*** Britain's Got Talent Pricewatch ***

squares. Husky might not have been a very accurate description.


Show 1 current best prices - 4/1 Calum Scott, 10/1 Cor Glanaethwy, 50/1 Marc Metral, 66/1 Billy & Emily England

Show 2 current best prices - 12/1 Boyband, 20/1 Becky O'Brien, 25/1 Henry Gallagher, 25/1 Jamie Raven

Show 3 current best prices - 8/1 Revelation Avenue, 25/1 IMD Legion, 25/1 Isaac Waddington

Show 4 current best prices - 12/1 Maia Gough, 14/1 Old Men Grooving, 25/1 The Neals, 33/1 Jonathan Lutwyche, 50/1 Misstasia


Show 5 (9th May) best prices (a whopping 13 acts put through, to keep me busy):

5/1 (touched around 10/1) UDI Siberian light/shadow dancing, 9 piece, aged 18 to 32

14/1 Ella Shaw 18yo student, piano playing singer songwriter

16/1 Entity Allstars 10-15yo's 20 piece Essex dance troupe (including Lauren Platt's brother). Alesha golden buzzer

20/1 Alison Jiear 49yo backing/studio singer, sang You'll Never Walk Alone. Pimp slot

40/1 Vladamir Georgievsky 45yo, pratting around on a trampoline

66/1 Chloe Louise Crawford 26yo magicians assistant, from Portsmouth but now lives in Vegas. Transported a motorbike, as if by magic

66/1 OK Worldwide 1 Essex guy with 3 Romanians, aged 19-28, "dance/acrobatics, free running, gymnastics"

100/1 Aaron Carty 29yo drag artist dancing (with others) to Beyonce songs

100/1 Dylan Byrd 16yo fat Irish ginger lad, dancing, Alysha buzzed, other judges + audience gave SO (out of pity, presumably)

200/1 Mitch and Cally the Wonder Dog 42yo youth theatre owner, dog bursting balloons

200/1 Daniel Crute 40yo labourer, strongman

200/1 Arun Shendurnikar 76yo bus driver, played drums

200/1 DJ John 45yo DJ from Newcastle, didn't really do anything, a bit of dancing

Vladamir Georgievsky 45yo, pratting around on a trampoline

Great summary horse

you try doing some of his moves

Show 1 current best prices - 4/1 Calum Scott, 10/1 Cor Glanaethwy, 66/1 Marc Metral, 66/1 Billy & Emily England

Show 2 current best prices - 14/1 Boyband, 28/1 Becky O'Brien, 33/1 Henry Gallagher, 33/1 Jamie Raven

Show 3 current best prices - 8/1 Revelation Avenue, 33/1 Isaac Waddington, 40/1 IMD Legion

Show 4 current best prices - 14/1 Maia Gough, 14/1 Old Men Grooving, 40/1 The Neals, 40/1 Jonathan Lutwyche, 66/1 Misstasia

Show 5 current best prices - 9/2 UDI, 14/1 Ella Shaw, 20/1 Alison Jiear, 25/1 Entity Allstars, 66/1 Vladamir Georgievsky, 66/1 OK Worldwide


Show 6 (16th May) best prices:

10/1 (very briefly opened 25/1 then 12/1) Emma Jones 23yo opera singer, sang Ave Maria, very nervous and shy

33/1 Danny Posthill 28yo impressionist (an unfunny one)

33/1 Bonetics 17yo student, known as Junior, had behavioural problems, weird twisted/contortionist dancing

40/1 The Kingdom Tenors 12 piece bunch of guys, aged 21-31, sang You Raise Me Up

66/1 The Sakyi Five 5 brothers, aged 16-20 plus an annoying 11yo, singers (not very good ones)

100/1 Lorraine Bowen 53yo piano teacher, played a keyboard whilst singing The Crumble Song (her own). Pimp slot, Walliams' golden buzzer (other 3 judges red buzzed)

100/1 Groove Thing aged 7-11, bunch of annoying girls plus an annoying boy dancing

100/1 (200/1 Slybet) Gracie Wickens-Sweet annoying 10yo singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow

100/1 Leo Bailey-Yang annoying 7yo played piano blind folded

100/1 Daniel Chettoe 15yo sang Cry Me a River operatically

100/1 (200/1 Sly/Stan) The Cocooners 4 women aged 63-80, danced for about 10 seconds

250/1 Luca Calo 23yo bartender, did some appalling singing but then did some strange dancing in his heels, ending with the splits

Horse can you do ESC too? Bear is making a hash of it.

At least he's trying oc

Ha, just posted on his thread, looks far too much work I'm afraid. Imagine trying to note down in running prices too!

A very tidy thread Kev, you should be very proud

Show 7 (23rd May). The first 45 minutes of this show had the final auditions, with the following put through:

Beat Brothers 5 blokes aged 19 to 23, tap dancing
Michael Late 44yo comedic magician
Andrew Fleming 51yo bitter singing impressionist (including Cilla Black )
The Kanneh-Masons brother & sister classical musicians aged 9-18, from Nottingham
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse 48yo dog trainer, did a skit acting as a dog catcher
The Honeybuns 6 plump women aged 22 to 33, sang It's Raining Men, pimp slot


Over the 7 main shows, we saw 60 of the approximately 200 acts put through. I think the only act of these 60 under 100/1 not put through was Vladamir Georgievsky, the trampoline guy, who was initially 40/1 then the week after 66/1.


Best HS odds for the final 45. Odds in brackets are for Internet only bookies where the odds are hard to obtain. The number in brackets at the end is which show they were on:

7/2 (9/2) UDI Siberian light/shadow dancing, 9 piece, aged 18 to 32 (5)
4/1 (9/2) Calum Scott 26yo from Hull, council recruitment officer, singer (sister Jade rejected). Simon's golden buzzer (1)
9/1  Revelation Avenue Gospel Choir from London, 12 of them aged 20-30, sang Katy Perry's Roar. Amanda's golden buzzer (3 PIMP)
9/1 (10/1) COR Glanaethawy 162 piece choir from Bangor, ages 7 - 65, founded/conducted by Kevin Roberts (1)
9/1 (10/1) Emma Jones 23yo opera singer, sang Ave Maria, very nervous and shy (6)
14/1 Old Men Grooving 5 men (Patrick, Fred, Phil, David and Bret) aged 40-60, dancing to different songs (4)
14/1 Ella Shaw 18yo student, piano playing singer songwriter (5)
16/1 (20/1) Maia Gough 12yo from South Wales, sang Whitney's I Have Nothing (4 PIMP)
16/1 Boyband Corey, Mike, Dylan, Jaih, Mikey, 17-19yo, dance act (finalists is last year's Got To Dance). Ant & Dec's golden buzzer (2)
25/1 Jamie Raven 31yo full time magician from Ascot. Did a card trick (2)
25/1 Alison Jiear 49yo backing/studio singer, sang You'll Never Walk Alone (5 PIMP)
28/1 Becky O'Brien 34yo English teacher & Mum of 5, recently divorced. Sang Somewhere over the Rainbow (2)
28/1 Isaac Waddington 15yo piano playing singer, sang Billy Joel's She's Always a Women. Won BBC Young Chorister of the Year in 2012 (3)
33/1 Entity Allstars 10-15yo's 20 piece Essex dance troupe (including Lauren Platt's brother). Alesha's golden buzzer (5)
40/1 (50/1) Henry Gallagher 12yo from Wigan, singing original song "Lightening" about a girl at school who doesn't notice him (2 PIMP)
40/1 (50/1) Danny Posthill 28yo impressionist (6)
40/1 (50/1) The Kingdom Tenors 12 piece bunch of guys, aged 21-31, sang You Raise Me Up (6)
40/1 (66/1) Bonetics 17yo student, known as Junior, weird twisted/contortionist dancing (6)
50/1 The Neals Dad (Laurie) and 3 sons (James 28, Dan 26 and Phil 24) from Birmingham, sang When Will I Be Loved by The Everly Brothers (4)
50/1 Jonathan Lutwyche 15yo from Gibraltar, ballet type contemporary dancing (4)
50/1 Andrew Fleming 51yo singing impressionist (7)
50/1 Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse 48yo dog trainer, did a skit acting as a dog catcher (7)
50/1 IMD Legion from East London, around 25 aged 9-18, dance troupe, bit of acrobatics, include Lauren & Terrell from last year's BGT. Another Got To Dance finalist (3)
50/1 (80/1) The Kanneh-Masons brother & sister classical musicians aged 9-18, from Nottingham (7)
66/1 Billy and Emily England brother & sister from Birmingham, 28/25yo, roller skating danger act (1)
66/1 Marc Metral 61yo from Paris, "talking/singing" dog act (Wendy) (1)
80/1 OK Worldwide 1 Essex guy with 3 Romanians, aged 19-28, "dance/acrobatics, free running, gymnastics" (5)
100/1 The Sakyi Five 5 brothers, aged 11-20, singers (6)
100/1 Misstasia 4 young women (Georgie 22, Katie 23, Rosie 22 and Enola 24) sang Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid (4)
100/1 Chloe Louise Crawford 26yo magicians assistant, from Portsmouth but now lives in Vegas. Transported a motorbike (5)
100/1 Dylan Byrd 16yo fat Irish ginger lad, dancing (5)
100/1 Jesse Jane McParland 9yo N.Irish girl, sword wielding martial arts maniac (2)
100/1 Lisa Sampson 35yo fitness instructor, hoola hooping (3)
100/1 Lorraine Bowen 53yo piano teacher, played a keyboard whilst singing The Crumble Song (her own). Walliams' golden buzzer (6 PIMP)
100/1 Michael Late 44yo comedic magician (7)
100/1 Mitch and Cally the Wonder Dog 42yo youth theatre owner, dog bursting balloons (5)
100/1 Beat Brothers 5 blokes aged 19 to 23, tap dancing (7)
100/1 The Honeybuns 6 plump women aged 22 to 33, sang It's Raining Men, (7 PIMP)
100/1 Ruby Red Performers Northern women aged 25 - 64, sort of dancing, dressed as cleaners, then stripping to nighties then underwear (1 PIMP)
100/1 (150/1) Peter Lambert 32yo "entertainer", still lives with his parents, spun some plates and did about 5 seconds of juggling (4)
125/1 Groove Thing aged 7-11, bunch of girls plus a boy dancing (6)
125/1 (200/1) Gracie Wickens-Sweet 10yo singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow (6)
125/1 (200/1) Jeffrey Drayton 73yo handyman from Norfolk, magic, skating and puppet "I don't want to go in the cannon" (2)
200/1 (250/1) Narinder Dhani 42yo guy, IT Consulatant, comb playing "musican" (1)
250/1 Luca Calo 23yo bartender, did some singing then did some strange dancing in his heels, ending with the splits (6)

You're just showing off now

I think he`s entitled to!
So, bear, what`s the next `Pricewatch` thread that you`ll be starting?

Don't know about that but it took frigging ages to write up. I was going to put the 5 acts who had the golden buzzer in tim style gold but was worried it would be a step too far and come out wrong.

Labs Chat

DDS, I put some of those left-pointing chevron thingies after `Labs Chat, and it then failed to post the rest of my sentence. Just be aware that you will be stalked over there.

Even my half hearted effort was hard work, but i do like to look back at odds

I was only determined to finish it because fig made such a dire attempt at scd

^^^ DDS should be FFS
I`ll go away, now, and stop cluttering this thread.

First Live Show

£22,049 matched in the Win market. £38,141 matched in the To Qualify market at suspension, £38,583 matched at close

Running order - (apparently random this year) Entity Allstars, Billy & Emily England, Mitch & Cally the Wonderdog, Henry Gallagher, Cor Glanaethwy, Ruby Red Performers, Andrew Fleming, Becky O'Brien, Lorrain Bowen

Finishing Postions - 9th Ruby Red Performers, 8th Andrew Fleming, 7th Billy & Emily England, 6th Becky O'Brien, 5th Mitch & Cally the Wonderdog, 4th Lorrain Bowen, Between 3rd and 2nd Entity Allstars / Henry Gallagher, 1st Cor Glanaethwy


To Win - THINK Cor Glanaethy were available at a highest of 1/2 earlier in the day, they were 1/4 at 7pm, Last price matched at suspension was 1.11. Other last prices matched - 14 Mitch & Cally the Wonderdog, 36 Becky O'Brien, 60 Lorrain Bowen, 100 Henry Gallagher, 200 Entity Allstars.


To Qualify -  last prices matched at suspension - 1.03 Cor Glanaethwy, 1.55 Mitch & Cally the Wonderdog, 6.6 Becky O'Brien, 8 Henry Gallagher, 13 Entity Allstars, 20 Lorrain Bowen, 85 Andrew Fleming, 95 Billy & Emily England, 160 Ruby Red Performers.

Mitch & Cally the Wonderdog were matched at a high of 70 To Qualify, backed down as they broke the World record, were trading in the 8s afterwards, continually shortened thereafter, going odds on around 9pm, 1.55 being the lowest price matched.
Becky O'Brien also traded odds on, £38 matched at 1.28 then 1.4 upwards. Entity Allstars were second in the market To Qualify earlier in the day (after Cor Glanaethwy), originally 2/1 then backed in to 6/4, then shorter, matched at a low of 2 on Betfair, before drifting loads when announced as performing first, and not being that great. Their LPM of 13 was the highest they were matched at.

Winner Odds

On Sunday (24th), a gamble started on Cor Glanaethwy, continually shortening from 10/1 to around 6/1. This then continued on Monday (25th, yesterday), any 5/1 disappearing around 11am, 3/1 best price at 7pm. They briefly drifted on Betfair when performing, before shortening after the show when announced as the winner.

Prices now for the frontrunners:

Cor Glanaethwy.....3.25 - 3.45  (5/2 available HS)
UDI................4.2 - 4.4
Calum Scott........6.8 - 7

22 and bigger on Betfair for anyone else

Excellent stuff again horse! fwiw I got some HS 4-7 for Cor to win the heat earlier in the day. Should have stopped there!

Cheers Cider. 4/7, blimey.

Second Live Show

£22,525 matched in the Win market. £31,990 matched in the To Qualify market at suspension, £32,516 matched at close

Running order - Groove Thing, Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse, Bonetics, Revelation Avenue, The Honeybuns, Michael Late, Luca Calo, Alison Jiear, Old Men Grooving

Finishing Positions - 9th Luca Calo, 8th Alison Jiear, 7th Michael Late, 6th The Honeybuns, 5th Bonetics, 4th Groove Thing, 3rd Revelation Avenue, 2nd Old Men Grooving, 1st Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse


To Win
This heat was a 3 horse race. Best HS price for Jules O'Dwyer was 5/2 or thereabouts. Highest matched on Betfair £5 at 4.4, £10 at 4.1 then 3.55 downwards. Lowest £22 at 1.64 then 2.08 upwards. LPM 2.8
Highest/Lowest/Last for Old Men Grooving were 6 / 2.92 / 5.8 (although they were trading between 4 and 4.5 just before the suspension)
Highest/Lowest/Last for Revelation were 3.9 / 2.06 / 2.58
Big prices all the other runners
At 6pm, Jules 2.36 - 3.4,   Rev 3.4 - 3.5,   OMG 4.6 - 5.4
At 7:30pm, Jules 2.28 - 2.6,   Rev 3.05 - 3.5,   OMG 4.8 - 6.6
At 9pm, Jules 3.4 - 4,   Rev 2.18 - 2.34,   OMG 3.5 - 3.75
At 9:38pm, Jules 2.9 / 3,   Rev 2.38 - 2.42,   OMG 4 - 4.3


To Qualify
Highest / Lowest / 6pm / 7:30pm / 9pm / 9:38pm / Last:
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse -   1.8   /   1.22   /   1.4 - 1.55   /   1.21 - 1.25   /   1.41 - 1.52   /   1.23 - 1.45   /   1.41
Revelation Avenue -   1.94   /   1.2   /   1.67 - 1.87   /   1.7 - 1.79   /   1.34 - 1.38   /   1.28 - 1.31   /   1.33
Old Men Grooving -   2.5   /   1.65   /   2.12 - 2.3   /   2.22 - 2.66   /   2.12 - 2.7   /   2.04 - 3.45   /   2

Jules was backed in relentlessly To Qualify leading up to the show, all the way down to 1.22, with 10k matched between 1.22 and 1.29, only to then drift to as high as 1.8 when announced as appearing first and to a lot, including me, putting on an underwhelming performance. She subsequently traded in the 1.4 to 1.7 range

Revelation had £141 matched at 1.1 and £159 at 1.16 during the Judges vote off


It was announced there were 1 mil votes on Monday and 1.5 mil Tuesday (this year now has 5 free votes via their app)

Winner Odds

Betfair Prices for the frontrunners:

Cor Glanaethwy.....3.05 - 3.15   (lowest matched £60 at 2.2 then 2.74 upwards. Highest 8.6)
UDI.....................4.1 - 4.3   (lowest £12 at 3.35 then 3.5 upwards. Highest 6)   
Calum Scott..........6.2 - 7   (lowest 4.9, highest £15 at 10 then 9 downwards)
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse...10 - 13.5   (lowest 8.2, highest 40)
Emma Jones...........17 - 22

At least 30 to back anyone else. Amount matched so far £28,413

*correction, Jules appeared second, not first

Third Live Show

£20,289 matched in the Win market. £54,331 matched in the To Qualify market at suspension, £54,818 matched at close

Running order - The Sakyi Five, UDI, Dylan Byrd, Ella Shaw, Gracie Wickens-Sweet, IMD Legion, Narinder Dhani, The Kingdon Tenors, Jamie Raven

Finishing Positions - 9th Narinder Dhani, 8th Dylan Byrd, 7th Ella Shaw, 6th The Sakyi Five, 5th Gracie Wickens-Sweet, 4th The Kingdom Tenors, 3rd IMD Legion, 2nd UDI, 1st Jamie Raven

To Win
Jamie Raven - Highest price matched 14   /   Lowest 2.5   /   Last 5   /   6:30pm 10 - 16   /   9pm 4 - 5.7   /   9:38pm 3.1 - 5
UDI - Highest price matched 2.56   /   Lowest 1.22   /   Last 2   /   6:30pm 1.27 - 1.31   /   9pm 1.85 - 1.89   /   9:38pm 2.18 - 2.4
IMD Legion - Highest price matched £2 at 500 then 55   /   lowest 9   /   last 30   /   6:30pm 46 to back, nothing to lay   /   9pm 8 - 30   /   9:38pm 11 - 30
The Kingdom Tenors - Highest price matched £4 at 65 then 46   /   Lowest 4.7   /   Last 5.1   /   6:30pm 42 - 65   /   9pm 7 - 11   /   9:38pm 5.5 - 6.8
Gracie Wickens-Sweet - Highest price matched £2 at 500 then 110   /   Lowest 6   /   Last 7.4   /   6:30pm 80 to back, nothing to lay   /   9pm 6.2 - 7   /   9:38pm 6 - 7

UDI were long odds on leading up until the show. They then drifted a bit when announced as second on and then more when performing. Lowest money matched - 1.22 £96, 1.23 £25, 1.25 £45, 1.26 £158, 1.27 £523, 1.28 £509, 1.29 £1,294, 1.3 £499, 1.31 £685, 1.32 £399 1.33 £985


To Qualify
Highest / Lowest / 6:30pm / 9pm / 9:38pm / Last:

Jamie Raven  -   2.5   /   1.51   /   1.95 - 2.68   /   1.75 - 2   /   1.51 - 2   /   1.8
UDI  -   1.73   /   1.05   /   1.08 - 1.1   /   1.5 - 1.59   /   1.39- 1.48   /   1.49
IMD Legion -   24   /   3   /   10.5 - 28   /   4 - 6   /   4.8 - 6.4   /   4.1
The Kingdom Tenors -   8   /   2.6   /   6.2 - 8.8   /   2.8 - 4.8   /   3.1 - 5.4   /   5.4
Gracie Wickens-Sweet -   36   /   3.1   /   19 - 100   /   3.5 - 4.1   /   2.38 - 4   /   4

UDI had 31k matched between 1.05 and 1.11 leading up to the show. During their performance, they drifted to a high of 1.73 and thereafter traded between 1.3 and 1.7


It was announced there were 1.75 mil votes

Outright Winner Odds

Betfair Prices for the frontrunners:

Cor Glanaethwy..........2.34 - 2.42   (drifted to 4.1 yesterday then shortened after UDI's disappointing performance. 6/4 available on HS right now) 
Calum Scott...............4.7 - 5.1   (4.5 lowest so far matched)
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse...8 - 8.4
UDI..........................17 - 19.5   (shortened to high 3s yesterday and even favs for some of the day. Traded in the 7 to 8 region after performing) 
Emma Jones..............28 - 40
Jamie Raven.............16 - 17.5
Isaac Waddington........36 - 48
Boyband.................36 - 70
Old Men Grooving........110 - 200
Entity Allstars.........140 - 170

Amount matched so far £44,772

Fourth Live Show

£16,612 matched in the Win market. £30,816 matched in the To Qualify market at suspension, £31,308 matched at close

