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Ex-lovers get brotherly boot

July 18, 2003

BY PAIGE WISER Staff Reporter

Well, the winning streak couldn't go on forever. After producing homegrown winners on "The Bachelor" and "America's Next Top Model," Chicago cringed as two of its own were the first to be evicted from "Big Brother 4."

Locals Scott Weintraub, 33, and Amanda Craig, 25, were unpleasantly surprised to find themselves in the house together. None of the contestants had been warned about this season's twist: that they'd be confined with their exes.

"It was a very nasty move; I'm not gonna lie," said Amanda, who was recruited for the show after Scott auditioned. They broke off their engagement a year and a half ago. "I think it made for good TV, though."

Scott left "Big Brother" at the producers' behest five days into the show--but not until after he'd professed his love for Amanda, thrown around a few plastic chairs and admitted to having a sexually transmitted disease.

Amanda's 11 days in the house were almost as eventful. After spending the first part of her stay "just trying to deal" with Scott, she was immediately marked for eviction, and then struck up a romance with boy-band-cute military man David Lane, 21.

On Wednesday night's episode, the night-cam showed the two carrying on under the covers. When the moaning began, Internet fans who paid for 24-hour access to the action saw cameras abruptly switch to the front of the house. For more than 15 minutes.

Amanda saw the episode after her eviction and was a bit shocked by the editing. "I thought they could have left the porn music out," she said. "A lot of things weren't shown, and others were made to look a little racier than what happened. But you form relationships fast--because there's nothing else to do."

Scott, a steakhouse waiter, has not spoken publicly since he was expelled from the house. Amanda, for her part, is just hoping to get her bar manager job back.

Does she hope to date David once the show is over?

"We'll see," she said.

Any plans to talk to Scott?

"Um, no," she said, very quietly.

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