!' (I happen to love Ellen so find this so insulting!) Ben recognises that Mario gets so offended when all he is his Mario's friend 'you should be happy that I'm your friend!'

Mario doesn't see why he should be happy 'what do I get out of it?' He labels Ben as exactly the kind of person he'd said on his form that he didn't want to be in the house with, which isn't very nice! It doesn't matter to Mario as they are there together and may as well make the most of it. Ben isn't sure why he has upset Mario but is sorry. Mario snipes that this wasn't even a 'genuine sorry.'  

 4.10pm, Corin and Steve are in the garden. She beckons from Steve if he has any ideas about what will happen tonight. He has no idea (nor does she) but it depends on how it's all been portrayed outside according to the Baron. Corin doesn't have a clue but is interested to see who it will be leaving.

Steve thinks Sunshine still has some time in there, yeah he does! Some of the HM's are in the kitchen. Ben begs for 2 minutes from Mario, who barks back 'what do you want?' Ben entreats him that he hadn't meant to annoy him but that Mario goes for him a bit savagely! This is because Mario knows his game now. Ben persists that he has no game whatsoever; he'd just made a throw away comment. 

MARIO: (critical attitude) No Ben! You are who you are. 

Ben follows after him into the bedroom as though he is afraid Mario will 'break up with him!' Nathan oi oi oi's them wanting to know what the matter with the two of them is. Mario is loud, proud and pouty that he has just sussed Ben out. Ben doesn't believe there is anything for him to suss out. 

The Joker points out it had been a joke and he does this all day with everybody. Mario wants to know why he cares that he's now sussed why Ben is here. Ben proclaims that he is only there to gain an experience. Mario can't grasp why Ben has apologised for revealing his character to him. Neither of them estimate the other to be very nice. 

Ben finds Mario's claims unfair; Mario thinks they are quite accurate. Ben complains that Mario can't judge someone's inner character; he counters that when someone is his friend he will accept them for all their faults. 

BEN: But who are you to presume what my faults are? 

Mario won't let up about now knowing Ben's game and why he behaves the way he does in there and it's fine. Ben tells Mario he takes these things way too seriously and doesn't want him to be cross at him. If Mario was cross he wouldn't speak with Ben. Ben outstretches his hand asking Mario to shake it to say they're sorry. 

MARIO: What am I sorry for? For working you out? I'm sorry for piercing into your inner self for 3 weeks! 

He then orders Ben to go and do his washing and to concentrate on his routine for tonight. They walk off in separate directions but Ben soon comes after Mario in the bathroom claiming he isn't being fair! Mario groans that Ben always goes on at John about not letting things go 'but you're the one that's hounding me! Did I not walk away from the situation?'  

Ben doesn't agree that he is hounding, even though he has followed Mario into 3 rooms now. He'd wanted to sort out why Mario was cross at him but adds that it doesn't matter; (Shabby has come to brush her teeth) he asks Shabby 'are you well?' She is! He leaves them and their teeth in peace. 

4.33pm, John and Josie are sat together in the garden being gorgeous :) 

JOSIE: Are you gonna keep that bit of hair of mine? 

JOHN: (velvety soft voice) Yeah, why not? I wasn't going to but now that (sniggers shyly as it his wrapped around his wrist maybe on a bracelet)

JOSIE: (she laughs too) Yeahhh! Why don't you wear it in one of your necklaces? (John chortles but immediately starts to fix it to the necklace he has on) And then on your.. when you get evicted make sure you keep it. And if they say 'how do you feel about Josie?' You can say 'I keep this of hers!' 

JOHN: Awwww! 

I think his heart was hers even then <3 For a short time, Prince Parton was Josie's prince that had finally showed up on his steed. It is sad that he galloped off, never to be seen again :(

In the kitchen Ben expresses his anxiety, that viewers will think he's a sinister individual, playing a devious game in order to get air time. Caoimhe is sure Ben isn't playing a game and calls Mario obsessed with him! 

