David van Day starts to close the gap on Joe Swash

Wind-up merchant drops from 9/1 to 11/4 in under 24 hours

Yesterday chickendinner spoke about the reports that David van Day was topping the phone vote and since then the former Dollar singer’s Paddy Power odds have plummeted from 9/1 to just 11/4.

Considering George Takei and Martina Navratilova haven’t contributed much in terms of entertainment recently he stands a very strong chance of making the final two.

Posted: December 4th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Can anyone stop Joe Swash from winning I’m a Celebrity?

Will the show’s biggest ever favourite be pipped to the post?

Joe Swash is 2/7 to win the eighth series of I’m a Celebrity but slipped up recently by accepting Nicola McLean’s claim that David van Day has been plotting against him without confronting the former Dollar singer to discover if it was true. Here are some reasons why Swash could yet miss out on being crowned King of the Jungle:

» Only one of the five male winners of the show have been under the age of 37 and that was singer Matt Willis in series six.

» No soap star has even won I’m a Celebrity. Daniella Westbrook, Sheree Murphy, Sid Owen, Kimberley Davies, Elaine Lordan and Dean Gaffney have all tried and failed.

» The contestant that has performed the most Bushtucker trials has failed to win in all four series where records exist.

» The Sun are reporting that David van Day is leading the voting “by a country mile” and is on course to win the show. He is still available at 11/1 with 888sport.

Posted: December 3rd, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment