Brian Mannix says Celebrity Apprentice was 'like Guantanamo Bay' prison 1980s Australian music stars Dale Ryder from Boom Crash Opera, Brian Mannix from the Uncanny X-Men and Scott Carne from Kids In The Kitchen, who are touring under the banner Absolute 80sSupplied unrestricted but not for sale Source: Supplied CELEBRITY Apprentice Australia contestant Brian Mannix has compared the show to a terrorist prison. Mannix, 51, told Confidential: "It was like Guantanamo Bay without the water torture." The Uncanny X Men frontman said: COMPETITORS were woken up at 4.30am for no reason. THEY had to go to the toilet with a guard. THAT plan proved disastrous when five constestants got food poisoning. HE was furious at a flurry of lies spun by producers and crew members. Mannix said: "They would deliberately lie to stall or distract you. None of my fellow contestants gave me the s---s. He added: "But you couldn't go to the toilet without a guard, which wasn't a lot of fun for anyone, especially when we had explosive diarrhoea." Mannix said they had to get out of bed at 4.30am every day. He said: "They did it just to annoy us. We didn't even have anything to do. We stood around doing sweet f--- all. They make you do a long day, and wear everybody out, so they crack it. He compared the boardroom showdowns with boss, Mark Bouris, to his school days. It was like being back at St Bernards with the Christian brothers, only (Bouris) didn't strap you at the end. I reckon if you ran a real business like that, you'd be bankrupt within a month. Mannix said he bonded well with fellow apprentices footy great Dermott Brereton, chef Peter Everett, sprinter John Steffensen, and singer Rob Mills. His highlight was watching Steffensen ask Mills about the famous one night stand with Hollywood party girl Paris Hilton. He laughed: "Steff thinks he's American. He was asking Millsy: 'So, man, was it a one night beatdown?' "And then he goes: 'Did you take it to the house and shut it down?"' He said Everett was hilarious. He can't talk to you without touching you. He's such a girl, but he's a ripper. Mannix, who is performing with Absolutely 80s in Melbourne this week, is enjoying his freedom. He groaned: "It was really gruelling. It took me a day or two to get over it. I know Dermie spent a day in a room by himself and didn't talk to anybody just to reacclimatise. Absolutely 80s, with Mannix, Scott Carne and Dale Ryder, perform in Melbourne at Doncaster Shoppingtown Hotel, tomorrow; York On Lilydale on Saturday, and Davey's Frankston on Wednesday.