Running order - OK Worldwide, Lisa Sampson, The Kanneh-Masons, The Neales, Maria Gough, Jeffrey Drayton, Marc Metral, Isaac Waddington, Boyband

Finishing Positions - 9th OK Worldwide, 8th Jeffrey Drayton, 7th Lisa Sampson, 6th Maria Gough, 5th The Kanneh-Masons, 4th Marc Metral, Between 3rd and 2nd Boyband / The Neales, 1st Isaac Waddington

To Win
Isaac Waddington - Highest price matched 5.4   /   Lowest 1.4   /   Last 1.41   /   7pm 5 - 5.5   /   9pm 2.5 - 3.1   /   9:38pm 1.61 - 1.7
The Neales - Highest price matched 60   /   Lowest 9.2   /   Last 34   /   7pm 8.4 - 11   /   9pm 26 - 48   /   9:38pm 25 - 34
Boyband - Highest price matched £4 at 4, £30 at 3.55, £34 at 3.2, £87 at 3 then 2.8    /   lowest £24 at 1.44 then 1.6   /   last 4   /   7pm 2.5 - 2.6   /   9pm 1.76 - 1.9   /   9:38pm 2.64 - 5
Marc Metral - Highest price matched 26   /   Lowest 8   /   Last 13   /   7pm 10 - 13.5   /   9pm 8.2 - 95   /   9:38pm 11 - 22

Maia Gough was third fav to win this heat before the show, around 5/1 at 7pm
Boyband's graph was shaped like a V, shortened from 2.6s to it's low 1.6 (plus the small amount matched at 1.44) then drifted steadily to its highest
Isaac forever shortened after his performance


To Qualify
Highest / Lowest / 7pm / 9pm / 9:38pm / Last:

Isaac Waddington  -   2.6   /   1.05   /   2.22 - 2.64   /   1.4 - 1.58   /   1.15 - 1.2   /   1.06
The Neales  -   £1 at 25, £3 at 24, £4 at 18 then 16   /   4.2   /   4.2 - 6.2   /   9 - 12   /   9.8 - 15   /   25
Boyband -   1.75   /   1.12   /   1.43 - 1.59   /   1.14 - 1.19   /   1.27 - 1.34   /   1.35
Marc Metral -   £1 at 12, £4 at 8 then 6   /   2.74   /   4.4 - 9   /   2.76 - 3.3   /   3.7 - 6   /   3.8

Boyband money matched on them to qualify - 1.12 £200, 1.13 £80, 1.14 £1,540. 1.15 £60, 1.16 £978, 1.17 £335, 1.18 £1,643, 1.19 £2,206, 1.2 £182, 1.21 £200, 1.22 £1,143


It was announced there were over 2 mil votes and that it was incredibly close between the top 3 acts

Outright Winner Odds

Betfair Prices for the frontrunners:

Cor Glanaethwy...............2.34 - 2.64   (low of 2.1 matched last night) 
Calum Scott....................4.8 - 5   (fav for tonight's final heat)
Isaac Waddington............7.2 - 8.2     (highest matched 75. Was trading in the 40s yesterday before the show)
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse....8 - 8.8
Jamie Raven...................16.5 - 19
UDI..............................34 - 40
Emma Jones...................36 - 50     (second fav for tonight's final heat)
The Neales................50 - 60     (were around 130 yesterday before the show)
Old Men Grooving..........85 - 160
Entity Allstars................160 - 750

Amount matched so far £54,064

Fifth Live Show

Running order - Beat Brothers, Chloe Louise Crawford, Peter Lambert, Misstasia, Jonathan Lutwyche, Emma Jones, Danny Posthill, Jesse-Jane McParland, Calum Scott

Finishing Positions - 9th Peter Lambert, 8th Chloe Louise Crawford, 7th Misstasia, 6th Beat Brothers, 5th Emma Jones, 4th Jonathan Lutwyche, 3rd Jesse-Jane McParland, 2nd Danny Posthill, 1st Calum Scott

It was announced there were again over 2 million votes

I was out last night so don't have the prices recorded like usual. Calum Scott was always odds on, around 1.4 to win at 7pm, 1.13 to qualify. At 9pm, he was 1.25 to win.
Earlier in the day, Emma Jones was 2nd fav and Danny Posthill 3rd fav, well clear of the others.

Outright Winner Odds

Cor Glanaethwy...............2.2 - 2.24   (drifted to near 3 yesterday looking at the graph. Were 2.4 early this morning, shortening a bit since) 
Calum Scott....................3.8 - 4   (matched as low as 3.2 during/after last night's show. 3.5 early this morning but drifting out a bit now)
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse....7.4 - 7.6
Isaac Waddington............14.5 - 19     (lowest matched 6.2, was 7s yesterday lunchtime, steady drift since)
Jamie Raven...................27 - 34
UDI..............................40 - 55
Danny Posthill.................60 - 100     (was 220 to back yesterday before the show)
The Neales.....................70 - 75
Old Men Grooving...........150 - 180
Entity Allstars.................200 - 400

Revelation Avenue...............95 - 990
Jesse-Jane McParland............200 - 450
Boyband.........................210 - 500
IMD Legion......................520 to back
Henry Gallagher.................1000 to back

The public voted last night for one of the 5 top 3 finishers not put though to be be added to the final. The judges will also be picking a wildcard, so the final tomorrow will have 12 acts.

Amount matched so far £70,663

4 hours before the final. Exciting.

Cor Glanaethwy...............2.22 - 2.28
Calum Scott....................3.35 - 3.5     (drifted near 4 earlier, shortened back since)
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse....10 - 12     (drifted today, was 8 this morning)
Isaac Waddington............15 - 16.5
The Neales.....................30 - 32     (shortened today)
Jamie Raven...................55 - 75     (drifted today. Matched as high as 70 earlier)
UDI..............................50 - 80     (matched as high as 100 earlier)
Danny Posthill.................100 - 110
Old Men Grooving...........150 - 220
Entity Allstars.................240 - 550

Jesse-Jane McParland............130 - 240     (sure to be the public's wildcard pick)
Boyband.........................65 - 120     (market says Boyband or Revelation Avenue will be the judges wildcard pick)
Revelation Avenue...............120 - 220

Amount matched £90,045

The final was on Sunday 31st May, starting at 19:30, finishing 22:00, with 12 acts. Just like last year, the voting window was only open for 20 minutes, starting at 21:17

Running order (with finishing position) and last price matched:

Entity Allstars   (11th)   1000

adverts (Ant 'n Dec said UDI were up next)

UDI   (10th)   790

adverts (A&D said Neales & Boyband were next)

The Neales   (9th)   540
Boyband   (12th)   1000

adverts (A&D said Jessi & Calum were next)

Jesse-Jane McParland   (8th)   420
Danny Posthill   (7th)   980
Calum Scott   (6th)   60

adverts (A&D said Cors next)

Cor Glanaethwy   (3rd)   3.15

adverts (A&D said Jamie & Isaac were next)

Old Men Grooving   (4th)   80
Jamie Raven   (2nd)   6
Isaac Waddington   (5th)   65

adverts

Jules O'Dywer and Matisse   (1st)   1.95


As you can see, Ant & Dec's announcement of who were up next was a bit misleading at times

Standing Ovations - All 4 judges stood up the Entity Allstars. The next time anyone stood up was for Calum Scott, when they all did apart from Simon. The 5 remaining acts afterwards had all 4 judges standing up every time (well sort of for Jamie)

99k was matched at 17:30, 106k at 18:30, 118k at 19:25, 144k at 19:57, 188k at 20:24, 216k at 20:34, 281k at 20:58, 302k at 21:07, 327k at 21:17 (lines opened), 363k at 21:27, £398,802 final amount matched at suspension

It was announced there had been 4.5 mil votes


At 18:30, Cors were around 2.5, Calum had shortened to 2.9, Jules drifted to 12.5 and Jamie was in the 40s

At 19:25m Cors 2.2s, Calum 2.8s, Jules 13, Jamie 40

At the start of the show, the acts in the final were shown in semi final order. Some people briefly thought this was the order they would perform in, with the Cors on second, causing them to drift to 2.4s whilst Calum shortened to his low matched of 2.34

At 19:57, just as The Neales were starting to sing, Cors had just hit Evs, Calum 2.7, Jules 17, Isaac 21, Jamie 38

At 20:11, when Calum was announced as coming up (after Boyband had performed), he drifted from 3s to mid 4s with Cors going to 1.6s. Jules 12, Isaac 15, Jamie 40

At 20:24, when Calum wasn't next on (as after Jesse, Danny was next), he then shortened to 3.3 with Cors drifting to 1.8s. After Danny, when Calum WAS next, he then drifted to 4s again. Cors back to 1.6s

At 20:29, just after Calum had sung (and forget his words), he was 8s. Cors 1.4s, Jules 10, Isaac 10, Jamie 36

At 20:34, when the Cors were announced as next, they drifted from a low matched of 1.38 to high 1.6s. Calum 9s, Jules 9s, Isaac 6s, Jamie 20s

At 20:41, just after Cors had sung, they were mid 1.6s

At 20:58, just after Jamie had performed, Cors were 1.5s, Calum 14, Jules 9s, Isaac 10, Jamie 15, When Old Men Grooving were performing (after Cors, before Jamie) they had drifted to 200 but during the judges positive comments they shorted to 30s and 40s, then continued to shorten for a few minutes. They were in the 20s at this stage, and went even shorter, before gradually drifting back out

At 21:03, after Isaac had sung, Cors were 1.7s, Calum near 20, Jules 7s, Isaac 12, Jamie into 7s, Groovers high 20s

At 21:07, just before Jules performed, Cors 1.8, Calum 26, Jules 6s, Isaac 12, Jamie 6s, OMG 50

At 21:15, immediately after Jules had performed, Cors 2.3s, Jules 4s, Jamie 6s. 2 minutes later, Cors 2.5, Jules 3.1, Jamie 5.5

At 21:27, Jules had gone fav and was nearing Evs. Cors 3.2, Jamie 7s, Isaac 30s, Calum 55, OMG 70

In the 10 minutes after this, before lines suspended, Jules shortened to a low of 1.71 before drifting back out the just under Evs

Conclusion - forget wasting hours and hours of your life watching the 7 audition shows, forget spending a whole week watching the live semis, forget struggling to get bets on, forget reading articles about the show, ignore price moves in the market, just tune in 90 minutes into the final, see who's on last, and back them


Top 3 - during the day of the final, the Cors were trading around 1.15, Calum matched plenty in the 1.2s plus £113 at 1.15 & £200 at 1.14, Jules getting matched between 1.8 and 2.2, Isaac in the 3s and Jamie in the 6s


