{"id":42,"date":"2007-06-10T17:50:53","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/?p=42"},"modified":"2007-06-10T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-10T16:50:53","slug":"michael-jackson-fanatic-enters-big-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/06\/michael-jackson-fanatic-enters-big-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Fanatic Enters Big Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/06.jpg\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"big brother\" height=\"100\" style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px\" title=\"big brother\" \/>Michael\u00a0Jackson fanatic Sean O&#8217;Kane from Derry became the latest Irish contestant in Big Brother last night.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The 25-year-old charity worker from Ardmore near Derry city made headlines around the world in 2005 when he was photographed waving the Tricolour at the oddball singer&#8217;s acquittal on child molestation charges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/thumbs_large\/sean_okan.jpg\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"sean okan\" height=\"250\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 250px\" title=\"sean okan\" \/>&#8216;Seany&#8217;, as he is known, is being tipped to win the show for his wacky personality.<\/p>\n<p>SDLP councillor Colum Eastwood, who met Sean on a peace march when the curly-haired charity worker was working as a race relations councillor in Liverpool, said he has a lively personality and a great singing voice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s quite a character and quite a good Michael Jackson impersonator. 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