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Brian Belo
English entertainer and TV personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Belo, (born 10 July 1987)[1] is an English reality television star, actor and columnist. He is best known for winning the eighth series of Big Brother UK.[2] He was also a featured regular on Harry Hill's TV Burp.
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In 2007, Belo entered the eighth series of Big Brother UK, as a late entrant, arriving on Day 17,[3] where he went on to win the show with 60% of the public vote,[2] becoming the first black housemate to win and the youngest, until 2018, housemate to win the series. During his time in the Big Brother house he was noted for his apparent ignorance with regard to William Shakespeare, claiming he had never heard of the playwright.[4] He also notably feuded with fellow housemate, Charley Uchea. After winning the show he became a regular panelist on Big Brother after show, Big Brother's Big Mouth.[5]
In 2008, Belo returned to Big Brother, as a hijacker for a day in the spin-off series Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.[6]
In 2009, he returned as a guest in the tenth series of Big Brother UK, a part of the Big Brother UK tenth anniversary celebrations.[citation needed]
In 2012, when Big Brother, moved to Channel 5, he began appearing regularly as a panelist on after show, Big Brother's Bit on the Side.
In 2015, Belo returned in the sixteenth series of Big Brother, for two weeks as a "Time Warp Housemate" alongside former housemates; Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, Helen Wood and Nikki Grahame. Belo clashed with fellow Time Warp Housemate Helen Wood. Wood branded him a psycho, comparing him to a murderer and telling him that he looked like a rapist, this led to Belo climbing over the Big Brother house wall, quitting the show,[7] Wood received a formal and final warning for the incident. The incident between Belo and Wood caused over 2,000 Ofcom complaints, which launched an official Ofcom investigation.[8][9][10][11]
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Within a month of leaving the Big Brother house, Belo made his stage debut as the Guardian Angel in The Vegemite Tales, opposite Blair McDonough and Jonathan Dutton, at The Venue off Leicester Square.[12] He also made a cameo appearance in an episode of Hollyoaks.[13] He performed segments of Shakespeare's plays as part of Stratford-Upon-Avon's Shakespeare's Aloud initiative in March 2008.[4] In October of that year, he played himself in the television series, Dead Set.[14]
In 2008, he released a single titled, Essex Boy, which failed to chart.[15][16]
Belo became a regular on the ITV comedy series Harry Hill's TV Burp, where he gave his thoughts on the week's television. Alongside Harry Hill, he sang, "Ebony. And. Ivory. Side by Side by the piano keyboard. Oh Lord, why don't we..." and Harry would spray him with a stinger.[17] In 2011, Belo was a contestant on Celebrity Coach Trip alongside former ex-housemate Spencer Smith, they finished in second place. He has made numerous other television appearances including; Celebrity Juice, 8 out of 10 Cats, The Weakest Link, Snog, Marry, Avoid?, Come Dine With Me, Celebrity Total Wipeout and Pointless Celebrities.
From June 2009, onwards, Belo became a columnist for Heat Magazine's website, reporting on Big Brother.[18]
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Personal life
In 2012, Belo sued the producers of The Only Way Is Essex,[19] claiming they had stolen his idea for the show, which Belo had pitched to them titled Totally Essex.[20] The matter was settled in November 2013.[21]
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