Ulrika has confessed that she opened up more and enjoyed herself during her second stint in the Big Brother house.
After finishing seventh in tonight's finale, the ex-Gladiators host told Davina that she went into the compound hoping to enjoy the experience, as she hadn't fancied her chances of being crowned the Ultimate housemate.
"I didn't think for a moment there was a chance of me winning," she claimed. "This is Ultimate Big Brother and there are huge fanbases out there for housemates through the years.
"It was an honour to be asked," she continued, before admitting: "When I first got in there I was a bit, 'Oh I'm not sure, this is a bit peculiar’."
"But we turned you around," Davina bragged, as Ulrika nodded and said: "Oh yes!"
Ulrika was then treated to a clip of some of her best moments in the house, during which she grimaced at her audition for Flawless earlier this week.
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"The things that are making you go, 'Oh no', those are the things that we love about you," Davina reassured her, adding that her teenage son had been impressed by her moves, not mortified as she had feared.
"I kinda threw myself into things in a different way," Ulrika said. "The only person who could put me on the outside was me and I had some wonderful people in there to talk to and a great support network."
Referring to her 'spin the bottle' session with the BB boys, she teased: "There was a certain point when I started enjoying it much more."
Ulrika also credited one housemate in particular with bringing her out of her shell more the second time around.
"Brian was the key to me kind of dropping all my defences down. As soon as I went in there his humour is just amazing, he's so fantastic and funny and wicked.
"He's brilliant and actually everybody should have a Brian Dowling in their lives," she said, naming him as her choice to win.
