Harrie serenely walked forward and spun the wheel.

To her intense delight it landed on Golden Ticket. Eleonara, Danielle and Stephanie gave her daggers as this meant she was now immune from one Head to Head. The pale redhead had now become a threat in this competition.

The girls were still an interesting mix of dress codes: Ivona still had her punk tartan trousers on, Maia was still wearing her leopard print tights and Danielle was rocking her black bikini (annoyingly less revealing than Lisa's). After the last round Ali had sliced her jeans into shorts backstage after they had got soaked in the last round.

Drinking Game

The girls lined up at the front of the fairly bare gaming area. Each of the 9 girls had five tables lined up in front of them with various beverages atop them.
"Now girls, we want to test that very important aspect of being a student and that is..BINGE DRINKING!" Rapturous cheers flowed from the audience. Eleonara looked crestfallen, Stephanie punched the air, Danielle looked quietly confident and Ivona rubbed her hands with glee.
"We have one pint of Foster's lager, one pint of John Smith's bitter, one pint of Hobgoblin real ale, a triple vodka Red Bull, a glass of red wine and finally our notorious Dirty Pint." Gez lifted a foul-looking orangey glass to the camera. The last competition was reaally complicated and hard to explain; this one is dead simple, make that liquid disappear down your pretty little throats."

"So girls..get on your marks.."Gez's voice slowed to a whisper "Get downing those drinks!"
The girls sprinted to the first table and hurriedly clasped the plastic pint glass. Hockey girl Danielle and hard-partying Stephanie made short work of the lager, it barely even touched the sides of their throats. Tall blonde Ali and curvaceous Ivona weren't far behind them. Hanako and Harrie were struggling a little, however it was hot-pant clad Jessica and little-miss-perfect Eleonara who were making the least progress. They were spluttering and sipping from their plastic glasses, as Stephanie and Danielle ran to the next station.
Stephanie and Danielle almost drained their pints of bitter synchronously. It was at least less fizzy than the lager and went down more easily. Soon it was only Jessica, Eleonara and Harrie left on the lager. None of the girls were natural Real Ale buffs and Ali and Stephanie's faces both creased up upon contact with the dark substance.

Danielle was pulling away slightly..Stephanie was still fightingIvona, Maia and Ali were making progress and definitely safe. As all five chugged from their wine glasses attention was drawn to the back of the pack. Eleonara and Jessica were only just finishing the bitter and Harrie was struggling with the real ale.

Eleonara's heart was leaping all over the shop as she attempted to chug drinks she'd never even tried before. At Jessica's age drinking was still illegal in the US. Unlike the other two Harrie at least knew she had immunity from one head to head challenge.

As Hanako guzzled her wine it became obvious that we were heading towards a Jessica vs Eleonara showdown. However at the front of the pack it was Dirty Pint time!
Danielle was the first to admit the foul liquid beyond her lips. She definitely got the strong hint of Tabasco combined with salty notes of tuna as well as the raw after-taste of Jagermeister. Ali and Stephanie followed shortly, still giving each other withering looks carried on from their earlier altercation. It was literally neck and neck between the three of them, as they tipped their glasses backand slammed their finished glasses on the tableStephanie's hit the table first! She celebrated like she'd actually won the competition.

Still sipping at the back of the pack were Eleonara and Jessica, contorted frowns on their faces. Maia and Ivona were in a photo finish for 4th. Harrie and Hanako had both started on their Dirty Pint, with Hanako looking like she had the edge. As Harrie grimaced whilst finishing the rest of the foul mixture, Eleonara and Jessica both gave up, leaving the rest of their pint on the tableand awaited the head to head!

Head to Head Battleships

Back in her dressing room Eleonara was changing into a black skimpy pirate bikini in preparation for the task. This costume made was very similar to Lisa's string bikini for the first head to head. The prissy Cambridge Law student would have walked away there and then if she wasn't so financially hard-up. Maia was giving her a rambling pep talk:
"Don't try and block the crowd out, play to them, get them on your side! You're a beautiful woman you know" it went without saying all the girls were a little tipsy- some more-so!
She steeled herself and became her icy self again. The tall blonde athlete no doubt had a body to pull off the bikini, but brunette Jessica could definitely wear it with more confidence. She had re-touched her make-up and freely applied body glitter, even to her c-cup breasts. Like Eleonara she had tied her hair in a ponytail.

