Pinder is evicted from CBB house

9 January 2009 10:28pm

Lucy Pinder became the first celebrity to be evicted from the 2009 Big Brother house.

The glamour model was up against former weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson who shored up her place in the house when her duet with actor Verne Troyer proved a surprise hit on the show's website.

Bookmakers slashed the odds on Lucy being voted out after she failed her part of the house shopping task.

As part of the task, Big Brother set Ulrika and Verne the challenge of performing Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross's classic Endless Love for the housemates, and getting 10,000 web hits for the video.

Surprisingly, the pair's woeful rendition proved a huge hit - with 81,483 views by the end of the challenge at 11pm and more than 100,000 by this afternoon.

Lucy declared her wish to leave the Big Brother house after being driven to distraction by Coolio's incessant rapping. Ulrika found her sobbing in the toilet having left the press pen in tears. Lucy told her: "I'm just really tired. I really want to go home tomorrow."

After the announcement, the nominated pair embraced and Ulrika burst into tears.

Lucy promised: "I'll see you all again," but added: "I'm so glad I'm going home."

She received 57 per cent of the total votes cast by the public.

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