A big personality like Becky's is difficult to overshadow at the best of times but Conor managed to steal her thunder with a shock exit which left us much lighter on housemates than we were this morning. Before we go there, let's rewind.

Eviction days are often fraught and this was one was different. Deana and Becky had a silly tiff - we can’t really blame them, they had a lot on their minds.

BB lightened the mood with a task to win a cream tea party. Housemates had to take it in turns to smash a cream pie in their own face after what they believed to be 60 seconds. They failed. This was Luke S's first disappointment of the day. At that point, three days into The White room task, he may well have thought things could not get any worse.

The rest of the day was dominated by the usual pre-evicition preening. Ashleigh flipped out when she decided she had nothing suitable to wear but Big Brother calmed her down and Adam gave her a hug.

Before we knew it, the fake tan was on, the curlers had been taken out and seven housemates were sitting on the sofa waiting to hear who the public liked least. The boys in The White Room remained oblivious. It was Becky who lost out, leaving the House as she entered it, fist pumping and yelling 'c'mon'. If Brian had been by a pool she would have probably thrown herself into it.

Before her departure could sink in, BB had the bombshell to end all bombshells to drop. Luke S and Conor were given the chance to take the money and run - well some of it that is. The pair had a minute to decide whether to take a share of the prize money which rose steadily in the 60 seconds.

We were actually on the edge of our seats. As the prize fund approached the £50k mark, Luke S went to press his buzzer but Conor was too quick for him. A devastated Luke S let a few tears leak from his wide eyes as Conor hot-footed it out of the House with a case load of cash.

Housemates were aghast and spent the evening debating what they would have done. Luke S told Ashleigh he would now be known as 'the guy who almost won 50 grand' - nice positive spin as ever.  The other six remaining have been telling Luke S that a place in the final is sufficient balm to soothe his wounded soul. He has agreed that his fast track to the final makes up for losing the cash but we are not convinced. Tomorrow is another day and there is not much chance we have the last of his £50k fail.