Simon Deering

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Simon "Hotdogs" Deering, on Big Brother

"Hotdogs" redirects here. For other uses, see Hotdog (disambiguation).

Simon Deering, (born Šime Pasčurina in Pakoštane, Croatia) is better known as Hotdogs, he was a contestant and 11th evictee of Big Brother 2005 Australia who has continued a career in television.

Deering was evicted from Big Brother in the show's ninth week by a 53% margin. Following this he was appointed host of The Up Late Game Show, an interactive late night game show on Network Ten. It screens in the early hours of each week day, running for those months of the year when Big Brother is not running.

Deering also posed nude for Australian magazines Cleo and DNA .

Hotdogs appeared as guest on the June 13, 2006 edition of Big Brother Up Late and announced to host Mike Goldman that he had recently moved in with fellow Big Brother 2005 housemate Vesna Tofevski. He also appeared on the show on July 5.

Hotdogs also guest starred as himself in the pilot episode of the Australian comedy The Wedge. He also was revealed to be an avid supporter of the West Coast Eagles, based in his hometown of Perth, Western Australia.

[edit] Indecent act in public

On July 25, 2005 Deering was in Cairns, Queensland doing a promotional spot for Big Brother. Deering and an unnamed 22 year old woman were charged with committing an indecent act in public. Choosing to represent himself in court, Deering claimed that there was no sexual connotation and the incident was a simple misunderstanding. Deerings defence would have been somewhat more credible had he been wearing pants during his hearing. He was released on AU$100 bail.

In September 2005 Deering pleaded guilty to three charges, and was fined AU$1,000. Source News Ltd