Since Tuesday, the public have been voting to decide whether Mohamed or Sylvia should be the second housemate to be publicly evicted from the Big Brother 9 house.

During tonight’s 9pm show, Davina McCall announced live to the house that the second person being evicted was Sylvia. She received 90.2% of the total votes cast.

On hearing the news, Sylvia was silent, and then began hugging her fellow housemates goodbye. Mohamed was the first to give her a big hug followed by Stuart. The housemates stood in complete silence as Sylvia began to cry when hugging Jennifer.

Sylvia will be leaving the Big Brother house during the 10.35pm show, to be greeted by Davina and the crowd outside.