Romeo and Nicola McLean exit Celebrity Big Brother

Romeo and Nicola McLean exit Celebrity Big Brother
Romeo and Nicola McLean exit Celebrity Big Brother

The finalists of Celebrity Big Brother have been decided after the eviction of former Page 3 girl Nicola McLean and DJ and rapper Romeo Dunn. Battling it out for the Big Brother crown will be Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen, Loose Women star Denise Welch, X Factor reject Frankie Cocozza, former captain of the Welsh rugby team Gareth Thomas and glamour girl twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon. Nicola, who has two sons named Rocky and Striker, faced the boos as she was the first housemate to leave in Wednesday night's double eviction, having received the least number of votes from viewers who were voting for who they want to win the series. She told presenter Brian Dowling that she expected to go and was not disappointed to have narrowly missed out on a place in the final showdown. Nicola, who claims to be 28, said: "I had an amazing time in the house and of course it would have been amazing to make the final, but I've missed my family so much and I was slowly losing the plot." Romeo, of So Solid Crew fame, was the second housemate to be booted out. The star, who enjoyed five top 20 hits with the garage band between 2001 and 2003 before going solo, said it was the 'right time' for him to leave the house, saying: "Today I woke up with a gut feeling." Unlike Nicola, the star left the house to a cheering crowd and appeared to be popular with the Big Brother fans present at his eviction.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.