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| Nasty Nick pulls out of BB return | Nasty Nick pulls out of BB return |
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| Former Big Brother housemate "Nasty" Nick Bateman has pulled out of a planned appearance on the reality show at the last minute. | |
| The 41-year-old had been due to revisit the house on Monday as part of the series' 10th birthday celebrations. | The 41-year-old had been due to revisit the house on Monday as part of the series' 10th birthday celebrations. |
| Bateman told the BBC he pulled out as he did not want to participate in a planned assault course challenge. | |
| "I pulled out because they did not tell me what the task entailed until I found out in the papers on Sunday," he said. | |
| The challenge was to be recreated from Bateman's first spell in the Big Brother compound, pitting him against a current housemate. | |
| 'Miscommunication' | |
| "As I didn't perform well in the task back then, it's highly unlikely I'd perform it well again and they obviously knew that and chose to withhold it from me," he said. | |
| "The executive producer has sent me an email apologising for the miscommunication, as they called it." | |
| Bateman denied newspaper reports that he pulled out of the show over payment. | |
| Big Brother series one winner Craig Phillips will now replace Bateman | |
| He said: "It wasn't a factor - I would have appeared it that was not the task. Why would I go and do something I couldn't do? | |
| "I had suggested I'd be happy to do something else, like going in to the house for a period of time or being the voice of Big Brother," he added. | |
| Bateman's appearance was due to take place nine years after he was thrown off the first series of Big Brother. | Bateman's appearance was due to take place nine years after he was thrown off the first series of Big Brother. |
| He was disqualified in 2000 after secretly writing notes with a pencil he had smuggled in. He showed the notes to his fellow contestants to try to influence their voting and win the £70,000 prize money. | He was disqualified in 2000 after secretly writing notes with a pencil he had smuggled in. He showed the notes to his fellow contestants to try to influence their voting and win the £70,000 prize money. |
| Birthday plans | |
| A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately Nick Bateman was unable to take part in the Big Brother 10 birthday celebration tasks today," she said. | |
| Series eight winner Brian Belo will also return to the house | |
| "Happily Big Brother One winner Craig Phillips will be head-to-head with housemates in the assault course task. | |
| "None of the former housemates are being paid a fee for taking part in the tasks taking place this week. A donation will go to the Jade Goody foundation instead." | |
| Phillips is one of several past contestants who will be revisiting the house over the week to celebrate Big Brother's 10th series. | Phillips is one of several past contestants who will be revisiting the house over the week to celebrate Big Brother's 10th series. |
| Three ex-housemates from the third series will also take part in an egg and spoon race on Monday. A current housemate must predict the winner to succeed in the task. | Three ex-housemates from the third series will also take part in an egg and spoon race on Monday. A current housemate must predict the winner to succeed in the task. |
| Contestants from series four, five and six will be revisited on Tuesday; while on Wednesday, series eight winner Brian Belo will recreate a memorable task from his stint on the show. | Contestants from series four, five and six will be revisited on Tuesday; while on Wednesday, series eight winner Brian Belo will recreate a memorable task from his stint on the show. |
| On Sunday, housemates Sophie "Dogface" Reade and Siavash Sabbaghpour found out they will face the public vote for eviction this week. | On Sunday, housemates Sophie "Dogface" Reade and Siavash Sabbaghpour found out they will face the public vote for eviction this week. |
| The pair had been told not to use expletives for five-and-a-half hours as a punishment for discussing nominations - but they failed. | The pair had been told not to use expletives for five-and-a-half hours as a punishment for discussing nominations - but they failed. |
| Kris Donnelly became the sixth person to be evicted from this year's series on Friday. | Kris Donnelly became the sixth person to be evicted from this year's series on Friday. |