Pete Bennett has triumphed as the winner of Big Brother, taking home a prize of £100,000.

The 24-year-old Londoner beat Welsh lifeguard Glyn Wise to take the title for the reality show's seventh series.

 

Pete, who has Tourette Syndrome, struck up a relationship with fellow housemate Nikki Grahame during his time in the Big Brother house.

 

She took fifth place in tonight's final. Aisleyne Horgan Wallace came third, and Richard Newman fourth.

 

In sixth position was 18-year-old sales adviser Jennie Corner, from Crewe.

 

Channel 4 will be hoping to top the 7.8 million viewers who tuned in to see last year's final, in which 1970s dancer Anthony Hutton claimed victory.

 

This current series of Big Brother has been the longest so far.

 

It got off to a shaky start when three contestants walked out in the first fortnight of the show.

 

Two of them, Shahbaz Chaudhury and George Askew, left the house of their own accord.

 

Dawn Blake, an "exercise scientist" from Birmingham, was thrown out by the show's producers after they claimed she broke the rules on making contact with the outside world.

 

A series of twists and turns has kept viewers watching over the summer, with viewing figures regularly topping four million.

 

One member of the public, Susie Verrico, gained entry to the house after obtaining a golden ticket from a bar of chocolate.

 

And four contestants were introduced to the Big Brother house in the seventh week of the series, after spending time in a "secret" house next door.

 

The final twist came in the penultimate week, when 24-year-old evictee Nikki returned to the house and became eligible for the show's prize fund.

 

This sparked complaints from viewers who were unhappy at being asked to vote again for contestants they thought had left for good.

 

Premium rate phone watchdog Icstis has launched an investigation into the situation, and could decide to fine Big Brother's premium rate service providers up to £250,000.

 

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YAWN!!

 

Thank goodness that's all over (for a while at least)!!:rolleyes:

Thank god Big Brother is over for another year, it's the world's biggest scam because it's all a fix.

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Yes - I can't believe how many saps waste their time and money on what is basically "zombie" TV!!:thinking: