I'm A Celebrity Betting: Is the champ about to lose her cool?

I'm a Celebrity / Feizal Rahman / 30 November 2008 / Leave a Comment

As the celebs behave like eight-year-old brats scrapping over the top bunk at a sleepover, there has been mild entertainment in the form of a bitchfest, says Feizal Rahman.

Intriguingly, as our celebrity contingent becomes smaller, the tensions between them grow larger. Predictably, at the crux of it all is the increasingly cocky David Van Day, who is beginning to behave as if he's already been crowned King of the Jungle. Given a couple more days untamed, he'll be letting out guttural roars and indulging in some strategic territorial urination. Still trading around [23.0], punters are straddling the fence with the serial wind-up merchant and he's sitting right in the middle of the winner market with four ahead of him and four behind.

The tables, however, are being turned on Van Day and where he was once cast as the victim of the group, now he is being portrayed as the 'bully'. Incredibly, the cause of the problem revolves around David's ownership of the red bus bed that he laid claim to after Dani's departure on Thursday.

Behaving like eight-year-olds brats scrapping over the top bunk at a sleepover, these fine role models for society find it wholly appropriate to make one man's sleeping arrangements cause for civil war. Stirring it all up, as expected, is Nicola whose sheer hatred for Van Day is as obtrusive as her thoracic augmentation.

Though looking isolated and vulnerable following fellow WAG Carly's exit on Friday, the page three model is out to prove she's made of stern stuff, albeit partially silicon-based, and the next few days will be a true test of her character. At [38.0] to win, she may provide for some value as the only source of mild entertainment has been her bitchfest with David and you'd hope one, if not both, makes it to the final with viewers and punters taking sides accordingly.

Having remained placid thus far, the latest contestant to be sucked into the hostilities is Martina. By performing all-action heroics in her first bushtucker trial - earning a perfect ten stars for the group - the Wimbledon icon was shortened back into single figures and is currently available at [9.4]. Yet, an angry reaction to David's perceived laziness around the camp, on top of the bed issue, gave cause for concern to backers. Was this a sign that the ice cool tennis champion who so effortlessly handled the pressures of Grand Slam finals was finally succumbing to the strains of the jungle?

Elsewhere, there's no change at the head of the winner market with the front three holding their positions. Meanwhile, in a twist to the latest elimination, the bottom two in Saturday's public vote - Brian and Timmy - were to participate in a 'Last Chance Saloon' trial to remain in the camp and win immunity from the next eviction.