BIG Brother left viewers on the edge of their seats as it closed tonight’s episode with a huge game changing twist.

The ITV2 reality show swore housemate Khaled to a ‘top secret’ mission in the diary room, after he won position as Head of House.

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Yet in the final moments of the show on Sunday night, it was revealed that he would be granted the power to influence nominations, which has never been done before on the show.

Viewers watched as Big Brother told Khaled: “There you will choose your special power, the power that will change the fate of your fellow housemates.

“This is top secret, you cannot mention this to anyone. The power is in your hands.”

At the end of the show, narrator Marcus Bentley revealed: “Tomorrow night, the head of house gains new powers as Big Brother reveals a game-changing secret.”

After the cliffhanger ending, viewers took to social media share their excitement and try to guess what will be included in the top secret challenge.

One person wrote: “Can’t wait to see what this big secret is!!”

Another shared: “This will be good.”

One viewer joked with their own theory for the huge twist as they posted: “I think I know what the “secret” is in Big Brother.

“What if…. Big Brother opens a secret door and suddenly Khaled is competing in LOVE ISLAND! He gets to pick one more person to go along with him and it’s MARCELLO!”

Yet some pointed out that Khaled seemed baffled by what Big Brother was revealing, and not too sure on what was happening.

One eagle eyed viewer wrote: “Safe to say Khaled hasn’t a clue what Big Brother just told him.”

The official Big Brother Twitter account hinted at the drama to come as it wrote: “Big Brother has revealed that as Head of House, Khaled has the power to influence Nominations. Tune in tomorrow at 9pm so see it all unfold in Big Brother’s Secret Basement…”

The replied flooded in from viewers who have already slammed the twist as ‘meddling’.

One person wrote: “Yeah you should have brought this show back under the USA‘s format from the get-go. We dont need silly basement gimmicks and bullshit montages either. You’re on the right track but stick to it.”

Another added: “So, we had one series of back-to-basics. Now it’s back to the Channel 5 meddling.”

During the follow up show, Big Brother: Late and Live, presenter Will Best was allowed to reveal what the upcoming twist would be.

Towards the end of the show he said: “This is important, I can exclusively reveal that as Head of House Khaled will face a decision, a big decision in tomorrow night’s show.

“He’s going to have the power to save and replace one of the housemates facing eviction or keep all the housemates facing eviction and just add another one with a killer nomination of his own. It’s big stuff.”

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A brand new batch of Big Brother housemates are living it up in the famous compound.

Meet the cast of the 2024 series:

• Rosie, 29, dental assistant from Cornwall.
• Emma, 53, aesthetics business owner from Altrincham.
• Segun, 25, charity videographer from Watford.
• Nathan, 24, pork salesman from Dumfries.
• Daze, 24, climate activist from London.
• Khaled, 23, sales manager from Manchester.
• Martha, 26, NHS administrator from Scarborough.
• Lily, 20, Chinese takeaway server from Warrington.
• Ali, 30, Forensic psychologist from London.
• Thomas, 20 amputee footballer from Carlisle.
• Ryan, 28, marketing and events from Stockport.
• Hannah, 24, HR consultant from West London.
• Izaaz, 29, sales consultant from London.
• Sarah, 27, spa account manager from Shrewsbury.
• Marcello, 34, youth mentor from East London.
• Dean, 35, barber from East London

Nick Knowles has broken his silence after his Strictly Come Dancing journey came to an end tonight.

The DIY SOS star, 62, returned to the BBC dance competition on Saturday after a touch and go week.

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Nick and pro dancer Luba Mushtuk found themselves in the dance off against Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – with Nick being unanimously voted off by the judges.

Following his exit, the TV presenter took to Instagram with a smiling snap with his fiance Katie Dadzie at the studios.

He admitted being voted off will give him the chance to properly recover and deal with his injuries.

Nick wrote: “Thank you for all your messages, it’s been so much fun!

“Now I can sort out the injuries and spend time with my family and my lovely fiance Katie, who has been supporting me through the Strictly adventure.

“Mostly holding my hand while I’m yelping in physio and doctors appointments,” followed with a laughing face emoji and a love heart icon.

Shayne scored a total of 30 points and was seventh in the leaderboard, while Nick only received 21 points from the judges and was second from the bottom on Saturday.

Both couples performed their routines again tonight; Shayne and Nancy danced their Cha Cha to Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use) by Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams.

Nick and Luba then took to the dancefloor with their Charleston to Rain on the Roof from the film Paddington 2.

