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GEELONG ambassador and paparazzi king Darryn Lyons is set to enter UK's Celebrity Big Brother house along with Hollywood wild man Charlie Sheen and boxing legend Mike Tyson.

The Big Pictures owner is the latest name to be linked to the show along with such figures as Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and hot bod Pamela Anderson, the Geelong Advertiser said.

The Channel 5 TV show gets under way on British TV later this week and will be the latest in a string of high-profile TV appearances by the colourful paparazzi boss.

Lyons broadcast live from the Royal wedding earlier this year for US Warner Brother's celeb TV show Extra, has had a three-part BBC series on himself and his company and appeared on the BBC Two series Dragons Den and Australia TV shows such as The Kerri-Anne Show.

Others tipped to appear on UK BB include 1980s R&B star Bobby Brown, X Factor twins Jedward, US actress Tara Reid, Kerry Katona, Paddy Doherty, Amy Childs and Ricky Hatton.

Lyons at the weekend promised 10,000 pounds from his appearance fee to a campaign to help victims of last week's UK riots.

"It was an incredible shock to see destruction and London burning like that," London's Daily Star reported Lyons as saying.

"It would be great if the other housemates donated more money so we can help these deserving people."

Lyons has been involved on and off with the UK Big Brother show, providing controversial takes on spin-off show as Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Mouth. Five years ago, in 2006, he was widely tipped to appear on Celebrity Big Brother but it did not eventuate.

Lyons appeared in the Sunday edition of the Daily Star in a black tuxedo, his trademark wildly-coloured plumage replaced with a staid white, short-cropped hairdo.

Lyons also looked trim, testament it appeared, to a recent fitness regime about which he tweeted: "Celebbodycontour.com coming next week all you ladies look at this! I've lost 7cm round the waist in 4 sessions I love it! Painless it works".

The latest UK Big Brother has Channel 5 bosses reportedly stumping up a wallet-busting $6 million budget to lure Charlie Sheen and some of the biggest names in showbiz to the new-look reality series.

Sheen has been splashed across headlines around the world since he was sacked from his role in Two And A Half Men for cocaine binges and sex romps with porn stars.

Lyons tweeted recently that he was excited about having Sheen over to his house for dinner. He has remained tight-lipped about rumours of his BB appearance.


Source: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...-1226115697490