***THE DOI GRAND FINAL 2011 LIVE IN-RUNNING THREAD***

99% Sure Chloe is going.

ffs, these intelligence-insulting quizzes sum up the level of stupidity ITV likes to appeal to these days

That's pretty challenging for the average ITV viewer tbh

I like how every song they choose is always the most obvious generic choice , it's so tacky like everything on itv.

:(

That perfect score of 30 screwed everything

Bawlocks.

doh

£510 profit :D
Now thinking about using that on the Outright Market...

another big-priced potential winner bites the dust for me. Recall taking the 40s Chloe on about week 2 or 3

Voting from scratch again perhaps gives Laura the slight edge.

trainees doing the suspend button again........

I would wait for the Beleros... If Sam & Laura perform equally, get it on Laura, If Sam shows her up, stick it on him quick!

arghh im on Sam

doesnt give her slight edge puts her back in it imo

Sam and Brianne can look mis-matched. I suspected they were clearing the path until that 30! Easier if you write the script.

McLachlan looks over-priced to me at 1,000. Everyone loves Henry from Neighbours... oh f*ck

lol johnny

Sam first AGAIN?

Surely Laura's gonna win now?

i take it laura skates first?

should be peter but nope sam again ..massively unfair

Shame there's no tit there to feel

no one giving him credit for winning by 2.0 points shouldn't be skating first again however in no particular order yea right

gotta be a 30!!!!

yea it seems unfair 3 skates,m 1st all 3 times,

gotta get a 30 now, always saying how good he is but not giving him a 30

come on! 30

no more scores

annoying had hoped there would be a score and sam would get a perfect score, drive the price down to 1/3 or somthing

Break -

extra voting time for Sam

ads

WHAT?! Laura is skating after the break!? Doesn't that give Sam a ton of more time to get votes?
Sam will win, not that I mind, I don't have any remaining bets :D

I thought it was rather underwhelming. There is no authenticity between them. They have looked mismatched series-long.

Done and dusted but for a massive Laura ramp

... oh hang on

sam wins.........not enough voting time for laura

different gravy

sams was better

Game, set & match then...?

twitter gives it to sam

Laura was about 33% more popular than Sam before the show started, will it continue now? I don't know. But if you do, Laura is available at about 3/1 in places

Job done I guess, till next time peeps!

fallin you on sam? took sam at 6/5 earlier today, everyone else I backed was already out

Good luck all.

I have Sam to win 2 bob and Laura to win tuppence happenny.

On Laura big. :-(

at suspend,
Sam 1.24 (been as low as 1.19)
Laura 5.4

yep, should have stuck with my first few bets and phecked off for the rest of the series.

I've made 3 figures if Sam wins

Sadly most of them are 1s

ffs. waste of time of a series for me

lol same here squares.
These 2 were my 1st 2 bets.

The same in SCD with Kara and Matt.

me too squares. Sam and Laura I both punted on big pre-series and in early weeks. Then eroded away most of my potential profit piling onto others, and convincing myself Sam would be beat after the Heat scandal.
I'm not even sure exactly where I stand now Sam is a definite loser for me, so to conclude a poor series for me I expect he'll win.

2 bob in the money box.

Bad luck jr

yep, that about sums it up.

Could have been interesting if JBvc had made it to final....

Reality TV dullness overwhelms all

well that's that over and done with

what's the next specials for betting lads?

AI is on now map [;)]

Anybody feel like a balloon with all the air let out?...

Just stick a grand on Scotty and collect in 2 months

AI, SYTYCD, ESC

BGT - plenty of potential.

Some of the lesser shows struggling for business these days.

Thank God Chloe went out 3rd place, reclaimed my cash, I've finished this series with an £84 loss after a disastrous week where I lost £1500. All I can say is PHEW.

Fun times, people. See you at BGT!

agree GB. ITV are total eejits for giving him the bullet in the final 4. So, so predictable. These shows should not always be won by the best. There has to be room for a journey contestant. Otherwise, you may as well not bother.

Thanks Squares for the all scores throughout the series

Yea, I'll be back for BGT. I do well on that! To be fair, I would of done well on this had the Fauzmance thing not thrown me the bleeding curve ball of the decade!

They do release figures jr. I dunno if he would have topped the SF, but I might write a nasty letter if he did [;)]

fR Signing out. Goodnight.

squares do any firms do AI In running


and SYTYCD - anywhere do that IP?

And umm when is BGT ? :)

questions galore

Don't you do Eurovision GB?

Nah, haven't bothered fig. Only ever taken a marginal interest, and AI has been fun so far

I think I did market-make on it a couple of years ago. Probably should again but a bit late now

..and yep squares. Thanks for all the updates throughout.

It's only just getting going. Usually a big shake up when we have rehearsals week, but that's not for about 6 weeks.

ah ok cheers. Assumed it was further on

Yep, a specials VC for squares for his services

Cos I haven't a clue when it's on clearly zoom

Lots of fun and hopefully value as each country reveals it's song.
We know them all now, so I can't see any huge moves til the rehearsals.

