** The Voice**

Not sure who keeps Vince from drifting in the market really.  I would swap Leanne's odds with Tyler. Vince nowhere, Bo a bit shorter

My book says I hope you are right mug. Not yet tempted to go green on vince.

Jun 1, 2012 -- 4:51PM, George Bailey wrote:

Saw him a few times at poly. Great times.

You were his lecturer?

Not keen on this markets chaps , however george 1 , what I would worry about is the Amy connection , and from a personal perspective mrs mug thinks tyler wins which is more worrying for me ( from the start I might add)
Gb2 I think your right , but only involves small on this one , and at a all day wedding so happy to stay small come medium green all of them ,and not have to watch.

Good luck , I might switch a bit more to the fat bird and hope I get lucky lol

there's always a chance of getting lucky with a fat bird, mug

Dying mum prolly trumps Amy connection. I thought the audience were bored sh1tless of that stuff anyway?   Depends how it's presented I suppose. Ruth

Dug myself a grave with that one fig, but expected gb1 to be first on the buzzer as such with that one lol

Too obvious even for me

Big green Bo
Even Leanne
Small red Tyler
Big red Vince

Everyone has a big red on Vince. The third law of thermodynamics tells me this is not possible

Surely 5.8 will look a great lay tomorrow?

The Voice UK finalists have revealed their potential winners songs that they’ll release if they win the show tonight.


Vince Kidd, Leanne Mitchell, Bo Bruce and Tyler James will be battling it out for a record contract this evening.

Chatting to us yesterday, Tyler revealed he had recorded his own cover of Higher Love.

“If I won it’d be Higher Love, or at least that’s what I’ve been told!” he said.

Bo Bruce will be releasing Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O’Connor if she wins, while Vince Kidd will release his audition track Like A Virgin.

Leanne Mitchell however revealed she was still deciding her track.

“I’m not sure what one it is, it’s either Run To You, I think it will be Run To You or Put A Spell On You, but I’m not entirely sure,” she told us.

Meanwhile Bo defended the decision to release covers as the winner’s singles.

“I think doing covers has taken me completely out of my comfort zone, they’ve made me sing differently than I normally do, so I’m really happy doing covers,” she explained.

But Bo added: “It’d be brilliant to have the first release be something we’d written, but that doesn’t work as the show’s not about that.


Seems like Bo is confident of a good rendition of NCTY if that's the choice for her winner's song.

Looks like I'm the only one with a huge huge green on Vince. Just need to decide what to spend it on :)

...........Mystery solved...........

Jun 1, 2012 -- 8:57PM, Bratfud wrote:

Looks like I'm the only one with a huge huge green on Vince. Just need to decide what to spend it on :)

Counselling?

Cant believe Vince is gonna release that, I saw pretty much that exact version done prob a year ago at Jazz Cafe, if I was Daley I would be more than pissed off.
Definitely where he has got it from.

Not much danger

Can we have a book on the order they go out tonight. For the record it will be vince bo leanne and tyler.

Bo Bruce (38%, 1,000 Votes)
    Tyler James (24%, 629 Votes)
    Vince Kidd (19%, 487 Votes)
    Leanne Mitchell (19%, 487 Votes)

Latest telly mix, healthy lead for Bo

Love a good posho on the beeb

Bo has no chance.

The Tellymix poll is misleading.....I think it started pre the semi final.Post semi final Bo would still be ahead,but  possibly not by so much.

I have almost completely bailed out of Bo. Current book:

leanne 1800
tyler 963
bo 185
vince -555

Bo actually increasing the lead Hem

Bo Bruce (37%, 590 Votes)
    Tyler James (24%, 384 Votes)
    Vince Kidd (20%, 311 Votes)
    Leanne Mitchell (19%, 294 Votes)

That was start of the week. Small drop for Vince small increase for Bo the only change

I wouldn't trust tmix as far as I could throw it. It was okish for a while but then became rubbish.

I'll trust it when Bo wins   Survation is pretty good, and that puts her further ahead. Shame TV polls haven't bothered

TV Polls the gold standard as it does weighting.  I do better than survation. Sorry charlie...I could be wrong re Bo but I sense a huge backlash against the posh bird.

