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Big Brother has decided to let some housemates talk about nominations...

"This is Big Brother. Will the Head of House enter the Diary Room?"

Stuart went in.

"I wonder what this is going to be?" whispered Mohamed.

When he returned Stuart was excited.

"Has an envelope ever had 'this contains very important information' on it before?" asked Stuart. >p>"Yes," said Luke.

"I probably got over-excited then," said a slightly deflated Stuart.
Stuart read the laminate, telling the housemates that he and the Heavenly Housemates have access to the new Nominations Pod.

Once inside the Nominations Pod, any two permitted housemates can discuss who they may or may not nominate for this week's eviction.

"The Head of House and Heavenly Housemates are reminded that only they can use the Nominations Pod," read Stuart. "No-one can discuss the nominations anywhere else."

First up, Rex and Stuart went to the Nominations Pod which is situated in the garden.

"Look at them looking!" shouted Stuart, suddenly less comfortably with the situation.

"I think because of Kat being so annoyed by Lisa this week," said Rex, "I might nominate Lisa."

Rex started laughing. "This is so weird..." We bet Nasty Nick from BB1 is kicking himself...

Rex and Stuart are putting the Nominations Pod to good use...

Having returned to the pod and discussed who they think will win, they agreed to try to influence the nominations of the other Heavenly Housemates for this week's eviction.

Sat together in the pod, the daring duo concocted a cunning plan.

"I think we either go for Rachel and Maysoon," said Stuart, "or we go for two favourites."

"You've got a chance of getting to the final," said Rex.

"No, not at all," said Stuart. "Last week I knew I wasn't going up for eviction. I easily could've gone this week."
Rex and Stuart then discussed which housemates had the best chances of winning and as such were the best to nominate for eviction.

"What's the decision?" asked Rex.

"I reckon we either do the favourites... Darnell, Kathreya or Rachel," said Stuart.

"I'll speak to Mo now," said Rex.
Moments later, Rex was talking to Mo in the Nominations Pod.

"This is what we've come up with so far," Rex told Mohamed. "We go for tactical nominations. The first option would be to nominate Darnell and Kath. That's just to see who the favourite is, depending on whether you want to get to the final or not. Get rid of the competition."

"Okay," said Mohamed.

"The second is to get rid of a boring housemate," said Rex, "Maysoon or Rachel. You've only got two votes. Or you could just vote for me."

Will Mohamed turn to the dark side and join The Pod Squad

The discussion space works its mischief...

The freedom to discuss nominations from the safety of the pod has excited the Heavenly Housemates so much, they've yet to leave it.

First Stuart called Michael to the Nominations Pod to solidify the scheme for this week's nominations -- but things did not go the way he'd planned.

"Me and Rex have come up with a couple of things," he told Michael, adopting an authoritative Head of House tone. "We think we should use this opportunity to have a bit of fun with it, and be tactical."

"I would agree," nodded Michael.

"We could either go for two people who wouldn't go up for nomination: May and Rach," began Stuart. "OR, we could put up two favourites, to make it interesting. We came up with Kat and Darnell. If we all vote the same, they're likely to go up."

Michael looked uncertain when he heard Darnell's name. "I kind of changed my mind on him. I quite like him now," he explained.

"We're not doing it because we don't like people," said Stuart quickly. "Just because it would be interesting."

"He's already been up, this is the thing," mused Michael. "But I know what you mean -- two favourites. I do like the idea."

He then revealed his prediction for how the other housemates will vote. "I would say Rex is definitely up this week."

"Do you think?!" asked Stuart, looking shocked. "I don't think he will be. I think Mo could be."

"No, I don't!" gasped Michael. The pair stared at each other in confused silence as it dawned on them that they had no idea what to do.

Better get your act together boys -- nominations are tomorrow...

The Heavenlies get in a tizz over nominations...

The nominations discussions are raging on in the Pod. With all the conflicting interests of Mohamed, Rex, Stuart and Michael, it's like a business meeting in there -- and the Head of the House is not coming out of it well.

After convincing Rex and Michael that they should nominate Kathreya and Darnell, Stuart then discovered that Mohamed wasn't singing from the same song sheet.

"I suggested it should be one from each side," argued Mohamed. "If Dale wants to go up and see what the public thinks of him... For me, Darnell has basically nothing to fall back on after this. I would prefer him to go as far as he can."

"I think Darnell would be up anyway, speculated Stuart.

At the thought of losing his best mate Dale, Stuart insisted that they should use their votes tactically, rather than on the basis of personal clashes. "I don't wanna put up people I dislike. I'd only want to do it if it's interesting," he explained. "Aside from all this, who would you have gone for?"

"Luke and Dale," responded Mohamed without hesitation.

Moments later Rex and Michael were back in the Pod, and Michael confided that he doesn't want to nominate either Kathreya or Darnell. And Rex was set on Luke and Dale.

"Dale wants to go up, so let's give it to him," suggested Rex, with Michael nodding.

Rex then called Mohamed in to tell him the new plan. "I want Kathreya and Dale," began Mohamed defensively. "Darnell's not expendable for me."

"But we said Dale and Luke," revealed Rex.

"Ooh!" Mohamed's eyes lit up.

Finally, Rex brought Stuart in to break the bad news. "The general consensus is Dale and Luke."

Stuart put his head in his hands. "I've not got any reasons for them though. I'm not gonna go with them two... definitely not both of them."

"It's pointless if one of us pulls out," replied Rex firmly.

Stuart may be Head of House, but it looks like he's got a mutiny on his hands... And there's that all-important question: If Dale goes, who will hold his towel when he works out?