tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193307282011-12-15T03:00:07.669ZAn online resource for those interested in betting on Big Brother, Reality TV, Awards, Politics, and more - and now featuring odds comparison - get the best price!admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-7006857961687458582011-02-03T09:39:00.009Z2011-02-03T10:40:34.813Z

While we wait to hear further about the ongoing negotiations between Endemol and Channel 5's Richard Desmond, the story of the week in Special Bets land has to be Tom Savage of The Daily Star's revelation that Victoria Cross carrying war hero Johnson Beharry has topped the public vote more than once..In typical Tom Savage fashion, the article breathlessly reveals Beharry has been "... getting up

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-39627112042295369202010-11-21T03:32:00.008Z2010-11-21T04:48:38.320Z

Why don't X Factor Viewers vote for Katie Waissel? Is there just something about her that viewers find well - fake and a little desperate?We already knew about Katie's previous links with Sony BMG who own Simon Cowell's Syco Label - Anorak have the full story here;And you may have also seen her reality tv series "Green Eyed World" where aspiring popstar Katie (as "Katie Vogel") "wins" the

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-19739445929059972882010-10-06T08:09:00.006+01:002010-10-06T08:44:31.464+01:00

In a story similar to that of Big Brother's Makosi some years back. X Factor's Gamu Ngazana had been told by the Home Office she must leave the country by the Home Office. It has also been confirmed that there will be at least one wildcard entry into the show this weekend - although it is now clear that won't be Gamu....A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "The applications made by Ms Ngazana and

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-68894970451839580552010-10-04T18:46:00.006+01:002010-10-05T11:39:18.612+01:00

Tonight's Dispatches will further examine allegations that during Andy Coulson's time as editor of News of the World, phone hacking was a routine practice at the paper and carried out with his knowledge.Political journalist Peter Oborne investigates the paper's working relationship with the police and claims of undue influence together with claims of intimidation against politicians, and explores

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-45588872299140891292010-09-30T10:32:00.005+01:002010-09-30T15:01:12.792+01:00

In an apparently inadvertent error (or perhaps something more sinister given competition between the channels), the Radio Times' TV guide has leaked what is supposed to be the secret, yet to be revealed list of final 12 contestants that will compete in the X Factor live shows beginning October 9th.Dannii Minogue mentors the boys, - Aiden Grimshaw, Matt Cardle and Nicolo Festa,Cheryl Cole has the

JessicaInDublinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876039030879959723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-47462071836722424952007-06-16T12:22:00.000+01:002007-06-16T12:25:48.926+01:00

All future content will appear solely on http://www.specialbets.com - feel free to roam this archive of the last 2 years!

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-91776991438582061922007-06-06T13:03:00.000+01:002007-06-06T13:34:36.308+01:00

As you'll most likely be aware, young Ziggy showed some excellent selection sense and nominated Indie Music's newest convert - Emily Parr and "I'd do anything for fame" gobshite Shabnam.Shabnam joining the Big Brother house is her latest bid for fame and fortune following a spread on her unfortunate vaginismus for Company magazine and a a feature on her itchy bacteria-clad scalp for TV's "most

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-91879686125580458642007-06-05T11:52:00.000+01:002007-06-06T06:55:38.698+01:00

The Daily Star today went out with a story brewing in the forums for some time, that Rylan Clark - hairdresser, barman, celebrity wannabee and friend of dorothy is poised to enter the house to "shake things up" etc.So who IS he? Well, Rylan is no shrinking violet so here's his CV posted online. He's also been known to associate himself with Endemol's great and good (see pics below) which is bound

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-90891963662303438212007-06-04T18:22:00.000+01:002007-06-04T19:18:32.145+01:00

It is widely known that Big Brother contestant Chanelle Hayes' image for the show is of a Victoria Beckham Wannabe - we just didn't realise the extent of Chantelle's Posh obsession until we saw her myspace page which gave us the idea that the reports of this creeping men out are probably accurate.We don't think that a genuine celebrity stalker dress-a-likey has much chance of grabbing the

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To all Big Brother Fans, gossippers, pollsters, gamblers and bawdeeps.Special Bets will shortly resume service for BB8, with a focus on bikinis.Go directly to the Betfair Betting Exchange. Click here

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PRESIDENTIELLE: INFOS EN DIRECTWe're getting some good information on the French Election from our Paris contacts, there will be a live feed running here throughout the day.... jeanmarieJean-Marie Guenot>>>>7pm Congratulations Sarko!>>>>5.22pm Letemps.ch raises their exit+results estimate to Sarkozy 54.5%>>>>4.46pm 24heures.ch reports a 54% estimate for Sarkozy...>>>>4.36pm Letemps.ch reports