How does a backlash work if their are 3 other candidates until the end of voting?  Or do you mean her fans have suddenly turned against her?

I can't see it. I could see Leanne having a surge of support that would be enough to beat her, if that's what you mean?

Fair enough GB1.....must be just everyone voting for the jolly....nobody likes backing a loser.

What fans does Bo have?

Somewhere other than your office I presume

I think she appeals to that SCD demographic far more than the rest. If they vote, she wins, she may even have enough culty voters to win anyway

Given the expected Bo ramp,I see the finishing order as Bo,Leanne,Tyler,Vince.I'm hoping someone will put up a s/f market so I can have Bo to beat Leanne as a cover bet.

The more they ramp her the more votes she loses.

Interesting idea, but hasn't worked in practice very often. Rhydian probably. Ruth I agree, they pushed her too hard. Tyler still defeated Jaz from pimp even with an awful display. Many old rules still apply

My Book reads....

Leanne + 1700
Bo + 1000  Mainly due o having Danny as winning mentor
Tyler + 200
Vince - 800

Should have laid some more Vince at around the 5.5 mark as he simply cannot win IMHO.

I think J1zz may have suffered from some sensible voter thinking...

i.e.  'Wow that Tyler chap has just butchered Bohemian Rhapsody so I don't need to vote for J1zz as no-one will actually vote for this twonk'

Ruth got beat simply because Leanne is a better singer and was far more likeable and easier for the audience to relate to.

Ruth got the same ramp 3 weeks running, all things fail to have an effect if repeated again and again!

VG book given how turbulent this has been HF

Yep...excellent book HF,very nice position to be in.I'm looking at ;

Leanne +1800
Others. - 90

If Leanne finishes 4th I lose an additional 270.Have not played the BF market at all.As stated earlier I will back a Bo/Leanne s/f if that offer becomes available and is reasonably priced.

Group winning markets have disappeared but I see no settlement in my account?

I laid J1zz and Ruth and backed Leanne and Max early so really I should be in a better position really!

Anyone got settlement on the group winners?

Not checked as my group winner bets were Max and Bonkers!

settled on the 28th

My mistake I was just looking at soccer ffs

What's with everyone suddenly disclosing their books?

I'm one of the mugs with a huge green on Vince, and also Bo (which apparently was less muggish)

Currently greening up on Tyler and Leanne, think Tyler is the only one in with a shot of beating Bo, because he gets votes from all age demographics which is very important in these shows

Just a shame he's sh!te

I'd like to pile in on Leanne, but I just don't think the council house army / chaveliers have bothered with this show at all

Tyler gets he MEM and the younger girls vote.  Leanne some MEMs and the few older blokes who vote. Vince purely some of the twitterati (ie noisy but none voters) and a few young 'uns and Bo feck knows.

It is hard to see her winning, she's like a Michelle McManus... except has kept much more quietly in the background

Think the polls are looking about right tbh

Jun 2, 2012 -- 8:22AM, jack12321 wrote:

What's with everyone suddenly disclosing their books? I'm one of the mugs with a huge green on Vince, and also Bo (which apparently was less muggish)Currently greening up on Tyler and Leanne, think Tyler is the only one in with a shot of beating Bo, because he gets votes from all age demographics which is very important in these shows

I think its the gambling equivalent of entering the confession box jack.....forgive me father for I have sinned,I played the market poorly,and got lucky/am up $hit creek/am hoping for a miracle......fill in as appropriate.

They all have great books though

I like seeing other's books so happy to post mine good bad or indifferent. Why be shy?

Re Bo when I don't know who the voting demographic is I tread carefully.

Naturally

Jun 2, 2012 -- 8:31AM, GeorgeBrush wrote:

They all have great books though

If I waited till I had a bad one I'd never post

Though tbf I said I was on a huge hiding till last week's results.  Don't think any of the regulars are bullsh1tters book wise.

Nor do I. I'd love to have Dan's HS limits though

I've been very open with my bets....its no secret I've fooked virtually everything up....apart from my bet on Leanne.

I wouldn't want to be red on Tyler.

It's been a very difficult show to predict generally, there's not much info to go on and running order has made an enormous difference

Feel I've got extremely lucky with Bo and Vince, 2 weeks ago was massively regretting piling on them both.

Ruth backers can count themselves unlucky, thought she had it won. Going on first is the only reason she went

Leanne was better than Ruth and more likeable. That was enough to win from any trap I suspect.  As the viewers get to know the acts then the Golden Rules start to kick in.

Time will tell how lucky you are re bo and vince. Kicking myself for not being a big red on Tyler especially after taking some craic defending him.

big green ffs

OT, It's all about the voice!  Just seen this in Thursday's Telegraph.

A builder has been offered a record deal after a music exec heard him singing while he fitted her kitchen.

Lisa Davies, who also represents Cliff Richard and Chris De Burgh , signed up Michael Armstrong, 38, on the sop after hearing his "outstanding" voice at her home in Surrey.  She said "it's just such a shame he wasn't discovered earlier."

A story SCowell would be proud of, although he'd no doubt stick him in the XF audition process.

Perhaps Lou was doing a bit of Cardle-style odd jobbing.

A hunky builder in a MILF's kitchen gets offered a.......record contract.......like the surprise ending there.

How do you know he's "hunky" ?

poetic licence ...or wishful thinking

Has anyone asked for f/c market for tonight? Poor liquidity I know. If anyone finds any other markets than o/r on the HS please let us know.

hi gbs
any advice for a man coming into this very late but thinking bo has more talent than the other three put together?

Hi nick how goes it? Tennis treating you ok? Any tips?

fwiw I have it 1. tyler 2. leanne 3/4. vince/bo

Wouldn't mind some reverse forecast but no market. Would be decent odds.

Digital Spy poll...

Bo Bruce  38.0%
Leanne Mitchell  23.6%
Tyler James  22.2%
Vince Kidd  16.2%

pp going 5.2 tyler when all the rest are coming in. limited to 20.

5/2

Someone gagging to lay Leanne suddenly. 9.0 available. I bet the RO is out

Jun 2, 2012 -- 10:05AM, stringerbell wrote:

hi gbsany advice for a man coming into this very late but thinking bo has more talent than the other three put together?

As you would expect total disagreement with bails. I think Bo should be shorter

I thought there was a rabbit off with Leanne. Could be r/o or someone watching the rehearsals.  We knew it was a gamble as Universal will want her least of all I suspect.

If twitter WAS accurate vince would be 1.01

bo v tyler flip flop?

Leanne layer gone now

Its always at this point pre final when the seeds of doubt start to be sown.  Should I have had so much today on tyler given he can be woeful? twitter says vince but he's a huge red (for me). Bo green reduced to next to nothing but the shrewdies all fancy her.........

At least we know it's just a random loon backing tyler

schizophrenic clearly

My book is:

Leanne - Big Green
Tyler - Small Green
Bo - Small Red
Vince - Big Red

I think it could be any of the first 3 really, but middle England will surely not choose Alex Parks mark 2 over Tyler and Leanne?

So long as middle england turn up to vote.  The number of lurkers on here tonight will give a good indication.  Always does.  Signs not looking good so far.

The BBC will not be releasing voting figures and percentages for The Voice UK 2012, it has been revealed.

The Beeb has notoriously refused to reveal voting figures for its reality shows, saying that could influence the way people vote.

It’s in stark contrast to The X Factor, where detailed voting stats, including exact percentages and voting figures, are revealed at the end of the series.

On The Voice UK voting figures, the BBC commented: “The BBC does not disclose this information, however we will in the final show announce approximately how much money has been raised for charity.”

But the news has left a lot of viewers angry, especially as the live final failed to reveal even who had finished in third and second place between Tyler James and Bo Bruce.

Speaking in the context of Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC previously explained their stance: “We invite you to vote for the dancers that you liked best, based on their performance in each show and during the series. Releasing voting figures could affect the way that people vote, and also have an impact on the participants. We therefore do not disclose the exact voting figures.

“Although the BBC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, information which is closely connected to our programme-making is not covered by the Act. The Information Commissioner, who regulates the Act, has confirmed that information about Strictly Come Dancing voting is not covered. We are therefore not required to disclose the voting figures under the Act.”

There's a smugness about the BBC I despise.

Stasi Scum..privatise them

Just be grateful the runner forget to pick up the official results envelope

They're quite good with radio 3 mind