Stephanie has become the first housemate to be evicted from the 2008 Big Brother house.
The 19-year-old was up against Luke and couple Mario and Lisa in the public vote after the four of them failed in the first task of the series.
Stephanie gasped when Davina McCall read out her name, while other housemates huddled around her.
Sylvia appeared to wipe away a tear while Alex said, "Lap it up, you can do this, do it well."
Stephanie then had a lingering hug with Rex, who she had previously said was her favorite person in the house.
"Can I go now? I just want to go now," she said.
Steph and 43-year-old Mario had failed in their task to convince fellow housemates they were a couple, while Lisa had to stand back and pretend she had never met Mario before.
Luke was also in on the secret and had to help keep it under wraps. The task culminated in a fake wedding between the false couple, which other housemates needed to believe was genuine.
Alex realized the truth and stood up to declare the "sham" marriage during the ceremony, and on the demand of Big Brother, housemates guessed correctly that Lisa and Mario were the real couple in the house.
By being kicked out of the house, Stephanie has defied the bookies who had Mario as the favorite to get the boot.
During her interview with Davina, Stephanie said she was "gutted" to have been evicted, adding, "I would love to have been in here to the end.
"You don't expect to the first out, you never do, you think 'what's the chances of that?'..... A week is not enough to show what you're all about."
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