Big Brother Fans Spot An Unfortunate Coincidence About The Show's Latest Task

Reality TV fans may well have had a sense of déjà vu when they tuned into the latest edition of Big Brother.

Sunday night’s highlights show saw the remaining 10 housemates split into two “districts” as part of a challenge which served as a tie-in with the new Hunger Games film The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes.

One part of the challenge saw Tom and Jenkin going head-to-head in an endurance task, in which they had to use ropes to keep two boulders aloft for as long as possible.

Whichever housemate lost their grip, and let the boulders drop to the ground first, forfeited the challenge, and the point went to the other team. 

If that sounds at all familiar, it might be because – in an unfortunate coincidence – this just happened to be the first challenge in the BBC’s reboot of Survivor, which began airing last week.

And we weren’t the only ones who noticed…

The Hunger Games-inspired challenge ended with Chanelle being chosen to receive immunity in this week’s eviction, while birthday boy Jenkin was put up for the public vote by his teammates.

Viewers will discover who he’s up against when nominations take place later in the week – with the remaining contestants making their choices face-to-face for the first time this series.

Over the weekend, Paul and Dylan became the fifth and sixth housemates to be eliminated from the show, with Trish and Noky both being saved in the public vote ahead of the double eviction.

Big Brother continues on Monday night at 9pm on ITV2.