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SUNDAY 02/10/2005 09:27:54
U.TV

Big Brother geek Eugene Sully has landed a stint as a breakfast show DJ

He chatted incessantly about amateur radio while in the reality TV house.

Now the loveable nerd, who pocketed half the Channel 4 show`s £100,000 prize fund, has signed up for his first big radio gig.

Eugene, 27, who reached the Big Brother final, will present Sussex-based Mercury FM`s Breakfast Show for a week in October.

He is standing in for Dan Jennings, while the DJ takes a holiday.

A spokesman said: "He will present the show and put forward his view of the world, life, love and what it`s like to be Eugene."

Eugene said: "I`ve grown up with Mercury FM and to present the breakfast show whilst Dan is away will be fantastic.

"I cannot wait to get on air. The best bit is I can do whatever I want."

Latecomer Eugene was not exactly expected to set Big Brother`s world alight.

He admitted he was a virgin, saying a girlfriend would not leave him with enough time for his beloved radio club.

But, after arriving in week four, the teetotaller, from Crawley, West Sussex, won over fans with his nerdy ways.

Eugene will present the show from 6am to 9am from the week beginning October 10.

Given that Eugene is now currently working in operations at the BBC in Scotland he is unable to transmit his Sunday morning programmes on Passion Radio and his summer daily broadcasts on Uckfield FM will not be transmitted during the Uckfield Festival, but we don't know at this present moment in time if his six-month contract with the BBC will be extended or not, if we do we shall endeavour to let you know as soon as is practicable.