There's no more 'Mr Showbiz' as Simon Gross has been evicted from the Big Brother house following tonight's public vote.
Simon received the most votes, losing out to Jack McDermott, who was the Digital Spy reader favourite to go. Eight housemates were initially up.
Simon exited the house to a chorus of boos, which he countered with his catchphrase: "Showbiz!"
"This is my time," he told presenter Emma Willis when she asked how he felt about the result.
As the boos continued, he added: "Ha, I've been in worse pantomimes."
When Willis brought up the fact that he seemed to fade into the background as time went on, Simon replied: "You can't be showbiz 24 hours a day!
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"I don't walk around performing 24 hours a day in my own life," he explained. "It's tough in there and the makeup comes off because it's a real house with everyday things going on.
"You do disappear in there because it's tough – even me being me, you lose yourself... you have to forget that sense of yourself in the outside world.
"It was very, very different to what I expected," he added, "but I've gone on a massive journey and it's like free therapy!"
After being shown clips of his arguments with Jack and Chloe, Simon admitted that the experience forced him to reevaluate himself.
"I stripped myself back and thought more about the way I behaved in the house. I went quiet as I had to stop being showbiz and become the real Simon," he said.
"I came in as a song and dance man and I was taken away," he added. "It's hard to be taken away and go back in; I had to reinvent myself."
Upon the mention of Marc, Simon gushed that he was like the brother he never had.
"I genuinely think that Marc, underneath all this," he said gesturing, "is a lovely guy. He has so many good qualities.
"When he left, it felt like my world had fallen apart... I just stayed in bed," he added.
"He was always there for me... I wanted to make friends in the Big Brother house and I did with Marc."
Simon described the house atmosphere as "very young" and confessed that he "felt like the old fogey".
"They're young, they came in together and they're very proud and passionate about the Big Brother experience... as was I!" he explained.
"But I think if I had stayed in (on day one), it may have been different," he sighed.
"I am relieved to be out as I feel like a winner for having done 4 weeks in that house and I never expected to win.
"I want Danny to win," he concluded, as he is honest, real and he's always there for me.
"He's just a lovely guy from Margate."
Big Brother continues tomorrow at 9pm on Channel 5.
