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Originally Posted by sampvt

On the day of the eviction, eagle eyed people notived that Paddypower were only offering odds of even money on Marc while the rest were all 4/1 or thereabouts. The reason for this is that they were hit with a large deposit at 9/2 on marc and the phone lines then lit up and marc was evicted.

It does not need a rocket scientist to work out why this happened. The voters are deserting BB in their droves amidst accusations of wrongdoing and the fact that the app costs 99p to use. This makes the voted on totals so low that they can be effected by a late surge on one or another HM if the VTE is in operation.

Someone lumped on Marc then set a team on speed dial to get him out, simple and this isn't sour grapes, its fact. I have a vested interest in Danny getting to the finals because of a large bet I placed ages ago, so I have no ulterior motive to scream foul. I liked Marc, but sadly he was sandbagged and the production team are well aware that the same team that scammed Marc out, are now targeting Danny for the win which suits BB. They want golden balls and Emmas mate, the scammer, in their corner and he will probably get great edits now.

It's possible that something similar happened with Helen IMO. Her odds absolutely plummeted in the 36 hours before the final and then she won. I put £10 on her at 33/1 less than a week before the final and I'm pretty sure 2 days before the end she was still sitting at 20/1... by the time lines closed she was 7/2. A drop like that for Big Bro is unprecidented. I'm not complaining really, I got my money, just regret not putting on more , but yeah...

I'd say that vote manipulation for a show like Big Brother these days isn't that far fetched. Viewership numbers aren't sky high and the numbers actually bothering to vote are a fraction of that.

I stopped watching 4 days in this year. I haven't even bothered to Sky+... deleted it completely. None of it even has the illusion of being "real" these days. I used to much prefer the civvy series to Celeb but this year it looks like I've finally ditched it completely, whereas I really enjoyed the winter Celeb show. Guess I'll just tune back in when Celeb starts .