PORTU-GEEZER Nadia is the hottest favourite EVER to win Big Brother — but golden girl Shell faces a shock eviction tonight.
Transsexual Nadia scooped more than half the votes in a Sun poll.
Bookies Ladbrokes have also reported an unprecedented barrage of bets on her winning.
They have slashed her odds to 1/50 to stop punters piling on their cash — meaning they must bet £50 to win £1.
But Ladbrokes have made clean-cut Shell the 33-1 outsider — and favourite for tonight’s surprise chop. Dan and Jason are both 10-1 to win, with Stuart at 14-1.
Ladbrokes spokesman Warren Lush said: “We have little doubt Nadia will win, she’s the hottest favourite we’ve seen in any series. Cameron Stout was 1/10 to win on the eve of last year’s final night, while Brian Dowling was 1/16 in series two.
“We can’t see any other housemate making a challenge, it’s Nadia all the way. We’ve been forced to slash her odds.
“It’s a remarkable change — at the start she was a 50/1 outsider. It would be a massive shock if Nadia were not to win.”
Nadia took 52 per cent of the vote by Sun readers. Surly Scot Jason was runner-up with 19 per cent.
Insiders say her antics have been a hit with housemates and viewers.
Keeping her sex op secret has also seen interest soar.
Nadia, 27, said last night: “Winning Big Brother would mean so much to me because it means I’ve been accepted. This is something I’ve wanted all my life.”
The Sun can reveal Nadia’s mum Conceicao Almada has jetted in for an emotional reunion with “the daughter she never had”.
Kitchen worker Conceicao, 49, has not spoken face-to-face to Nadia, who was born Jorge, in more than a year — before her op.
It sparked a major stir among Conceicao’s five other sons on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Conceicao wants to patch things up and said last night: “Nadia will not expect to see me here in Britain.
“She told Big Brother it would mean a lot to her if her family were there when she left the house. Whatever has happened I wanted to be there to support her.”
But critics say the show has been edited to show Nadia in a good light — and that a transsexual winner will guarantee a storm of publicity for producers Endemol.
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