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DS:BB News Extra - Day 23 #1

Published Friday, Jan 25 2008, 17:58 GMT | By Kimberley Dadds and Katie Button

The housemates woke up to find that most of the living area had been completely cleared. "They've taken away the sofas and table and covered the corners in padding," Jay observed, then suggested: "I reckon we're going to have sumos." But when Jeremy noticed the lack of furniture he guessed that they could be "getting a roller disco".

Emilia and Amy discussed whether they would be able to do any work if it was offered to them after the show. Emilia said that she's "available in February" because she only has to work for a few days each week.

Amy and Jeremy discussed the possibility of being evicted from the house tonight. Amy claimed that she was looking forward to the eviction news, but Jeremy didn't believe her. "Yeah right," mocked the racing car driver. "You couldn’t even sleep last night." Amy replied that it was her toothache that had prevented sleep, though Jeremy remained unconvinced: "You were just scared."

Anthony told Emilia to pull up her low-slung jeans as "it's really hard for me not to look". Emilia quickly did so and thanked the boxer for being a gentleman and alerting her to the problem. "I wasn't gonna say anything," admitted Jeremy naughtily.

Jay and John discussed their mutual fear of ice-skating. "It looks so dangerous though, thinking what if that blade hit my face," revealed Jay. John was similarly wary, replying: "I used to panic when I was small that if I fell someone behind me would skate by and cut my fingers off."

Emilia and Amy reflected on John's weight loss while in the BB house. Emilia was the first to observe the change, though Amy agreed that the Scotsman had lost "loads".

Jeremy joked how awful it would be if they were stuck in the Big Brother house longer than they were expecting to. While doing an impression of the show's host, he said to Amy: "This is Dermot. You're not really being evicted, we're just here to tell you that you're here for another three months."

Amy worried about having enough time to get ready for tonight's eviction. "This is ridiculous, what are they going to make us do today?" Jeremy complained as they remained locked in the bedroom. A concerned Amy said: "We need to pack, we've only got four hours. I need to pack my suitcase." But Jeremy warned her that it's better if they get less time to prepare for the eviction because "it's horrible".

Hijacker Malcolm McLaren tried unsuccessfully to convince the housemates to do his task in the nude. He told them: "It's not the same. It's your body, it's more sexy rather than just a bra." Anthony admitted that he was "cool" with doing it but didn't want to "force anyone" to do something they did not feel comfortable with.

John almost changed his mind about joining in the task and considered stripping off and getting covered in paint. He asked Amy whether she wanted to "just go for it" as they watched the other housemates having fun. But a stern Amy insisted that she "couldn't do that". John then admitted that if she had said yes he probably would have done it.

Malcolm McLaren lectured Amy about art and how they used to teach it in the 1960s. He explained that most people that went to art school then were "dysfunctional or looking for work". He said that it was the reason why he got an inner aggression and made him get involved with the punk movement, concluding: "It all started by those guys teaching me to be a failure."