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12-08-2005 01:37 PM |
Big Brother 6 \'too close to call\' [News Story]
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Big Brother 6 'too close to call'
Big Brother is heading for its closest final, with bookmakers putting housemates Eugene Sully and Anthony Hutton neck-and-neck to win the show.
The pair will battle it out for the remaining £50,000 prize alongside Makosi Musambasi and Kinga Karolczak in Friday night's live final.
Hairdresser Craig Coates was booted out in a shock eviction on Wednesday.
Ladbrokes spokesman Warren Lush said: "The favourite to win changes by the hour.
We can't call it."
"It is going to be the closest Big Brother final night in the history of the series.
"Bookmakers have always dismissed the chances of any housemate who is not in the house from the start, but Eugene has a huge chance of bucking the trend and making history."
Mr Lush added that Makosi's chances had been slashed after allegations were made in a newspaper that she was an actress hired through a talent agency.
Record turnover
Ladbrokes said it had been contacted by a number of punters who had bet on the 24-year-old and wanted their money back, but the bookmaker will not be refunding their stakes.
"It is a two-horse race. Makosi and Kinga are not in the running," added Mr Lush.
Bookmaker William Hill said it had taken more than £1m worth of bets on the outcome of the C4 reality show - almost double the previous record turnover.
"We have been astonished by the interest in Big Brother and it has once again proved that it is the daddy when it comes to reality television," a spokesman said.
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Source: The BBC |
