Big Brother clearly felt that Lauren's departure was not enough of a challenge, as Day 47 was dominated, not just by aftermath of the Jersey girl's exit, but also a Dilemmas task that taxed each and every housemate to the hilt.

A further influence on the dynamics of the day was the Luke A-Becky confrontation of Day 46. In the wee hours of Day 47, Scott found himself on the receiving end of an Ashleigh-Becky chorus  of 'who's side are you on boy?!' He held his end up manfully but neither this, nor sleep, did anything to curb Becky's indignation. She woke up all guns blazing, this time over the age difference between herself and her sparring partner. How very dare someone older than her cross her, she asked Adam. It's interesting how tactless housemates are getting when it comes to venting.

A quiet, more touching moment came as Luke A and Adam paid respects to their dear departed Lauren. "It's like someone's died," said Luke A. Sweet, also weird. Having survived eviction, therefore staying in place of Lauren, Luke A got a touch of the old paranoia and became all fearful that Adam would come to resent him for displacing his lady love. In the Big Brother world every silver lining has a cloud.

The Dilemmas task then came barrelling in to test the selflessness of the housemates by presenting them with a range of innovative choices. In order to win letters from home for the housemates, Luke S gunged his protein, Sara sacrificed her eviction outfit and dressed as the Queen, Conor didn't speak for four hours (with the aid of a gag), Scott spoke in his native Macclesfield accent, Luke A was forbidden from smoking, Ashleigh was banned from swearing, Becky had to ride an exercise bike, Adam bobbed in a boat (the oddest task), Deana had to wipe off her make-up and Caroline had to consume her second fish eye of the run.

Everyone bar Ashleigh succeeded which led to an evening dominated by letter reading, tears and lols, that is for everyone except Deana who suffered for Ashleigh's inability to speak in clean English. She slunk off to hide her disappointment in the bedroom while Ashleigh made a half-hearted attempt at feeling bad. Where her heart got real was in a lover' spat with Luke S. Lushleigh fans will be relieved to discover that their fall-out was a storm in a steak pan and, with the help of Agony Uncle Conor, the pair were back on track and smoochier than ever. Yay. Vom.

Becky and Luke A made a tentative peace - for now and the Insiders and Outsiders made a bewildering attempt at hanging out together. Lauren's departure may well have thrown everything up in the air. Let's see what happens to the alliances later today without the task around to absorb the housemates.