It was a new week but the 'Gold Rush' task ran on, mingling in with that other Monday task - nominations - to dastardly effect. The Good (Luke S, Sara and Scott) beat The Bad (Adam, Deana and Ashleigh) and The Really Ugly (Lauren, Luke A and Becky) in the final showdown securing immunity from nominations although they still had to nominate. These nominations were different to previous nominations; they weren't secretive Diary Room affairs. Nuh-huh, they were face-to-face, eyeball-to-eyeball affairs. (They didn't actually have to stand that close. Health and safety.)

To quote the film the different groups took their names from, "There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those who have a rope around their neck and those who have the job of cutting "The heads in the noose this week belonged to Lauren and Luke A.

Everyone's neck was on the line as far as the shopping was concerned. A task loss meant a week of economy suppers for all.

Tuesday resembled the outtakes from Jeremy Kyle with people, particularly the nominated housemates, making passionate attempts to find common ground in every corner of the House. Deana tried to iron out an argument with Adam but loose ends still stuck out. Luke A went on a major diplomatic offensive, smoking the peace pipe with Becky and Luke S and earning one of Caroline's "I'm soooo sorry" apologies. But it was Lauren who really went for broke, attempting to sit down and shoot the breeze with Becky, Scott, Caroline and even Lushleigh.

The housemates continued their task losing streak and it was only the lonely Luke S who won a Chinese meal. But the eye in the sky took pity on those hapless HMs and administered rhythmic relief in the form of Mp3s.

On Wednesday, the Insider in-fighting between Adam and Deana was mediated by Lauren who organised a group hug in the bed. Did it work? It was hard to read the Mona Deana smile. The only thing for sure was Lauren's spell-binding effect on Adam. He is one smitten kitten.

Drama queens Scott and Becky provided a bit of light role-play relief with 'Fat Fridays' - a dieting spoof with advice as amusing as it was alarming.

Task time came in the innovative form of 'Speed Haters'. Poor Sara suffered five times over with dates from hell with Scott, Conor, Luke A, Adam and Luke S (much to Ashleigh's agitation). Luke A was the worst date which, in this mixed-up task, meant victory.

Adam awoke in a circumspect mood on Thursday, due to the fact that whether it's apple-of-his-eye Lauren or late-night-confidante Luke A, he'll be losing someone he cares about tomorrow. Luke A provided levity by bouncing around in his eviction outfit, Deana's yellow platypus onesie.

Ashleigh turned her hand to housewifely duties - an attempt at self-improvement or an attempt to impress her hygienic lover? Talking of hygiene, Deana encountered a messy scene in the form of Scott getting changed in the bathroom. She freaked, he remained suspiciously unruffled.

Sara took part on her second task in two days after her housemates selected her as the most genuine. She was sent off to take a lie detector test, which turned out to be a 'Lying Lie Detector' Test. The fallout led to a re-opening of the Deana-Adam spat driven not by either of these individuals but by Sara's loyal support of Deana. Seems like our resident Royalist's emotions can run high at non-Royal matters too.

After the dust had settled, that old Inside/Outside divide reopened, so we took some time out to rubberneck on exactly what it is the two factions babble on about when they're not gossiping about each other. But it wasn't only the two rival cliques that were falling out. Becky and Scott found time for a squabble before bedtime too.

In a display of genuine affection, the Outsiders stayed up long into the night, cherishing their last night as a foursome.

Friday aka Judgement Day began with the amusing revelation that Conor, bless him, had been dreaming about the housemates. In his subconscious, Lauren was with child. We're sure this is pregnant with meaning.

After grumblings, rumblings and an abortive spell at cleaning by Caroline (what is it about Insider women getting conscientious about cleaning this week?) it was on to a new task. 'A Bit of Mouthful' saw housemates cramming their gobs with marshmallows while answering questions. Luke S won. His prize? More marshmallows. Yummy.

It wasn't all sweetness and light however, as Lauren became the seventh person to leave the Big Brother House, and the man left behind, Luke A, started mouthing off left, right and centre. An ill-judged confession to Ashleigh about what he really thinks of her pals led to an altercation with Becky in which he called her "fake". This prompted hours worth of warpath treading from the Bolton lass. Meanwhile, Deana inexplicably found herself a persona non grata. On the plus side, she must be used to it by now.

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Ashleigh and Becky had a good go at embroiling Scott in the Luke A drama. He pleaded the fifth.

Later on, Adam and Luke A had little time to adjust to their first full day without Lauren before the 'Dilemmas' task arrived. If all tasks are good, bad or ugly than this was definitely the latter. Look no further than this video of Caroline eating a fish eye (again) for evidence.

The upshot was everyone won a letter from home - except for Deana. Was she to blame? Not a jot. She passed her task with flying colours and a naked face. It was Ashleigh's inability to last a minute without swearing that cause Miss India to go without. Deana took the immediate blow with grace but as the evening wore on, it became clear that she was not in a good place.

Lushleigh had their first semi-serious beef - over mince. Becky and Luke A made up, hypothetically drawing a line under the rumpus that kicked off after Friday's eviction.

Day 48 was a real Sunday Funday, from the housemates being awoken by the upbeat sound of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's 'Summertime' to the blazing heat and treats in store. Many lingered in bed mooning over their letters from home. This was salt in the wounds of letter-less Deana who retreated to the sofa area with ever faithful Luke A and Adam to brood.

But with the sun high in the sky, BB didn't let anyone stay down in the dumps. The 'Spin Break' task was a multi-coloured slapstick affair that resulted in success and a totally rad pool party complete with a barbeque, inflatable toys, a feast and cheesy choons to wash it all down. To clarify: there were also boozy cocktails to wash it all down.

Deana perked up, she does like to boogie, but the fun was only just getting started. Ashleigh returned from the Diary Room looking like a clown. She entertained the bemused housemates with a particularly ear-splitting recorder performance and a particularly satisfying pie-in-the-face-of-her-lover. "I just washed my hair," moaned the image-proud promoter.

There was - not so much a sting in the tail as - a sweet in the mouth of Ashleigh's clowning. Her foolery won Deana her letter from home. Deana's reaction was surprisingly muted but at least this will alleviate the Essex gal's conscience – she had suffered a rare down moment earlier in the day.

The evening was blissed out and friendships were fluid but by the time the clock struck midnight, the old groups were back in place. Outsiders Deana, Luke A and Adam joined hands and prayed to survive today's nominations. Is him upstairs listening?