Chantelle and Preston's blossoming romance

TV

13:30 16 January 2006

'Celebrity Big Brother' stars Chantelle and Preston fuelled rumours of a romance after the pair got 'engaged'.

Preston jokingly slipped a ring on the bubbly blonde's finger, before she cuddled him and showed off the sparkler.

The pair have been seen growing increasingly close in recent days.

Chantelle admitted: "We tried to keep away from each other but that only makes it worse because it looks like you're trying to hide something."

Preston, who has a girlfriend outside the house, has confessed he would be upset if Chantelle was evicted before him.

He said in the Diary Room: "Chantelle is wicked. If she left before me I would be devastated."

Sexy Chantelle is currently being hotly-tipped to win the show - despite the fact she isn't a real celebrity.

At the moment she is 13-8 favourite to win the reality TV show.

A spokesperson for bookmakers William Hill said: "The money suggests that punters have finally had enough of so-called celebrities.

"Chantelle started as the 16-1 outsider and has been backed down to 13-8 hot favourite."

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