+++ ALL ABOARD THE BENMOBILE! +++

Nick I wouldn't worry about Kitten, Ben's price was much higher when Kitten started supporting him. And as for being led by Digital Spy, it's more the other way around, I still laugh when I think of the "rich boy" Freddy pimping thread.

Ben's price was much higher when Kitten started supporting him

and therefore probably did many on here a favour.

(Wasted Argy free kick)

It's not DS where Ben is doing well in the Polls. He is top of TIBB poll and will probably be top of Big Brother online when it opens. Also joint leading or leading some others. Nathan's % in Least Fav polls is more than his % in Fav polls- not a good sign at all. I just can't see Endemol wanting him to win- he would bring any thing new to the table.

Typos above: 
It's not only DS....
Nathan wouldn't bring anything new to the table.

Typos above: 
It's not only DS....
Nathan wouldn't bring anything new to the table.

Looks like the initial HM reaction is 'what do you expect from Ben'?

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/article/news/2010/Jul/3/shabby-annoyed-at-housemates/view.c4

Hi scampi

Personally I completely ignore all polls and prefer to rely on BB history instead with the final night voting demographic firmly at the front of my mind.

Re Nathan - I agree he brings absolutely nothing new to the table, but I really don't think any of them do after 10 series of BB and quite a few Celeb BBs.

I would like to see Josie win, or Corin, and I think they both have excellent chances as they are fundamentally 'nice' people. I also believe Nathan is fundamentally 'nice'. I am in no way saying he has a strong chance but I like taking contrarian positions in markets and in my own mind am convinced he has about double the chance which the market is currently giving him. That means I still think he has a 94% of NOT winning.

All 10 previous BB winners have been fundamentally 'nice' people as well as being in a fairly tight age range, and all have been working or middle class. Sexualitiy and race is irrelevent in my opinion. So, I believe that Josie, Corin, Mario and Nathan are the best fits of past results. Iffe is playing a massive game, Ben isn't a team player on top of the obvious negatives, Dave is too old, Steve is too old but I won't oppose a 'hero'. Caoimhe is a nasty piece of work imo, and Shabby  might possibly have a chance. This is a modest field and I suppose that A.O. could still come int

Should have said the reason I ignore polls is that you never know how manipulated they are, and also we are too early in the series for them to be that important - even if they were straight.

Shabby  might possibly have a chance

You were doing so well up till then...

I note he has a Freddie style lead on BBOL, and surely that one opened after him quitting the task?

He has a teflon capability with HM's and the public it seems

Indeed.

The Ben Brigade themselves are now calling him "Teflon Man". Verily a coincidenceth.

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All 10 previous BB winners have been fundamentally 'nice' people as well as being in a fairly tight age range, and all have been working or middle class.

But how many have entered that weren't in this category? - barely any, so I think you're confusing the sample with the potential to win.

Sample size, i should clarify.

I still think he's an unlikely winner, but a prime candidate for 2nd place

And surely his poll ratings will translate into low prices sooner or later.

Because of those 'deserving' demographic issues I should add

His mate Raef was clearly the best on that series of the Apprentice, but was essential booted for those reasons

jumped off this waste of space, i cant see the public voting him to win when he does'nt make any effort in the tasks.
CGMOOH is all about the tasks, if he was in the jungle he would be a 1000/1...yes, you may say its a diiferent program but i still believe the viewing public want to see the tasks at least being tried.
it wont be hard for BB to get rid of him whenever they feel like it, so for me he's a massive lay.

my mrs said tonite she could'nt watch him when he was chatting to mario and left the room, she's a typical BB fan...who only watches the H/L shows, like most of the casual voters.
he can have all the online support he wants but in the real world he's losing it every task he does'nt do.

It wasn't a task though was it - more like a punishment.

In he comes. Emerges from a difficult weekend without so much as a scratch on him

BBLB chavs love Benny Boy!


CHARGE!!!!!!!

No scratches??? he's got full on cracks now...

Think his fate is in the producers' hands- if they give him storylines to work with ie his exchanges with the TOT - he will  flourish

Surely he's an easy nomination target this week.

Will he really stay below 7s if he's up? Dave should
get a week off for taking one for the team and Keeva
may be let off the hook now that Shabby's gone and
she'll have had a day or so to endear herself to others
in the house.

Nathan, Keeva, Ife all more likely to collect noms I'd have thought. 

They are nomming now btw VV

even if hes up unlikely to go isnt it

Surviving an eviction battle would work wonders for the price

Innit.

Kitten is correct with the phrasing hn. He's the chav's choice. They always win too

Will the common people vote for a Michael Heseltine lookalike whose heroine is Maggie the milk snatcher?

They've just voted in a Conservative government, so I should think so!

Conservatives dont go to bingo or vote on big brother like common people do.

If it goes wrong he can always phone his dad to stop it all

ben the peoples choice

As was Freddie at 2.8 alf. Use your loaf ;-)

exactly the novelty factor was last year

us common folk dont mind posh people its snobs we dont like and he is not a snob from what ive seen

he is a huge snob. just intellectually rather than monetarily

he is a huge snob. just intellectually rather than monetarily

He's said twice he doesn't think he's intelligent, just knowledgeable, so he's modest. He called JJ stupid, that doesn't make him an intellectual snob.

he just thinks certain other housemates are tedious, he has constantly moaned how he finds conversations about farting and stuff to be below him. he wanted to organise a daily discussion group for goodness sake!! he certainly acts as though he feels that the whole Big Brother experience is a bit below him, hence his lack of interest in attempting the tasks and his worry about how it will affect his career.

