Dermot O'Leary hijacks the house

Dermot O'Leary has revealed to the group that he is today's celebrity hijacker.

Speaking to the housemates, the Big Brother's Little Brother presenter played a trick by saying: "The lines are now closed, votes counted and verified," leading the group to believe that an eviction was imminent.

"Only joking," he added, before informing the remaining housemates that he would be calling each of the them to the Diary Room to make their pleas to the voting public to win the show.

Emilia quickly expressed distaste at the prospect of urging the watching public to vote in her favour, but O'Leary tried his best to put a cheery spin on it.

The hijacker even spoke of the efforts the housemates' family and friends had made on BBLB, warning Nathan that his mother was upset with him for incorrectly answering a question about her during a previous task.

O'Leary revealed how the evicted housemates had been received by the public, telling Emilia how popular her brother Victor had become with the ladies: "The girls love him and his big biceps."

Amy was the first to be summoned to the Diary Room to make her plea, and like Emilia, was reluctant to do so. "Oh, it's going to be awful," feared the artist.

Jeremy joked that he would beg for votes as he needed the prize money for medical problems, while Nathan urged the fretful Amy "not to worry about it".