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HE won our hearts when he appeared in the first series of Big Brother, now Ben Williams is about to secure the heart he cares for most of all. The nice guy from Epping will marry his long-time love Sunrise producer Jade Robran in a Bali beach wedding on January 15.

While the couple have sold their story to a glossy mag Robran, who is also a sports reporter for Channel 7, revealed they fell in love with Bali while visiting her mum who calls the island paradise home.

“We didn’t want a big, elaborate wedding so we’ve just got a small group of family and our closest friends coming,” she said.

No word on whether any former BB inmates will attend the nuptials but Confidential can reveal the wedding gown is by Sydney designer Johanna Johnson.

The timing of the ceremony means Robran had to forgo a reporting and presenting gig at the Australian Open tennis.

Williams doggedly tracked down Robran – niece of Adelaide footy great Barrie Robran – after seeing her on TV late one night in 2003, and Robran fell in love with him, too.

“It sounds a bit dodgy but I was in bed watching this AFL footy show and she had filled in for someone for the night. I just couldn’t believe how beautiful she was,” Williams said at the time.

“I rang someone I knew that I knew would know her and asked if she’d pass on my phone number.”

Williams was one of the first housemates to walk into the Gold Coast fishbowl, with Blair McDonough and Sara-Marie Fedele.

He walked away with the $250,000 booty back in 2001.

Now running a sports management agency, he had a reputation as a bit of a softie, even sponsoring a child through World Vision.