After both couples had danced for a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts.

Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all chose to save Shayne and Nancy.

With three votes in favour of Shayne and Nancy, they had won the majority vote – meaning Nick and Luba had been eliminated.

Head Judge Shirley Ballas also agreed and said she would have saved Shayne and Nancy.

When asked by co-host Tess Daly about his time on the show, Nick said: “I’ve really, really been surprised by how much I’ve loved doing it and by two things that happen.

“One is how much you care each week, and the other is how much you don’t want to let down your partner.

“The only reason I could do this is simply because of Luba’s changes, she’s been amazing.”

A tearful Luba said: “I’ve never met someone as determined as you, and I remember you saying that if you do your best, you’ll be very happy.

“I think you did more than your best. Thank you.”

When asked by Tess about his partner Luba, Nick said: “Luba’s been amazing and just been so fabulous every day.

“And I should say thank you also to all the background staff, the physios, all the people that have actually got me through this week, and to all of my fellow competitors who have been absolutely astounding, beautiful people.

“There are some amazing dancers up there, and I will love watching the rest of the series.”

Nick’s future on the show had been hanging in the balance after he suffered two nasty injuries.

His most recent left him on crutches and forced the pair to miss Movie Week last weekend.

Prior to dancing, Nick revealed he had been looking forward to doing the routine for his 10-year-old son Eddie, whom he said was a huge fan of the Paddington movie.

Motsi said she was “100% sure” Knowles’s son was proud of him following the dance.

Nick was forced to pull out of last week’s live show after an accident during the dress rehearsal left him on crutches.

The star fell out of a jump and sustained an injury to his knee.

Prior to this, Nick had also hurt his shoulder while changing a car tyre away from show rehearsals.

Although he was able to struggle through that week’s dance, he did take part in several training sessions while wearing a sling.

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AFTER starring opposite Tom Cruise and Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham has had more than her fair share of heart-throbs this year.

But the Ted Lasso actress admits she is still holding out for another — to be her real-life boyfriend.

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In her most revealing interview to date, she confessed she has not been out with anyone in years, saying: “It’s so long since I had a first date, I honestly can’t remember.”

The British star, who caused a huge stir with a surprise appearance on The Voice on Saturday night, last had a boyfriend in 2022 before splitting from Italian businessman Gianluca Cugnetto.

They had been together for a decade and were rumoured to have been engaged.

Hannah, who joined The Voice as a guest mentor for Tom Jones, revealed her love life was now “dry”.

She said: “I’m so busy and just a bit picky.

“I want a guy that scoops me up and goes, ‘I’ve got you, I don’t care if you’ve got your make-up on or not, I’m happy to lie in bed with you and have Marmite on toast and a glass of milk’.

“And just be a lovely positive, charismatic soul.

“I’m 50 and I’m like, ‘Dude, if you are not going to step up, step off and be gone. Sod off until someone fabulous comes along’.

“I’d rather hang with my girlfriends and gay friends and be respected.”

Admitting she has no idea why her romantic life had hit such a dry spell, she detailed the two things likely to put her off a potential partner.

“What’s my deal breaker? I’m going to be very basic — a bad kiss. You know that nothing else works, nothing else is going to work.

“But also eye contact, eye contact is key.”

Hannah also ruled out a man with “a sweaty palm” but added: “Honestly, it’s so long ago, I can’t actually remember.”

Although she has never been married, Hannah revealed she was once engaged to an unnamed man, thought to be Gianluca, but ditched the wedding plans after being disappointed by “bland” wedding dresses that did not suit her curvy figure.

She said: “I think it’s why I’ve never got married because I was engaged once, and I put on all these wedding dresses and I was like, ‘Oh, this is pedestrian’. I mean, it was so bland.

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“If I was going to do it, I would be in a bikini on the beach — a white bikini on the beach.”

Hannah began dating Gianluca in 2012, after meeting him through a mutual friend. They have daughter, Kitty, who was born in 2014 after a struggle with fertility issues.

The couple were last seen together in April 2022 at the Olivier Awards in London. Hannah has never spoken out about the break-up but in 2023 she said her “primary function is being a single mama”.

Fizzled out

She was briefly linked later that year to singer Alfie Boe, a long-term friend, after they were seen together on a number of occasions while she prepared to present the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.

But a few months later the relationship had “fizzled out”.

Hannah said she would be open to dating another celebrity and revealed that when it comes to celebrity crushes, she has the hots for actor Sam Rockwell.