CAOIMHE: He needs to stop thinking with his willy and just start f**king having fun in here! 

Ben likens the situation to hers and Shabby's but Caoimhe considers it different as her friendship with Shabby is so deep. I guess Ben doesn't understand why Mario fell out of the grumpy tree that morning. He perceives that Mario tries much harder to be his friend than the other way round 'that doesn't mean I don't like him.'

He is very fond of Mario as he's been kind to him and would like to keep in touch with him on the outside world. I feel a BUT coming on.. here it is - but the odds are that if they'd met somewhere else they wouldn't have become friends whereas she and Shabby would have. 

BEN: If he wants to fuss after me like a nanny, that's up to him! 

Caoimhe charges him not to go running to Mario but to let Mario do the running! She also urges him to concentrate on tonight, let things cool down and put it out of his head - like she does. It really upsets Ben that Mario tries to work out his psychological state. He feels he's had a good week and that Mario is frustrated he hasn't had to go round defending him all the time. 

CAOIMHE: He probably enjoys that role. 

Ben knows this and slates Mario for wanting to be like a wife, when he's got something really important to do tonight and a lot to worry about. He knows he's not facing what Caoimhe is but something potentially worse and he doesn't need a Queenie strop, from someone who fancies him, that he doesn't fancy back. 

7.39pm, Dave, Ben and Mario are in the bedroom. BB has provided Ben with a costume for his stand up routine. Ben thinks it is horrible as it is made from polyester! Dave encourages him to put it on as he may fail and he hadn't sat in with chickens for 7 hours, for Ben to c*ck it up! 

Mario storms out huffing and puffing that Ben doesn't care and that it's a fake shirt for a fake person! Ben thinks he's really done it tonight. Dave may address him later and ask what Mario's problem is; Ben doesn't think there's much point. 

In the bathroom, Shabby is slightly concerned at how relaxed she feels. Caoimhe knows the minutes she sits on the sofas she'll start panicking and that will be her f**ked for the rest of the night, her heart will be pounding. Shabby guesses in there it's just like any other night 'just putting some slap on!'  

Ben broadcasts to John the snide criticism Mario had made about him and his shirt. 

JOHN: Oh bullsh*t! He was being serious?

BEN: (grimaces) It's ridiculous! Because I don't want his weiner up my bum, I'm an appalling person! Ridiculous!

10.20pm, all of the HM's have been gathered at the sofas. Josie is in the middle of Nathan and John and is showing them what she'd look like without the gap in her teeth. Nathan gets unnervingly close, practically trying to inhale Josie's face! Sunshine is throwing daggers their way.

She smiles at John with the piece of plastic inside her mouth and John gazes adoringly up at her. 

JOHN: (impossibly charming) You're hot now! (she raises her eyebrows at him and giggles) Can you go in there and say 'you look hot in a football kit!' I can go in and say you look hot with a bit of plastic in your mouth!! (keeps nudging her playfully with his arm)

NATHAN: (looks on enviously) A gum shield! (drapes a possessive arm around her back) 

JOHN: Jose, looks good with a mouth guard! 

NATHAN: And a screw cap! I'd love to play rugby against you, Josie! 

JOSIE: I'd love to play against you. We'll have a game in the garden.

This interaction was like watching a tug-of-war for Josie's affections between Nathan and John. While Josie was flirting back and forth, I think it made her uncomfortable being piggy in the middle, so to speak. It was like she had no idea she was cute/hot/attractive to either and must have been flattering to realise she was a wanted woman! 

Nathan being a rugby player is probably the only thing that I didn't find repellant about him as a man! But he needed to rack off as Josie and John go together like "Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong, Shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom, Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop, Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo, Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy, Shoo-be doo-wop she-bop, Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yippity dip de doom, Wop ba-ba lu-mop and wop bam boom!" 

For the final week of this week's shopping task, Ben must perform a 90 second stand up routine in front of a live eviction crowd outside the house. When he is called to the top of the stairs, he swears!! (intentional rhyme) The HM's clap and cheer him on, wishing him luck and sending out supportive last minute messages. 

SHABBY: That must feel weird, considering he's not actually leaving!

Ben paces anxiously at the top of the stairs, while the rest call up to him whooping 'go on Ben!!' Josie is particularly loud in her Ben cheerleading; they all shriek and applaud when the plasma TV turns on for them to watch Ben, from the sofas. 

 The HM's all smile politely right on cue as Ben performs his routine. Josie, Ife and Corin chuckle the most heartily, although they probably don't comprehend what he is babbling on about! Shabby manages to spot some fitties in the crowd! I won't go into details about Ben's stand up as I went though it on my previous blog. But Sunshine isn't soaking up the sun when Ben pokes fun at her :P

The HM's reactions watching Benny perform 

Ben waltzes back down the stairs, to enraptured ovations. The HM's are full of praise and commend him with hugs and kisses. Corin animatedly calls out how they were all laughing their heads off! 

BEN: (lapping it up) I've never felt so liked before!

He is euphoric that people in the audience were blowing him kisses. Ife acclaims Ben for looking so at home up there. The weird thing for him is that he was sh*tting himself the whole time, but felt more happy there than in the house!! Evidently, performing live had given old Benny Boy such a rush :)

The crowd noise stops abruptly and Davina talks to the house, reminding them they are live on Channel 5 'please do not swear!' Dave, Mario and Sunshine do some peppy Powerpuff fist in the air thing. Chants of 'GET SUNSHINE OUT' roar through the speakers before Davina reveals the 3rd person to leave is SUNSHINE!

I don't think anyone is shocked with the outcome especially after the jeers but John claps for Sunshine (as though under the impression that she is safe!) She doesn't have much time so kisses most of the HM's swiftly and is on her way. 

John kindly gives Shabby and Caoimhe a congratulatory hug. The gang press up against the glass to hear her response. John realises that they are booing already even before she exits! Ben apprehends applause too and that the reception wasn't as bad as last week with Govan. 

This is where John confirms that he had thought she was safe when he clapped. 

10.46pm, all of the HM's are in the living room. Shabby's not as worried about Sunshine as the other 2 evictees, she thinks she's gonna be fine. John has repositioned himself on the sofas to cuddle and comfort a crestfallen Mario. John had initial shock as he seriously thought Sunshine was the first person to be saved. 

He thought everyone was standing up to congratulate her and had been taken aback when he heard 'evicted!' Mario is sure she'll be alright doing her Lady Gaga pose; Ben thinks she'll be a hit! 

Shabby is inclined to think that Sunshine is the kind of girl that boos would just bounce off. BB trumpets that Ben has passed his part in this week's shopping task, and therefore HM's will receive a premium shopping budget tomorrow. The news is met with screams of hysteria!

Mario anticipates a 'however' and several others then wait expectantly but it is not forthcoming. 

10.59pm, 11 minutes later. John asks Ben if he had heard them boo when he mentioned Sunshine during his routine. 

BEN: A little bit, yep.. but don't forget I didn't have time to mention any other names. So it might be if someone else was mentioned.. 

The creeper Bobby Righter fires up, signalling impending doom for Ben but everyone is assuming that Mario will receive a Treat day from Sunshine. 

The group are recovering from their heartbreak (of the loss of Sunshine) just fine! Mario collects the card and reads aloud to the group the poem about Ben facing the Tree's wrath tomorrow. The cameras pan to the T of T and the murderous music from the horror movie Psycho plays :D Ben doesn't quite understand 'is it going to be torture all day?' 

Shabby and Caoimhe reckon it will be quite bad. Corin considers that whatever is in store for Ben will be a doddle in comparison to what he'd done tonight. 