Lowest prices matched (and highest for the top 3):

Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse
1.71    £399
1.72    £22
1.73    £274
1.74    £658
1.75    £1,327
1.76    £1,012
1.77    £1,910
1.78    £1,241
1.79    £167
1.80    £1,584
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20    £79
21    £96
22    £65
25    £49
26    £23
27    £4
29    £0
30    £12
32    £12
34    £29
36    £19
38    £22
40    £10
42    £2
50    £4

Jamie Raven  (I'm unsure when he was matched this low - anyone else know?)
3.35    £62
3.40    £18
3.45    £18
3.50    £58
3.55    £13
3.70    £40
3.75    £85
3.80    £364
3.90    £4
3.95    £93
4.00    £1,640
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40    £681
42    £229
44    £90
46    £63
48    £122
50    £528
55    £65
60    £35
65    £28
70    £17
75    £25

Cor Glanaethwy
1.38    £700
1.40    £237
1.41    £636
1.42    £322
1.43    £65
1.44    £1,500
1.45    £1,000
1.46    £766
1.47    £5,087
1.48    £436
1.49    £2,240
1.50    £3,994
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6.0    £138
6.2    £20
6.4    £53
6.6    £234
6.8    £122
7.0    £258
8.0    £125
8.2    £24
8.4    £24
8.6    £44
11    £1

Isaac Waddington
6.2    £89
6.4    £97
6.6    £62
6.8    £2
7.0    £38
7.2    £69
7.4    £278
7.6    £40
7.8    £111
8.0    £534

Calum Scott
2.34    £40
2.36    £29
2.40    £576
2.42    £1,771
2.44    £189
2.46    £232
2.48    £480
2.50    £1,183
2.52    £915
2.54    £1,071
2.56    £202
2.58    £541
2.60    £1,288

UDI  (matched at these prices before they performed and disappointed in their semi)
3.30    £4
3.35    £12
3.50    £124
3.55    £20
3.60    £160
3.65    £36
3.70    £104
3.75    £120
3.80    £96
3.85    £126
3.90    £81
3.95    £118
4.00    £394

Lowest prices matched for the rest - 15 Old Men Grooving, 16 Boyband, 24 Entity Allstars, 29 The Neales, 55 Jesse-Jane McParland, 60 Danny Posthill

Additionally, lowest prices matched for non finalists were 6.6 Revelation Avenue & 10 Emma Jones

For reference, the voting results:

Vote 1
Côr Glanaethwy - 21.9%
Henry Gallagher - 17.5%
Entity Allstars - 12.8%
Lorraine Bowen - 12.3%
Mitch & Cally The Wonderdog - 11.5%
Becky O'Brien - 11.4%
Billy & Emily England - 7.6%
Andrew Fleming - 2.5%
Ruby Red Performers - 2.5%

Vote 2
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse - 29.3%
Old Men Grooving - 27.1%
Revelation Avenue - 16.3%
Groove Thing - 7.2%
Bonetics - 6.2%
The HoneyBuns - 5.3%
Michael Late - 4.5%
Alison Jiear - 2.7%
Luca Calo - 1.4%

Vote 3
Jamie Raven - 33.7%
UDI - 12.4%
IMD Legion - 11.6%
The Kingdom Tenors - 10.8%
Gracie Wickens-Sweet - 10.0%
The Sakyi Five - 8.0%
Ella Shaw - 7.4%
Dylan Byrd - 3.8%
Narinder Dhani - 2.3%

Vote 4
Isaac Waddington - 18.6%
The Neales - 17.6%
Boyband - 17.6%
Marc Métral - 16.6%
The Kanneh-Masons - 12.1%
Maia Gough - 8.0%
Lisa Sampson - 5.1%
Jeffrey Drayton - 3.1%
OK WorldWide - 1.3%

Vote 5
Calum Scott - 25.6%
Danny Posthill - 20.3%
Jesse-Jane McParland - 14.3%
Jonathan Lutwyche - 13.9%
Emma Jones - 11.5%
Beat Brothers - 6.5%
Misstasia - 4.3%
Chloé Louise Crawford - 2.5%
Peter Lambert - 1.1%

Final
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse - 22.6%
Jamie Raven - 20.4%
Côr Glanaethwy - 10.7%
Old Men Grooving - 10.2%
Isaac Waddington - 9.7%
Calum Scott - 8.2%
Danny Posthill - 5.3%
Jesse-Jane McParland - 4.2%
The Neales - 3.6%
UDI - 1.9%
Entity Allstars - 1.7%
Boyband - 1.5%

Wild Card Vote
Jesse Jane McParland - 33.3%
Henry Gallagher - 19.2%
Revelation Avenue - 19.0%
Boyband - 18.8%
IMD Legion – 9.7%

Jules only appeared in the 7th and final audition show

Jamie was in the 2nd show. Cors were 1st show

Immaculate stuff as always horse ....greatly appreciated

Britain's Got Talent  -  Series 10  -  2016


Hi all. Looks like a repeat of last year with 7 audition shows. Semi finals are apparently Sunday 22nd to Thursday 26th May with I guess the final on the Saturday (Champions League final evening but this isn't on ITV any more) or Sunday.


Here are the best high street prices from the acts from show 1 (9th April). Betfair have a market up too with all of £508 matched (mostly on Beau):

11/4  Beau Dermott 12yo adult sounding dog and rabbit owning singer, claimed to be nervous, sung Defying Gravity. Amanada golden buzzed

14/1  Trip Hazard and Lucy 30yo with performing dog

16/1  Alex Magala 26yo from Moldova, sword swallowing pro, won Russia's Got Talent, finalist in America’s Got Talent and Italy’s Got Talent plus been in the French and Mexican shows. Show 1 pimp

25/1  The Collaborative Orchestra started off with Nicholas Bryant playing the piano but ended up with hundreds singing and playing instruments

50/1  Darren Altman 42yo voice over artist doing impressions (including the now obligatory Dec). Longish segment highlighting he's a family man with 2 daughters

50/1  Elite Squad Royalz aged 8-13 girl Beefeater dressed street dance troupe

50/1  Togni Brothers 19 & 20yo Italians, now apparently living in Birmingham, stunt acrobatics

80/1  George Kavanagh 11yo "comedian"

80/1  Paisley Kerswell 10yo acrobatic/street dancer

200/1  Vitaly Voronko 25yo Belarus accordion playing superhero dressed novelty musician

horse

look and learn how the master does it bear

Show 1 current best prices - 5/1 Beau Dermott (£1,080 matched on here at 4 + £64 at 3.8), 20/1 Trip Hazard and Lucy, 33/1 Alex Magala, 33/1 The Collaborative Orchestra


Show 2 (16th April) best high street prices:

4/1 Another Kind of Blue Italian Nino & Dutch Violet + 3 helpers, dancing/performing against backdrops, reached finals of America GT in 2014 (as Blue Journey)

9/1 Richard Jones 25yo from Essex, magician, been in army 5 years. Price been shortening since weekend from 14/1 (don't know why, it was dull as)

12/1 100 Voices of Gospel does what it says on the tin, 1% English. Show 2 pimp. Alesha golden buzzed

33/1 Wayne Woodward 20yo from Surrey, happy chappy swing singer. Was 66/1 on Monday

50/1 Jack Higgins 14yo Liverpudlian ballet dancer. Been bullied, of course, much to Cowell's delight

200/1 Fair Play Crew aged 26-37 from Poland, robotic type dancing, shown only briefly

200/1 Katy and Paul 28/33yo Liverpudlian circus act (trapeze acrobatics)

500/1 Bill Brookman 60yo played various instruments whilst on stilts

500/1 Roberto Carlos 26yo Mexican juggler

Show 1 current best prices - 6/1 Beau Dermott, 25/1 Trip Hazard and Lucy, 40/1 The Collaborative Orchestra, 50/1 Alex Magala (75 on Exchange)

Show 2 current best prices - 9/2 Another Kind of Blue, 9/1 Richard Jones, 12/1 100 Voices of Gospel (18 on Exchange), 33/1 Wayne Woodward


Show 3 (23rd April) best high street prices:

6/1 (9.8 on Exchange) Kathleen Jenkins 25yo welsh singer, subo without the weirdness. Show 3 pimp

16/1 (28 on Exchange) Balance 17yo from Hertfordshire, great VT, dancing impressions

16/1 (40 on Exchange) Presentation School Choir Irish girl choir

33/1 (130 on Exchange, 16/1 'fred FFS) Craig Ball 24yo singing while doing (bad) impressions

66/1 (190 on Exchange, 20/1 boils if you're quick) Ruby Murry 34yo drag artist opera singer, sang Nessun Dorma

66/1 (210 on Exchange) Ian and Anne Marshall old married couple singing. David golden buzzed

100/1 (510 on Exchange) Bespoke Candi 4 women playing with fire then a T-Rex joined in

100/1 (510 again) Colin Henry 68yo upside down pianist

200/1 (510) Lisa & Chris Pitman "World's most powerful couple", broke a load of tiles

200/1 (510) Dmitry & Ksenila engaged couple bit of dancing, bit of acrobatics

As you can see, some very generous and brave prices out there from the esteemed bookmaking industry

Show 1 current best prices - 7/1 Beau Dermott, 33/1 Trip Hazard and Lucy, 50/1 The Collaborative Orchestra

Show 2 current best prices - 4/1 Another Kind of Blue, 9/1 Richard Jones, 16/1 100 Voices of Gospel (25 Exchange), 50/1 Wayne Woodward

Show 3 current best prices - 8/1 Kathleen Jenkins (15.5 Exchange), 25/1 Balance (60 Exchange), 25/1 (85 Exchange) Presentation School Choir


Show 4 (30th April)

5/1 Jasmine Elcock 14yo from Essex, singer, standing ovations and tears all round Show 4 pimp  Ant n Dec golden buzzed

20/1 (40 Exchange) Vox Fortis 5 black guys (now 4) classical vocal group

50/1 (130) Ben Blaque American, fired a crossbow at a women holding balloons, and then at an apple. Do not try this at home

66/1 (420) Ystrad Fawr Dancers Welsh dance troupe

100/1 Shannon & Peter husband and wife dancers. They love each other very much

100/1 (320) Sam and Hector 12 & 14yo, gymnastics

100/1 (420) Spartans Resurrection (or Gymnastics) Scottish gymnastic performers

200/1 (1000) Richard Bayton camp singer/dancer

(Betfair have Spartan or Spartans Resurrection listed as that AND Spartans Gymnastics)

