Housemates have been told to prepare for their Saturday night task, with Dan voted as the spokesperson, and the rest of the housemates pairing up in to "farmer" and "cow" groups.

Ahmed, being difficult as usual, turned round and said that he was refusing to be the cow as he didn't want to be blindfolded again. Victor's also been commenting on how he's got white shoes on and how he won't mind a bit of mud but he won't want to be crawling about in manure...

...the rest of the housemates however assured him they'd not do that, or would it be an electric shock - although that totally contradicts what was rumoured last night when the task details were leaked to the press.

Michelle, Shell, Becki and Jason acting a farmers have been given traditional farmer-style clothing, with Stuart, Nadia, Victor and Ahmed all having got dressed as the "cow", with a big pink udder tied to their body. The housemates acting as cows are only allowed to wear their swimware and safety gear, and no other clothing - something which Nadia isn't impressed about as she's also put a red top on over her skimpy bikini top.

And there's still quite a bit of talk about the "shock" which the cows will receive, although so far it's not too clear quite if it'll be the farmers giving the cows the shocks to prod the cows in the right direction, or if there's an electric fence which will ring around the garden.

So to the task itself...
All of the cows were instructed to put their blindfolds on before the task started (although they'd got to spend a few minutes taking in the maze first), and first up was Farmer Michelle, and Cow Nadia. Michelle gave Nadia a quick prod with the cattle prod before she started to see how it felt, and Nadia screamed out - seems that it's quite a shock, although nothing "uncomfortable" as such... It's a wonder if enough electric shockery might cause Nadia to speak with a more manly voice... Nadia managed it through the course fine, with little fuss.

Pair two were Farmer Ahmed, and Cow Jason. Ahmed gave Jason several prods during the first few momens of the maze, and Jason said that it doesn't actually hurt at all. He did however get routed straight through the mud, which the housemates still aren't sure if it's manure - although "it's stinking" according to Jay.

Pair three were Farmer Shell and Cow Stuart - interestingly in a pre-start prod of the prong Stu shouted out an "oww" and said it did hurt. Shell however didn't seem to want to give Stu a good old prodding, and instead just let him blunder his way through the maze hitting in to the straw bales instead.

Fourth and final pairing is Farmer Becki and Cow Victor - and how silly does he look!? And it'd appear that Victor's also feeling the pain from the shock... although it wasn't anything like the utter disgust that he felt when Becki routed him through the shit. Superb!

The first of the non-live tasks...
The task used to be performed "live" on Channel 4 each Saturday night at 9pm, but from this weekend that's all changed and instead the task is taking place during Saturday evening, with it shown during E4's live coverage, and only shown to Channel 4 viewers during Sunday night's highlights program.

Unfortunately the live task just doesn't have the same effect when it's not after the 9pm watershed, and the excessive amount of sound-cutting due to the occasional swear word and iffy comment is meaning most of what's being said isn't heard, and it's making it hard to enjoy the task as the previous Live Shows used to allow viewers.