11.36pm, it's been 1 hour and 6 minutes since Caoimhe and Shabby survived eviction. Shabby assesses that it was quite an anti-climax and laughs that it really re-affirmed to her that nobody gave a sh*t! Caoimhe considers it to have actually been hilarious, but Ife had hugged her 'well done!' 

SHABBY: Why does everyone not give a sh*t about us, Caoimhe? What've we done?

Caoimhe doesn't know. I love how conveniently they forget that John had instantly shown them support with a hug.

In the living room, Dave tells Johnny he was right about Sunshine being the one to go. John didn't think there was any doubt about it, to be honest with you. 

Ife and Mario are in the bathroom. Ife gets to the bottom of Mario's feelings for Ben and that he had let him know, Ben wasn't interested but Mario kept trying and then felt stupid. Mario doesn't deny it. Ife inquisitively noses if he doesn't feel that now he's putting up a massive shutter, boxing Ben out because he's angry for wasting his time with somebody that was never really going to be interested. 

Mario is angry at himself for wasting his time, yes but that's not why they've fallen out. It's a fact (in Mario's mind) that Ben doesn't want to have any links or connotations with gay-ness because of his TV career that he wants to have in the US. Ife finds it ridiculous with Ben being more camp than Mario! 

He'd told Ben that he understands what he's trying to do and accepts it but just have to be wary of him now. Mario still wants to be his friend but that had completely taken him by surprise and that's why he's angry.

Back with the boys, John just purely forgot that Sunshine was studying to be a Doctor. He just wouldn't have picked it and forgot as time went on, so whenever she spoke about it he'd thought 'oh yeah!' 

Josie and Caoimhe have a chin wag in the kitchen. Nathan confuses Caoimhe, she hates all that 'darlin, darlin, alright darlin?' Josie feels proper uncomfortable and doesn't mean to feel that she is wanted and all that. 

JOSIE: (not trying to make a big deal) But I feel proper uncomfortable when Nathan's sat there and John James is sat there and I'm like..  

CAOIMHE: (turns it into this massive issue) I know!! I've seeeeeeen you feel uncomfortable! 

See she observes a lot and has seen Josie feel very f**king uncomfortable. Men can't help that they find themselves wilting in Josie's pretty presence! Josie is blessed with the allure ;) (Miranda ref)

CAOIMHE: (case in point featured earlier in this blog) Where he's f**king rubbing your back! (Josie shushes her as Shabby has just come in) When he's rubbing your back , yeah .. on the couch and John James is on the other side. 

JOSIE: I feel weird though. (Caoimhe can imagine) I'm not even used to being bought a drink on a night out, let alone 2 men sat beside me! Do you know what I mean? 

That is effectively most women's fantasy right there - having 2 men competing for your company! It really is an archaic concept but even still we daydream about it nevertheless. Every girl likes to be wooed and pursued as it is immensely flattering to know that you are desired! 

And sure Josie flirted right on back and even reveled in their dalliance when it was just a bit of fun. BUT when John and Nathan's competitiveness heated up to the point where Josie feared Nathan actively DISLIKED John it became a different story! It was not her fault that she dazzled them with her breezy Bristolian ways..  

She certainly was not a girl that was remotely accustomed to having men all over her. It was consummately alien to Josie!! And therein lies the problem - it does become awkward especially if feelings are not returned. Josie perhaps was starting to feel as though if things became nasty between the lads, she would be to blame. They'd never been bessie buds but until it dawned upon them they had intentions towards the same woman, they had got along just fine.   

1.38am, most of the HM's are in the bedroom. John James, the hunky monkey is being a cheeky chimp as he snatches Josie's doona (while she uses the bedroom toilet) and hides it in the closet. He races back to his bed and pretends to be sound asleep, waiting for Josie to come out and notice her blanket is missing!

In her undies, she looks around the side of her bed and then just as sneakily tries to steal John's duvet!! He holds onto it tightly so she can't grab it away. 

