10:26am UK, Saturday July 17, 2004

Ahmed has been booted out of the Big Brother house.

The 44-year-old was the bookies' favourite to go, with odds of 20-1 making him the most unpopular housemate in the show's history.

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Ahmed, an asylum seeker who fled Somalia's civil war and who is now a British citizen, greeted news of his eviction by punching the air and shouting "Yes!".   

His fellow housemates queued up to hug him, as he was given 30 minutes to leave the reality TV house.    

Dan, Nadia, Victor, Shell and Stuart had also been in line for eviction after they completed their Boot Camp challenge earlier this week.    

Only Michelle and Jason, as sergeants in the task, were exempt.    

Dan, Nadia, Shell, Stuart - together with wannabe glamour model Michelle - previously promised the public a naked diary room session if they were saved.    

They have also issued a plea to the public to "be nice" to whoever leaves the show - although the mention of Ahmed's name prompted boos from the crowd waiting outside the house.    

He survived eviction last week, when newcomer Becki was voted by the public from the house, and admitted he expected to be the next to go.    

He also told Big Brother in the diary room he thought he was "number one" to leave, and prepared for eviction by spending more than an hour in the bath.    

During his time in the house he became renowned for his moaning and stroppy fits of temper, and earlier this week griped: "Everybody hates me ... it's a fact".