Pete Bennett

Peter Alexander Bennett (born March 22, 1982 in Camberwell, London to Mark Bennett and Anne Stephenson), better known as Pete, was the winner of Big Brother 7. He is a rock n roll singer, formerly with Daddy Fantastic. He lives in Brighton and has Tourette syndrome. His characteristic phonic tic is a loud shout of "wankers", and he is also renowned for his catchphrase of "Eezamana!"

Pete was bullied at school from an early age, and was diagnosed with Tourettes at the age of 14. He was deemed an outcast by fellow children at this time. Pete's father walked out on his mother when he was very young, and he did not see his father from the age of 14 onwards, although he has always kept in touch. However, in a letter he received on Big Brother, he found out that his father wished to see him again, though this has apparently not yet happened. Pete also has a younger half brother, Alex.

Pete's Tourettes have been publicised as being aggravated by an addiction to ketamine, a dissociative anaesthetic drug generally used in veterinary practice or for pain relief in burns treatment of children. This drug use contributed to his "own personal hell" and led him to "go completely bananas" a year before he entered Big Brother.

There is ambiguity over Pete's surname. Some claim that it is Bennett and some that it is Stephenson. He uses his father's name Bennett, but his violinist mother is Anne Stephenson (they were not married). During a conversation with fellow Big Brother housemate Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, he said that he, like her, had a double-barrelled name, which explains the discrepancies. Pete's prized possession is a teddy-bear given to him by Robert Smith, lead singer of band The Cure with whom his mother has played.

Since leaving the Big Brother House, Pete has formed his own band "Pete Bennett and The Love Dogs" and they have toured the country with their music, including doing a stint at Glastonbury.
Pete Bennett and the Love Dogs debut single "Cosmonaut" was released on itunes on 3rd March 2008.