BB9: Day 49 - Housemates Pass Shopping Task

The housemates were in jubilant mood this evening as Big Brother announced the results of this weeks Shopping Task. After two weeks of having to cope with a basic budget of £1 a day, everyone will now have £5 a day to spend.

The Human Clock Challenge required housemates to guess how much time had passed without using a clock or watch.
"Housemates overran the Human Clock Challenge by twelve minutes and five seconds and therefore failed this part of the Shopping Task," said Big Brother.

Then more bad news, "Housemates have failed the Archaeological Dig part of the task and incurred one fail for this weeks shopping task," continued Big Brother.

But there were cheers for Stuart and Maysoon who successfully completed the Clock Building Challenge. "For the next challenge, Housemates had to ensure that the Giant Sand Timer in the Living Room never ran out of sand. Housemates incurred no fails."

It was down to the final task to decide their fate - "Finally, for the duration of the shopping task Housemates from Hell had to deactivate the ringing alarms of alarm clocks in the task room," said Big Brother. "Housemates passed this challenge. Therefore housemates have passed three tasks and incurred two fails. Housemates will receive a Luxury Shopping Budget."

The Housemates erupted with noisy cheers, emotional hugs and lots of bouncing up and down. For once the BB9 house was happy and united.

*BB official website: www.channel4.com/bigbrother

BB9: Day 49 - Mohamed In Action

As the Shopping Task continued in the Big Brother house, Mohamed got stuck into the Time Task - by trying to keep his eyes open. After falling asleep during the night with Rachel holding the fort, Mo sat in the garden yawning as housemates got on with their various tasks.

Darnell was also back in action after his spell in the BB9 Jail and the pair were soon switching off alarms in the Task Room. Mo couldn't resist exaggerating how many alarms they switched off, saying they had about eight alarms to switch off. The real figure was four but housemates would never need to really know. All will be revealed later when Big Brother tell the housemates if they won the luxury or basic budget.

*BB official website: www.channel4.com/bigbrother

BB9: Day 49 - Housemates Confident of Task Pass

After having a dirty archaeological dig in the Big Brother garden and staying up all night turning off alarms, housemates are confident they will pass this weeks Shopping Task. Stuart congratulated housemates after the dig, telling them they had done really well. Luke believed housemates would pass the task, saying a third week of basic food budget would be impossible.

*BB official website: www.channel4.com/bigbrother

BB9: Day 49 - Mohamed Sleeps During Task

Mohamed fell asleep last night while on the Time Shopping Task. He was sat in the garden with Rachel, who decided to stay up all night to try and listen out for the alarm clocks. Mo drifted off to sleep while Rachel chatted away saying "What job could I do where I have to stay up all night?".

Only one alarm sounded at 4:30am, as earlier attempts to keep Mohamed awake all night failed. Big Brother will reveal later if the housemates have passed or failed this weeks Time Shopping Task.

*BB official website: www.channel4.com/bigbrother

BB9: Day 48 - Human Clock Task Pictures

The Big Brother housemates looked far from happy as they formed a Human Clock as apart of this weeks Shopping Task. Here are a selection of pictures from the task:

Maysoon

Sara

Rex, Rachel and Maysoon

Rex

Housemates waste time!

Rebecca and Luke

Lisa

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BB9: Day 48 - Time Shopping Task Explained

The lowdown on this week's Shopping Task, as explained on the official C4 website .....

Want to know exactly what the housemates are going to be doing over the next few days? Here are the five Herculean Tasks they'll face:

HUMAN CLOCK
All housemates except the Head of House will have to form a Human Clock out in the garden. Housemates will stand in order, from housemate number 1 to housemate number 12, and each in turn will have to estimate when five minutes has passed. To pass the Task, housemates must estimate an hour within two-and-a-half minutes either way.

ALARM CHALLENGE
All housemates from Hell will take part in this challenge. The Task room contains a number of clocks, whose alarms will go off randomly over the next two days. When an alarm goes off, one housemate from Hell should enter the Task room and turn off the alarm on that clock within the allotted time limit.

SANDS OF TIME
All housemates from Hell will take part in the Egg Timer challenge. Over the next two days, housemates from Hell will be responsible for keeping the sands of time flowing in a giant egg timer. To pass the Task, they have to keep filling up the timer to stop all grains of sand from running out.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG
Heavenly housemates Luke, Rebecca and Rex will take part in an archaeological dig to unravel the mysteries of time. They'll have to date the historical objects that they unearth on the dig.

CLOCK MAKING
Maysoon and Stuart will have to construct a giant pocket watch with the cogs, wheels and turny-roundy things provided by Big Brother. They'll have to make the watch within a certain amount of time.
Dale, the Head of House, is overseeing Tasks but isn't allowed to take part. He is strictly forbidden from helping the housemates count in Human Clock.

*BB official website: www.channel4.com/bigbrother