Pete's in-house Big Brother fan club is increasing after both Lea and Nikki confessed they had the hots for him.

The pair gossiped in the kitchen after a night of failed advances towards the in-demand Daddy Fantastic singer from Brighton.

Lea said: "I feel really humiliated that he just finds me maternal and I think the world of him."

Nikki, also spurned by Pete, said: "I don't fancy him but I've got a connection. I've never had feelings like that."

She has come to terms with the fact her relationship with Pete looks like remaining strictly platonic.

Lea confronted Pete after drunkenly making a pass at him on Friday night, telling him: "I said what I said and I said it.

"You can't take stuff back, wouldn't want to. Don't you sometimes wish you'd kept your big mouth shut?

"Nikki said she can't understand why you've changed so much. I told her, if he wants to spend 24 hours a day, seven days a week with Aisleyne and ignore everyone else that's up to him."