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'I'll get into Big Brother next time'

May 23 2003

By Dean Valler

Big Brother is back tonight - Davina McCall, the chickens in the garden, the arguments, the love affairs, and the famous Big Brother chair - it’s all back on our screens.

And city viewers could have been watching one of our own in the house had Coventry kid Kirsty Lee been successful in her application.

Unfortunately, Kirsty will be watching it from her Whitley home, but the bubbly blonde has plenty more tricks up her sleeve to make her dream come true and get in the Big Brother house.

This time round was her first attempt and the fun-loving 25-year-old, of Abbey Road, Whitley, sent a video of herself in January to the Channel 4 show’s producers, but was not selected for the final phases.

“I had talked about doing it loads of times before and never actually gone through with it, but this time all my mates said I should have a go, so I thought why not?” said Kirsty.

Setting up a camera in the living room of mum Linda Lee, aged 45, in Strathmore Avenue, Stoke, Kirsty recorded a slot telling all about herself.

“Jonny, from Newcastle, who was on it last year, seemed himself when he applied, so I thought that was the best thing to do,” added the ex-President Kennedy School pupil.

“I just said I wasn’t going to pretend to be something I’m not and said I would be good fun in the house, I’ll get on with anyone and would like the experience.

“I’ve got no inhibitions and I wouldn’t have any motives, I don’t think I would win, but it would be a fantastic experience.”

A customer relations manager at Vehicle Remarketing Solutions, on Rowley Road, near Baginton Airport, Kirsty has also worked in a bar in Majorca and danced at clubs on the party island of Ibiza.

She also did a stint as a dancer in performances of Boogie Nights at Fatty Arbuckles restaurant on Stoney Stanton Road, where she was assistant manager.

Her first love is acting and that’s what she dreams of doing as a career - but stressed she would not go on Big Brother just as a platform to stardom.

“I know you don’t become famous just by being on Big Brother, and that’s not the reason I want to go in there,” she added.

“You get your Brians, Kates and Jades, but I would just love to go on there to see what it’s like - I think I’d really enjoy it.

“I’ll be on Big Brother - one of these years I will be there - without a doubt,” she added.

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