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| Dale gets boot from Big Brother | Dale gets boot from Big Brother |
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| Trainee teacher Dale Howard has become the eighth contestant evicted from the Big Brother house after losing the viewers' vote on the Channel 4 TV show. | |
| Dale was up against Stuart Pilkington and had been the overwhelming bookmakers' favourite to lose the vote. | Dale was up against Stuart Pilkington and had been the overwhelming bookmakers' favourite to lose the vote. |
| Both contestants had made it clear they wanted to leave the house this week and were duly nominated for eviction by their fellow housemates. | Both contestants had made it clear they wanted to leave the house this week and were duly nominated for eviction by their fellow housemates. |
| Dale said he wanted to face the vote to see if he was liked by the public. | Dale said he wanted to face the vote to see if he was liked by the public. |
| Dale was nominated by Mohammed, Rex, and Sara, who said: "I know he really wants to go, and I feel so bad saying this because I really get along with him." | Dale was nominated by Mohammed, Rex, and Sara, who said: "I know he really wants to go, and I feel so bad saying this because I really get along with him." |
| Sara also said she was nominating him because he disliked hearing singing in the house. | Sara also said she was nominating him because he disliked hearing singing in the house. |
| "He doesn't let me Kat and Rachel sing. He just hates our singing and he goes on about it all the time," she said. | "He doesn't let me Kat and Rachel sing. He just hates our singing and he goes on about it all the time," she said. |
| Among Dale's highlights in the house was his success in winning head-of-house status - by hanging on a tyre for more than eight hours while dressed as a gorilla. | Among Dale's highlights in the house was his success in winning head-of-house status - by hanging on a tyre for more than eight hours while dressed as a gorilla. |
| As well as the eight housemates evicted so far, two more have been removed for breaking the rules and one walked out. That leaves 10 housemates still in the running for the prize. |