For me the front 2 are poor favourites.

22k lower profit that the first 3 months of 2010 and the 5th succesive month I've made less than the month before...which is a first in 8 and a half years

Hard to have much sympathy CB given the size of the figures, but I'm in the same boat, even if it's a significantly smaller one.

Hopeful for AI and ESC though

Yep, but he only made 1k in the first quarter of last year fig [;)]

Streamed on the net zoom. Usually by some loony Turkish journos.
They appear on youtube within minutes, if the feed is down

The feed mysteriously went down when the Greek entry was rehearsing iic

I think I might make that the last DOI for me

Fvcking hate watching it, and I've never lost, but never had a decent win either

What's the latest on BB fig?

lol 'loony turkish journos' haha

vie leaves, do any firms do AI/SYTYCD in running?!

Would be nice if they did - I work nights so AI would be ideal in running

Which are your biggest markets CB if you don't mind me asking?

DOI has never been any good for me either.
Only slightly down on last year overall and that's after having the worst week I've ever had on the weekly markets.
It was deciding to lay all the favourites in the Brits that has hit me and the lack of CBB.....and no, it's all gone quiet again with regards BB

No ir on AI, map. Very few even bother pricing up the elims.

ir for SYTYCD from a few firms iirc.

Anybody remember what stage BF put up a SYTYCD market?

my yearly schedule is specials athletics swimming and the bdo darts and football Henry.  On any olympic year you can add the winter olympics, commonwealth games and on any election year the US or GB election.

athletics and swimming by far my fave tbh but unfortunately mainly amount to one week each and this year they are both in the far east which means lower turnover

football is 90% trading everything else is 90% betting.

And after they're through the audition stage do they get voted out one each week?

ahh right cheers five mate, shame wish someone would do AI IR the times would be perfect for me :)
I guess its IR on here for OR and elims? but doubt there's much liquidity due to the time it's live?

Whens SYTYCD and BGT start?!

SYT.. started yesterday evening.

It was the first I've seen. Seemed to be same style as XF (and nothing like SCD).

what do you do tom trade on football, just curious as you posted 22k lower than last year, must be using big stakes and big liabilties when trading

thanks

Thanks CB. I do elections too.

My profits on football are probably similar to last year map but I've spent a lot more time on it this time round and I'm definitely finding it more difficult.

Note to self "DOI is not big brother"

Very true zoom and it's a mistake I constantly make.

Very hard to win or even get to the final of these shows unless you are one of the best 2 or 3 skaters/dancers/singers. However likeable you are and however unlikeable the good ones are.

For starters you just don't get to see enough of their personality for their annoying traits to be exposed to the majority of viewers.

I suspect alot of the damage was done last week where she was clearly the 3rd best.
This week she had to be at least on a par with Laura, which I thought she was in the showdance but the judges picked up on every tiny error and then in the 2nd dance Laura got the maximum score.

As you say it's not Big Brother and the majority of people tend to vote on merit when it comes to the latter stages. Unless someone is particularly unlikeable or annoying.

The annoying thing is that the most popular can still be removed in this format even if they top the vote....

Not saying he was, but it's perfectly possible

JB would have broken Josie's record had this been BB

I'd have been on the Ice Man plus maybe that Ela who looked a likeble loony.
..and been backing Laura and Sam for an early exit.

Had very little interest in this year's series on the OR market - should have done better as backed both McLaughlen and JB early on at decent prices and should deffo have done better trading the latter. But had a nice win on only other bet of series - male winner. Couldn't bring myself to watch the final (watched a horror film with the missus instead) and turned over to see the result, which was nice little surprise. Interesting to read through this thread after the event, seems there would have been plenty against Sam right until the end, a very tough year IMO.

Well a small win here having been all green going into the final, but god it was dull this series. Last DOI for me too, I usually win money, but lose a little bit of my soul watching such insipid televisual crap. I also do politics and rugby, and find rugby gambling a trading joy because of the liquidity and low spread. Politics has a great gambling period ahead with US primaries, POTUS 2012, London mayoral race , AV vote referendum, Welsh referendum, numerous by-elections caused by thieving scum MPs. I think specials gambling is losing its appeal for me: IACGMOOH insider trading, DOI being unwatchable, BB gone. Just SCD and XF left: SCD quite a thin market, XF better but desperately long and tedious to keep track of.

Too true Vig. We're in danger of becoming an endangerd species betting on 'Specials' Any early thoughts on how the AV referendum is likely to go?

Vig if you like XF there's Britain's Got Talent coming soon, and it doesn't go on for as long.

AV vote referendum is poised on a knife edge, polls put it 50:50. I dont think anyone wants the referendum, not the two main parties, not the electorate. People could well vote no just because AV is insane and way too complicated and expensive. But the low turnout is likely to favour yes2AV, as only the diehards reformists will bother vote at all. Recent referendums have voted yes, and I think there is a natural tendency for people to just agree when offered a proposition, you see this with groupthink in meetings. Tough to call at present, I am waiting for more polling data before lumping on, but I have a stake on yes at present, at good odds.