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-23519543320482464672007-02-12T00:01:00.000Z2007-02-12T00:50:18.923Z

Statman and myself, the admin of specialbets.com decided we're bored of just the sound of our own voices on this blog. We'd like to open the site up to other voices and views.Specialbets has been running since 2005 and 285 posts later we'd like to up the post count and cover more of the specials markets than we currently do.Maybe you are an "American Idol" expert, a political betting junkie, an

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-89681045022282019832007-01-28T18:04:00.000Z2007-01-28T19:54:53.761Z

Happy Finals Night to you all.We have been conducting a final poll on the remaining housemates to establish the likely finishing order this evening. Here are the results at time of writing:The momentum that we first picked up two weeks ago for Shilpa looks very likely to see her first past the post this evening.The A-Team v The Jackson 5 showdown for second place continues to interest us, with

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-57383318838825511552007-01-27T21:07:00.000Z2007-01-27T22:25:12.837Z

Shilpa Shetty's popularity is looking almost as firm as it was when we updated you on the 18th of Jan in our Shilpa Shetty survey . Her latest odds of course reflect this entirely so if you've not already backed her, its not really worth it at bookie odds of 1.2.Here are the latest responses to our current survey conducted from around 10pm last night to just before the highlight show tonight 27/

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-68534502529680296222007-01-26T22:20:00.000Z2007-01-27T22:17:34.962Z

UPDATE - We didn't need to be so serious... as it 'appens..

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-22982467407850904292007-01-26T20:08:00.000Z2007-01-27T22:07:35.780Z

Tonight's not as straightforward as we first thought, due to more meddling by the producers.Earlier on we would have told you that Jo O'Meara would be the next person to be evicted and we think that that will still be the case (the 4th eviction). Given a gap for the public to re-vote, you can see below that with Jo removed, Cleo would easily be the next person to leave - the 5th eviction.We've

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1093362167796264882007-01-18T22:50:00.000Z2007-01-21T21:29:17.410Z

The escalation of this series to the international stage and the front pages of broadsheet newspapers has had a dramatic effect on Celebrity Big Brother's potential voting demographics.5.8m people tuned in to watch "Oxogate" on Wednesday night - more than double the amount watching as recently as last Saturday. These new viewers, and potential voters will most likely will be biased by the reports

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-82757820285689597092007-01-15T20:28:00.000Z2007-01-15T23:42:42.236Z

Before "mum" Carole had even finished her eviction interview on Friday night, the kids back in the house were already playing up. We're not really sure what the fracas was about, and neither were the participants, but one thing that we can be sure about is the viewing public's reaction.We conducted a poll over the weekend which displayed a remarkable concentration of dislike directed towards Jade

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-79688719684968429032007-01-12T18:21:00.000Z2007-01-12T19:18:27.700Z

Fans of permed hair will be devastated to hear the news that Leo Sayer has succumbed to the voices in his head and has fled the house.What happens now?Well, in an attempt by the producers of the show to save face, the eviction is likely to go ahead as planned with Carole and Dirk facing the public vote.Our poll results below suggest that Face will indeed be saved, and poor Carole will not:

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-61378170225536746252007-01-10T15:19:00.000Z2007-01-10T18:07:59.112Z

Tonight's Celebrity Big Brother eviction is a surprise to the housemates. They've not even nominated one another in the normal fashion. A nominal group of the Goody "family" - Jade Goody, Jackiey Goody, Jade's Boyfriend Jack Tweedy and their "adopted" family members Shilpa Shetty and Jermaine Jackson are all up for eviction.In the usual course of events this eviction would be a foregone

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-62304212592906448482007-01-08T23:51:00.000Z2007-01-10T12:09:37.671Z

For six whole days we have been anxiously waiting for one (or some) of the housemates to stake a convincing early claim for the increasingly oxymoronic title of Celebrity Big Brother Winner 2007.With one of the most open fields we have seen in the initial stages of a reality TV show for a long time, we welcomed the results of our third poll conducted over the last 48 hours, which shows both

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-30376727503908940122007-01-07T06:19:00.000Z2007-01-07T09:32:42.906Z

The Sunday Mirror today carries the bizzarre story of former CBB housemate Donny Tourette "bedding" Leo Sayer's "girl" Donatellabut this is not Leo's first link with Reality TV.A reader emailed us to say;With a number one hit last year, and a Grammy to his name, one may well wonder how Leo Sayer ended up amongst the has-been wannabes this year. Interestingly, it may be through his association

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-53353837189838257282007-01-06T02:46:00.000Z2007-01-07T09:53:40.831Z

