The ninth housemate has entered the house, billed as being The Queen Mother, and has been revealed as Jackie Stallone - Bridgettes ex-Mother-in-Law.

Jackie Stallone is the mother of Bridgettes former husband Sly Stallone, and it's reported that Jackie and Bridgette haven't spoken to each other since Bridgette and Sly divorced a few years ago.

It'll be interesting to see quite how the odd looking American mother-in-law is going to fit in to the house - she's clearly been watching events so far although doesn't seem too clued up with some aspects of the show, and honestly doesn't have a clue about UK customs and ways.

Being an American she seems very outspoken with her views, and has already said that the man sitting down not speaking (John) looks like he needs a therapist. He's not spoken a word to her since she entered the house - hardly a pleasent welcoming from the Channel 4 Racing pundit.

Even stranger welcome...
Of course, all of the housemates (bar John) are dressed in Medieval clobber, so they already look strange - making the view that Yanks have about us all living in castles all that more bizarre for Jackie.

They have also showed them around the house and to the bedroom, where she found that they have horsehair style blankets for their bedding - of course they wern't like that to start with and are just part of the task, so presumably things will return to more modern refined comforts before too long.

Nominations for eviction
Jackie will be exempt from Nominations this week, but will be taking place in making her votes known in the diary room, along with all of the other housemates, with the two or more that are selected going up for vote by the public.

Germaine looking like a battleaxe
Bridgette and Germaine are the only housemates in the Kitchen area whilst the rest are walking around the bedroom, and they look pissed-off-to-fuck about Jackies arrival - especially Germaine.

Both of them are talking to each other in some foreign language, possibly Spanish, Italian or Mexican - useless for the viewers to understand what's being said and of course Big Brother hasn't got a clue what's going on either.

This new arrival has certainly caused a bizarre shift in proceedings.

More to follow...