Cairon pays the price for a misjudged bed-moving prank

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Everybody’s been there - you’re with someone who’s struggling to sleep so naturally when they leave the room you think it’s a brilliant idea to move their mattress to the toilet. You settle back down to admire your comic genius only to find that nobody else in the room is laughing.

Well, we’ve never actually found ourselves in that situation but Cairon, the man we identified as the most-likely winner of this year’s Big Brother, upset many of his fellow housemates by making that mistake on last night’s show.

It’s not just those in the house who have voiced disapproval at the error of judgment though, with Betfair punters also deserting him. Cairon’s price has

Posted: June 12th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Heartless housemates want rid of Lupus sufferer Sophia

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After Lupus sufferer Sophia told the heartbreaking story on day one of how she is now the same age her sister was when she died of the disease but wants to take each day as it comes and enjoy life , we foolishly assumed that fellow housemates would struggle to justify nominating her.

That theory was proved drastically wrong yesterday when six of the housemates voted to axe her for being “stubborn” and “aggressive”. Betfair have installed her as the 1.08 favourite to be evicted, with Halfwit/Freddie,

Posted: June 11th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Our first impressions of this year’s Big Brother contestants

We fancy Cairon to win, while Noirin and Charlie could do well

Major contender: Cairon
Curse of the early favourite: Rodrigo
Too old to win: Lisa, Angel, Marcus
Steph-a-like: Models Sophie and Karly probably won’t be popular with female voters just like Stephanie last year, Imogen (series seven), Sam (series six) and countless others.
Aisleyne-a-like: Noirin could be this year’s Kate (winner, series three) or Aisleyne (third, series seven), a  good-looking girl who is liked by women.

Posted: June 5th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 1 Comment

It’s X Factor final time!

chickendinner picks out some of its favourite novelty bets

It’s the X Factor final tomorrow and if you’re not too enamoured by any of the finalists then there are plenty of fun novelty bets you can make to ensure you enjoy your Saturday evening in front of the telly. Here are some of our favourites:

» First person to cry during the final: Alexandra (2/1), anyone in JLS (9/4), Cheryl (5/2), Eoghan (6/1), Louis (8/1), Dannii (10/1), Simon (40/1) and Dermot (50/1) with Paddy Power

» Eoghan to break down in tears mid-song - 8/1 with Paddy Power

» All four judges not to be seen giving a standing ovation at least once - 16/1 with Sky Bet

» Eoghan to sing Puppy Love in the final - 33/1 with Paddy Power

» A finalist to accidentally fall over on stage - 33/1 with Sky Bet

chickendinner bonus - Watch Harry Hill’s X Factor style big build-up video for Louis Walsh after the jump:

Posted: December 12th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Joe Swash 1/6 to be crowned King of the Jungle tonight

van Day’s exit leaves ex-Eastender miles ahead in the betting

Joe Swash is now generally 1/6 to win I’m a Celebrity after David van Day, his closest rival in the betting, was sent packing.

That means that there is little opportunity to make money on tonight’s finale, with the best chance possibly being to hope van Day’s voters switch to George Takei to enable him to finish ahead of Martina Navratilova in second.

In Sky Bet’s straight forecast market it is just 8/13 for Martina to finish second to Joe but for George to finish behind the ex-Eastender is 7/4, which means that even though it’s an outside chance, it’s the most likely bet of any value to make money from tonight.

Posted: December 5th, 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