Well well well! Who would have thought it! Shortly before midnight last night Patrick Brannan AKA Donny Tourette keeps it punk rock and jumps over the CBB house wall and out of the show.Its been a weird night in BB history. Specialbets.com admin had just dropped off on the the sofa after tonight's excruciatingly bad episode of Celebrity Big Brother only to wake up and find new oddly spelt "Goody

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-85343070644542223892007-01-04T17:29:00.002Z2007-01-04T18:40:52.860Z

Welcome back to a new year and a new series of Celebrity Big Brother!Here's the first blush on the public's views of the ropey group of slebs that have found themselves in the CBB house this year. This survey was conducted from 9pm on finals night to 6pm today 04/01/07Jo O'Meara is the firm favourite of the 225 people that responded, followed by Leo, Dirk and Shilpa;And... they don't like Donny

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-83084025874555556812007-01-01T01:50:00.000Z2007-01-01T01:53:51.073Z

Happy New Year to all our friends and foes!

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-52290485355540127882006-12-23T15:40:00.000Z2006-12-23T21:46:51.099Z

Any readers out there who think we're heavy on singing and jungles and light on dancing will be pleased to hear that the Special Bets team has been keeping a close eye on the events that have been going on in the ballroom during this series of Strictly Come Dancing.With Mark Ramprakash and Matt Dawson battling it out in the final this evening, we have been asking the obvious question - who do you

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-38958238364721345392006-12-21T01:51:00.000Z2006-12-21T02:35:49.704Z

Back in 2003, the editor of this site - myself - stumbled across the idea of betting on Big Brother. I found that, just like the stock market I knew, I could back and lay (buy and sell) contestants instead of stocks.I thought that was pretty cool. Reality TV was more fun than the equity market.Much later, to celebrate the new gambling opportunity I started this website.Pondering whether Big

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-2582474731467370342006-12-15T21:37:00.000Z2006-12-15T22:58:54.616Z

On the eve of the final of X Factor 3 we find Ray, a one time 200-1 outsider, charged with the task of over-turning the immense lead that Leona has commanded in the polls for nearly two months now.Firstly, let's check in and see how the polls are looking for one last time:No surprises there then. Leona registers 60% + in all polls barring the Internet Forum, which has a history of being pro-Ray

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-79109982260567417102006-12-10T13:00:00.000Z2006-12-10T16:12:12.782Z

A very Happy Sunday to you all.We have been conducting a good-sized poll since Wednesday morning on the views of those interested in the much discussed BBC Sport Sports Personality Of The Year Award. The winner will be named after a public vote by phone and text during the BBC One show, which starts at 1900 GMT this evening. For any readers unsure of the credentials of the final ten candidates,

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1165673896801949592006-12-09T13:58:00.000Z2006-12-11T22:57:13.855Z

All is now quiet in the jungle, however the betting forums remain alive with the chatter of the implications of Matt Willis' shock victory in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Punters that missed the Leona train have now been given hope that the polls can be dramatically overruled, and that maybe she too could fall foul to the Matt Willis effect.Regular readers of Special Bets will know that we

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1165083805130729632006-12-02T18:04:00.000Z2006-12-02T18:29:09.496Z

Matt Willis defied the pre-show polls last night and won I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2006.Whether this was purely due to a late swing caused by the content of the final show, or there were some clandestine forces at work, we are not currently sure. One thing that is for sure is that it was one of the biggest turnovers in Reality TV history. The one saving grace is that when Jason came

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1165002344865603662006-12-01T19:31:00.000Z2006-12-01T20:38:15.476Z

The I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here final night is upon us.In the shock of the season, David Gest completed a dramatic fall from both grace and market favourite last night as he was out-voted by Matt Willis who squeezed into the final three.There was not a great deal of evidence of his drop in popularity in the polls, which continued to show a two horse race between Jason and David right up

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1164149097781778352006-11-21T21:40:00.000Z2006-11-22T00:38:27.296Z

They're a funny lot, the British public.During the pre-publicity for ITV's 3rd series of "I'm A Celebrity". The British tabloids were full of David Gest stories - The Mirror wrote a story on his general weirdness, The Sun that he was creepy and barmy and the public? Well, the public agreed.In our poll on the first night of IMAC we learned that Gest was one of your least favourites;And by FAR

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1163846498047477702006-11-18T10:41:00.000Z2006-11-18T17:49:17.873Z

It has been a tough couple of weeks for former-favourite Ben Mills.Since touching evens during the aftermath of his rendition of Rod Stewart's Maggie May, not only has Ben had to endure singing ABBA but has been outshone for two straight weeks running by top-class performances from Leona Lewis. Ben's implied probablity of winning the show has plumetted from 50% to just 25% at time of writing.Is

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1163710622894429702006-11-16T20:35:00.000Z2006-11-18T10:31:43.840Z

