One housemate is going to find there's a bit of an itch that needs to be scratched when they take part in the weekly task today... because Big Brother's put itching poweder in to their football shirt.

The bedsit-pair got to pick which housemate - from those who haven't already been pranked - was to get the devious act performed on them, and it was Vanessa that was chosen after a slight amount of discussion between Michelle and Emma, who was more interested in picking her manky toe nails.

Sod all else going on - might as well sleep
Elsewhere in the Big Brother house, there really has been sod all else going on today... seems it's turned dull, and even the weekly task is providing for little inspiration - although they rarely do.

So at just after 4pm housemates were WOKEN UP by the sound of a crying baby on the in-house speaker system... yes, that's right, so boring has today been, that the housemates had GONE BACK TO BED.

The girls prepare Vanessa's shirt...
Just after 7pm the bedsit duo were given Vanessa's football shirt to tamper with, along with a packet of itching powder, which they liberally scattered on to the inside of the shirt... surely it'll be noticed, but maybe not.

It'll be interesting to see what happens when the task kicks off...

Trying to hide that itch...
So the task started, with the housemates given 1 minute to get ready - at first Vanessa wore a t-shirt to go under the football shirt, but at the very last moment decided to go without it - much to the delight of Michelle and Emma who were watching from the bedsit.

And it didn't seem like the itching powder had much effect at first, until Vanessa had done her cone slalom, and then stood there watching the others, whilst trying to get a sneaky scratch in with no one noticing. Of course, the cameras picked it up though, and the pair in the bedsit sat there cackling away at each other.

The itching powder didn't seem to cause quite the annoyance (or fun) that was hoped for though, but over an hour later Vanessa has rolled up her sleeves and has been looking at her arm and scratching it, and clearly it's the itching powder reacting... excellent!