The cocky cheerleader from Maryland and the Swiss-born posh bird both walked out together and took their seats in two free-standing baths in the centre of the stage. Gez interviewed each one in turn:
"So Eleonara you won the first two games. What a sudden fall from grace!!"
"I know! Well..I don't drink beer. But I'm confident if I come through this I will win the competition." Her icy demeanour certainty took Gez aback.

"So Jessica, you've obviously not been indulging in any under-age drinking in the States?"
"Well obviously I've not been drinking the right things. If I win the money I'm definitely gonna come back to Europe and let you English guys show me how to (exaggerated Cockney accent) 'av it large!"
Eleonara sat with her legs tucked under her chin. Jessica lounged back, knees slightly apart.
"Now girls we are going to play an old-fashioned classic battleships!"

Two screens dropped down in front of the students with a 6 x 6 grid. The camera zoomed in on Eleonara's face as she chose where to position her ships, her skin was goose-pimpled from the cold of the studio. She was deeply unhappy that this game was based on luck as she seemed to have the beating of her opponent in many different ways. The girls then placed their three different ships into their grid

Jessica guessed first A2 and lifted her hands above her head as her ship hit. She added A1 as her next guess and the crowd cheered again as the hit was announced. She quickly said A3 and was delighted to have finished off Eleonara's biggest ship. The OIL TANKER.
Eleonara clasped her hands to her face as black sticky gunge mocked up as oil cascaded onto her prone form, the oil half filled the bathtub and turned the sporty blonde into a dripping black shape. She shuddered as she removed her hands from her face. At least this way the audience could see the sheer dismay on the face of the shuddering Cambridge student.
"You ok there, Cambridge gal?" Jessica could barely contain her glee and her confidence turned into raw cockiness as she playfully adjusted her bikini strap.

Jessica's B3 was at least a miss giving Eleonara back the advantage "C4" she guessed, spluttering. Jessica's face dropped as her FISHING VESSEL was hit, Eleonara guessed A4 and B4 to finish off Jessica's boat. To Jessica's horror slimy pieces of diced raw squid tumbled into her bathtub. Mixed with her suntan and body glitter they made her skin remarkably glossy and translucent. Her mouth was aghast and the score was 1 vs 1.
Jessica guessed C6 incorrectly before Eleonara hit back with C5. Jessica's hands clutched tight to her faceit was another hit! This time on Jessica's GRAVY BOAT."C4 said Eleonara quizzically.

"SHIT N-" Jessica's exhortation was cut short by a pressurised blast of thick gravy, she wriggled uncomfortably as not only the hose from above blasted against her face and hair but a pipe began to fill the bath.and the pipe did not stop."WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS GAMESHOW??" Jessica cried as her bath filled up to the top with the brown meaty substance.

There was no answer of course, apart from the baying of the crowd. Maybe what was wrong with the gameshow was the same thing that was wrong with the country, but anyway, now was not the time for a philosophical musing.
Mercifully for young Jessica the next call was a miss. She steadied herself, only her brown matted hair and dripping face visible above the bath.

"A3" she called. HIT Eleonara was in danger of a squidding. "A2" another hit. "A1" a miss. Eleonara had clung on..and she exhaled with relief.
"F2" Eleonara guessed, Jessica's OIL TANKER was hit and she was on the verge of departing the competition. "F3" another hit!!! Jessica was on the verge of leaving the competition. "F1" MISS!
Eleonara had missed, and she knew she was about to take a load of squid to her already jet-black, oiled body.
"A4" Eleonara let out her first slight scream as the diced gelatinous squid tore into the bath, clinging to the fake oil covering her body. This was now crucial, Jessica's next guess could decide whether the winner of the first two competitions was eliminated from the game show. "E5"
This was a.

.MISS!!!

Jessica held her gravy-sodden head in her hands, she knew what was about to happen. When Eleonara guessed "A4" and raised her arms in triumph a raging torrent of dark black oily gunge tore into Jessica's bath displacing the gravy and covering the entire area around the bath. No vestiges remained of the sorority girl's cockiness.

As she was helped shuddering to her feet by two men in chemical overalls Gez accosted her "Now we've got a slight surprise for you out the back by the exit to our studio. Take her out boys!"

Jessica found herself lifted, spluttering from her feet. The next thing the studio audience saw was the large screen spitting into life. The black, tar-baby Jessica was attached upright to an X-shaped cross on a high-powered hovercraft. The camera panned to show a glorious, crisp spring late morning on London's docklands. The hovercraft roared into life, spurting froth from the dirty old river everywhere. Jessica was wailing like a foul-mouthed Banshee as she was driven out of site of the audience and out of mind of every other contestant.
Eleonara couldn't suppress a giggle at poor Jessica.