It's getting very busy in Reality TV world. Firstly, as usual, we're going to take a look at the polling landscape for the remaining six contestants battling it out in the X Factor. Leona continues to stretch her already impressive lead by taking votes from her two closest rivals. Elsewhere, Robert jumps to the top of the danger zone after his well received performance last week, whilst Ray and

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1163541784695356232006-11-14T21:00:00.000Z2006-11-14T22:13:46.806Z

We've been polling members of the public on their initial views of this year's crop of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! and we'd like to let you know the initial take on this crop of b and c listers (and Anstis).It exciting for us to have a second opinion on other polls this time around.Last year we had to rely on This Morning's daily output - which did help us "lump on" "C Thatch" at about

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1163368518789612442006-11-13T09:00:00.000Z2006-11-14T20:50:21.460Z

Below, the final results of our poll from Saturday night. We asked questions on favourite performance, overall favourite contestant and second favourite contestant (for the first time this week).For reference, last week your "overall" picture is shown in the gif below.Overall, Leona added 10.4% this week. Eton Road lost 2.7% of "overall" support and Ben 6.9%. Ashley's 9.2% of support has of

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1163284959081451622006-11-11T22:17:00.000Z2006-11-11T22:45:06.796Z

We've been polling viewer reactions this evening from the end of the live show to time of writing 22.24. We think we have one of the most useful group of people ever - over 50% say they actually vote in the show itself (although not enough yet to be accurate at the bottom end). Results are coming in fast now - we'll update you properly and provide some analysis soon....

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First of all we have to put a big shout out to the boys and girls on the Betfair Forum who have this week been passionately debating the pros and cons of our work.The Special Bets team is warmed by the fact that even our harshest critics continue to pop in and see us.Now, back to the shop. Here's our weekly update of the polls out there on the information superhighway:At the risk of being accused

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Earlier in the week, we took a look at how the polls have been performing with regards to helping us predict which act will leave the X Factor each week. The only sensible conclusions we could reach were:Category 1Acts that have up to 10.6% core support in the polls and sing badly on the night can find themselves in the bottom 2.Category 2Acts whose core support is ranked at 7th or below (or lets

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1162422512461889702006-11-01T23:05:00.000Z2006-11-01T23:30:19.903Z

Here at Special Bets we understand how relying purely on polling data to make betting decisions can be dangerous. There can be, and often are, factors that most polls simply do not capture, and it is at your peril that they are to be ignored.A perfect example of this kind of behaviour is the market’s current addiction to making The MacDonald Brothers hot favourites to go as soon as the weekly

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1162280778292958002006-10-31T07:12:00.000Z2006-10-31T07:47:48.470Z

We're publishing the final results of our latest X Factor Poll today which was taken 28/10 - 30/10. Leona Lewis is the "story" this week. You are quite a fickle lot and Leona's performance of Summertime has had you dropping your allegiances to all other contestants apart from Ben like so many hot bricks.After excluding those who did not watch Saturday's show from the the responding group of 849

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We have been asking our polling group for their reaction to tonight's performances, and here's what they say:Filtering for those that actually watched the show, we see that they were most impressed with Leonna, with Ray picking up votes as we suggested he would in the big band genre:How this affects the overall support can be seen below: We're still not exactly sure how the double eviction will

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1162054060792041622006-10-28T17:38:00.000+01:002006-10-28T21:47:28.550+01:00

Here's how the polling landscape looks heading into tonight's show:By leaving the order of contestants unchanged from last week, we can see the only major change has been Ashley moving above Ray in terms of popularity:We know there is a major twist planned for this evening, so this should be factored into any decisions regarding tonight's elimination.However, we can see from the graph above that

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1162050809620985692006-10-28T16:52:00.000+01:002006-10-28T18:09:21.900+01:00

The MacDonald Brothers - Can’t take my eyes off you by Andy WilliamsEton Road - Mack The Knife by Bobby DarinKerry - They Can’t Take That Away From Me by Frank SinatraBen - Smile by Nat King ColeRobert - Mr Bojangles by Sammy Davies JuniorDionne - For Once In My Life by Stevie WonderAshley - Moon Dance by Van MorrisonNikitta - Sway by Dean MartinLeona - Summertime by Sam CookeRay - Ain’t That A

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1161719029713314062006-10-25T09:00:00.000+01:002006-10-25T20:55:30.856+01:00

Are the Merseyside four-piece Ben's key challengers?We've been surveying our panel group and the X-Factor-interested-public since the end of Saturday's X Factor live show, a show that really cemented Ben's status as the nation's current X Factor favourite. The early data had far too few responders to be reliable enough to gauge accurately who would be leaving on Saturday night although 4sure were

