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BIG Brother twin Amanda Marchant found fame as a dippy blonde but lover Brian Belo has dumped her because she didn't want to be an Essex girl.

We can reveal BB winner Brian wasn't in the joking mood when he gave her the boot for refusing to be his housemate in Basildon.

Amanda, 19, and Brian, 20, fell in love during the reality show last summer.

But Amanda, who with twin Samantha was BB runner-up, now only has eyes for the bright lights of London and has snubbed his beloved home town.

A friend close to the Essex lad revealed: "They had been suffering strains for a number of weeks because they wanted different things. Brian finally ended it.

"Amanda loved dressing up and going to trendy London clubs but Brian wanted to hang out with his mates in Essex.

"Amanda didn't want to move to Essex and live Brian's life. She wanted them to hang out in central London with other celebrities all the time."

Brian and Amanda, from Staffordshire, first had sex five days after leaving Big Brother during a wild night of passion at his mum's house in Basildon.

He later told the News of the World: "She's definitely marriage material.

"I couldn't think about anyone else—who wants hamburgers when you've got a nice piece of rump steak at home?"

But the friend added last night: "They're both young and they need time to be single and play the field."

Another pal revealed Amanda was now buying a house in central London with sister Sam.

The couple were seen partying at Dancing On Ice star Samantha Mumba's 25th birthday party in the capital on Friday night.

But a spokeswoman for Brian, who won £100,000 for being Big Bro champ, confirmed the break-up.

Their romance was the last to survive from Big Brother 2007 after Chanelle Hayes ended her relationship with Ziggy Lichman.

NOTW