JOHN: (fakes being dazed and confused as though Josie has woken him) What the? What are you doing? (she sleepily struggles to lift his off) What are you doing?  What's going on?

JOSIE: (certain John is the culprit) Where's my f**king blanket?

JOHN: (plays dumb) Your what?  

Caoimhe sits up in bed to spectate their exchange. Josie bends over to ask John if he's seen it. 

JOSIE: Where is it? 

JOHN: (shifty git) I don't know what you're talking about! What are you doing? 

She has a look in the in the closet and spots the wardrobe half open to find her duvet! John mischievously makes out that he didn't take it. So Josie goes in for one more attempt at tugging his sheets off the bed! As he laughs she spins around and lumps him on the arm - deservedly! 

JOHN: (wrestles back) Go back to bed! F**k off!

Josie flips him the bird from the safety of her own bed, to 'win' the 'war!' I love how he purposefully orchestrated a scenario that would ensure him of some flirty interacting with Josie ;) And it paid off fifty-fold as she succumbed to some play-fighting as no doubt he'd been gagging for Josie to give him some .. sugar, shall we say? :P 

Mario is in the Diary room. BB asks how he's doing and he makes a pffffffff sound while scratching his chin. He's pretty crappy as today hasn't been a great day for him for many different reasons. The first being his altercation with Ben, which he'll have to have a sleep on. 

The second was Sunshine being evicted was the cherry on the cake of the crappiness. As he did not want Sunshine to go at all and thought of her as his little sister. 

MARIO: Yes, she was annoying! She did annoy me at times but I really .. she was, for me she was one of the most genuine people here, you know? She was who she was! Yes she was fussy, yes she was spoilt - but I loved her all the same for it. 

JJJ are still bantering back and forth from their beds.

JOHN: I'm gonna get into trouble for that!

JOSIE: No you're not, you didn't do nothing wrong!

I'm not sure if he did something equally as rascally which we were not shown, or if he is simply referring to his blanket snatching ways! 

JOHN: (0verawed by Josie as he smiles broadly before whispering) Love you, Jose. (then closes his eyes dreamily, hopeful that she'll say it back?) 

JOSIE: (hoodwinks that she hadn't heard him but really wants him to repeat it) You what?

JOHN: (humours her) I said, I love you Jose.  (turns over)

JOSIE: What did you say? 

JOHN: (suddenly shy) I'm not saying it again! (they both chuckle cheerily)

JOSIE: John! (he turns to face her again and she signs back 'I love you too') 

They're both rolled right up to the edge of their beds, so they are as close to each other as physically possible, without actually being beside one another in the same bed - staring admiringly. John awww's and then closes his eyes, he keeps opening them back up to gaze at her before dreaming sweetly (and sexily about the lady he loves in the bed opposite from him) 

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE isn't it just so doggone darling? The sight of their sparkly smiles can still to this day, bring tears to my eyes. (Sad as that is!)

They made each other feel shiny and new <3 If I am not mistaken, I think this was the first time John had said 'love you' to Josie with words as opposed to their cutie signing. Although he was playful in his tone he was certainly sincere and feeling it on a stronger level by this point.

I still don't know if he was IN love at that date but his emotions for Josie were getting greater by the hour! John never loved anything in this world as much as he loved Josie (hence his 'I've moved across the world to be with her, h'obviously I love Josie. She's everything to me x' tweet) and I wonder if this is still the case.. I'm not suggesting that he might still be in love with Josie, though as it is not an impossibility it COULD be so.. (That's the attraction of possibility talking - because no matter how unlikely, you can't shake the feeling that one day it just might happen) but more musing as to whether he has someone or something in his life now, that he loves more than he ever loved Josie..or at least as much.

If not, I hope that he shall one day when he's ready and meets the right somebody. Life is lonely and I'd hate for him to stay an eternal bachelor (though if he's having fun as a single who mingles ;) then he should do what pleases him) forever.. he deserves to be every bit as happy as Josie appears to be right now, with life and love.