Laid him have you, cj?

he just thinks certain other housemates are tedious, he has constantly moaned how he finds conversations about farting and stuff to be below him. he wanted to organise a daily discussion group for goodness sake!! he certainly acts as though he feels that the whole Big Brother experience is a bit below him, hence his lack of interest in attempting the tasks and his worry about how it will affect his career.

Yep I sympathise with all of that. I don't call it snobby, just normal.

no Kitten, just personally hate the snivelling little toerag, have known too many people like him. However with the polls as they are and being left without Scabby I can only see a BB ramp of him until they get bored. So I'm waiting to see if he goes short price fav before I lay him :)

Is this not a Betfair forum?

I don't think he'll win but I'm not overly bothered. What I am bothered about is laying them high and then laying off at a quarter of the odds.

Hiding under the duvet asking all the others to share the blame. Will the chavs vote for a such a gutless person without character.

Posh people like Ben who surprise viewers by their general niceness and make them them laugh because of their bumbling humour are a traders wet dream. They can make money on his way up the betting for most of the show and also on his way down the betting when it comes towards the end and his class counts against him, especially inside the house.

The Ben Brigade is now so immense, it has to be split into three colour coded separate batallions, red, white and blue:-

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=41602715&postcount=466

Incredible scenes!

What about cowardly custard yellow?

Kitten now that you have layed off your ben green,are you still going to talk endless rubish about his chances, or were you being insincere before?

I might as well continue, I guess.

Punting aside, I find him fascinating. If I'm honest, if I was not punting on BB, he'd be the only reason I watched it. The resr of them are as charismatic as a pile of poo.

Still time to get off the Bender bus. Everyone including Steve is onto the lazy, b1tchy, selfish, smirking  granny lover. This journey is about to end abruptly.

Steve has only got support bbecause of his 'war' injuries.......  what war was it by the way ?

Steve has support?  Where?

Ok, the crutches

DECLARATION

I'm back on Ben at 8.8. with an all green book.

few parking tickets to pay on this

Cheers squares. I'll let them accumulate until the end of BB then send a personal cheque.

Just bailed out again. 7.2 was poor given the set piece he was given.

Back later

Bad move George. Surely he has to shorten when the noms are known, possibly quite a bit if JJ is up?

There's a lot of resistance to the price around 7, K. With Corin and Mario shortening I can't see him coming in much. People are happy to lay in the 8's

Yeh it's been ther for a few days. Once it's busted through that though he will shorten up a lot. I'm happy to wait, he's not going anywhere.

Yeah, it's marginal. I think a lot of punters assume he can't win. 

I suspect they are wrong, but it'll take quite a lot to shake them from that view. 

Corin and Mario don't have that perception I think

7.0 busted.

Fav very soon.

Should not take long either. He's only got a chav in a dressing gown in front of him.

Corin more likely to go favourite than Ben

Looks that way. He'll have 2 chavs ahead of him

Excuse me, this is a Jaguar not a ferking Chrysler Alpine.

chavs vote for chavs

toffs vote for,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, no one

CHARGE!

Rachel nominated Ben

6.6 choo choo.

Detour back to 7.6?

Aye, going the pretty route.

Bad move George ;-)

Great price again, top of his trading range

I'm abandoning ship. Anyone else want to grab the steering wheel?

Anyone?

Before he hits double figures?

I've not given up on Ben, TK, unless I've missed some horrendous incident in the house that will single-handedly destroy his chance. Just watching him talk to Rachel - geez, she is such a pain in the a*se. Does she not listen at all?

Already empty. But I do appreciate your upholding of tradition - the captain to be the last to abandon ship.

OK johnny - you're in charge.

Se ya.

== get's into lifeboat and paddles off to JJJland ==

I'll be co-pilot.

The house, bar Corin, appear to be turning on him.

Another Freddie.

Could be a Freddie with better timing than Freddie.

Yes, that was my thinking.

Arrogant and full of himself at the start. Isolated and the houses'
punchbag in the final weeks.

The opposite 'journey' to Freddie.

Bit like reverse ferret, a Reverse Freddie!

Strange time to bail K. Still dripping on here

I think now is the time George. His mood today plus the uproar the new H/M's will cause may just tip him over the edge. I'm happier having some cash back in the pot to play with.

Moods are temporary. Class is permanent ;-)

Ben is getting a special prize.
They don't want him to go.

They'd give him a Ben room before he walked

Any favouritism will be notice by GBP. I fera a whiplash.

And he's been a right miserable cvnt the last few days.

ear muffs

I thought about this, and I don't think he would walk, given that he wants maximum exposure from the programme.

There you go. Earmuffs.

GBP hate any sign of favouritism. They could be the Earmuffs of Death. (E.O.D)

You're as bad as army

Figgy have you still got my mobile. I'm deffo in hospital Monday afternoon..............

OK mate.

will do.

Appreciated.

9.4 - 12.

Well done Kitten.

9.4 - 12.
Well done Kitten

A de-ramp, seemingly subtle but of Eiger proportions.

Plenty life in this old dog yet

Benny boy is having a little down time before he steams to victory over the last two weeks.

His singing and Mario impressions are priceless.

I think the novelty may have long since worn off.

He was a curious and interesting kvnt before he started
whingeing all the time. Now he's just simply a kvnt.