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Brian Dowling has admitted that he would hate not to be involved in Ultimate Big Brother.

The 32-year-old, who won the second series of the show in 2001, told Star that he would be "so angry" if he did not return to the house.

"If I didn't go on I'd be so angry," he said. "It'd be me with a bottle of vodka watching it until the show ended."

However, he added: "But it can all change, even up until the last minute, because they want it to be a surprise."

Ultimate Big Brother begins tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.

This gives me hope they may do a launch similar to BB11 with housemates being chosen from a big group of them