Ahmed: 'I was insane'

Unpredictable Ahmed Aghil admitted: "I was insane in that house" after becoming the latest Big Brother housemate to be booted out of the reality TV show.

After 50 days in the camera-filled house - punctuated by plate-smashing, shouting, an attempted "coup" and a plea to hug Big Brother - the 44-year-old made his confession after being asked why he would lie in bed repeating his own name.

He greeted the news of his eviction by punching the air and shouting "Yes!" - but then had to leave to a chorus of boos from a hostile crowd.

He was the bookies' favourite to go, with odds of 1-20 making him the most unpopular housemate in the show's history.

The former asylum seeker, who fled Somalia during the civil war, was eventually evicted with a whopping 945,535 votes - 56% of the total.

Fellow nominee Daniel scooped 23,778 (1.41%) of viewers' votes, while 80,797 (4.79%) voted for Nadia, 63,154 (3.74%) voted for Shell, 91,264 (5.41%) voted for Stuart and 483,573 (28.65%) voted for Victor. In total, 1,688,101 viewers cast their vote.

After the eviction he said he had "enjoyed" the crowd's reaction: "I did enjoy it. I respect the public, whether they boo me or applaud me. I enjoy that - they have their rights."

Coming on the show had been the realisation of a dream, he said, but he had only expected to last three weeks.

But he admitted he had not liked the army task because he had experienced living under a dictatorship in Somalia. He said: "There is a limit for everything."