Earlier today in the Big Brother house, the Tree of Temptation had a word with John James and instructed he must tell outrageous, jaw-dropping, but ultimately false facts about Australia to each of his fellow housemates.

If he completed the mission John James would be rewarded with a two-way Skype video call directly to his best mate’s Engagement Party in Melbourne, Australia, this afternoon…

John James passed his secret mission and will be reunited with his friend in the virtual world later this afternoon. Lies he told included telling housemates that he used to be in Home & Away, that his father is related to Dolly Parton, that his mum owned a house on Ramsey Street, that he stole fish from the Great Barrier Reef, that he once sung at the Sydney Opera House, and that he fell down Ayres Rock.