I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here

With just two shows left and just five contestants left it’s the beginning of the end for this year’s X Factor.

Of the five semi-finalists remaining Essex crooner Matt Cardle is the red-hot 8/11 odds-on favourite to sing his way to victory, followed by Simon Cowell’s remaining act One Direction at 3/1.

Scouse babe Rebecca, who was likened to the Queen of soul Aretha Franklin by nearly all of the judges last Saturday night, is 4/1, followed by seventeen year-old Cher Lloyd at 14/1. The game looks completely up for Dubliner Mary Byrne with Paddy Power now making her their 40/1 rank outsider to win and their 4/5 favourite to be the next act eliminated!

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “If the betting is anything to go by Matt Cardle looks to have it in the bag but previous years have proved that everything could change in the final couple of weeks. One Direction’s popularity shouldn’t be underestimated. It’s still all to sing for!”

According to insiders, one act will be sent home on Saturday night followed by another act on Sunday leaving the three remaining acts to go forward and battle it out in next weeks final show.

Meanwhile former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon is the red-hot 1/12 favourite to be crowned Queen of the Jungle. (more…)

This week it was the Wid-Wag double causing quite a stir amongst punters. For those who haven’t heard what that is it’s the combined odds for both Anne Widdecombe to win Strictly Come Dancing and Brazil nut Wagner walking away with The X Factor.

Impossible we hear you say? Not quite! Wagner’s odds have already been slashed dramatically to 7/1 from an all time high of 100/1 as the online campaign to drive him to victory appears to be gathering momentum while former Tory Ann Widdecombe also can’t seem to put a foot wrong with the public on this year’s Strictly with her odds plummeting to just 13/2 to win the show outright.

The recent gambles means punters are snapping up the 50/1 on offer that Widdecombe and Wagner will pull off a shock win!

In I’m A Celebrity, Gillian McKeith’s odds have also come in from a staggering 80/1 to just 25/1 to be crowned Queen of the jungle, although she’ll need a small miracle to beat the lovable 4/7 favourite Stacey Solomon.

THIS WEEKENDS REALITY TV BETTING UPDATE

X-Factor
Matt Cardle is still the 7/4 favourite but One Direction are closing the gap at odds of 9/4. All the chat however is about Wagner. This could turn out to be Simon Cowell’s worst Christmas ever!

Strictly Come Dancing
Who would have thought a politician could be so popular? Former Tory Ann Widdecombe is not the best dancer on this year’s show but she’s a massive hit with viewers, while Matt Baker and Scott Maslen are still the ones to beat.

I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here
She’s spoilt and she’s annoying but above all else Gillian McKeith is entertaining. The fact Sheryl Gascoigne went first could be an indication that Gillian has a lot more fans than initially thought. As Stacey would say ‘Go on Gillers’! (more…)

Another dramatic weekend in the world of reality TV with veteran actor Nigel Havers quitting I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Paige Richardson getting the boot from X-Factor and Felicity Kendal becoming the seventh celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing.

I’m A Celebrity….

As usual the bookies were quick to react to news Down Under with Paddy Power shortening Stacey Solomon to 4/6 to be this year’s Queen of the Jungle and Happy Mondays front man Shaun Ryder now the 7/2 second favourite.   Gillian McKeith remains the 7/4 favourite for Thursday’s first eviction with Paddy Power now taking bets on how many more times she faints; two is the 9/4 favourite!

X-Factor

With Cher’s unlikely inclusion in the bottom two, Paddy Power have pushed her odds from 8/1 from 14/1.  One Direction have replaced Rebecca Ferguson as the 2/1 second favourite and now appear to be closing the gap on outright favourite Matt Cardle.  Despite her cloud pleasing performance of ‘Help’ on Saturday night, Katie Waissel remains the 5/4 favourite to be eliminated next.

Strictly Come Dancing

With his first two tens in the bag Matt Baker is now the strong 11/8 favourite with Paddy Power to win this year’s series ahead of Scott Maslen at 9/4 and Kara Tointon at 7/2.  Patsy Kensit is tipped for next elimination at 11/10 ahead of rugby ace Gavin Henson at 11/4.

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With X Factor in its eighth week, Strictly Come Dancing hotting up and now I’m A Celebrity back on our screens, it’s non-stop in the world of reality TV.

Matt Cardle remains the man to beat in X Factor while Katie Waissel looks certain to finally get her marching orders this week.

In the jungle, former X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon is proving to be a massive hit with viewers and is already the 8/11 red hot favourite to be crowned Queen of the jungle.

The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing is a little more unpredictable. Who’d have guessed Ann Widdecombe would still be in it to win it? The former politician is very entertaining and could go far if the public continue to get behind her.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “Between X Factor, Strictly and now I’m A Celeb, reality TV is taking over our lives – it’s getting harder to leave the sitting room these days never mind the house!”

THIS WEEKENDS REALITY TV BETTING UPDATE

X-Factor
It’s Beatles week on X Factor this weekend but even that won’t be enough to save Katie Waissel. We’ve lost count of the amount of times she’s been in the bottom two and the odds would suggest she’ll need a small miracle to survive this week! Brazilian nut Wagner on the other hand is threatening to go all the way at 20/1!

I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here
Ever year there is a chosen one. The chosen one usually gets picked to do the majority of trials because the public want to see them squirm. Think Katie Price and Janice Dickinson! This year’s ‘chosen one’ is celeb nutritionist Gillian McKeith. Unfortunately Gillian is allergic to and afraid of pretty much everything, meaning the camp could soon starve if she’s not booted out! Unlike Katie Price or Janice Dickinson there isn’t enough of the ‘entertainment factor’ there with Gillers and she could be in trouble when it comes to the public vote!