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1161453793621364162006-10-21T18:54:00.000+01:002006-10-21T22:10:07.160+01:00

We're running a flash email poll tonight to try to gauge your reactions to tonight's live show, the results of which we'll publish here, before the results show as the data comes in. Don't bet the farm on our findings - we won't have time to filter the results - but it will be interesting to see what comes out vs the actual bottom 2.Tonight's poll results - Frozen at the end of the results show;

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After much healthy debate regarding how to sensibly speculate as to who will be eliminated from tonight's show prior to hearing a note sung, we have been trying to develop a system that incorporates all the different variables that people feel are important.We have the basis of such a system, but as always it is only as good as the assumptions that underly it. The assumptions that we are making

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1161208584718689672006-10-18T22:05:00.000+01:002006-10-29T02:47:39.846Z

The market for 2nd elimination is already open and The MacDonald Brothers and Dionne are favourites to go. How can anyone sensibly speculate as to who will leave this week without knowing how they will sing on the night? Dionne and The Unconventionals combining to form the bottom two on Saturday night taught us two things: 1) An act relatively popular in the polls can find themselves in the

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1161025852787056182006-10-16T09:00:00.000+01:002006-10-17T22:31:02.573+01:00

Today we're releasing the results of our poll to gauge the public reaction to the first live show. The poll was conducted from Saturday evening to Sunday and was a 50/50 mix of our survey group responders and members of the public who have some interest in X Factor but have never responded to one of our surveys before. This is a follow-up to our earlier survey from before the live shows commenced

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As far as the state of play goes in terms of the popularity of X Factor contestants Statman summed that up nicely and graphically in his earlier "poll of polls" post;Tonight we'll be doing a couple of things. JessicaInDublin has become JessicaInWembley for the evening as a guest of the show, so expect a full report from us later on on the show's backstage dynamics.We're also going to conduct a

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We have a few more data points to guide us now that the fans are getting to know the "characters" that will be performing for us this evening. Here is a summary of current polls, including our own, that have a meaningful response rate:Looking at this in chart form reveals the following:In a snapshot, we can see that the Digispy fanbase is unsurprisingly not in sync with other polls,

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The nice people over at realityTVpolls.com have just released their first X Factor poll results. Nikitta and Ray come top, as with Special Bet's own initial poll (except we have them the other way around as with the The Internet Forum's poll.As with our poll Dionne comes last in the RTV email poll and bookie favourite and self-confessed cocaine addict Ben is not scoring well at all - 7th

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We're publishing the results of our first X Factor poll (conducted 8th - 10th October) today and will be doing some analysis of the data later on. You can download the full results pdf here;Ray was the most popular favourite in our survey with 17.2% of responders considering Ray as their favourite choice among all finalists followed by Nikitta with 14.5% and The Unconventionals at 13.9%Dionne was

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1160513271319423802006-10-10T21:36:00.000+01:002006-10-10T21:51:11.883+01:00

Greetings Statfans and welcome the first voting week of this year's X Factor!With data being my bread and butter, I’m finding myself famished at the moment. A quick tour of the data-collecting vehicles on the web has not been very rewarding, with some sites still being under construction! For what it’s worth, I found four polls attempting to measure sentiment on favourite contestant so far: The

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We've been polling our survey group since Sunday on their initial thoughts of the X Factor final 12 and will be publishing the results at 10pm this evening onthe site. Statman is also back from his "sabbatical" and may have a few words for those of you who may have missed his geekery. Those of you who signed up to be specialbets.com members will receive a sneak early peek at the results as

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The final 12 were of course officially announced last night. There were not too many surprises after the papparazzi leak of 10 we publicised.We were disappointed about Gemma's non-inclusion in Simon's group but unsurprised given she was up against two other super impressive black females and we reckoned Simon wanted a bit of balance in his artist mix.We feel that Shaun has anxiety issues that

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W*E*N*N - The grandly titled London based "World Entertainment News Network" appear to have inadvertantly today leaked most of X-Factor's final 12 contestants - those who will be competing in the live shows.Specialbets.com understands that W*E*N*N affiliated photographers were selected by X-Factor producers to take publicity photos of the final 12 contestants leaving the house they are staying in

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Simon's Bootcamp Qualifiers - 16-24sAshley McKenzie 16Carlo Muscatelli 20Gemma Sampson 23Leona Lewis 21Nikitta Angus 17Ray Quinn 18Shaun Rogerson 16Stacey Barnes 19The video below shows Ray Quinn not making the cut - of course Simon relents and then he does..Louis' Bootcamp Qualifiers - Groups4Sure - Donovan, Andrew, Chris and JermaineAvenue (disqualified) -Jamie, Max, Ross, Scott and JonnyDolly

