Celebrity Big Brother Betting: Week one's winners and losers

Celebrity Big Brother / Eliot Pollak / 12 January 2012 /

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Could Natasha and her lovely mane be leaving the house

"Cassidy has just the right blend of good humour and sensitivity that these Big Brother voters go absolutely nuts for."

It's been an unpredictable year in the world of specials betting and we could see another shock on Friday night with Natasha Giggs exiting the house instead of hot favourite Nicola McLean, says Eliot Pollak

Winners
As we mentioned last time out, this show is pretty much Natalie Cassidy's to lose, justifiably the clear favourite to win at [3.4].
She has just the right blend of good humour and sensitivity that these Big Brother voters go absolutely nuts for. Richard Desmond and his henchmen at Channel 5/Daily Express/OK Magazine (but probably not the Daily Star let's be honest) will already be planning the teasers for 'At home with Natalie Cassidy' and 'Politics: The Natalie Cassidy Way'.
Brace yourselves - she's Five's star of the future.

We also pointed out last time that Denise Welch has a nice touch of previous winner Ulrika about her, and as such, was worth a token punt. She has put in a decent shift to date, and the betting marks her out as the nearest challenger to Cassidy right now, at [4.4].

The third potential winner we identified was Gareth Thomas. Anyone who can straddle the dual worlds of competitive sport and celebrity gayness is a "double threat". If he can act too, he's basically the new JLo. Keep an eye on him at [8.2].

Losers
Ignore the steep drop in his price - Michael Madsen will not win, simply because Hollywood types never do. The added danger to backing him is that if Natasha goes tomorrow night, he may even walk. Watching her sleep and wondering what it must be like to be her cuckolded husband, appears to be the only thing that's keeping him going in there.

Romeo, so far, has done nothing. Not just in his career, but now in the house too.

This Week's Eviction
Avid followers of BB and its Celebrity foster-child, will be aware that since the move to FIVE, the evictions have featured more surprises than a Cilla Black obituary. Last night, the large-bosomed Irish thing was supposed to go, instead it was Andrew Stone - as in THE Andrew Stone - who got the chop.

So whilst Nicola McLean is hot favourite to walk on Friday night at [1.46], calculated risk-takers may like to throw their coins on a Natasha Giggs eviction. Giggs has actually done a good job of endearing herself to the public. Bubbly and refreshingly thick-skinned, most voters can probably now see what Ryan saw (well maybe not everything Ryan saw).

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