Nine housemates face eviction

Shock descended on the Big Brother house tonight as housemates were told that nearly the entire group faces eviction.

Dressed as cops and robbers, they were gathered in the living area when Big Brother said Luke and Dale had been nominated by their fellow contestants.

However, Big brother went on to say that a number of people had been involved in conversations about nominations during the course of the day.

"As punishment for taking part in these conversations, the following housemates will also face the public vote this week," Big Brother announced.

Darnell, Kathreya, Maysoon, Mohamed, Rachel, Rex and Stuart were named, leaving just Sara, Lisa and Mikey safe for another week.

"With nine up, two are going," Luke predicted, before questioning: "How the hell did you escape that, Mikey?"