[Amy]

A FORMER Sheffield man who loves cooking in the nude was last night unveiled as a Big Brother contestant.
Roberto Conte, a former Sheffield Hallam University student who used to model for The Star, is one of 13 wannabes who entered the Big Brother house.
For up to three months, the Channel 4 reality TV show will screen his every move to millions of viewers.
The 32-year-old has already been dubbed the Italian Stallion and has odds of 6/1 of winning and scooping the prize pot of £70,000.
Avid viewers who tuned in to the first instalment of the sixth series of BB saw Roberto enter the house showing off his chest. He spent his first few hours chatting to fellow contestant Mary, who claims to be a white witch.
He was born and raised in Italy but came to Sheffield as a student and part-time waiter.
He waited tables while studying to become a PE teacher and did some of his classroom training at Ecclesfield Comprehensive.
Customers at Nonna's and Santino's on Ecclesall Road and Marco@Milano's on Archer Road were among those won over by his charms.
Big Brother peoplewatchers have already picked up that Rob is a keen cook - what they have yet to discover is that he loves to cook in the nude!
Now a fully-qualified teacher, he lives in Liverpool. In 1996 he reached the final of the Most Handsome Man in Italy competition and grudgingly admits to being "an excellent package with few faults".
Roberto fears the others will find him over-confident and said: "I'll get nominated because I might say something that people won't want to hear."
He was cheered on last night by his best friend Adrian Bagnoli who works at Cubana on Trippet Lane.

Article Sheffield Today

[Sven]

Yeah, Roberto's a cool guy. He's one of my favourite housemates so far, just the way he phrased his sentance to Makosi last night "You're just talking sh*t now.", that had me laughing for about 10 minutes. Also he seems to make a lot of sense in his opinions etc, and the Italian accent is cool.

[vicky]

i'm quite liking the italian stallion

[Julia L]

Me too!

[chickenthing]

i like Roberto he is a bit of a comedian too

[Mike]

Yeah hes been really cool so far..

[Dan_]

I am really liking Roberto, cool guy.

[Amy]

Another article from Sunday Mirror

ITALIAN STALLION GETS EX-RATING

BIG Brother hunk Roberto Conte is a "romantic charmer" who's sure to be a winner with the ladies, his ex-girlfriend said last night.

The Italian Stallion - currently the favourite to win the show's £100,000 prize - is dubbed "the most handsome man I ever dated" by Jo Davison.

Jo, a journalist at the Sheffield Star newspaper, said: "He's got a way with the ladies. He's gorgeous, funny, intelligent,and generous. What more could a girl want?"

But Jo's sure that Roberto would never go all the way on national TV for fear of upsetting his mum.

And Roberto's friends say the girls in the house could be disappointed, as the hunk recently found love with a dark-haired beauty.

An ex-colleague from Huyton, Liverpool, said: "I saw him with a new girlfriend just weeks ago."

[Di2001]

I think Roberto will go far. He's not upset anyone yet (I don't think!) and he's playing it cool. I've noticed Saskia giving him little glances this morning - I think she likes him.

[kemalrules]

hes alrite, but kemal is so much beta!

[Dan_]

Kemal is an annoying ladyboy.

[k_l_w_44]

i cnt blieve tht roberto my old teacher is in the house. n i cnt get over how fit anthony is. i think makosi is doin a gr8 job wiv her task n she will not leave the house yet. saski is really pretty n alot better than lesley who i cnt stand lol.

[Bb_Nutta]

Omg! Lesley's great! Shes one of my faves in the house!
Nd i agree Kemal is better!

I don't really like Roberto much, he seems quite smarmy to me.

[Siouxsie]

not bad hes growing on me

[Siouxsie]

[JL]

yup, he was cool