Nick Bateman (television personality)

Bateman grew up in Kent, he worked in the City of London as a broker before taking part in Big Brother.^[2][3]

In 2000, Bateman entered the first series of Big Brother UK.^[2] He was one of 40,000 people that applied to take part in the show. During his time in the Big Brother house, he did not receive a single nomination, however, he was dubbed "Nasty Nick" by tabloids due to his duplicitous nature, playing the other housemates off against one another. On Day 34, he was exposed by his fellow housemates after Big Brother uncovered his attempts to manipulate fellow housemates nominations in the weekly eviction process, which is a violation of Big Brother's rules. He was removed from the Big Brother house following the rule break and replaced by Claire Strutton.^[4][5][6] Bateman's removal garnered a ton of media and press attention, being interviewed on multiple television shows.^[7][8][9] He was also involved in a separate controversy during his time on the show when he was accused of smuggling a mobile phone in to the house to receive information from the outside world, Big Brother production team then thoroughly searched the house and Bateman's belongings and no mobile phone was found.^[10] On Day 24, a helicopter was flown over the Big Brother house and dropped approximately forty leaflets in to the garden, requesting that Bateman was nominated for eviction; the leaflets were removed before housemates discovered them.^[11]

In 2010, Bateman returned to compete in Ultimate Big Brother, the final series of Big Brother on Channel 4, where he finished in fifth place.^[12] During the series, he was nominated for eviction twice, and formed a friendship with Victor Ebuwa.

After his departure from the Big Brother house, Bateman went on to present the short-lived television series Trust Me. He featured on multiple game shows including; Come Dine with Me, Night Fever, Show Me the Money and The Weakest Link. He featured in the British reality television series Back to Reality where he was the first evicted, and Big Brother spin-off Big Brother Panto.^[13][14] He later featured as the narrator in a stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.^[15] In 2005, he had a minor role in the British film; Hell to Pay. In 2011, he began appearing on Big Brother after show Big Brother's Bit on the Side for Channel 5.

Bateman also presented a weekly radio show on 107.8 Academy FM in Kent.^[16]

In 2013, Bateman moved to Sydney, Australia.^{[17][18][19][20]}