Posted by Simon at June 6, 2005 02:50 AM

2:30am, and all of the housemates are still awake. Anthony, Maxwell, Sam, Saskia and Roberto are in the kitchen area. Craig, Derek, Kemal, Makosi, Lesley and Vanessa are sitting outside of the bedroom.

Derek has been singing and dancing, and even at one stage was crawling around on all fours with the microphone pack in his mouth. It's not clear if the group are planning some sort of prank on some of the others (Sam and Saskia's name has been mentioned a few times, whilst Lesley, Craig and Makosi were talking about stealing one of Roberto's Crunchies earlier) and it seems it might be a way of trying to "act normal" whilst actually not looking normal at all.

Sam gets upset by the pranksters
And sure enough the group that were looking like they were going to cause trouble, have done. Lesley hid Sam's make-up bag under one of the beds, and minutes later Sam came in to use it... to find it'd gone from the shelf near her bed.

She instantly asked where it'd gone and if anyone had taken it, and Lesley came across as 101% guilty bursting out with "what you asking ME for!?". Sam checked through every drawer and cupboard in the bedroom, despite being told by Lesley that she wasn't to look through hers, and then told that she could as she didn't have the bag.

Sam also checked the garden, before returning to the bedroom - pausing outside the door to put her ear to it to see if she was being talked about - she also left the room and re-entered it seconds later incase the housemates were talking about her or laughing, but fortunately for Lesley and gang they wern't saying a word.

The kitchen was the next port of call for the very wound up and upset Sam, as she checked through every cupboard, and even in the fridge freezer for her bag which she claims is "that big" whilst doing a hand gesture which changed size and shape every time she demonstrated the size.

A military style operation went on for nearly an hour with Sam roping in the others to try and find her bag, totally turfing over the contents of the bedroom three times, and looking under the covers of three beds which had people trying to sleep in them. Lesley then decided to remove the bag from under one of the beds and put it in the messy pile of clothing that Sam had already thrown all over the place as she was trying to turn it upside down.

It'd appear that at one point a housemate from the Lesley/Vanessa/Craig/Makosi group moved the bag to the bedroom toilet although it all happened under the cover of darkness.

So when Sam came in to the bedroom again, turning the light on whilst people were trying to sleep, Derek got a bit angry with her (he's in on the prank don't forget) and went to turn the light out. Next thing you know Sam has left the bedroom, and the light switch is broken. It'd appear either Derek or Sam smacked it with their hand, causing the plastic switch to shatter and leaving the wiring exposed in the mounting hole behind it. [video - speeded up in parts due to it lasting nearly an hour]

Second round of nominations
Housemates are making their second week nominations today, although when Big Brother announced that they'd start in 45 minutes at around 1:30pm you'd be forgiven for thinking it'd come as a huge suprise.

Vanessa said that she didn't realise it was now and thought they took place on Monday (erm, it is Monday Vanessa!) and a few other housemates clearly looked lost without a clue who they were going to nominate. Anthony and Maxwell both hinted that they had three housemates that they potentially wanted to name, although Anthony said one of them could make him appear two-faced.

But despite the warning being given by Big Brother, the nominations still hadn't started at 3pm - an hour and a half after the "45 minute" announcement... Has Big Brother given the clueless housemates a bit more time to prepare, to avoid them sitting around in the diary room undecided.

Maxwell sent to the Naughty Step!
However it all became clear why there had been a delay at just after 3pm, when housemates found Maxwell sitting outside on the "naughty step" in a nappy and babies bonnet, holding a big soft teddybear and a beaker with milk in it. Maxwell claims that the person that won the task (Saskia) chose the punishment, but didn't let on to the fact when she was there with the others making fun out of him, and still isn't now they've all been called to the Lounge to prepare for nominations which begin in a few minutes... apart from Maxwell who is still out on the step, looking rather gutted.

And the reason for his punishment? Setting fire to the Tottenham Hotspur underwear that Big Brother supplied to him yesterday due to him only having a couple of pairs of undies with him - they too were chosen by Saskia, who Maxwell has shown great affection for, but will he once he finds out she's been responsible for the recent actions...!?

More updates from Day 11 as they happen...