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BIG Brother winner Pete Bennett has dumped his bandmates for a multi-million pound solo career.

Tourette's Syndrome sufferer Pete, 24, ditched Brighton glam-rockers Daddy Fantastic after meeting Robbie Williams's former songwriting partner Guy Chambers.

Pete stunned his bandmates by quitting after deciding to sign with Chambers.

Chambers - who co-wrote classics such as Angels and Millennium with Robbie - met Pete and the rest of the band this week during a "showcase" for music execs.

But instead of signing up the band, the songwriter and Pete decided he should go it alone.

The group were told by their manager that Pete had opted to sign with Chambers.


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His ex-bandmates - known as The Baron, Nimbus and Wobbly Bob - have tried to contact him but Pete has refused to answer their calls. The BB winner is poised to sign with Chambers's music label Sleeper Music to release his first solo single.


A source said: "This was totally unexpected and Pete has completely stabbed his bandmates in the back.


"They gave him their full backing in the Big Brother house. Now they're gutted. They never thought he'd do this."


Pete - who is dating BB's Nikki Grahame, 24 - said he planned to go touring with the band after he scooped the show's £100,000 prize.


Bookies gave odds of 3-1 that Daddy Fantastic would have a No1 hit by Christmas.

Sunday Mirror