Nick Bateman (television personality)
| Nick Bateman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nicholas Bateman 5 November 1967 (age 49) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Other names | Nasty Nick |
| Occupation | Media personality |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website |
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Nicholas "Nick" Bateman (born 5 November 1967), also known as "Nasty Nick", is a British media personality and a former contestant on the first series of the British version of Big Brother.
Early life
Bateman grew up in Kent with his four sisters. He was educated at a boarding school in Kent for five years, then at the private Gordonstoun School near Elgin in Scotland. Having graduated, Bateman opted away from university in favour of travelling around the world for the following three years before settling in Australia in 1988 for two years. He worked for ATN Channel 7 in Sydney, Australia on Sons and Daughters, Romper Room, and Newsworld.
On returning to England he then worked in the City of London for ten years as a broker for the Willis Group Holdings (working at Lloyd's of London) from 1990.
Big Brother
Bateman first came to public prominence as a contestant on the first series of the UK version of Big Brother. He was one of 40,000 people that applied to be in the first series of Big Brother in the United Kingdom in 2000. During his stay at the Big Brother house, he was the only contestant never to receive a single eviction nomination. However, he was soon dubbed "Nasty Nick" by the tabloid press because of his duplicitous nature, playing members off against one another. After 36 days he was finally exposed by the other housemates after being tipped off by producers, who confronted him over his behaviour and also uncovered his attempts to manipulate fellow housemates' votes in the weekly eviction process, in violation of Big Brother rules. He was asked to leave by the show's producers.[1] The episode in which Bateman was confronted by the others attracted 6 million viewers. His eviction interview was broadcast live on Sky News the following day.