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The Celebrity Big Brother concept appears to be lost on Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu as housemates nominate face-to-face on Thursday evening.
With the revamped show entering its halfway point, the former Love Island winner, 29, is left fuming after receiving a paltry single nomination, from Broadway star Marisha Wallace.
‘I know if I get to the final I can’t beat you,’ she explained. ‘I know that if you get to the final with me, you will win the public vote.
With Ekin-Su visibly seething, she added: ‘I know that if we go head-to-head you have a huge following, you played these games before, you know how to win, and if I want to win this, if I ever have a chance, I wouldn’t have a chance against you. I know that for sure.’
Despite offering two nominations of her own – one of them Louis Walsh, who she cheerfully brands ‘fake’ – she rages: ‘I knew this was gonna happen, this judging me because I’ve been on a show before, she fumes in scenes that will air on Thursday’s show.
‘You’ve been close to me this whole time, so you’ve been fake with me this whole time.’
Housemates had been guided to the Kissing Booth, where they nominated face-face before sealing each vote with a kiss.
There are further tensions elsewhere, with one nominating housemate saying: ‘I don’t get you, you don’t get me.
‘I sometimes feel like you’re wearing a mask… I feel like I don’t know the real you and that has disappointed me and disturbed me.’
Former X Factor judge Louis Walsh also doesn’t hold back while responding to Ekin-Su’s comments, telling the group: ‘I’m not fake, I’m not acting. A lot of people here are..’
Consequently five housemates face the public vote, but who leaves on Friday evening remains to be seen.
Away from nominations Celebrity Big Brother bosses have broken a strict show rule to inform one housemate they have been nominated for a major award, causing them to breakdown in tears.
American actress Marisha is up for Best Actress in a musical at the Olivier Awards, but so far has been kept in the dark about earning the recognition, which is highly sought after in her field.
On Thursday night’s episode, Marisha is overcome with emotion as she is finally told the news, with the rest of her co-stars congratulating her on the achievement.
Before the show’s most dramatic nominations, where housemates have to vote face to face, Big Brother transforms the garden into a funfair and Marisha plays her hand at the wheel of fortune machine, which reveals: ‘There are exciting things ahead, on Sunday 14th April, you will be sitting at the Olivier Awards as a nominee.’
The rules of the show state that celebrities must not have any contact with the outside world, but a TV source told MailOnline they felt Marisha’s OIivier nomination was too special to keep secret.
A show insider said: ‘Producers decided to give Marisha a message about her OIivier Award nomination.
‘It is a big moment in her life and now she will never forget how she found out, surrounded by her co-stars in the Celebrity Big Brother house. She was taken aback from the news and truly overcome with emotion.’
Marisha is nominated in the Best Actress in a Musical category for her role in Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre.
She faces competition from Nicole Scherzinger, 45, who has been recognised following her performance for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre.
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