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Peter "Pete" Alexander Bennett〔''Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1837-1983.''〕 (born 22 March 1982) is a British media personality, who won the seventh series of the Channel 4 (now Channel 5) reality television series ''Big Brother'' in 2006.〔(Pete Wins Big Brother 2006 ) ''Channel4 Website'' URL last accessed on 1 October 2006.〕 He has Tourette syndrome.〔Big Brother 7. (Pete Bennett. ) Accessed 21 May 2006.〕〔U.tv. (Tourette's sufferer Pete 'very brave' ) Accessed 22 May 2006.〕 He divides his time between Brighton and London. ==Media career== After unsuccessfully auditioning for the fifth series of ''Big Brother'' in 2004 (as seen in Vanessa Nimmo from Big Brother 5's tape on launch night), Bennett was selected as one of the original housemates for the seventh series in 2006. He was the bookmakers' favourite throughout and eventually won with 61.2% of the final vote.〔("Big Brother - does anyone really still watch it? Yes, one in four of us actually" ), ''The Guardian'' website, 19 August 2006. Accessed on 10 September 2014.〕 The show was accused of exploiting Bennett's Tourette's syndrome: The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA UK) claimed "the broadcaster had deliberately cast someone with relatively strong symptoms in order to make him a 'figure of fun'."〔Born, Matt. ("Tourette's man 'exploited by Big Brother'" ), ''Daily Mail''. Accessed 22 May 2006.〕 Some viewers expressed concern that the show had exploited Tourette's, while others felt it was educational and criticised the hypocrisy of TSA UK for wanting the syndrome brought to the public consciousness but complaining when it was.〔Allen, Liam. ("BB Pete: Exploitation or education?" ), ''BBC News'', 18 August 2006.〕 Bennett was nominated for a National Television Award in 2006 for "Most Popular TV Contender"; however, the former ''Big Brother'' contestant Nikki Grahame won the award. Bennett's autobiography, ''Pete: My Story'', was published in hardback in November 2006〔"(Pete's BB Book )" ''Amazon.co.uk'' URL last accessed on 16 January 2007.〕 and reissued in paperback in 2007 as ''My Journey With Tourettes''. Bennett was lead singer in a band called Daddy Fantastic, but he left the band after agreeing with a record label that he should become a solo artist.〔("PETE TO BAND: S *D OFF" ), ''Sunday Mirror'', Accessed 11 September 2006.〕 He wrote music with songwriter and record producer Guy Chambers, but failed to gain commercial success with any releases.〔(The Big Brother big money list ) ''The Mirror'' Accessed on 7 September 2009.〕 Bennett went on to form another band, Pete Bennett And The Love Dogs, which played at Glastonbury 2007 and venues such as IndigO2 (The O2) London and The Cavern Club in Liverpool.〔("Bennett makes most of his 15 minutes" ) ''The Scotsman'' Accessed on 21 November 2006.〕 He currently performs with his band Pete Bennett & The Love Dogs. He frequently uploads videos on his YouTube channel, MyArseForHire, featuring the band, along with other events. But, according to Pete on Big Brother's Bit On The Side, they're "not Pete Bennett & The Love Dogs anymore, it's just Pete Bennett. And I'm not a singer anymore, I'm a comedian." Pete also currently works for Greenpeace as a direct sales campaigner on the streets of Brighton. In 2013, he guest starred on the web series GIFTED in the pilot episode. In April 2015, he appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show revealing his battle with drugs and homelessness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pete Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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