Has it only been a week? The last seven days saw a thaw in tensions between rival housemate factions, an alcohol ban and the introduction and confiscation of table football. And of course, an exit from the House.

Nominations threw up Lydia and Deana for eviction, prompting predictable reactions from the pair. Deana claimed she know it would be her, while Lydia appeared to have no idea why anyone would want to put her up and suggested the housemates were like sheep for doing so.

Nominations discussions have been rife, allowing Big Brother to dole out punishments like candies, with a booze ban an imposed on Day 21 and not lifted until after eviction on Day 25.

TThe divide in the House between The Outsiders - Lydia, Lauren, Adam and Luke A - and The Insiders - everyone else except Deana, who floats between the two - continued to grow, before a brief bonding over garden games, which Conor had bought for the House with this week's shopping budget.

To earn the luxury budget, housemates had to complete the 100 Task - largely temptations-based activities with a waterslide climax. Among the success stories were Luke A, who turned down the chance to chat to his wife, Lauren, who chose to earn points rather than hang out with her sister, and Luke S, who spent an hour and a half wrestling with his conscience before opting not to learn what housemates had said about him during nominations. Lydia and Deana were able to wreak revenge on those who they thought had nominated them by gunging them with fish guts.

Scott has been expressing himself through the medium of hair for a few weeks now and things took a turn for the ridiculous on Day 22, when he gave Conor control of his look. He had a close shave - almost being talked into a number one all over but ending instead with a haircut so breathtakingly original, we don't think there is even a name for it yet - a sort of faded red flat top without sides.

Housemates hit target and Conor managed not to go over budget, but with the delivery of supplies came the end of the ceasefire, as Lauren and Ashleigh fell out over fags. Lauren demanded double portions to compensate for dishing out her own ciggies in previous weeks and Ashleigh didn't take it too well.

Eviction night saw Big Brother lose a truly superb housemate -Lydia Louisa. From gossiping to game play, Lydia was the life and soul of the House. The soon-to-be Mrs Andy Scott-Lee remained focused throughout and handled her departure with dignity. Conor revealed to the housemates that Lydia's famous fiancé was ASL, but none of them really knew who he was.

Post departure, some of the housemates lamented her loss and with the obvious change to the dynamic, there was some jostling at the top - Sara and Becky had a falling out, but are now over it.

The romance between Ashleigh and Luke trundled on, with Deana declaring herself on the firmly in camp fauxmance. Big Brother set housemates a potato cooking challenge, which saw Chef Luke A emerge victorious.

Shievonne became the victim of a prank by BB, who got housemates to take part in the task with no task, which left Ashleigh covered in gunge, Deana in feathers and Arron in soot. They managed to convince Shievonne they had faced a terrifying ordeal - possibly at the hands of her biggest fear, clowns - rather than been covered in stage make-up. They proved themselves to be excellent actors and Shievonne refused to go into the task room meaning they all won a gourmet dinner.

Housemates remained civil throughout this last supper, which came on the eve of nominations day. With friendships proving pretty fluid this week and even Scott and Caroline having a tiff, who will be up today is anyone's guess.