Celebrity Big Brother was full of drama on Monday night as a huge immunity twist aired.

During Monday’s episode, Big Brother called for one housemate to go to the Diary Room amid the house’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations, which Colson Smith nominated Fern Britton, admitting: “You’re the only one I trust!” Upon entering the Diary Room, Fern found a pot of gold on the chair with a red toy snake on top.

Big Brother explained: “Fern you’ve just found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. That means you’ve been granted one wish, the biggest wish of all. You must choose one housemate to be evicted. St Patrick famously banished the snakes from Ireland, and now by finding the pot of gold, you have been selected to banish a housemate.”

To select the housemate she wanted to evict, Fern was told she had to secretly place the red snake on the chosen person’s pillow to which the housemate picked Louis Walsh. However, in a twist she was unaware of, Fern actually picked someone to be given a free pass through the next nominations. This meant that Louis would not be allowed to be put up for eviction by the housemates or the general public at home.

Celebrity Big Brother was full of drama on Monday night as a huge immunity twist aired
Celebrity Big Brother was full of drama on Monday night as a huge immunity twist aired ( 
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Later, as the housemates were relaxing in the bedroom, they were told: “It appears St Patrick hasn’t driven out all the snakes… there is a slivery intruder in the bedroom, housemates must find it now.” It wasn’t long until the housemates started running around the bedroom searching for the intruder as Louis was left annoyed to find it on his bed.

After being summoned to the Diary Room, Louis was told what had happened as it was aired to his fellow housemates, who all thought he was about to leave. However, Big Brother then revealed the twist, leaving Louis suspicious over who had nominated him in the first place.

Fern kept a poker face and remained quiet throughout the dramatic twist, even helping everyone to look for the snake in the first place. Taking to Twitter, now X, over the twist, viewers were quick to joke that Fern deserved an Oscar.

One person said: “Give Fern Britton that well deserved Oscar #CBBUK”, a different account put: “Fern 4 Oscars 2025 tbh #CBBUK” while another added: “Fern deserves an OCSAR for that acting #CBBUK.”