Housemates on edge ahead of eviction

Caprice is the bookies' "long odds on" favourite for eviction from the "celebrity Big Brother" house.

01:02 21 January 2005

Caprice is the bookies' "long odds on" favourite for eviction from the "celebrity Big Brother" house.

Ladbrokes have the ex-model at 1/5 while William Hill put the bra designer at 1/6.

Warren Lush, spokesman for Ladbrokes, said Caprice was "the hottest eviction favourite so far", with a shock "very unlikely".

The next eviction on the Channel 4 show is scheduled for Friday.

Teenage rapper Kenzie is favourite to win the 50 grand prize with odds cut from 1/2 from 4/6.

Second favourite actress Brigitte Nielsen is facing a challenge from skint Bez, ex-Happy Monday's dancer, who bookies believe may receive the so-called sympathy vote.

Brigitte blasted Bez yesterday, accusing him of being a moody so and so and branded him a "loser".

Bez shrugged off the verbal assault telling her: "I'm 40. It's too late for me to become normal overnight.

"Sometimes I lie in bed thinking 'Why do I do the things I do?'. But I think I've shown a lot of control. I've given up a lot and changed my whole lifestyle to come in here. The first few days were very hard for me."

Kenzie on Thursday said it was a fortnight since he had sex last, the longest period in his adult life.

Last night, "paranoid" housemates were prepared for the worst, refusing to rule another shock eviction.

The night before DJ Lisa I'Anson was evicted from celebrity Big Brother. The unsuspecting 39-year-old was booted from the set during a game of hide-and-seek.

Brigitte and Caprice applied evening make-up and made sure they were fully dressed should they dragged from their beds late at night.

Caprice roamed about the house alert to every new noise, muttering, "something's going on, man."