Nearly 30k matched on Betfair


Show 1 current best prices - 13/2 Beau Dermott, 25/1 Trip Hazard and Lucy, 50/1 The Collaborative Orchestra, 66/1 Darren Altman

Show 2 current best prices - 4/1 Another Kind of Blue, 11/2 (shortened this week) Richard Jones, 28/1 100 Voices of Gospel, 33/1 Wayne Woodward

Show 3 current best prices - 16/1 Kathleen Jenkins, 40/1 Balance

Show 4 current best prices - 11/2 Jasmine Elcock, 100/1 Shannon & Peter (honorary mention for hems)


Show 5 (7th May):

16/1 (34 on Exchange) Boogie Storm Stormtroopers dancing, show 5 pimp  simon golden buzzed

16/1 (38 on Exchange) Rachael Wooding pro singer

66/1 The Garnett Family mum and 3 daughters, singing

100/1 Tumar KR - 4 guys from Kyrgyzstan, robotic dance routine

100/1 Anna Klinge German women, feet puppet act

100/1 Scott and Muriel (Scott Nelson) magician plus mannequin which turns into human assistant

100/1 The Mimic Men terrible A-Z impressionists. B was Bruce Forsyth

500/1 The Deep Space Deviants Davros singing

500/1 Vadik (& The Bear) dance performance involving a giant bear



Show 6 (14th May):

16/1 (30 on Exchange) Ana & Fia Almanda mother and daughter singers, sob story show 6 pimp

40/1 Morgan Connie Smith 15yo from Watford (looks older, be careful out there guys) singer, did the old second song cliché

66/1 Josh Curnow muscian from Cornwell, played piano and sung

80/1 Saulo Sarmiento guy with a six pack from Canary Islands, pole dancing

100/1 Mythical PSM/Ones/Onez 3 Leeds lads, "humorous" dance routine

100/1 Khronas Agoria male contemporary dancers

100/1 Chloe Fenton 10yo brat from Liverpool, energetic dance routine

100/1 Déjà vu Glaswegian girl dance troupe

100/1 Flying Bebop Gavin & Nadia dancing with some little drones

200/1 David Forest 84yo sang and played a keyboard (forever, about a bus)

Cheers Horse, though i've realised it's a thankless task, some of us appreciate it

Ask not what your forum can do for you ask, what you can do for your forum

Show 7 (21st May). The first part of the show had the final auditions with the following making the cut:

Bollywest Fusion dance troupe
Zyrah Rose 4 women singing
Total TXS 5 lads dancing
Danny Beard singer
Christian Lee humorous magician
Mel & Jamie mother and son singing, show 7 pimp


Best high street odds for the final 45. The number in brackets at the end is which show they were on:

7/2  Richard Jones Essex magician (2)
4/1  Another Kind of Blue Italian Nino & Dutch Violet + 3 helpers, dancing/performing against backdrops (2)
11/2  Beau Dermott 12yo adult sounding singer. Amanada golden buzzer (1)
7/1  Jasmine Elcock 14yo Essex singer Ant n Dec golden buzzer (4 pimp)
8/1  Kathleen Jenkins Welsh singer, subo without the weirdness (3 pimp)
20/1  Rachael Wooding pro singer (5)
20/1  Boogie Storm Stormtroopers dancing Simon golden buzzer (5 pimp)
22/1  Ana & Fia mother and daughter singers (6 pimp)
25/1  100 Voices of Gospel Alesha golden buzzer (2 pimp)
25/1  Lucy and Trip Hazard women with performing dog (1)
25/1  Balance Unity 17yo from Hertfordshire, dancing impressions (3)
25/1  Mel & Jamie mother and son singing, (7 pimp)
33/1  Wayne Woodward swing singer (2)
33/1  The Collaborative Orchestra and singers (1)
33/1  Zyrah Rose 4 women singing (7)
50/1  Darren Altman voice over artist doing impressions (1)
50/1  Christian Lee humorous magician (7)
80/1  Josh Curnow musician from Cornwell, played piano and sung (6)
80/1  Morgan Connie Smith 16yo from Watford, singer (6)
100/1  Craig Ball singing while doing impressions (3)
100/1  Alex Magala sword swallowing pro from Moldovia (1 pimp)
100/1  Shannon and Peter husband and wife dancers (4)
100/1  Presentation School Choir Irish girl choir (3)
100/1  Vox Fortura 5 black guys (now 4) classical vocal group (4)
100/1  Khronos Agoria male contemporary dancers (6)
100/1  The Garnett Family mum and 3 daughters singing (5)
100/1  Jack Higgins 14yo Liverpudlian ballet dancer (2)
100/1  Flying Bebop Gavin & Nadia dancing with some little drones (6)
100/1  Tumar KR - 4 guys from Kyrgyzstan, robotic dance routine (5)
100/1  Danny Beard singer (7)
100/1  Bollywest Fusion dance troupe (7)
100/1  Chloe Fenton 10yo from Liverpool, energetic dance routine (6)
100/1  Mythical PSM 3 Leeds lads, humorous dance routine (6)
100/1  Ben Blaque American, fired a crossbow at a women holding balloons, and then at an apple (4)
100/1  Ystrad Fawr Dancers Welsh dance troupe (4)
100/1  Spartans Resurrection Scottish gymnastic performers (4)
100/1  The Deep Space Deviants Davros singing (5)
150/1  Total TXS 5 lads dancing (7)
150/1  Anne & Ian Marshall old married couple singing. David golden buzzer (3)
150/1  The Togni Brothers Italians, stunt acrobatics (1)
200/1  Bespoke Candi 4 women playing with fire then a T-Rex joined in (3)
200/1  Vadik and the Bear dance performance involving a giant bear (5)
200/1  Elite Squad Royalz aged 8-13 girl Beefeater dressed street dance troupe (1)
200/1  Vitaly Voronko Belarus accordion playing superhero dressed novelty musician (1)
200/1  Richard Bayton camp singer/dancer (4)


On the Exchange:
5.4 - 5.5     Another Kind of Blue (4.5 lowest matched)
5.7 - 6     Richard Jones (been forever shortening and a few days ago had £390 matched at 3.8, £200 at 4, £102 at 4.1)
7.6 - 7.8     Beau Dermott (£64 matched at 3.8 and £1080 at 4)
8 - 8.6     Kathleen Jenkins (£4 matched at 40, 36 & 34, £15 at 32, £56 at 30. Shortened dramatically yesterday (I think) on news she's in tonight's first live heat and odds on fav. 7 lowest matched)
9.4 - 9.6     Jasmine Elcock (5.5 lowest matched)
32 bar

Sorry for the lack of updates and only brief details below, my heart's really not in this any more. What used to be a pleasurable and profitable pastime is now emphatically neither of these plus I can't bet online anywhere at all any more. The bookies have won the war


Heat 1 (22nd May)
Pre show, Kathleen Jenkins 2/5 to win, 100 Voices of Gospel 15/2, Mel and Jamie 8/1, Darren Altman 9/1
After the show, 100 Voices matched down to 1.08, Kathleen trading around 10, Mel and Jamie around 20
100 Voices matched at 1.01 to qualify, Kathleen and Mel & Jamie both trading around evens
100 Voices won, judges took Kathleen and M&J to deadlock with M&J going thru

Heat 2 (23rd May)
Pre show, Another Kind of Blue around 1.6 to win, Wayne Woodward trading around 8s, Shannon & Peter between 7 and 10, Rachael Wooding 11 to 17, Alex Magala 13 to 24. AKoB 1.2s to qualify
Don't have figures after the show but AKoB put in a terrible performance and suitably drifted like a barge
Wayne won, Alex beat S&P 3-1

Heat 3 (24th May)
Pre show, Richard James 1.5 to win, Boogie Storm 7s, Jack Higgins 7 to 9
After the show, RJ 1.1 and lower, Boogie Storm 20s, Jack Higgins 30s
RJ won, judges took Boogie and Jack to deadlock with Boogie going thru

Heat 4 (25th May)
Pre show, Beau Dermott 1.3s to win, Balance Unity 4s to 6s
After the show, Beau 1.15, Tumar KR 7s, Balance 16
Beau won, Balance beat Kumar 4-0

Heat 5 (26th May)
Jasmine Elcock 2.7 to win, Trip Hazard and Lucy round 3.3, Craig Ball around 4
After the show, Jasmine 1.4s, Trip 5s/6s, Craig around 11/12
Craig won, Jasmine beat Trip 3-1

The final 10:

2 - 2.04      Richard Jones     (5 on Monday, 3 on Tuesday, matched down to 1.72 after winning his heat, odds on all Weds, drifted to near 2.5 Thurs before shortening back after the final heat)
3.8 - 4       Beau Dermott       (around 5 pre Weds heat, matched down to 2.8 afterwards, drifted as high as 5 yesterday, then back to mid 3s on Richard's drift, bit higher now with Jasmine thru)
11 - 15       100 Voices of Gospel       (£28 matched at 4.1 then 4.7 upwards)
14 - 19.5     Jasmine Elcock       (low of 5.5 matched yesterday during her heat)
19 - 21       Wayne Woodward       (matched as low as 5.5 after winning his heat)
18 - 32       Craig Ball
65 - 85       Balance Unity
70 - 90       Boogie Storm
120 - 160     Alex Maglia
250 - 1000    Mel & Jamie


In addition, the viewers have voted for one of the 3rd place finishers to be in the final and the judges will choose a 12th finalist
Everyone else who's not 1000:

25 - 48         Trip Hazard and Lucy
110 - 560       Kathleen Jenkins
100             Presentation School Choir
170 - 430       Tumar KR
250 - 990       Another Kind of Blue
310             Jack Higgins
700             Shannon & Peter

Horse, what can we say? Fully understand your frustrations, but very sad news, your excellent work will be MUCH missed. Can`t tell you the number of times I refer back to your threads and, having tried to do it myself once or twice, I very much doubt that anyone who hasn`t done it will have any idea how much time and work it involves. Or the pressure of remembering to note everything, during the heat of the battle.

Maybe I should have awarded you FOTY...

Bear will do a great job

As FOTY I shall nominate someone

I just need to find someone who..

1. Does feck all,all day
2. Has previous experience
3. Would love to be FOTY
4. Hasn't had a winner since 2011
5. Has pink curtains in his bedroom

That's not me then

1. I'm always out and about these days. I have a sunburnt neck after a trip to Arundel yesterday
2. Not sure my Strictly thread counts as experience
3. I don't believe in prizes and awards. We're all winners
4. Ukraine
5. They're oatmeal

1. It's not sunburn, autoerotic asphyxiation can be dangerous
2. It does
3. Except Rmb
4. Copied hems
5. Take yer feckin sunglasses off indoors ya plonker

at fig and bear, very amusing

tim - I'm not retiring completely, still planning on doing X-Factor and SCD, just mainly want to stop watching and betting on BB with it being so long and on every night. I'm undecided about CBB and IAC.


