September 2008

X Factor Betting: Bootcamp looms as the fun times end

Mike Norman / 24 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Comparisons to Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye can't conceal the fact that the serious stuff is about to begin, writes Mike Norman....Read more »

Booker Prize Betting: The "netherland" of literary odds

maxliu / 17 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Max Liu looks for betting value in this year's Booker Prize shortlist......Read more »

X Factor Betting: Intriguing wild child leaves Cowell and co gawping

Mike Norman / 17 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Alexandra was born to sing, Hannah is incredile and the girls are setting the pace early on, says Mike Norman....Read more »

X Factor Betting: Cowell might know a lot about value, but the best bet is Louis

Mike Norman / 10 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Does he know something we don't? Probably not, according to Mike Norman, it's just that he always has that look on his face. Here's how you can profit from the X Factor this year (though, admittedly, you won't make as...Read more »

Strictly Come Dancing 2008: Sixteen celebs waltzing for votes

Chicken Dinner / 08 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Muscle men will get the housewives voting while models and pint-sized ingenues will raise the temperature of the male audience. But who, asks Chicken Dinner, will win?...Read more »

Big Brother 9 Winner's Market: Will kindliness and affliction triumph over character?

Chicken Dinner / 03 September 2008 / 4 Comments

Chicken Dinner dreads a personality void victory while other contestants are carried into the reckoning by sympathy and affliction......Read more »

Big Brother, Week 13: Winners market fizzes with energy in final week

Chicken Dinner / 01 September 2008 / Leave a comment

This year's BB has been a tribute to the programmers and, gasp, the great British public. The winner's market remains frenzied and impossible to call, says Chicken Dinner....Read more »

X-Factor Review: Rachel is a diamond among the delusions

Mike Norman / 01 September 2008 / Leave a comment

In his first X-Factor review, Mike Norman looks at the best and the worst contestants so far....Read more »