Big Brother contestants Sylvia Barrie and Mohamed Mohamed face eviction on Friday after fellow housemates nominated them to face the public vote.

Mohamed, 24, received nine nominations, with housemates complaining he ate too much of the rationed food, while Sylvia, 21, received five nominations, and was accused of being untrustworthy and lazy with chores.

Sylvia’s popularity has plummeted over the past week as housemates and viewers have watched her steal cookies and flirt with new arrival Stu Pilkington. The Sierra Leone-born student has a boyfriend but has admitted to Jennifer Clark that she is infatuated with Stu.

On last night’s show, she asked him if she could share his bed, but when he didn’t seem enthusiastic, she rounded on him, waking him up to tell him she wasn’t interested in him.

After letting him go back to sleep, she briefly left the bedroom, then returned, woke Stu again and said: “Can you stop flirting with me, please?”

Nominating Sylvia for eviction, chef Rex Newmark told Big Brother: "I don't like people talking behind my back. I don't feel she's an honest person and I can see her getting more disrespectful".

Luke Marsden also complained about her: "Sylvia has done no cooking or cleaning. We have to work together as a group and I feel Sylvia is only concerned about Sylvia".

Since Alexandra De Gale was removed from the Big Brother house last week for intimidating housemates, Sylvia has become the Channel 4 show’s most disliked contestant. Bookmakers now rate her as the contestant least likely to win.

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