Posted by Simon at June 18, 2005 11:39 AM

Housemates were woken by the sound of a crowing cockerel this morning, before having just minutes to get dressed in to their task outfit - a giant fluffy chicken suit.

Each housemate has also been given an over-sized egg, which they've been told they must hold at all times and not put down, apart from when instructed to by Big Brother or going to the toilet.

If they get in the pool then the Egg must wear goggles, and if Sunbathing then a pair of shades must be placed on the egg. Each housemate that still has their egg in one piece by the end of the task will be rewarded with a barn dance party.

At just before midday the dividing screen blind rolled upwards, revealing the garden to the housemates, although as Makosi walked towards the door her egg seemed to have either been dropped or exploded, leaving a massive yolk in a puddle on the floor near the Diary Room...

Unfortunately for viewers of the live E4 feed the sound was dipped, so it's not clear what was the cause of the eggcident. [video]

A few minutes later housemates were told to go out in to the garden where they each found an excercise mat, and had to excercise to music piped in to the garden over the speaker system, whilst being instructed moves to do by Big Brother... and they seemed to do very well, with none of the eggs breaking.

Housemates were locked inside the house whilst the next part of the task was set up... straw nests had been placed around the garden, and each housemate had to place their egg in there and then sit over it for 20 minutes. Amazingly enough none of them broke during this time either, so there's still nine housemates in the running for tonight's party.

Makosi owns up to first week task
Despite it being more than two weeks since Makosi had to pick the two housemates for the first eviction, after she passed her task, she's managed to keep things pretty well under wraps - having only blabbed to Kemal immediately after doing the deed.

Although that all changed today when she was crying about the fact that her egg had broken meaning she was the only one not to be allowed to take part in tonight's barn dance party. Science had already twigged her so knew what was coming, but Vanessa seems to have been totally oblivious to the first-week goings on.

And it'd seem it wasn't just Science and Vanessa that heard, as other housemates including Maxwell appear to have been in the room at the time, although possibly not in direct ear-shot of what she was saying. Possibly Makosi's conscience getting the better of her, especially after seeing three girls leave so far - which she claims has upset her.

Barn dance party
All housemates, apart from Makosi who failed the task, have been enjoying a lazy layabout in the garden, whilst having country music played over the speakers, and eating a range of food which has been provided for them.

However at just after 8pm the "live feed" cut to the high-level Garden Cam and revealed the production crew cleaning up the garden... the garden cam isn't always "delayed" by 15 minutes like the normal coverage is, so it gave away a big hint that the party was about to end... [video]

...and sure enough a couple of minutes later the "live" (that's "live, but really it's delayed by 15 minutes) coverage saw housemates being told in a fairly rushed style that the party was now over and for them all to return into the house - of which Science picked up on and commented that he didn't think "they [Big Brother] were happy with us..." - maybe the fact they were sitting around not being very entertaining could be to blame.

Food fight!!!!!
No, they've not been throwing food, but more words. The shopping has arrived, and someone's realised that the list has been doctored... Maxwell however hasn't admitted that he made some last minute changes in the diary room when he took it back to Big Brother earlier in the week, removing things like 1 chicken and some sugar so as he could add Cider.