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A huge welcome back to www.specialbets.com (please bookmark the new url) and to our X-Factor coverage.We're going to take a look at some of the runners and riders from this year's auditions. As you will know, X-Factor is pre-recorded at this stage.Next Saturday's Bootcamp actually finished some time ago and judges Simon, Louis and Sharon have already chosen the 8 acts in each category that will

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Special Bets will be back shortly to cover X-Factor. See our coverage from last year's show here; We've also changed our look after a huge amount of feedback complaining that the black website background was hard to read, hope you like it.We'd also like to mention a new Specials forum that should be up and running as X-Factor betting begins in earnest - Mal's Place - run by Betfair forumite

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Greetings to friends and foes of Special Bets.The conclusion to our now notorious 7pm Big Brother Final post was that;"The viewing figures of tonights show will be double that of a normal eviction friday. We have been asked a lot of questions about how these extra viewers will affect voting behaviour on the final night. Our track record shows that our polling group has a high degree of accuracy

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When Good Polls Turn Bad...We are currently investigating the reasons why Aisleyne was so much more popular among our polling group last week than she was with the wider Big Brother voting public. We can assure you that we are very disappointed with the results we generated from our polling group and for those interested we are conducting a full debrief.We will be have a full diagnostic for those

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Welcome to our final update for this series of Big Brother. A sincere thank you goes out to all those that have participated in our surveys this series, we hope you have enjoyed being part of correctly predicting each eviction so far.Let's see if we can do it just one more time..As you are all probably aware, we have been running three polls to gauge how you have been voting during the week, and

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Poll Hacking, accusations of poll hacking. red-top media campaigns. rumoured voting leaks, conspiracy theories about smear campaigns from the producers. Don't you know, Phil Collins would say this is a Land of Confusion.To avoid becoming confused ourselves, we are remaining totally focussed upon the responses to our two surveys that we have running this week. This is what we see:The first poll we

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1155764490708822782006-08-16T22:24:00.000+01:002006-08-17T09:04:09.753+01:00

Good evening poll watchers!Some of you have upset Statman it seems. He asked me to post tonight's update after the hostile reaction from some quarters to his pronouncements yesterday that concluded Aisleyne and Pete's Betfair prices were statistically incorrect.Stat is new to being the "face" of anything and we know that there's a lot of money at stake for some people but please try to be nice -

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On Sunday morning I predicted that Aisleyne would be ahead in our poll overall by 7 pm that evening. As it turns out, I was two days too early.Aisleyne moved into the lead in our poll this evening. As it currently stands, after 1,023 responses, Aisleyne has 28.9% of the vote, Pete 28%, Glyn 14.4%, Nikki 9.3%, Richard 8.8% and Jennie 1.6%I mentioned in the last update that the theoretical "fair

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1158355634394249432006-08-15T22:26:00.000+01:002006-09-23T08:57:23.153+01:00

We're going to be using lots of DivX video as we launch our X-Factor coverage - so download the plugin now and test your system with Statman's favourite indie film. (Statto speed-dated in the good old days before his Carol Vorderman obsession really took hold..)

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We don't usually comment on overnight events as they are not often relevant to betting but a few things are worth commenting on.PetePete talked of a "visitor from Heaven who told him he was going to win BB7, and if he doesn't win BB7 then Pete will lose faith in the existence of Heaven" and also that he "was told to come on Big Brother" (by the vision of a dead friend ) "and by myself and to win

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After 889 responses, Pete's lead has now been eroded to just 2.1% over the life of the poll, which was started first thing Saturday morning.Aisleyne continues to poll slightly better than Pete in more recent voting, which is summed up quite nicely in the table below:Can Aisleyne close the gap before Friday? The last time I made a prediction it failed to come true, hence I will simply say that it

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It remains very close indeed. Throughout this series of Big Brother, Pete has always enjoyed at least a 15% margin over his closest rival, however over the last two days Aisleyne has managed to cut this down to just 3%.I made an observation this morning that if the trend at that time continued Aisleyne would be leading overall by 7 p.m. this evening. As you can see from the updated chart below,

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This is going to be a long week. In order to help us see "inside" the poll data to identify any shorter-term trends that may be occurring I would like to introduce the "Rolling 60 - Vote Percentage".The Rolling 60-Vote Percentage displays the percentage vote for a particular housemate based on the most recent 60 votes alone, across the life of the poll. We can see from the chart below that based

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We've seen a range of Big Brother fansites showing Aisleyne with a very high % of their "Who Do You Want To Win" votes so we set our email poll in motion to see what our own reliable group think about finals week. Here's what we've learned today;451 Responses, we're not showing those that indicate they will not vote...This is the "money shot" question... we were quite shocked to see Aisleyne