Yesterday it was announced that Trip Hazard & Lucy won the pubic vote and the judges picked Shannon & Peter.

Prices for tonight's final:

2.24 - 2.42      Richard Jones     (drifting on Choir's shortening)
3.25 - 3.9       Beau Dermott       (trading around 4 most of yesterday, swiped down to 3.15 just now)
7.4 - 7.6       100 Voices of Gospel       (shortened all day yesterday, HS 9/1 disappeared midday, 6/1 best price by evening)
20 - 25         Jasmine Elcock
23 - 24         Wayne Woodward
24 - 25         Craig Ball
40 - 44         Trip Hazard & Lucy     (getting matched in high 20s yesterday before drifting in the evening)
100 - 120       Balance Unity
100 - 150       Boogie Storm
100 - 150       Alex Maglia
310 - 530       Shannon & Peter
600 - 1000      Mel & Jamie

189k matched so far

Half an hour before the final and there have been some slight changes to the odds (they started to move a couple of hours ago):

2.7 - 2.82      Wayne Woodward     (2.42 lowest matched)
3.35 - 3.5      Beau Dermott     (matched down to 2.26)
8.4 - 9.2       Craig Ball
8.8 - 9.8       Richard Jones
18.5 - 20       100 Voices of Gospel
26 - 28         Jasmine Elcock
34 - 46         Boogie Storm
40 - 50         Trip Hazard & Lucy
140 - 470       Alex Maglia
300 - 940       Balance Unity
600 - 900       Shannon & Peter
1000            Mel & Jamie

245k matched

The final was on Saturday 28th May, starting at 19:30, finishing 22:05, with 12 acts. The voting window was only open for 16 and a half minutes, starting at 21:18

Running order, act, (finishing position), last price matched. Unlike last year, all the "up next" from Ant 'n Dec were correct:

On 1st  Balance Unity          (10th)     1000

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2nd  Richard Jones          (1st)     2.68     

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3rd  100 Voices of Gospel          (8th)     70
4th  Alex Magala          (9th)     110
5th  Mel & Jamie          (12th)     1000

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6th  Shannon & Peter          (11th)     1000
7th  Jasmine Elcock          (4th)     12

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8th  Trip Hazard          (7th)     42

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9th  Beau Dermott          (5th)     8
10th  Craig Ball          (6th)     44
11th  Boogie Storm          (3rd)     9

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12th  Wayne Woodward          (2nd)     3.5


254k was matched 5 minutes before the final started, 264k at 19:54 (after Richard), 280k at 20:18 (after Mel & Jamie), 313k at 21:01 (after Craig Ball), 349k at 21:18 (when lines opened), 372k at 21:28, £391,39 final amount matched when lines closed at 21:34

It was announced there had been 2.5mil votes


At 19:54, after Richard had performed his sh1t but emotional act, Wayne was 2.46 - 2.7, Beau 2.84 - 3.1, Craig 8 - 9.6, Richard 18 - 19.5, 100 Voices 17 - 30, Jasmine 21 - 29, Trip 20 - 36, Boogie 32 - 140, Alex 36 - 340. Richard got matched at a high of 21 around here

At 20:18, after Mel & Jamie had performed, Beau was 2.54 - 2.72, Wayne 3.05 - 3.2, Craig 7.8 - 8.8, Richard 15 - 18.5, Jasmine 23 - 25, Trip 28 - 44, 100 Voices 32 - 44, Boogie 29 - 36, Alex 80 - 150

At 21:01, after Craig Ball had performed, Wayne was 2.36 - 2.4, Beau 3.6 - 3.85, Richard 5.8 - 6, Boogie 17 - 22, Craig 19 - 28, Trip 27 - 36, Jasmine 28 - 38, 100 Voices 70 - 190, Alex 150 - 360

At 21:10, just before Wayne was up, Wayne was 2.54 - 2.56, Richard 3.1 - 3.3, Beau 6.2 - 11, Boogie 15 - 19.5, Jasmine 23 - 32, Craig 34 - 38, Trip 30 - 48, 100 Voices 65 - 130, Alex 110 - 390

At 21:19, just after lines opened, Wayne was 2.52 - 2.66, Richard 2.9 - 3, Beau 6.6 - 7, Jasmine 11 - 16, Boogie 17.5 - 28, Trip 26 - 34, Craig 38 - 48, 100 Voices 80 - 110, Alex 160 - 470. Wayne had got matched at a low of 2.02 during his performance

At 21:28, Richard was 2.22 - 2.3, Wayne was 3.95 - 4, Beau 6.4 - 9, Boogie 8 - 11, Jasmine 13.5 - 14.5, Craig 44 - 60, Trip 40 - 150,  Alex 80 - 250, 100 Voices 100 - 420


Lowest prices matched (and highest for the top 3):

Richard Jones
1.72    £91
1.73    £679
1.74    £1,130
1.75    £735
1.76    £300
1.77    £318
1.78    £72
1.79    £1,862
1.80    £7,848
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16    £502
16.5    £234
17    £202
17.5    £91
18    £210
18.5    £132
19    £92
19.5    £102
20    £236
21    £50

Wayne Woodward
2.02    £200
2.10    £10
2.12    £22
2.14    £8
2.18    £4
2.20    £1,479
2.22    £928
2.24    £22
2.28    £380
2.30    £1,306
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50    £10
55    £55
60    £76
65    £32
70    £6
75    £4
85    £4
90    £10

Boogie Storm
7.2    £10
8.0    £183
8.2    £574
8.4    £86
8.6    £762
8.8    £30
9.0    £127
9.6    £60
9.8    £705
10.0    £100
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200    £300
210    £4
220    £8
230    £2
240    £25
250    £7
260    £4
270    £1
290    £8
310    £6

Jasmine Elcock
5.3    £2
5.5    £200
5.6    £142
5.7    £282
5.8    £90
5.9    £112
6.0    £265
6.2    £300
6.4    £248

Beau Dermott
2.26    £559
2.30    £800
2.32    £400
2.34    £404
2.44    £96
2.46    £44
2.48    £100
2.50    £459

Craig Ball
6.0    £2
6.4    £16
6.6    £5
6.8    £77
7.0    £56
7.2    £135
7.4    £216
7.6    £145
7.8    £300
8.0    £877

Trip Hazard
11.0    £2
12.5    £28
13.0    £27
13.5    £16
14.0    £30
15.0    £13
15.5    £37
16.0    £6
16.5    £16
17.0    £41

100 Voices of Gospel
4.1    £28
4.7    £84
4.8    £7
5.0    £684
5.1    £482
5.2    £9
5.3    £104
5.4    £41
5.5    £409
5.6    £311

Alex Magala
15    £34
20    £100
22    £6
25    £8
26    £4
30    £77
34    £1
40    £4
46    £28
48    £28
50    £44

Balance Unity
12.0    £26
12.5    £14
13.0    £18
13.5    £49
14.0    £4
15.0    £6
15.5    £24
16.0    £46
17.5    £8
18.0    £8
18.5    £70
19.0    £107

Shannon & Peter
15    £4
16    £4
19    £6
19.5    £3
20    £126

Mel & Jamie
42    £36
50    £80
55    £52
60    £10
65    £40

Additionally, lowest prices matched for non-finalists:
4.5  Another Kind of Blue
6.2  Kathleen Jenkins
14  Ana & Fia
15  Rachael Wooding
16  The Collaborative Orchestra
20  Presentation School Choir
30  Tumar KR

For reference, voting results (courtesy of bear, FOTY):

Heat 1
100 Voices of Gospel - 26.8%
Mel & Jamie - 21.2%
Kathleen Jenkins -15.0%
Darren Altman -13.0%
Total TXS - 8.4%
Spartans Resurrection - 5.8%
Ben Blaque - 5.2%
Richard Bayton - 2.6%
Ystrad Fawr Dancers - 2.0%

Heat 2
Wayne Woodward - 25.0%
Shannon & Peter - 21.5%
Alex Magala - 16.0%
Rachael Wooding -10.3%
Another Kind of Blue - 8.4%
The Garnett Family - 7.9%
Mythical PSM - 7.3%
Anne & Ian Marshall - 2.1%
Vitaly Voronko - 1.5%

Heat 3
Richard Jones - 33.9%
Boogie Storm - 21.9%
Jack Higgins - 12.0%
Josh Curnow - 8.4%
Morgan Connie Smith - 7.0%
Vadik and the Bear- 5.8%
Khronos Agoria - 5.2%
Zyrah Rose - 4.2%
Flying Bebop - 1.6%

Heat 4
Beau Dermott - 29.7%
Tumar KR - 18.2%
Balance Unity -17.3%
Vox Fortura - 9.7%
The Collaborative Orchestra & Singers - 9.6%
Christian Lee - 5.9%
Danny Beard - 4.9%
Bollywest Fusion -2.5%
Bespoke Candi - 2.2%

Heat 5
Craig Ball - 24.9%
Jasmine Elcock - 23.4%
Trip Hazard - 15.5%
Presentation School Choir - 12.2%
Togni Brothers - 6.9%
Elite Squad Royalz - 6.4%
Chloe Fenton - 5.1%
Ana & Fia Almanda - 3.5%
The Deep Space Deviants - 2.1%

Wildcard
Trip Hazard - 32.8%
Tumar KR - 21.3%
Shannon & Peter - 19.1%
Kathleen Jenkins - 14.4%
Jack Higgins -12.4%

Final
Richard Jones -16.7%
Wayne Woodward -13.8%
Boogie Storm -12.8%
Jasmine Elcock - 11.8%
Beau Dermott - 9.8%
Craig Ball - 9.2%
Trip Hazard - 7.8%
100 Voices of Gospel - 4.7%
Alex Magala - 4.5%
Balance Unity - 3.8%
Shannon & Peter - 3.2%
Mel & Jamie -1.9%

Thanks as always Horse

Thanks Horse.

We'll miss you on BB. You may just not be able to keep away though.

Amazing stuff horse Much appreciated

have a great retirement horse......however as arnie says "I'll be back".

sterling stuff as always horse

Britain's Got Talent  -  Series 11  -  2017

Good morning everyone. Forget the ridiculously time consuming ESC, forget a tiresome shock General Election, BGT is back! Exciting, or what?