Talking to the Table For Two podcast, released last week, she said she would love to work with the Green Mile and Iron Man 2 star “if I could stop gawping at him in a different way”.

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She added: “He is almost aggressively, revoltingly talented and unfortunately very taken.”

When it comes to romance, Hannah reckons looks are not the main attraction.

Instead, she likes her men to be “charismatic, joyful, kind, twinkly and silly”.

She says: “I’m a pretty picky girl really and have such a very specific kind of criteria for things.

“One of the main things with guys, just come on man, positivity — positivity and charisma and I’m your gal.

“But there’s an awful lot of misogs (miserable old gits) out there. I don’t need it.”

She added: “I don’t go much on stereotypical cutey pie, whatever, sexy, whatever.”

I feel if I didn’t have those two I would die on the spot

Hannah Waddingham

While romance eludes the sought-after star Hannah, who released a hit Christmas album last year, is focusing on her “baby girl and music” ahead of a man.

She added: “I feel if I didn’t have those two I would die on the spot.”

She also has her film career to keep her busy.

This year she appeared with Ryan Gosling in the Hollywood movie The Fall Guy as well as getting a part in the eighth Mission: Impossible film, opposite Tom Cruise, which is set for release in 2025.

Hannah’s route to the top has not been an easy one.

She has previously spoken about how her 5ft 11in height lost her numerous roles because producers did not want to cast her opposite shorter male stars.

One of her first breaks was in Benidorm, which she joined in the fifth series, playing Tonya Dyke.

But she revealed tottering around in a bikini led to her being persistently “groped”.

“I’d never been groped in my life.

‘Nothing like Rebecca’

“But I was groped three times in one week in Benidorm,” she says.

“To get on set, I had to walk through the hotel dressed as Tonya in some non-existent bikini and high heels with blokes gawping at me . . . or rather groping me.

“I had to stop myself doing what I’d instinctively do — knock their blocks off — because I was working.”

In 2016, she was cast as Septa Unella in the fifth season of Game Of Thrones and then went on to get the role of AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso in 2020.

Hannah says Rebecca was a part she could identify with, and slip into more easily than any other she has played — but still insists in real-life she is nothing like her.

Hannah said: “I can literally think as her and think as me, like on a dime. There’s been plenty of times when people have said, ‘She’s you, Rebecca Welton’s just like you’.

“I’m nothing like Rebecca. But I can slip into her. It’s like sliding doors. It’s just who you could have been in a different life.

My primary function is being a single mama

Hannah Waddingham

“I like playing characters who are that slight slice of who you could have been, should we have taken different choices.”

Hannah’s part in Ted Lasso has proved so popular that she has been nominated three times in the Emmys, for the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, and won once.

Now she has landed a role in the upcoming Christmas animation Tiddler.

With work all over the globe, she is often torn away from her South West London home and daughter Kitty, and has previously spoken about her “mum guilt”.

Hannah told presenter Michelle Visage: “She said, ‘Mummy, we were talking at school about who inspires us and I said Harry Styles . . . and you’. I went, ‘What, me?!’ Joking. I mean, I was slightly gutted about getting second billing.

“I said, ‘Baby girl, you have made my day, my week, my month and my year, because you know Mummy struggles being away from you.”

However, she has said Kitty will always remain her priority.

“My primary function is being a single mama,” Hannah says.

“I keep saying to her that we are a team and that I have to do this. I have to strike while the iron is hot.

“I’m not so conceited that I would think that I will always have this kind of focus.

“I’ve always said to her, ‘Mummy must take this time while the light shines on me, because the light shines on you.’”

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Strictly Come Dancing viewers have aired their thoughts after the third elimination of the 2024 series.

For the third time this season, members of the public cast their votes on Saturday night (12 October). You can catch up on what happened here, and see the full updated leaderboard here.

The results show on Sunday night (13 October) saw TV presenter Nick Knowles and pro partner Luba Mushtuk dance off against singer Shayne Ward and his partner Nancy Xu.

Knowles had been absent for the previous week after sustaining a shoulder injury.

Ward and Xu performed a Cha Cha to “Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)” by Sub Sub feat Melanie Williams, while Knowles and Mushtuk danced a Charleston to “Rain on the Roof” from the film Paddington 2.

Ultimately, it was Knowles who was eliminated from the competition, with all four judges agreeing that Ward would make it through to the next round.

Viewers reacted to the elimination on X/Twitter, with many expressing sympathy for Knowles following his injury last week.

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“Definitely the right result. Shayne Ward should never have been in the dance-off. Nick Knowles did well despite his injuries though,” one person wrote.