Strictly Come Dancing
Matt Baker and Scott Maslen are setting the standard on this year’s Strictly but we’re loving former EastEnder and his has to be said, absolute stunner – Kara Tointon. It’s difficult to see her winning though as the public just don’t seem to share our love of the actress. In fact, they’re loving former politician Ann Widdecombe a lot more it seems! (more…)

Things are beginning to heat up in this year’s I’m A Celebrity. Not only will two new celebrities be joining the camp but Paddy Power have also slashed the odds on a kiss between two celebs occurring to just 2/1 as the testosterone levels increased significantly the other day.

Viewers last night watched as Camp Bruce grew excited at the prospect of the girls finally joining them and already a special bond looks to have been formed between British actor Nigel Havers and former Bond girl Britt Eckland.

And with Playboy bunny Kayla, Gazza’s ex-Mrs Sheryl and the pretty Stacey Solomon walking around in their barely there bikini’s temperatures are sure to soar!

Sharon McHugh spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “Now that camp Sheila have finally joined Camp Bruce there’s bound to be a lot more flirting and chemistry amongst the group. There’s still plenty of time for love to blossom on the show!”

Meanwhile, Stacey Solomon is the clear frontrunner at 5/4 to be crowned Queen of the jungle while Gillian McKeith is tipped to be voted out first at odds of just 7/4. (more…)

This year’s I’m A Celebrity got off to a shaky start last night literally as viewers saw hilarious Essex girl Stacey Solomon jump out of a plane.

The former X Factor contestant has so far risen to every challenge that has been thrown at her and her goofy personality has seen Paddy Power slash her odds to just 6/5 from an opening price of 9/2.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power explained: “As we suspected, Stacey was a huge hit with viewers last night. She’s such a likeable girl and even at this early stage it’s difficult to see any of this year’s contestants beating her!”

Unfortunately the same cannot be said for nutritionist Gillian McKeith. The ‘You Are What You Eat’ star is currently driving her campmates crazy by screaming whenever she sees a bug. There’s now a real danger that viewers will feed off her fear and pick her to do the most Bushtucker trials.

Paddy Power are betting just 7/2 that Gillian does the most trials out of all the celebs providing she doesn’t throw in the towel first! The odds on Gillian quitting the jungle are a much more likely 4/5! (more…)

Former X Factor hopeful Stacey Solomon has emerged as the frontrunner to win this year’s series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

The 21 year-old Essex girl is just 9/2 with Irish bookmaker Paddy Power to be crowned Queen of the Jungle from a list of well known faces and has-beens.

Second favourite on the bookies list is former Bond girl Britt Eckland at 5/1 followed by TV presenter Gail Porter and comedian Dom Joly both at 6/1. The dark horse in the betting looks to be Happy Mondays front-man Sean Ryder at 8/1.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “There’s a nice mix in this years line-up with lots of strong characters that should make things very interesting – Stacey is very likeable and could have the Jordan factor while Sean Ryder could have the Johnny Rotten factor He’s definitely the one to watch!”

Paddy Power are tipping rapper Aggro Santo to be the first camp mate evicted at 3/1 with nutritionist Gillian McKeith also in danger of facing the chop first at 4/1. There’s even betting available on which celeb will crack first under the pressure and leave the jungle of their own accord. Temperamental Sean is the 2/1 favourite to throw in the towel first! (more…)

Channel Five’s new owner Richmond Desmond has immediately made sweeping changes with jobs slashed and grand plans for future programming, but will it lead to increased audiences? Fives overall share slipped to 4.8% from 5% in 2009 and Paddy Power does not see that improving with an audience share of between 4.5-5% the 9/4 favourite and worryingly the next most likely scenario is a big slide to 4-4.5% at 5/2.

Ian Wright has been the first on-screen casualty and rumours abound that Natasha Kaplinsky will leave at the end of her contract in December. Paddy Power has Matt Barbet as the 13/8 favourite followed closely by Anna Botting at 9/4 to take her place.

The new ambitious plans include buying the rights to popular shows and Big Brother is 5/4 to be the first show brought to Five. To turn the channels fortunes around other big shows will need to be targeted, a revival of Top of the Pops is 11/4, whilst two ITV’s biggest shows I’m a celebrity and x-factor is 16/1 and 25/1 respectively.

Roberto Coladangelo spokesman for Paddy Power said “Desmond has a big challenge to breathe new life into Five and increase the channels audience share. If he is a ruthless at buying shows as is with handing out P45s it will not be a surprise to see some of the biggest programmes finding a new home on Five.” (more…)

EastEnders and Ant & Dec are hotly tipped to be this year’s biggest winners at the National Television Awards but they’re not the only ones commanding attention.

Geordie genii Ant and Dec are the bookies red-hot favourites to win their ninth consecutive award for Best TV presenters at the National TV Awards on 20 January.

Bookies Paddy Power make the nations favourite hosts just 1/4 to bag the award while their popular show ‘The Saturday Night Takeaway’ is also short odds at 11/10 to beat The Paul O’Grady Show, Big Brother and Ant and Dec’s other TV gem ‘I’m A Celebrity’ to the accolade.

In other categories, David Tenant looks set to take the gong for Best Drama Performance for his role as the Doctor while ‘Doctor Who’ itself is 1/3 to win Best Drama. EastEnders Lacey Turner is the 5/4 tip to walk away with the Best Serial Drama Performance for her challenging role as Stacey Slater while EastEnders is 4/6 to beat rivals Corrie and Emmerdale in the Best Serial Drama category.

The most hotly contested category looks to be in the Best Talent Show where both Simon Cowell’s X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent will battle it out with Strictly Come Dancing to be crowned King.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “These really are the awards that matter as they’re completely voted for by the public. It will be a case of déjà vu for Ant and Dec who are heading for their ninth win but the other categories could still throw up a few surprises!” (more…)