The housemates have won a luxury shopping budget for the next week after successfully sticking to Big Brother's laughing ban.

Over the past day, the group has had to muffle their chortles, smirks, titters, chuckles, ROFLs and LOLs while Big Brother did everything in his power to make them crack up.

He has sent in clowns, brought back the electric shock suits, made Aaron dress up in several silly costumes – including a toilet roll, a bird, and these rather fetching tight red pants - and even held a festival featuring Keith Harris and Orville and Britain's Got Talent finalist Gatis Kandis in an attempt to force a few belly laughs.

Earlier today, Chris was instructed to retrieve the envelope from around the laughing sailor in the lounge, which revealed that they could incur no more than 25 fails.

But it was then announced that they had only incurred 19 - meaning they have passed the task, and will be rewarded with hundreds of pounds to blow on as much Morrisons food and booze as they can get their hands on!

The news prompted the housemates to erupt in cheers and screams - and Chris almost shed a tear when Big Brother added that they would also recieve takeaway pizza dinner tonight.