Celebrity Big Brother 2013

Have you all been tuning into CBB 2013? I was actually a little disappointed when Jim Davidson had to pull out of the show at the last minute. If his previous reality TV appearances are anything to go by, he was bound to, for better or worse, make an impact on the show.

The betting odds would have you believe that the series is already over. Rylan Clark is a super short 1.31 with betfair at the time of writing. Neil Ruddock is second favorite at 9.4 with all of the other housemates 18-1 or more. It's hard to argue with Rylan's position as favourite. He proved himself by taking all of the 'joke act' comments on the chin in X Factor and rising above it with his own unique brand of humour. Although he has the occasional meltdown he generally seems to be pretty sensible and has a good heart. Despite being a very different personality altogether Razor Ruddock has those attributes too, which goes some way to explaining his popularity.

Americans and reality TV veterans Heidi and Spencer are given half a hope if the odds are to be believed. They're in the 'love to hate' category right now though, and in my view are likely to remain there. Even if the public do warm to them, will it be enough for them to win the show? Right now I don't think so. If you're looking for an outsider with a chance, I'd go with Frankie Dettori at 30-1 with bookmakers and up to 50-1 on betfair.

Betting Quotes

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.  ~From the movie The Color of Money

 There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune:  go there with a large one.  ~Jack Yelton

 Man is a gaming animal.  He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.  ~Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1823

XFactor Voting Stats

The XFactor 2011 voting stats are here. An interesting series, with lots of ups and downs. Little Mix were 100-1+ in the early days, though looking back through the stats you can see that they had a decent sized fanbase all along.

The Final Results

Little Mix: 48.3%

Marcus Collins: 42.8%

Amelia Lily (carried over from before the freeze): 8.9%

The Final - vote freeze

Little Mix: 39.0%

Marcus Collins: 34.5%

Amelia Lily: 26.5%

The Semi Final

Little Mix: 34.4%

Marcus Collins: 24.0%

Amelia Lily: 21.4%

Misha B: 20.2%

Week 8

Amelia Lily: 23.8%

Little Mix: 22.4%

Marcus Collins: 21.0%

Janet Devlin: 18.3%

Misha B: 14.5%

Week 7

Little Mix: 26.1%
Misha B: 22.5%
Janet Devlin: 14.8%
Marcus Collins: 14.4%
Amelia Lily: 11.3%

Craig Colton: 10.9%

Week 6

Amelia Lily: 27.4%
Janet Devlin: 17.4%

Little Mix: 15.3%
Marcus Collins: 12.9%

Craig Colton: 10.6%

Kitty Brucknell: 8.4%

Misha B: 8.0%

Week 6 vote in:

Amelia Lily: 48.8%

James Michael: 26.7%

JonJo Kerr: 13.2%

2 Shoes: 11.3%

Week 5

Janet Devlin: 18.0%

Marcus Collins: 16.0%

Misha B: 12.2%

Little Mix: 11.9%

Craig Colton: 10.1%

Frankie Cocozza: 8.7%

Johnny Robinson: 8.3%

Kitty Brucknell: 7.6%

The Risk: 7.2%

Week 4

Janet Devlin: 14.7%

Little Mix: 13.7%

Craig Colton: 13.0%

Kitty Brucknell: 12.9%

Johnny Robinson: 12.2%

Marcus Collins: 10.1%

The Risk: 7.2%

Frankie Cocozza: 5.7%

Sophie Habibis: 5.4%

Misha B:  5.1%

Week 3

Janet Devlin: 17.2%

Johnny Robinson: 17.1%

Misha B: 11.8%
Marcus Collins: 11.2%
The Risk: 8.3%

Little Mix: 6.0%
Frankie Cocozza: 6.0%
Craig Colton: 6.0%
Sophie Habibis: 5.8%

Sami Brookes: 5.6%

Kitty Brucknell: 5.0%

Week 2

Janet Devlin: 23.6%
The Risk: 10.9%
Sophie Habibis: 8.9%
Little Mix: 8.7%
Misha B: 7.8%
Craig Colton: 6.9%

Marcus Collins: 6.8%
Johnny Robinson: 6.5%
Sami Brookes: 6.2%
Kitty Brucknell: 5.9%
Frankie Cocozza: 5.2%

Nu Vibe: 2.6%

Week 1

The judges vote out 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily, James Michael and JonJo Kerr

X Factor 2011 Results

The XFactor results for this year are listed here if anyone is interested:

http://xfactor.itv.com/_uploads/userassets/files/vote2010.pdf

Thoughts?

X Factor and I'm A Celebrity

What are your thought regarding this year's I'm a celebrity and X Factor shows? Do you think Wagner is in with a shot? Is Gillian on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Thoughts!!