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Subscribe to Special Bets' RSS feed :Special Bets recommends using the Bloglines RSS reader;Get the Special Bets Reality TV Poll Results - From Big Brother to X-Factor;Email us to join the results mailout: specialbets@googlemail.comFind the best betting prices on Big Brother (or any event) with Special Bets' Odds Comparison SiteHave a free £25 bet on Big Brother with our partners Blue

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Here's our 9pm update - Seeing a small swing to Richard... we're thinking below 65% now..There's significant apathy as usual among the 247 responders - 47.2% of our group say they will definitely not be voting and only 20.2% say they definitely WILL.68% of you say you would vote for Imogen to be evicted vs only 32% for Richard. If you are playing the % prediction game, our only concern

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News just in - Special Bets understands that tonight's vote by the current housemates to decide who joins from the House Next Door will NOT include Glyn.Glyn will be BANNED from voting as punishment for his roof-climbing antics during the week and will be banished to the bedroom.This will leave Aisleyne, Pete, Jennie, and the survivor from tonight's eviction with ONE minute to decide whether

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As any movie buff will know, sequels are often over hyped and rarely as good as the originals. Some exceptions to this rule have occurred (Terminator and The Godfather being the obvious ones) but they are dwarfed by a slew of cynical money-spinning “they’re back, and this time it’s slightly different”-type follow-ups. Grease, Back to the Future, Lethal Weapon, Predator, TeenWolf, Speed, Saturday

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This is the one we've ALL been waiting for...The record-breaking Lionheart declared war on “The Plastics” only ten days into this competition, and has been picking them off one by one ever since. His opening salvo was to accuse Imogen of being “as dull as a leek sandwich”, an insult that she has never forgiven him for.Imogen has nominated Richard every time she has been free to do so, and Richard

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1154722141331622032006-08-04T21:01:00.000+01:002006-08-04T21:09:01.416+01:00

At 9pm unfiltered results from our Friday poll are as follows:Mikey still in lead at 59.5%, followed by Suzie with 34.5%, Jennie with 11.2% and Imogen with 10.3%.When we filtered the results for voting conviction, Mikeys figure was evn higher, but we don't want to depress Mikey fans any further!Specialbets are coming to you from an un-named festival, hence the short post. Good luck!Have a free

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Following up on our "twist" post yesterday, Special Bets understands that the evicted housemates from THIS series (but not Shahbaz, Dawn, George or Sezer) will be present at the live show tonight.The public will then be given the option to vote until Wednesday for the housemate they would most like to see back in the house.On Wednesday's show, the four housemates who get the most public votes

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1154688865558152472006-08-04T11:43:00.000+01:002006-08-04T11:55:16.053+01:00

Since The Sun Leak about nominations broke on Tuesday morning we have been asking you who you want to see go tonight.Of the 490 unfiltered responses, we see you voted 40.1% Mikey, 33.3% Susie, 9.3% Jennie, 8.6% Imogen(8.6% said you would not vote)When we filter out non-voters we see 49.8% Mikey, 31.6% Susie, 8.7% Jennie, 8.7% Imogen.(1.2% contradicted themselves)When we filter for those more

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1154624947645151062006-08-03T18:09:00.000+01:002006-08-03T21:23:33.050+01:00

Special Bets understands that there will be a "major" twist on Friday's eviction show after the normal eviction. TWO people will leave the house on Friday - the normal evictee and one other housemate.A separate source close to the show informs us that "old housemates" will be involved.

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1154584639621941192006-08-03T06:40:00.000+01:002006-08-03T06:58:18.140+01:00

The bookies seem to be a bit confused about this week's eviction. After pricing Mikey up for eviction at 5-1, William Hill were then confused by the amount of money they then took, crying "scam" to the tabloids; Did ALL the money come from Special Bets readers?We first highlighted that Mikey was ahead among voters to go on this site on Tuesday, but regular readers of Statman's popular "hate"

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Since we saw The Sun leak that Imogen, Mikey, Jennie and Suzie were up for eviction first thing yesterday morning we have been asking our increasingly accurate polling group who they would like to see go this week. It’s closer than some might think.Of the 432 respondents so far, this is who you would like to see leave on Friday:Removing responders who said they would not vote the group says;Mikey

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1154429624623190172006-08-01T11:25:00.000+01:002006-08-01T11:56:18.160+01:00

According to this story in The Online Sun this week’s nominations have been revealed unusually early. In a titanic Battle of the Mannequins, the article names Imogen, Jennie, Mikey and Susie as the housemates up to face the public vote.When we did our special survey two weeks ago, your overall emotions towards to these particular housemates was one of intense aloofness, with Imogen, Mikey, and

