Chiggy might be dead but romance lives on in the Big Brother house.

Last night everyman Liam McGough and glamour model Amy Alexandra stayed up talking until the early hours, sealing days of classic flirting (play fighting, dunking in the pool) with a kiss at 6AM this morning.

Alexandra joined the Channel 4 show last Friday as part of the “halfway housemates” contingent and has done her best to make clear she’s not any old Page Three girl. The 21-year-old is a teetotaller who idolises Oscar Wilde and isn’t about to strip at any opportunity like fellow contestant pole dancer Shanessa Reilly.

Reilly is in the midst of her own one-way love affair with 19-year-old Brian Bello. As Bello tries to avoid her advances, the infinitely uncouth 26-year-old scrambles for new ways to grab his attention. The stripper has disrobed and offered lap dances so many times, since arriving last week, that her fellow housemates have had to ask her to stop.

But that hasn’t stopped the relentless blonde from attempting new, rudimentary ways to ensnare Bello. Her latest tactic is discussing his appendage at every given opportunity. Bello, however, is repulsed rather than intrigued and Reilly’s attention has only made him more interested in infantile twin Amanda Marchant.

It may be complicated, but the Reilly-Bello-Marchant triangle and the new coupling of McGough and Alexandra come as a relief to viewers.

When Chiggy collapsed this week - Ziggy Lichman ended his tumultuous relationship with Chanelle Hayes, causing her to leave the house - viewers thought they’d seen the end of romance in the Big Brother house.

Still, the Reilly-Bello-Marchant triangle could collapse tonight as Reilly faces eviction along with raving cleaner Tracey Baranard, warlock David Parnaby and student Kara-Louise.

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