They awoke two housemates lighter but swaddled in the knowledge that all five of them had reached the final.

To cope with the glory this will bring, Day 68's task took the form of media training with Bit on the Side press guru, Nina Myskow. The final five walked down imaginary red carpets, waved at imaginary fans and graciously (sort of) handled housemates they did not like. It was like watching baby birds spreading their wings and flying.

They all did well enough to win a Saturday night p-a-r-t-y but two in particular showed great aptitude for the celebrity lifestyle. Smoothies, Deana and Luke S were rewarded with a special dinner date. Fingers crossed, Ashleigh was too busy preparing for her duet with Scott on Bit on the Side to notice.

She doesn't really have anything to worry about. As civilised as the date was, no sparks flew. Beforehand, Luke S acted like a man bereft, distracting himself with a sexy work-out then, at the end of the day, nodded off with his arm round the empty spot where his girlfriend used to sleep. Not to worry, they'll be reunited tomorrow.

Anyway, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Before any sleep took place, the housemates enjoyed their task rewards. Over cocktails and canap�s, they watched a slide-show of House highlights. After some lol-ing and omg-ing it was time to take off all their clothes and shake it like a polaroid picture. Yes, Nelly and OutKast were among the artists to have their songs pumped into the House.

The music-starved housemates went wild although we noticed that, after getting over-excited about One Direction's 'You Don't Know You're Beautiful', Luke S began to hang back, looking like a buff Billy-no-mates down the school disco. There's been a bit of a power-shift in the Luke department.

The ever-caring Big Brother checked in with all our housemates by providing lengthy Diary Room sessions. Sara's one seemed to involve a shot from Cupid's bow. As undeniably attractive as our model housemate is, we're not sure this one's got legs.

All in all, Day 68 was a pretty charming affair but let's see how their last full day in the House works out.