Big Brother’s 2006 winner Pete Bennett is said to be working on his first album with an acclaimed songwriter.

Pete, who gained mass popularity on the show for his off-beat antics, was previously in a band with friends in Brighton known as Daddy Fantastic.

However, the new material is reported to be a solo effort.

Guy Chambers, who is behind hits such as Robbie Williams’ Angels, is now working with Pete, and, according to the Sun, believes he can turn him into a “Billy Idol for the 21st century”.

A friend of Pete reportedly told the paper: “Pete’s a fan of Billy Idol. Let’s face it, he looks a lot like him so Guy’s using that as a template.”

Some of Pete Bennetts friends from his former, non-famous, life are miffed with Pete’s lack of contact since leaving the Big brother house.

One friend Richard Nye is upset and said to the Star: “We know he is still under contract to Channel 4 be we thought we might have been able to get in touch.

“But he’s not answering his phone and is very vulnerable and easily led. We’re worried he could be taken advantage of.�

I wonder if girlfriend Nikki Grahame allows Pete to have friends? After all he has her now doesn’t he?

Mikey Dalton has declared to the world this week that he thinks girlfriend Grace Adam Short is ‘The One’!

Mikey and Grace have been inseparable since their exit. Mikey said, ‘We’ve chatted about it. The other day she wore her ring on her wedding finger – I don’t know if that was a hint.’

Mikey went on to say, ‘But we’re not engaged yet. I don’t want to rush things and ruin it – I have such strong feelings for her.’

Of course this would have nothing to do with the amount of media coverage Big Brother couples Pete and Nikki and Chantelle and Preston have been getting this month would it?

Aisleyne Horgan Wallace has told Now magazine the reason for all her emotional outbursts while in the Big brother house.

Aisleynes states that she has been an emotional wreck after suffering two miscarriages in twelve months.

Her first loss occured in 2004 when she was five and a half months pregnant, the second in october 2005.

She said: “I felt a sharp pain when I went to the toilet and instantly knew something was wrong.

“It was one of the most horrific experiences of my life.”

The father of both children was her boyfriend Curtis Davis, 25, who is currently in jail serving an eight-year sentence for firearms offences.

Big Brother housemate Nikki Grahame has been filming for her new show Princess Nikki which is due to air for the first time on E4 on the 6th of September.

The programme will follow her attempts to hold down an everyday job - referencing her stroppy turn as a PA in a Big Brother task.

E4 bosses have even pushed back episodes of the reality show Beauty and the Geek to make time for Nikki’s debut.

“They won’t tell me what jobs I’ll be doing, but they’ve told me they’ll be tough,” said Nikki in a statement.

“As long as they don’t make me a bin woman or put me on a fishing boat in the middle of the North Sea, I’ll be okay.”

A producer for the programme said: “Bin woman and deep sea trawler fisher-person are high on our list.”

Producers of ITV’s hit reality tv show ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ are rumoured to be desperate to sign Big Brother winner Pete Bennett and his girlfriend Nikki Grahame for their new series this autumn.

A source told the Daily Star: “They are the biggest starts of the summer and having them on the show is a sure fire ratings winner.

“With his outbursts and her tantrums producers know they are telly gold. They are perfect for the jungle. Pete is a serious bug lover so he’d fit in perfectly.

“And watching Nikki try to scoff a plateful of bugs in a bug tucker trial would be hilarious.�

Harper Collins have this week offered Big brother winner and Tourettes sufferer, Pete Bennett, a £1 million book deal.

The book will be based around his life story, his struggles with Tourettes, his drug addictions, and no doubt the story of his apparition is bound to be included.

A Harper Collins sorce stated:

“This is hugely exciting for us. We have been watching him from the beginning and he has inspired us all.”

No doubt this one will be on the ‘must have’ christmas list!

Rumours are flooding the web that Big brother winner Pete Bennett and his housemate girlfriend Nikki Grahame are on the verge of breaking up.

