Ref. 71785-11A SWINDON man has been given time off by his employers so he can spend a day in the Big Brother house.

Jonathan Davis, 20, of Nythe, who works for Nationwide, can now take his place at a 12 hour party in the house at Elstree Studios in September.

He said: "I'm really looking forward to it. I'm a Big Brother fan. It's an all-day party and we'll probably have to go to the diary room and do tasks like the housemates did."

Jonathan won the prize at a competition at the Walkabout pub in Fleet Street, Swindon.

He said: "They put all our names into a hat and pulled out my name and also a girl's.

"We didn't know what was going to happen when they asked everybody else to leave the stage.

"Then we had to say what we would bring to the big brother house. I said 'If you want to see somebody make a complete idiot of himself then vote for me."

"Then we did a dancing competition and the whole place was going crazy. After that the crowd had to vote and they chose me."

Jonathan is a big fan of Big Brother and thinks that this year's housemates were far more interesting than last year.

"My favourite this year was Michelle. She's so witty and outgoing."

The prize allows him to take a friend along to the party, and he is hoping to take his friend Dave Simms, 20, from Eldene.

Shane Thompson, manager of Walkabout Swindon, said: "We ran Big Brother events throughout the series and we thought offering someone the chance to actually get to be in the house would a great way of ending the series.

"We asked customers to get involved with all kinds of fun and games to compete for the hot ticket.

"Jonathan was our winner and was great fun and deserves to be the ticket. I am so jealous and from what I have heard so are most of his friends.

"The winner will also get to sit in the diary seat and say why they should be on the next Big Brother straight into the cameras. It will be awesome.

"A real ticket that money can't buy."