Dancing farmer David Graham on holidays

13/04/2007 06:25:22 AM 2 Day Fm

Dancing With The Stars' ousted gay farmer David Graham will take a break after the series finale by using the three international holidays he has left over from his Big Brother prize haul.

"I've had an intense 12 months either on TV or on the farm so I need a break," he told AAP.

Graham said throughout the series that his sole reason for performing on the show was to raise awareness of the plight of farmers in rural Australia.

He said he had made his parents proud, despite being described by the judges as the worst dancer in the show's six seasons on the Seven Network.

He labelled claims that he was kept in the show due to the "gay vote" as "rubbish" and believes viewers were more impressed that he was having a go despite an obvious lack of talent.

"If there was a gay vote there would have been equal rights for homosexuals a long time ago," he said.

Before he began on the celebrity dance-off, Graham said he spent each day putting down sheep which were sick, stuck in muddy dams or had been attacked by dingoes and foxes which had been forced to invade his Queensland farm where the precious little water that existed could be found.

"I'd go back to the farm but I'd just be twiddling my thumbs, it's a dustbowl and the 700 sheep that are left have been trucked over to my parent's farm," he said.

For Graham, who said he has travelled to 46 countries, his next destinations will be South America and South East Asia courtesy of holidays he won during last year's season of Big Brother.

During his time on Dancing With The Stars he set a record for the lowest ever score, four points, and he was the first contestant to offer his withdrawal before being eliminated