Day 17 in the Big Brother house was fraught with tension in the wake of the housemates having no hot water thanks to Caroline and Conor discussing nominations, and more specifically, Caroline saying that she thinks everyone will nominate Becky…

And of course, BB has reinstated the no discussing nominations rule, so the whole house was punished by having the hot water turned off, and it seems cold showers do not make for happy campers.

The tension between the men folk is particularly noticeable, and Benedict is predominantly unimpressed with Luke S right now, and especially so given that he – Luke S – has taken it upon himself to be the alpha male in the house, and oversees the shopping list, excluding pretty much everyone else…

So Benedict decided Luke S needed bringing down a peg or two, and he chose to do that by dropping a really lot of curry powder into Luke S’ protein shake.

When the heinous crime was discovered, Luke S was so angry he looked like he might either cry or kill someone, and Shievonne pointed out that just about anyone in the house could’ve done it. Seriously, she should’ve been a copper; those are some good deduction skills right there.

She said, “We can’t trust anyone. They (the culprit) may as well p**s in my porridge.”

Or s**t in your soup, or, if you’re Benedict – who will apparently do it anywhere – climax in your coffee… You get the gist.

Anywho, click here to see Luke S’s reaction to curry wars.

Meanwhile, the villain of the piece, Benedict, was owning up about his crime to fellow prankster crim Arron. Click here to watch his confession. Benedict also later told Lydia what he’d done, hence the ‘shocked’ face above.

And not to be outdone in the original prankster stakes, Arron has one of his own lined up for this morning, Day 18. Click here to see what powder based japes he has up his sleeve.

Also yesterday, Lydia and – former – BFF Deana had one hell of a bleedin’ row over Deana mentioning menstruation not once, but twice while the housemates were eating dinner.

Lydia had cooked the meal of spag bol, which, given the turn of events, was perhaps not the best thing to be eating while talk of a feminine hygiene nature was going on, and that’s primarily what Lydia objected to when Deana mentioned it.

Shievonne was the first to express her distaste at the way the convo was going, telling Deana, “Oh my god, now is not the time.”

So when Deana persisted, Lydia yelled at her and stormed off, leaving a shocked Deana open mouthed and confused as to why her best bud had turned on her. And inevitably, a bloody awful row ensued. Click here to see a clip of it.

Do you think it’s a massive faux pas to talk about periods during dinner? I can’t say I’d get as het up as Lydia did about it, but I must concede I wouldn’t find it overly comfortable or appetite inducing.