It is said that while Nikki’s feelings for Pete are genuine, she is very upset at the fact that all of the TV offers and deals are being offered to Pete. All the while her publicist is on crisis management as each day another shocking revelation is made about Nikki in the tabloids.

A source revealed to the Daily Record:

“Pete can take his career any way he wants - the world is his oyster.

“He is a publicist’s dream. “Our aim is to minimise the damage caused by the revelations of her past.

“We must do this before we even start to think about drumming up work offers.” In the past week Nikki has admitted to working for a escort agency and been pictured on a porn website in lesbian-style poses.

Nikkis friend commented: “Nikki was left reeling from the fact she came fourth in Big Brother and it has gone from bad to worse since the show ended.

“Her feelings for Pete are genuine, but at the moment it just isn’t working.

“It would be okay if they got to see each other regularly, but they aren’t, and this problem is being compounded by Nikki’s jealously of Pete.

“She knows she isn’t seeing Pete because he is so popular and is doing so well work wise, while she has nothing in comparison.

“She is just wound up and frustrated it hasn’t gone her way.

“So they have decided a clean break from each other - for the time being - is the best way forward.”

The Manchester Evening News reported

Pete’s victory cost bookies more than £4 million, according to Ladbrokes.

He attracted a £25,000 bet - the biggest laid by Ladbrokes during this series - as well as a rather less ambitious 25p bet from one Scandinavian-based punter.

And within the last 10 hours a £75,000 wager was placed on Pete with William Hill.

Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg said: “Both Pete and Glyn were bad results for us.

“But we were cheering on the Welsh lad as the lesser of two evils.

“Pete’s victory rounded off a miserable series for bookies. We took a pounding on every eviction night because it was pretty obvious who was going each time.

“It’s definitely bread and water in the Ladbrokes canteen for the foreseeable future.

Ladbrokes believe the betting for the next series of Big Brother - the eighth - could top £8 million.

For those who have missed watching Pete on their TV screens since the end of Big Brother 7, take heart!

It is rumoured that Pete Bennett has been offered his own show by Endemol, the company responsible for the making of Big Brother. The show will centre on Pete’s band ‘Daddy Fantastic’, and cameras will follow the band as they perform at venues all around the country.

“Cameras would get backstage access to Pete and the band and film their shows,” a source told The Sun.

“It’s likely to be similar to the American TV show that launched The Monkees in the 60s.

But Daddy Fantastic are such characters it’ll probably be more like This Is Spinal Tap.”

The following article was submitted by Carl of foundthatsoul.co.nr

So another year draws to a close and strangely I find myself relieved; away from the producer’s desperate ploys to maintain viewing figures, Big Brother’s Big Brain, Mouth and disappointing Little Brother.

As a Big brother fan, frighteningly- fastly, I am finding myself drawn to the anti-BB sentiment. Endemol, the company behind the show are expected to earn up to 35 million in profits, and, for what? I’m not sure that a single person ever believed anyone other than “perfect” Pete would win. So, some may argue, that the mega-bucks are justified for the fun along the way. I’m not convinced by that either. A week of crazy-Shahbaz’s antics; an occasional and very conscious outburst from Nikki and a “dashing” of water. If that’s worth all that dough, Imogen, Suzie and Bonn-eh must go down as the most exciting housemates in Big Brother history.

A total of 22 housemates have appeared on our telly-boxes this series; that’s as many as the first 2 series combined; yet, BB bosses failed to captivate a single “Is there Chicken in Chick Peas?” or Nasty-Nick moment. Mainly because this years hopefuls were hell bent on becoming Z-listers and some had already had their brush with fame..

Lea, had done heaps of telly, boasting about Britain’s Biggest Boobs, Pete - documentaries, Nikki and Lisa had both done Blind Date, Imogen- Miss Wales, Shahbaz was filmed being checked for and STD, and Grace, Aisleyne and Nikki had clearly pummeled their raunchy photos to the press as they mystically appeared mid-series.

