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It's been a week of surprises and high emotion for Celebrity Big Brother housemates.
First, Mutya walked.
Following the public's failure to evict her and instead getting rid of "toned down" Tina, Mutya walked out declaring: "I don't give a s**t what they take from me." Viewers may ask: Does that include the rumoured £75,000 fee?
This week saw housemates shoot their own film.
With Verne at the helm, he proved a patient and capable director who was also able to take a pop at himself when acting out his role in the film, telling all housemates to "save a spot in your bed for me".
He may have been sad when Michelle was evicted on Monday - who can forget his look of absolute joy watching Michelle wriggle about in a PVC catsuit - even though she seemed ecstatic at her imminent departure.
Sadly, viewers will now never find out if we had another Brad-Angie romance on our hands with Michelle and Ben - celebrity couple fall in love on set, leave partners, live together in bliss of politics and charity with a six-child adopted family to boot...
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Big Brother allowed housemates to engage in outside politics and watch the inauguration of Barack Obama, taking part in an America Day to honour it, with Coolio left emotional.
Coolio and Verne made brilliant Hells' Angels. Verne, in usual fashion, took on the Route 66 task with little complaint and with much amusement, while Coolio was slightly less forthcoming and paused for a puff of Ben's cigarette halfway round.
Coolio has been on disgusting form this week, with a disturbing amount of voluminous and frequent flatulence. One particular attack caused a horrified-looking Ben to comment: "Good lord, that sounded like it had some substance", to which Coolio replied: "I shouldn't have drunk no coffee this morning...It's lingering too. It has some taint to it."
What a week for Ben. Having to deal with Coolio flavouring the air, losing Michelle and then being made to snog his 'biggest fan' - an elderly woman - it's surprising he didn't follow in Mutya's footsteps.
La Toya and Tommy were the next fatalities.
Sweet, enigmatic La Toya who did little other than float about in a haze of soft-spokenness and vulnerability, thank heavens the crowd cheered her when she came out.
Who didn't want to give her a hug after watching her force down those chillies and take herself off to the bathroom, repeating "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt"?
Tommy, on the other hand, didn't meet with such a favourable reception.
He faced the booing crowd with a typical politician's face - fixed, steely and unrevealing.
And then there were five.