“Poor Nick,” commented another. “I wouldn’t have bothered coming back.”

“Honestly I’m relieved Nick is going bc he needs to recover from his injury and I’m pretty sure he would’ve had to drop out anyway in the next few weeks,” someone else wrote.

Speaking about his time on the series, Knowles remarked: “I’ve really, really been surprised by how much I’ve loved doing it and by two things that happen. One is how much you care each week, and the other is how much you don’t want to let down your partner. The only reason I could do this is simply because of Luba’s changes, she’s been amazing.”

Mushtuk said: “I’ve never met someone as determined as you, and I remember you saying that if you do your best, you’ll be very happy. I think you did more than your best. Thank you.”

Strictly Come Dancing continues every Saturday night on BBC One.

FORMER Towie star Shelby Tribble and Sam Mucklow are expecting their second child together.

The couple shared their happy news this evening alongside a picture of their baby scan, and wrote: “Baby Number 2 coming soon.”

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Their famous friends and family were quick to comment on the news.

Sam’s sister – the newly single Billi Mucklow – remarked: “So excited to be an auntie again! Love you all.”

Lauren Goodger commented: “Congratulations guys.”

While Chloe Meadows added: “Love you, so excited.”

The pair welcomed their first child into the world in 2020 but split in 2023.

They delighted fans when they quietly reunited earlier this year.

They first met and fell in love on Towie in 2018 .

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STRICTLY fans have demanded to know “what the joke was” after Katya Jones pushed dance partner Wynne Evans’ hand away on last night’s show.

The professional dancer, 35, took to social media for second time in a bid to explain what happened on the night.

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BBC viewers were left shocked when they spotted Katya pushing Wynne’s hand off her waist.

Later in the night, fans noted a second “awkward” moment between the pair when Katya left the opera singer, 52, hanging when he tried to high five her after Sam Quek, 35, and Nikita Kuzmin’s lively Samba.

On Sunday afternoon, Katya returned to Instagram with another message for her fans.

She said: “Happy Sunday everyone. Now, I need to make something crystal clear.

“The hand incident that happened on Sunday night was indeed a very silly inside joke.

“So even the idea that he made me feel uncomfortable or offended me in anyway is complete nonsense.

“It’s quite absurd actually.

“Now can we just focus on how brilliant he is doing and what an amazing dancer that he’s becoming.”

But some fans were not fully convinced.

One wrote: “Your not explaining how it was a joke? I think it’s exactly how it come across on camera. You didn’t want his hand there, so moved it? Not a big deal.”

A second said: “Katya, blink twice if you need help? The explanation videos only make the situation stranger. How is inappropriately touching someone an inside joke?”

This person commented: “The side eye and face said otherwise and really didn’t look like joke.”

A fourth added: “I think this ‘inside joke’ needs to be explained so that the context is there and everyone can stop making up nonsense.”

Eagle-eyed Strictly Come Dancing viewers had spotted the reaction of the Russian, 35, just moments before they then saw Katya push Wynne’s hand off her waist.

Yet in scenes just minutes before, sports ace Sam gave the GoCompare man a hand slap as she arrived at the upstairs studio.

Wynne then turned around and offered Katya the same gesture – yet to no avail.

She was seen staring at her Tango partner – offering no response – before turning around to face the camera as she shunned his playful behaviour.

Wynne held his head in his hands in mock shock as the live show continued on.

Yet fans were quick to take to X to ponder on their behaviour, with one who noted: “Ooooooh she doesn’t look very happy.”

Another put: “I spotted that too,” as a third quizzed: “Why did she look so annoyed with him lol.”

Another mused: “What’s going on here.”

Yet Wynne later took to his page on X to apologise for their conduct – branding it a “joke.”

He wrote: “Apologies for this tonight we were just messing around.

“We really are amazing friends.

“The high 5’s is a running joke. Have a great evening.”

Speaking from backstage in their video, Katya also clarified the situation.

She said: “Hi everyone, it’s Wynne and Katya here, we just wanted to say we were messing around in the clauditorium on Saturday night and we just want to say sorry.”

She added: “It was a silly joke.”

While Wynne echoed : “Yeah, sorry.”

The pair’s banter came after the BBC series was engulfed in a series of scandals – though there is no suggestion Katya and Wynne’s joke was inappropriate.

The findings of a probe into former Strictly professional Giovanni’s Pernice’s behaviour were published earlier this month.

The report upheld six out of 17 allegations against pro dancer Giovanni, 33.

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