Stuart Pilkington is the talk of the Big Brother house after becoming the 17th housemate on the ninth series.
A 25-year-old former personal trainer, Stuart says his passions in life are his five-year-old daughter, music, women and Manchester United.
He arrived on the back of a motorbike to replace Alexandra De-Gale, who was removed for threatening other housemates.
And the new contestant seems to have caused a stir with the female housemates, with both Jennifer Clark and Sylvia Barrie grilled about their thoughts on Stuart.
Toy demonstrator Mohamed Mohamed questioned if Sylvia was keen on Stuart because of "the way you were looking at him" though she protested, saying: "I don't fancy him….I'm the only person who knows how I'm feeling and I don't have a crush."
And while Jennifer had seemed the most keen on Dale Howard, her reaction to Stuart's arrival told a different story in the eyes of Mario Marconi and Mikey Hughes.
"I was never sure it was true love", said of Dale and Jennifer while in the diary room and both agreed that Stuart seems up for a laugh.
"Dale is quite quiet so it will be interesting to see if he can compete," Mario added.
Sylvia later said that she "can't help" acting on her possible feelings for Stuart, despite having a boyfriend outside the house, yet she and Jennifer both agreed they are still unsure of his real personality.
Jennifer, a 22-year-old model, described Stuart as a "headf**k for saying things'", in comparison to Dale's character.
"Dale can't be anything other than himself which is what is endearing about him but with someone [Stuart] you can't be 100 per cent certain," she added.
"[It's] like feelings over riding common sense," Sylvia added.
"I'm only 21. My mum tells me I don't know everything and this is what she meant."
Alexandra's eviction and Stuart's subsequent entrance on Friday were watched by 4.72 million viewers, according to Channel 4, the highest viewing figures for the reality show since its launch a fortnight ago.
23/06/2008 09:01:35
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