Big Brother 10 Betting: Who's It Going To Bea?

Big Brother 11 / Dan Fitch / 20 August 2009 / Leave a Comment

From the most hated woman in the UK to job interviews. A difficult transition.

Bea kicked up an almighty fuss over her mother’s non-appearance, which must have made her friend feel like not bothering to contact her again for at least another six months.

The public finally get what they want, as Bea faces eviction against David and Marcus. Dan 'The Betting Man' Fitch can't see a way for Bea to survive the vote, unless she takes the coward's way out.

So that's why he calls himself The Irrepressible Dark Horse. With Marcus up against the long time favourite Freddie last week, few gave the IDH much of a chance (least of all me).

Marcus defied the odds to beat Freddie, who received 53% of the vote. These days, so few people bother to vote for evictions that it's almost as bad as general election turnouts. The lesson to be learned is that we are dealing with very tight margins and nobody is truly a dead cert to go.

Having said that, I've just re-mortgaged my house and have been pawning my relatives' jewellery, to lump the total of my ill-gotten gains on Bea to be evicted this week. After weeks of waiting, it looks as though the public will finally get their pound of flesh, as Queen Bea is up for the chop.

Joining her are David and Marcus, after the trio received the most nominations. Bea is the [1.09] favourite, with David at [15.0] and Marcus at [23.0].

I think that the reason why the odds for Bea are as generous as they are, is because she's spent much of the week talking about walking out of the house. Depriving the baying crowd of booing her like they've never booed a contestant before, would just about cement Bea's reputation as the biggest bitch in Big Brother history.

Where to start in regards to her antics this week? First there was a ridiculous row with Marcus in which Bea tried her best to summon up some tears, but could get nothing from her dried up old heart. Then there was the look of complete evil that accompanied the news that Freddie had been evicted, which rivalled anything that Joan Collins managed in Dynasty.

Bea's crowning moment though came when all the housemates were given a message from their family and friends. Just as I was plumping my cushion in anticipation of finding out whether David was actually related to Herman Munster, Bea took over the show with her hysterical moaning.

Her problem was that instead of her Mum appearing, Bea's friend from university (who she hadn't seen for six months) was the only person that Big Brother could find, who was willing to appear on TV and admit to knowing her.

Bea kicked up an almighty fuss over her mother's non-appearance, which must have made her friend feel like not bothering to contact her again for at least another six months.

The housemates couldn't help but laugh at Bea's reaction, with Rodrigo the chief culprit. Of course Bea failed to find the funny side and remained po-faced throughout.

This situation has seen Rodrigo become the favourite at [3.75], whilst his Adam Sandler-in-Punch Drunk Love-style temper tantrums at the increasingly unpopular Charlie will do him no harm at all.

Whilst I wouldn't be surprised if Rodrigo won, I don't think that this price represents very good value. SIavash and Sophie are [4.3], but if you're looking for a housemate with some real momentum, then Marcus is the man at [5.6].

Is it possible that a man who has been backed as high as [140.0] could win the series? Especially when this man has been sexist, is a bit of a stalker, never admits he's wrong and has this week been caught spanking the monkey in the toilet?

I for one hope so, because unlike many of the others in the house, Marcus is at least committed to being himself. He's also that rare thing in Big Brother; a housemate who is funny deliberately, rather than accidentally.

Marcus currently tops the Digital Spy poll for most popular housemate quite comfortably, although it should be said that Freddie was leading the vote there, until he was evicted last week.

Elsewhere, Charlie seems out of the race at [14.0], mainly because of his belief that he can spit in people's faces, as long as he claims afterwards that he was just mucking around.

Lisa is now down to [38.0] in the betting, although this is only because she now seems quite nice in comparison to Bea. I still wouldn't be expecting her to pick up the £100,000 and have to come off benefits.

In tribute to the surely departing Bea, I have to say that though she's acted quite horribly, she really has been a brilliant housemate. It'll just be interesting to see how 'really upset' she gets, when confronted by hundreds of people booing her.