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The Special Bets team would like to officially tip their hat towards the record set by a certain Camp Canadian last Friday. No other housemate in the history of Big Brother has survived as many public votes . Richard has been put up for eviction FIVE times (the last one cruelly on his birthday), and incredibly he still remains a fully upright Homo Erectus.If anything, his popularity appears to

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Use the scroll bar to see the results for all questions...Find the best prices on Big Brother with Special Bets' Odds Comparison Site

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Michael & Spiral were evicted with 9.7% of the vote - exactly the same figure as our Friday poll below... Many thanks to all who participated - we've been 0.1% away from the actual figure before but this was our first ever "exact" result - perhaps due to the fairly neutral edit?*If you'd like to receive our poll results by email - send a message to specialbets@googlemail.com and tell us if you're

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Hi everyone - a bit of an experiment this - here's the poll data - LIVE!Scroll down....Have a free £25 bet on Big Brother (or the World Cup!) with our partners Blue Squarespecial bets specialbets big brother reality tv betting odds eviction bet pete davina aisleyne vote big brother polls who goes? eviction % predictionFind the best prices on Big Brother with Special Bets' Odds Comparison Site

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"All you need is Love" may have got The Beatles topping the charts for 3 weeks back in swinging '67, but with regards to this week's eviction they were way off. This week we have a fascinating eviction contest in which love has played it's part, but has not been the crucial factor in deciding who goes. We could all see from the results of our special survey last week how you would feel towards

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1153982212963325092006-07-27T06:59:00.000+01:002006-07-28T07:01:00.693+01:00

We've had a little more fun this week since the disorganised start.Betfair were a little slow on the uptake that there would be a change of eviction format this Friday and had the usual market up for almost 4 days before cancelling it and voiding all bets!The absence of an eviction market meant the Special Bets team had to reaquaint ourselves with a place we're not often seen in - the bookies - (

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We're not in a "Happy Place" this week...No sooner do the producers of Channel 4's Big Brother -Endemol UK's Brighter Pictures - announce a change in format for Friday's eviction causing Betfair to void the 9th eviction market, they also announce that Friday's eviction will be a positive (vs the usual negative) vote - "Who do you want to save" vs "Who do you want to evict".This curious decision

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As usual the two (or more) housemates with the most nominations will be up for eviction.BUT there's another twist...What the "couples" won't know is that nominees will face the public vote along with their declared "best friend", leading to one PAIR of "Best Friends" being evicted in a double eviction live on Friday. So for example, if Richard is evicted, then Pete goes too.A FURTHER twist is

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1153692049149207262006-07-23T22:06:00.000+01:002006-07-25T07:45:31.596+01:00

Greetings Statfans. Those of you that have been following the results of the special survey that we conducted last week regarding your feelings towards the remaining housemates will have already realised that we are currently going through an emotional transistion.Since the start of this series of Big Brother you have been motivated by hate. We are now reaching the stage of the competition where

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1153570083873520762006-07-22T12:48:00.000+01:002006-07-22T13:26:55.446+01:00

We'd love it if we could see the real Suzie.Quite an interesting character is our Suzie - she's invented what we'd call a reverse Big Brother persona. The usual form in BB is that boring people with little to say pretend to be the opposite of their true self in an effort to be liked - take the 1 dimensional "Bonnie" as a good example.Suzie however seems to be pretending to be as boring and, well

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Thanks for all your comments and queries on the other posts..This will be the thread for tonight's fun and games, so open the windows - grab an ice bucket for your bevvies and let us know who you think will leave on this hot and sticky evening and what eviction % they'll get! We'll publish the final results here before the start of the live show.. Blue Square are still taking those free bets!Now,

admin@specialbets.comnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1153433349259188672006-07-20T22:56:00.000+01:002006-07-22T09:40:13.890+01:00

I recently realised that I have a gambling problem. I booked an appointment with the experts at the Special Bets clinic and as always they were more than happy to help. Before I had even sat down they had diagnosed me with an acute case of OCBPD ("Obsessive Compulsive Backing Pete Disorder"). You see, I just can't stop backing Pete. Heaven only knows what is going through the minds of people

Statmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645859805142240882noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330728.post-1153377339353368962006-07-20T06:39:00.000+01:002006-07-20T08:12:44.540+01:00

Predicting who's leaving Big Brother every Friday can be a tricky business, particularly as there are dark forces out there trying to to trick the unsuspecting punter or BB Fan.As you'll see below, the AOL "Big Brother Predictor" - "its rarely wrong" apparently has had over 170,000 votes this week and indicates rather surprisingly that the person that we've flagged as the most hated housemate

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