From blazing rows to saucy showmances - this year's Celebrity Big Brother has been far from dull.
But the relief of being away from the cameras was etched on the stars' faces as they partied the night away on Friday evening - with Nicola McLean even treating fans to a flash of the assets Kim Woodburn attacked her for.
Even second place stars Jedward seemed to have left their rage in the Elstree house as they hugged winner Coleen Nolan in an uncharacteristic show of humanity.
Bianca Gascoigne opted for an all-white look with full cape and sparkling stilettos as she partied the night away.
Several of the stars looked very worse for wear - no doubt enjoying the chance to neck booze away from the cameras.
It was a tense night as Loose Woman Coleen beat Jedward during Friday night’s live finale at Elstree Studio in London, after surviving just over a month inside the Big Brother house.
"Oh my God, I feel sick!" said a thrilled Coleen.
"If I put my hand on my heart, I didn’t deserve to win it," she said. "I’ve been boring.
“I’ve never won anything in my life ever alone, ever, and now I’ve won this little thing I’m such a fan of. I feel really lucky and thankful to everyone who voted. I dread to see my daughter’s phone bill!"
Host Emma Willis announced the result, saying it had been an "incredibly close" vote.
Coleen added: "I've got to say, winning is one of the best things of my life. I am 52 soon and this means so much to me."
The Loose Women star said she deliberately went into the house with no game plan and not wanting to start rows, saying: “I just said from the beginning, nobody plays the game better than Big Brother itself.
"You can’t outplay Big Brother. They all think you know it and you don’t, Big Brother is in charge. I just thought, at the end of the day, whatever happens, it’s down to the public.
“When people say they don’t care what people think, I do. And if that makes me weak and pathetic, then I wear that badge with pride because I do care what people think.”
Coleen said she was proud of herself for not walking out of the show even when things got tough,.
“I never once said I wanted to leave or would leave. I thought, ‘Sod you, I want to stay.’ Each time something negative happened again I would realise it was affecting me less because I can’t control what happens on the outside. I just had to go with the game.”
That being said, she admitted the whole experience had been “absolutely horrendous” and “much worse” than her first time in the CBB house.
“This was a million times worse. They were brutal this time, absolutely brutal from the start to finish. It was just relentless. There was something every day and it always seemed to be negative. A couple of tasks were fun, but the rest were brutal. And then the way people left that we didn’t know.”
Coleen admitted that James Cosmo was her choice to win.
“All the way through he was my winner which is why I was so shocked when he went. He was meant to win it. I don’t know what I would have done without him.
"He kept me grounded in those times when I didn’t trust myself and wondered if I should go to Kim or whether I was being two-faced. He put logic into my life when it had been hell.”
And, of course, she had a few words to say about Kim Woodburn!
“You can’t confront Kim as she won’t listen. It’s pointless. She’ll scream and shout and bring up things from 20 years ago she may have read in a magazine. I couldn’t be bothered. I can’t figure her out.”
Bianca Gascoigne was the first celebrity to leave the house on Friday night, finishing in sixth place. She left to cheers as she walked down the steps to meet Emma.
In her exit interview, she confirmed things were over with boyfriend CJ Meeks and she wanted to date housemate Jamie O'Hara .
"I expected to have fun, enjoy my time in there. I always wanted to do CBB and I was amazed I got picked. Obviously I found Jamie and the rest was history.
“It wasn’t a showmance. I wouldn’t put myself in that situation.”
“I would like to see how it goes,” she added. “We were under a microscope in there. Everyone wants to say their bit. I want us to go out, try to enjoy life after Big Brother. Hopefully we’ll go on our first date. We don’t know where yet.
Next out was Nicola McLean , finishing in fifth place.
At the start of her exit interview, Emma had to lean forward and point out she had lipstick on her teeth, which Nicola quickly wiped off.
“It was harder but better this time around. Honestly, the people in there who looked after me… I just loved it and made some really good friends and had such a fun time. A dark time too.”
That dark time was thanks to rows with Kim Woodburn. Nicola admitted she still didn’t quite understand Kim’s hated of her had come from.
“I don’t want her to win,” she added.
Game of Thrones actor James Cosmo finished in fourth place, and left the house to huge cheers.
Emma asked him just why he'd done CBB when he has such a successful acting career.
"Obviously there’s financial things mainly. I also wanted to come in and be part of something that very few people experience. To be stuck in this room with 18 people to begin with," he said.
"It was fascinating to see how people from all sorts of aspects of life came together and separated and argued… For an actor, it was terrific to observe all that going on.”
Next out was Kim Woodburn, who finished in third place, much to her amazement. She admitted to Emma she's not a competitive person and said she felt a bit isolated and ganged up in the house.
Kim added: "I’m not very competitive you know, since I was a tiny girl… I haven’t got a competitive bone in my body. The fact I’m here and third - blimey!”
Jedward, meanwhile, were thrilled to be runner up, and bounced all over the studio during their interview with Emma.
"We want to go back onto the next one for three months," they quipped.
While many fans were just calling for the duo to calm down - or shut up completely - others couldn't get over John's claim that people "settle" for him over his brother.
He quipped: "Girls strive for Edward but settle for me."
