Big Brother 2010 Thread...last one ever!

[Jamier-Host]

Bit grumpy I missed the 8/1 that Boyles put up on Josie following up with the Ultimate win.  Had her at 18's for the other one and should have known momentum would keep the price low.

So many of these people seem to not be popular at all judging by the boos etc. on entry so would appear to be few contenders.  So far only had a bit on Nikki at 10/1 but more because it seemed like a value price than any real optimism for her winning.

[Chompy]

Ridic bad line up for UBB, although there's gonna be plenty of fireworks. No Pepper? No Pete Bennett? No Brian Bellend?
McCririck and Nadia and Nikki and Coolio and Preston and Makosi? Will not be missing a second of this.
Don't think I'll be punting this though. The edit won't give any edge like in the proper BB.
Preston, Makosi, Big Mac, Coolio and Nasty Nick have zero chance but I'm not going to lay them. Even the five combined only comes to a 6-1 shot. Just a watcher for me this.

[Laxie]

They're bringing two more in before it's over.  Brian was hysterical in his first run, but fame's gone to his head.  Most of the rest?  Meh.  Between Nikki and Josie imo.

[Chompy]

Couldn't back Nikki myself. She was one of the better housemates before evicted but was awful when they put her back in. There was no innocence about what she was doing any more and think that will again be the case. Playing up to the cameras ftw.
Not sure Chantelle deserves to be as big as 16-1 but no bet still.
Sounds like Brian Belo will be going back in but surely not Pete? Don't think Nikki would have agreed to go back in if Pete was going in too.

[Horneris]

Gutted not to get the irrepressible dark horse back in there.

This. or John Tickle.

My 2 fav housemates ever.

As it is i wonder if Nasty Nick is overpriced @ 29s. They are a bad bunch and i think it would be appropriate if the guy who started it all off, finishes it all off.

[scotty2hatty]

No Victor!!! Farce.

[stribling]

Best night ever! Basically smoothed over Davina!

Getting straight back on the Josie train for UBB! I don't know half these people but they all look like d**ks! People will still be feeling the Brizzle Shizzle!

[Boba Fett]

Victor, Jason and Jon Tickle required!

Odds on Preston and Chantelle hooking back up in there?

[Chompy]

Some nutter was trying for around £2,000 at 19 last night. So nearly took the lot. Wish I had now.
Interesting to see who goes in on Friday. Don't think the voting public will let Big Mac out first and that will tilt him so bad.
Makosi should be clear favourite for first eviction imo.

[Chompy]

Richard Desmond is in talks to take Big Brother to Channel 5 next year.

The show's run on Channel 4 is to end next month, with last night's Big Brother 11 final to be followed by two and a half weeks of Ultimate Big Brother to find the most popular housemate from the past 10 years.

Talks are now said to be in progress between Channel 5 and Big Brother producer Endemol UK.

However, it is understood the full details of the deal are still to be finalised and no announcement is imminent.

Northern & Shell and Channel 5 declined to comment.

Desmond has publicly declared his interest in buying the series, despite the fact that many observers believe it is a tired format.

Channel 4 announced last year the 11th series would be the last. It will end with the Ultimate Big Brother final on Friday, 10 September.

Last night's Big Brother 11 winner Josie Gibson has been joined by 11 former housemates, including Ulrika Jonsson, Brian Dowling, Nick Bateman and Nadia Almada, for the show's final fling on Channel 4.

Northern & Shell, Desmond's privately owned media group, originally teamed up with Endemol with the intention of mounting a joint bid for the UK's fourth largest terrestrial channel.

But Desmond eventually bought Channel 5 last month from pan-European broadcaster RTL for £103.5m without the need for a partner.

Channel 4 signed a three-year contract with Endemol for Big Brother in 2006, which was said at the time to be worth up to £70m.

The first three-year deal Channel 4 signed with Endemol for Big Brother in 2002 was understood to have cost the broadcaster up to £40m.

Desmond is likely to pay far less than that. One senior TV industry insider said that £30m might be a more realistic figure now that the show's popularity has waned.

Big Brother's ratings peaked in 2002 with series three, won by Kate Lawler. The series averaged 5.3 million viewers, with 9.2 million for the final.

Average viewing figures for the main summer series remained over 4 million for the next four years, before beginning to dip in 2007 after the Shilpa Shetty race row engulfed Celebrity Big Brother.

In 2009 Big Brother 10 averaged about 2.2 million. This year's final Big Brother series on Channel 4 has seen an improvement in ratings, but it is still nowhere near the show's pre-2007 heyday.

Endemol has spent heavily on the Big Brother house and related studio facilities at Elstree in Hertfordshire and the show also employs a large dedicated staff.

Closing or mothballing the studio and moving employees to other parts of the business would be costly and Endemol is likely to need a swift decision on whether the show will continue next year on Channel 5.

Desmond's newspaper and magazine empire, which also includes the Daily Star, OK! and New!, would be free to promote the show heavily if he can agree terms with Endemol, providing it with valuable free publicity. Under cross-ownership rules, he is barred from promoting his print titles on Channel 5.

He is likely to reinstate Celebrity Big Brother and may extend the main show's 13-week run if he can secure a deal.

Channel 5 is heavily dependent on imported US shows including the CSI franchise and its spin-off series, but it has so far failed to produce a homegrown hit with the clout of Big Brother.

Big Brother would instantly become the broadcaster's biggest asset. If a deal can be concluded, the challenge will be to prove that there is still an appetite for the show among the viewing public

[MajorMajor]

ive smashed into Brian at 4.6
he was very funny first time round and think he can take this down!

[sovietsong]

why is josie on the drift?

[Horneris]

John McCririck is a legend.

[TightEnd]

Mcririck to win please. So funny and a very clever act.

[Josedinho]

why is josie on the drift?

quit factor? it's only 2 weeks but if people keep saying JJ1 wasn't legit it might make her want to leave and find out.
I've had a tiny bet on Preston. Think he could go the way of Dane Bowers. Just laid back decent person.