The savoir of Big Brother for me, and its sliding legion of fans, will be when Big Brother gives us real people, there for the right reasons and stop crippling the premise of Big Brother. By this I mean; no over-looking rule breaking, no contact with the outside world or streaming of Big Brother footage internally and certainly no bringing back of housemates voted out

I take nothing away from Pete, he was a worthy-winner. Even though, if i weren’t as stubborn and did pick up me’ blower; Glyn would have had my vote.

My summarising sentence is paining me to write, but, my reality TV of the summer has to be the ever- tacky, trashy, hissy-fit-filled Love Island and its at times, embarrassingly desperate Slebs.

Here’s hoping that the Producers sit up and take not for Big Brother 8, or treat us all with Big Brother All Stars. Victor, Kinga, Darren, Nadia..

This weekend the tabloids have been full of the life stories and first interviews with the now released Big Brother housemates.

The Sunday Mirror reported today that while they entertained young Glyn Wise with five lovely lap dancers he told all about his new-found obsession with fake breasts. He went on to share the story of how he lost his virginity on a Welsh hillside and that he now wants to move to the bright lights of London.

The Sunday Mirror also contained the story of Aisleyne and how she thinks that she is the “real winner”. She revealed that she will never speak to Grace Adam-Short ever again saying “I still haven’t forgiven her for throwing a glass of water over Susie. I completely blanked her at the after-show party on Friday. There’s one b**** who don’t know herself.”

Aisleyne also shared her thoughts on Nikki and Petes relationship saying “I’ve had my doubts from the start,” she said. “I know he genuinely cares for her. But I know the world that Nikki comes from is all glitz and glamour - fake nails, fake hair, fake boobs. That’s as far removed as you can possibly be from what Pete is all about.

“The more I’m getting to learn about Nikki, the more sceptical I’m getting about her relationship with Pete.”

The Daily Mail carried Petes story on its front page, and tells the tale of what Pete intends to do with his £100,000 prize money. He said he wanted to win ‘to pay off my mum’s mortgage so she can finally live her life because ’she looked after me for so long’.

The People and The News Of The World report that Pete has finished with Nikki. While Nikki was wishing that she could be reunited with Petey, Pete was telling The People:

“Nikki’s so different to me. All I’m thinking about now is being friends with her. I’ve not even thought about marrying Nikki. I’m not sure if I’m even in to marriage.”

And he admitted: “Mum is more important than any money or Nikki. It’s all about my mum.”

The News of the World also tells about Petes imminent reunion with his long lost dad Mark Bennett.

For details of loads of other stories and Big brother gossip, hop on over to BB Gossip for loads and loads and loads more!

I can’t believe its over!

Its over! Pete Bennett is the winner, and Glyn Wise came a close second.

Its so nice to see nice, decent people winning for a change. Its a massive difference from last year when self obsessed Anthony Hutton stole first place.

Glyn cracked me up when leaving the house as he belted out “Here I go again on my own” in his cutest Welsh accent. He then managed to pick up a Wales flag from somewhere and wrapped it around him for the press photos.

I am so glad that Pete Bennett and Glyn Wise were in the final two. It couldn’t have happened to two better people.

Glyn To Win!

Aisleyne was the top girl of Big Brother 7 and just finished in third place! She looked shocked and surprised to have gotten so far, but not at all disappointed, in fact she spent most of her time congratulating the boys.

Pete and Glyn are left in the house. Clever money would be on Pete Bennett to come out on top, btu you never know, Glyn Wise might still stand a chance!

Davina has just announced that as expected, Richard Newman finished Big Brother 2006 in fourth place. He strutted out, leather glove, jaunty hat and posed for the press. Not a bit of stage fright there!

That leaves the final 3 housemates as Glyn, Aisleyne and Pete. I am still holding out some hope that Glyn can win, time will tell, we’ll soon know!