Here are the current Betfair prices (with best high street prices in brackets) from the acts from show 1 (15th April). £6,995 has been matched:

4.4 - 4.9  (4/1)   Missing People Choir  says what they are on the tin, tears all round from the audience and judges when singing
6.8 - 8.4  (9/2)   Sarah Ikumu  15yo (looks older) singer (And I'm Telling You...), song went on forever, pimp and Simon Golden Buzzed
21 - 36  (16/1)   Jess Robinson  33yo singing impressionist, works with special needs kids, has had a tough year, divorce
23 - 30  (16/1)   DNA  2 Essex blokes, Andrew & Darren, mind reading act
150  (80/1)   Ned Woodman  8yo comedian from Maidstone, big aahs from audience upon hearing his age, his Dad wrote the jokes, called Amanda a dog
210  (66/1)   Niels Harder  26yo Dutch magician
230  (100/1)   Adam Keeler  34yo comedy dancer
260  (100/1)   Paws With Soul  3 dancers with dog heads
260  (200/1)   Dan Graham  33yo policeman, robotic style dancing in his uniform
260  (200/1)   Mahny and Robbie  woman doing yoga with her dog

*Missing People Choir had a tenner matched at 7.2 then been matched between 5.6 and 4 plus £40 at 3 by an overly excited backer
*Sarah Ikumu been matched between 7.4 and 5

Acts from show 2 (22nd April):

14.5 - 18  (14/1)  Issy Simpson  8yo magician from Blackpool
18 - 55  (14/1)  Just Us  5 girls aged 14-17 from the Wirral, dancers, one has curvature of the spine, Alesha Golden Buzzed
22 - 34  (12/1)  Reuben Gray  16yo sang his own song whilst playing piano
46  (14/1)  Geo Lin & Liu Xin acrobatic dancers from Beijing, were in 2015 final of Asia's Got Talent but finished in bottom 3
38  (25/1)  Jonny Awsum  39yo did a "comedy" song with Ant 'n' Dec on stage too, show 2 pimp
210  (100/1)  John & Brandon Pohlhammer  father and son tap dancing (all 13 seconds of it) and singing
310  (100/1)  Charley Dyson  9yo from Barnsley, scooter "stunts"
310  (100/1)  QT Crew  14 girls aged 6 to 10, dancing

£11,327 matched
Lads/Joe not bothered offering any prices since Saturday's show
Missing People Choir currently 4.6 - 4.7
Sarah Ikumu currently 5.3 - 6.2

Acts from show 3 (29th April):

16 - 18  (16/1)  Tokio Myers 32yo pianist, tough upbringing
16 - 24  (10/1)  The Miss Treats 4 girl group, including one from X-Factor's Miss Dynamix, reminded people of early Little Mix
20 - 22  (16/1)  Daliso Chaponda comedian, Amanda Golden Buzzed
25 - 90  (16/1)  St Patricks Junior Choir 36 sprogs aged 8 - 12 from NI, show 3 pimp
60 - 95  (20/1)  Sian Pattison nervous singer, kid in audoience, have you got a second song routine
65 - 95  (14/1)  Josephine Lee magician, floating balls
140  (100/1)  Rare Species comedy duo who appeared, we are told, as The Queen and Prince Charles
160  (66/1)  London School of Bollywood dance troupe whose gimmick was one camp guy dressed like the women
320  (100/1)  Ryan Tracy made 5 balloon animals, blindfolded, breaking the Guiness World Record. The suspension was unbearable

£14,941 matched
Missing People Choir currently 4.3 - 4.7
Sarah Ikumu currently 6.2 - 9.8
Issy Simpson currently 16 - 18 (matched at 10.5 when first added to the market and subsequently been matched as low as 12)

Acts from show 4 (6th May), two and a half more audition shows to come (I think):

11 - 16 (10/1) Angara Contortion 4 Russian women doing acrobatic/contortionist stuff  (£132 matched at 7, WTF, next lowest 10)
32 - 55 (12/1) Harry Gardner 16yo sang his own song/played piano about his 'Nan who had Alzheimer's. Amanda cried  (£100 matched at 9.2, WTF again)
38 - 65 (25/1) Grace & Ali two loved up teenagers ballet/acrobatic dancing
65 (40/1) Martin and Faye father & daughter sang operatic style
***** (33/1) Perfect Pitch Creation 8-14yo choir sang a 2 song medley from Jungle Book
***** (50/1) Christine Tew/Dizzy Twilight 65yo retired nurse who, erm, played some songs. Show 4 pimp
***** (150/1) Irshad Shaikh rubbish impressionist, got 4 buzzes but then 3 yeses
***** (100/1) John Parnell sang a song about hoops, whilst hooping. He's no where my keys, where my phone performer
***** (100/1) The Boyz 4 guys sang & danced
***** Jay Wynn 36yo support worker sang Take On Me in some sort of robot suit

***** = Betfair can't be @rsed adding these to the market (and in Jay Wynn's case bookies can't even muster the energy to price up either)

£18,942 matched
Missing People Choir currently 3.5 - 3.65  (shortening every week, matched down to 3.3 yesterday, was 3.8 - 3.9 in the morning. The backer at 3 will soon be sitting on a value bet)
Sarah Ikumu currently 6.8 - 10
Tokio Myers currently 14 - 22  (matched down to 12.5 last week)
Issy Simpson currently 12.5 - 20

About feckin time

Got to do yesterday's summary early as can't do it during the week...

Acts from show 5 (13th May):

12 - 14  (9/1)  Angelicus Celtis 12-17yo girl choir from South Wales, sang Nessun Dorma, judges loved it, run by Mr Williams who'd been in a car crash  (matched between 27 & 10)
22 - 32  (16/1)  Matt Edwards goofy comedic magician, 34, from Suffolk, show 5 pimp and Ant 'n Dec's Golden Buzzer  (matched between 40 & 20)
40  (25/1)  Jamie Lee Harrison overweight 24yo singer from Newcastle
70  (40/1)  Tyrone and Mina Spanish/Argentine couple, knife throwing act (most of which seemed to land a comfortable distance away, to my eyes)
510  (66/1) Mal Ford old bloke sang (and played keyboard) some rubbish songs, got 4 buzzies but still put through, sigh
510  (66/1) TapTastik Andrew Wood, 49yo from Blackpool but now in Brighton, tap dancing with loads of women
300  (100/1)  TNG (The New Generation) 16-25yo clown/ghouls dancing. Simon was scared

£23,787 matched

Missing People Choir currently 3.55 - 4.1  (backed down to 3.25 late last week, trading a bit higher after last night's show)
Sarah Ikumu currently 6.8 - 7.2  (continues to be shown prominently in recaps)
Tokio Myers currently 11 - 16
Issy Simpson currently 14 - 16
Angara Contortion currently 15.5 - 20
Daliso Chaponda currently 17 - 29  (17 lowest matched apart from a tenner at 8.2)

Acts from show 6 (20th May):

16 - 19.5  (10/1)  Leah Barniville 14yo, not overweight, Irish, sang an operatic song, lots of shots of her little brother in the audience crying, standing ovations
23 - 29  (12/1)  Kyle Tomlinson 15yo overweight "kid" from Sheffield, nervous, apparently had auditioned 2 years before when told by Walliams to get singing lessons, sang Hallelujah, standing ovations, tears, show 6 pimp and David Golden Buzzed
44 - 50  (16/1)  Destiny Chukunyere another overwight "kid" singer, 14yo from Malta, won Junior Eurovision 2015, more standing ovations
55 - 90  (25/1)  The Pensionaires best buds Malcolm 75 & Henry 84 from Doncaster, shown all through the show, sang, MORE standing ovations
500  (40/1)  Allin Dance Crew 6 foreigners from all over but now based in Paris, street dancing crew, a very poor Diversity
220  (80/1)  Tanba 43yo Japanese magician, "swallowed" a balloon then loads of razor blades
1000  (100/1)  Coventry Dynamite 14-28yo, acrobatics, poor man's Spellbound
1000  (100/1)  Annette and Yannick from Germany/France, acrobatic stuff on ice/roller skates, apparently made the final of Czech Got Talent 2015 AND Germany Got Talent 2016! Which country next year?

Leah matched between 7.6 and 20 + £23 at 30
Kyle matched between 18 and 34 + £20 at 42)
The Pensionaires matched at 15.5 for £34, 16 £42, 16.5 £46, 18 £100 then 27. WTF. Unbelievable. Highest matched 100

£41,682 matched

Missing People Choir currently 3.6 - 4
Sarah Ikumu 7.2 - 9.8
Tokio Myers 12.5 - 13  (11 matched)
Angelicus Celtis 13.5 - 14
Issy Simpson 14.5 - 17
Daliso Chaponda 19 - 23
Angara Contortion 23 - 29
Matt Edwards 23 - 26
Jonny Awsum 27 - 34

TanBa & Angara Contortion booted out ...  [ as seasoned pro's ]

^ Sian Patterson and Gao & Liu Xin also axed for the above reason

Show 7 (27th May) - the first 45 minutes saw 7 acts put through of which 4 then reached the finals:

Code 3 - 3 girls aged 14 - 16, "sassy" dancing
David Geaney - 22yo Irish barman & student, riverdance type tap dancing with loads of holograms of himself
Empire Dance Crew - 17 strong street dance crew, a messy much worse Diversity, supposedly telling the story of Little Mix
Lords of Strut - Shaun & Shamus, brothers from Cork, eighties style comedy dancing/acrobatics

The semis start tonight


Odds for the final 40 (been 45 the previous 5 years), Betfair first, high street in brackets, number at end in brackets is the audition show they were on:

3.35 - 3.4  (7/4)  Missing People Choir - Choir  (1)
7.6 - 8  (4/1)  Sarah Ikumu - Singer Simon Golden Buzzer  (1 PIMP)
12 - 14  (10/1)  Tokio Myers - Pianist  (3)
12.5 - 13.5  (12/1)  Issy Simpson - Kid Magician  (2)
11 - 16  (12/1)  Leah Barniville - Classical Singer  (6)
15 - 20  (20/1)  Miss Treat Vibe (previously The Miss Treats) - Singers  (4)
20 - 21  (9/1)  Angelicus Celtis - Welsh Choir  (5)
20 - 22  (16/1)  Daliso Chaponda - Comedian Amanda Golden Buzzer  (3)
17 - 23  (10/1)  Kyle Tomlinson - Singer David Golden Buzzer  (6 PIMP)
25 - 30  (16/1)  Matt Edwards - Goofy Magician Ant n Dec Golden Buzzer  (5 PIMP)
20 - 34  (25/1)  DNA - Magicians/Mind readers  (1)
50 - 55  (33/1)  Reuben Gray - Singer  (2)
38 - 85  (20/1)  The Pensionalities (previously The Pensionaires) - Singers  (6)
55 - 90  (16/1)  Harry Gardner - Singer  (4)
75 - 100  (25/1)  Jess Robinson - Impressionist  (1)
85 - 120  (14/1)  Destiny Chukunyere - Singer  (6)
85  (33/1)  Jamie Lee Harrison - Singer  (5)
90 - 150  (100/1) Ned Woodman - 8yo Comedian  (1)
100  (50/1)  Josephine Lee - Magician  (3)
120 - 140  (40/1)  MerseyGirls (Previously Just Us) - Dancers Alesha Golden Buzzer  (2)
50 - 220  (25/1)  Jonny Awsum - Comedian  (2 PIMP)
100 - 750  (40/1)  Grace and Ali - Ballet Dancers  (4)
110 - 200  (80/1)  St Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh - Choir  (3 PIMP)
120 - 190  (66/1)  Martin and Faye - Operatic Singers  (4)
120  (100/1)  Dizzy Twilight (Christine Tew) - DJ  (4 PIMP)
220  (40/1)  Empire Dance Crew - Dancers  (7)
340  (100/1)  Lords Of Strut - Dancers  (7)
500  (200/1)  PC Dan (previously Dan Graham) - Dancer  (1)
550  (50/1)  Code 3 - Dancers  (7)
550  (50/1)  David Geaney - Dancer  (7)
640  (150/1)  Paws With Soul - Dancers  (3)
1000  (80/1)  Tyrone and Mina - Knife throwing act  (5)
1000  (100/1)  London School of Bollywood - Dancers  (3)
1000  (100/1)  Perfect Pitch Creation - Choir  (4)
1000  (100/1)  John Parnell aka Hoop Guy - Hula hooper  (4)
1000  (100/1)  TNG Characters - Dancers  (5)
1000  (100/1)  TapTastik - Tap dancers  (5)
1000  (100/1)  Ryan Tracey - Balloon modeller  (3)
1000  (125/1)  Niels Harder - Dutch Magician  (1)
1000  (125/1)  Jay Wynn - Singer  (4)

£50,394 matched

High street not giving much away

Missing People Choir continued to shorten all last week and hit a low of 2.92 yesterday (£752 matched there) before drifting out a bit last night
Tokio Myers was matched as low as 9.8 on Saturday evening
Miss Treat Vibe were trading 40s a couple of days ago, shortened yesterday, with news being in tonight's semi?
DNA shortened from 50 - 100 range recently, don't know why

(this took so long )

It's always appreciated Horse

(^obviously DNA had shortened previously as were in the first, weak, semi)

Thank you bear

Semi 1
A 3 horse race beforehand (Kyle, Treats, DNA) turned into a 2 horse race when the show finished (Kyle, DNA)

Performance order - St Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh, PC Dan, Neils Harder, Kyle Tomlinson, Empire Dance Crew, DNA, Tyrone & Mina, Miss Treat Vibe

Result - 1st DNA, 2nd Kyle Tomlinson, 3rd Miss Treat Vibe

Win Market
DNA - matched between 5.6 and 1.89, lpm 2.42
Kyle - matched between 5 and 1.56, lpm 1.7
Treats - matched between 26 and 2.4 (+£4 at 2.26), lpm 23
£17,142 matched

To Qualify
DNA - matched between 1.8 (+ £46 at 2.4 when market opened) and 1.12, lpm 1.2
Kyle - matched between 2.22 and 1.07, lpm 1.08
Treats - matched between 6 and 1.43, lpm 5
£20,928 matched


Outright market
3.25 - 3.4   Missing People Choir
7.6 - 9.8   Sarah Ikumu
7.8 - 9.8   Tokio Myers  (backed down to 6.6 yesterday)
12.5 - 16   DNA  (backed down to 9.8 last night (+ £4 at 8.4, 8 & 7.6), this was after they had performed, then drifted to 20, opened around 12 after show)
13 - 22   Issy Simpson*
14.5 - 16    Leah Barniville*
15.5 - 18   Daliso Chaponda
19 - 32   Matt Edwards*
26 - 29   Angelicus Celtis
36 - 50   Kyle Tomlinson

* = in tonight's semi 2

£58,470 matched in the Outright (up 8k in 24 hours). Pretty poor

Ant or Dec said there had been nearly 1.5mil votes in semi 1 and 1.5mil votes in semi 2. People have 5 free votes per device via the app

Semi 2

Running order - Destiny Chukunyere / Dizzy Twilight / Harry Gardner / Issy Simpson / Matt Edwards / Leah Barnville / Grace & Ali / Taptastik
Result - 1st Issy / 2nd Matt / 3rd Grace & Ali

Win Market
Pre show Issy was always fav, Leah 2nd fav then Matt, Harry and Grace & Ali. Grace & Ali were gambled on after their performance and became 2nd fav by voting close
Issy - matched between 3.5 (when market opened) and 1.76, lpm 1.82
Matt - matched between 50 and 3.05, lpm 40
Grace & Ali - matched between 20 (+£9 at 23) and 2.5, lpm 3.45 (40/1 available with an Internet bookie earlier for the shrewd)
Leah - matched between 15 and 2.1, lpm 8.2
Harry - matched between 44 and 7, lpm 44
£26,229 matched

To Qualify Market
Issy - matched between 1.8 and 1.08, lpm 1.2
Matt - matched between 14 and 1.9 (+£5 at 1.51), lpm 5.5 (drifted to highs after performance before shortening back)
Grace & Ali - matched between 9 (+£8 at 11 & £4 at 12) and 1.3, lpm 1.55
Leah - matched between 4 and 1.22, lpm 2.76
Harry - matched between 20 and 4.2, lpm 9.4
Destiny - matched between 30 (+£14 at 50) and 3.5, lpm 25 (good money backing her between 3.5 and 5 during the day)
£34,555 matched


Outright market
2.84 - 2.98   Missing People Choir
6.6 - 8.6   Sarah Ikumu*
8.2 - 8.6   Tokio Myers*
11 - 13   Issy Simpson
15 - 16   Daliso Chaponda
15.5 - 18   DNA
21 - 30   Angelicus Celtis
26 - 38   Reuben Gray
30 - 40   Kyle Tomlinson
42 - 50   Matt Edwards
50 - 75   MerseyGirls (Just Is)
£65,816 matched

*in tonight's semi 3

Semi 3 (1.5mil votes again)
Running order - Josephine Lee / London School of Bollywood / Martin & Faye / Ned Woodman / Jay Wynn / Sarah Ikumu / David Geaney / Tokio Myers
Result - 1st Tokio / 2nd Ned / 3rd Sarah

Win Market
During the day it was a 2 horse race, Sarah odds on with Tokio available at 6/4 with one bookie (always shorter here) early doors but again for half the afternoon
An hour before the show both Sarah and Tokio were 2.14 to back, 2.2 to lay, however leading up to the show Tokio shortened and went odds on, 1.8s/1.9s
As Sarah sang, she drifted but afterwards as she received fulsome praise from all the judges, she traded 1.5s - 1.7s, Tokio 3s
Late in the show, or during his performance, Tokio went as high as 6 before quickly shortening back to 3s then 2s
Just before the result show, Sarah around evens, Tokio 2.6s, Ned 6s
Tokio - matched between 6 and 1.75 (+£8 at 1.58), lpm 3.2
Ned - matched between 20 (+£20 at 26) and 4.4, lpm 5
Sarah - matched between 2.64 (+£60 at 3 & £26 at 3.5) and 1.37, lpm 1.95
£37,681 matched

To Qualify Market
An hour before the show Sarah and Tokio were both trading in the 1.3s with little Ned 3.3 - 4.8. Josephine and Martin & Faye were both around 10
Tokio - matched between 2.06 and 1.21, lpm 1.36
Ned - matched between 4 and 1.65, lpm 2
Sarah - matched between 1.55 and 1.11, lpm 1.55
£44,622 matched


Outright Market
2.9 - 3.1   Missing People Choir  (matched in 2.5s + £36 at 2.4 immediately after results show last night)
4.4 - 4.7   Tokio Myers  (shortened pre show, around 7, drifted as high as 15.5 when performing before quickly shortening back. Low of 4 matched after show)
11 - 12.5   Issy Simpson
15 - 16   Daliso Chaponda
13 - 17   Sarah Ikumu  (drifted as high as 12 when singing before great judges comments dramatically shortened her back, low of 3.05 matched. Matched as high as 25 after result, lpm 13 )
17.5 - 22   DNA
18 - 21   Angelicus Celtis*
34 - 44   Ned Woodman
36 - 50   Mersey Girls (Just Us)*
38 - 50   Kyle Tomlinson
44 - 48   Reuben Gray*
50 - 60   Matt Edwards
Jess Robinson 60 to back, The Pensionalities* 70, Jonny Awsum* 80, Jamie Lee Harrision 85

£85,097 matched
*in tonight's semi 4

Semi 4 (1.5mil votes again)
Running order - Paws with Soul / Angelicus Celtis / John Parnell (Hoop guy) / Reuben Gray / Ryan Tracey / The Pensionalities / Jonny Awsum / MerseyGirls
Result - 1st The Pensionalities / 2nd MerseyGirls / 3rd Reuben Gray

Win Market
In the worst series (for talent) of BGT ever, we had just about the poorest semi last night ever
At 4pm, Angelicus were the 9/4 jolly, MerseyGirls & Reuben 7/2 (but lower on here), Pensionalities 6/1, Jonny 14/1
After Angelicus performance and deramp, they were matched at 14 then ever higher. Similar situation for Reuben
Pensionalities were in the 4s I think just before they performed, 3s immediately after before then ever shortening
During MerseyGirls performance (in pimp), they briefly went odds on, around 1.7 before Pensionalities then went that price just minutes later. 10 minutes after show they were 1.4s
Pensionalities  -  matched between 12 and 1.23, lpm 1.3
MerseyGirls  -  matched between 5.5 and 1.6, lpm 4.9
Reuben Gray  -  matched between 110 and 3, lpm 38
Angelicus  -  matched between 120 and 3 (+ £80 at 2.56), lpm 490 (pennies)
Jonny Awsum  -  matched between 400 and 5.7, lpm 200
£44,887 matched

To Qualify Market
Pensionalities  -  matched between 5 (+ £60 at 6) and 1.05, lpm 1.07
MerseyGirls  -  matched between 1.76 (+ £34 at 1.86 & £44 at 2) and 1.08, lpm 1.16
Reuben Gray  -  matched between 7 (+ £4 at 8 & £70 at 10) and 1.7 (+ £85 at 1.6), lpm 5
Angelicus  -  matched between 28 and 2 (+ £10 at 1.9, £10 at 1.8 & £71 at 1.57), lpm 21
Jonny Awsum  -  matched between 18 (+ £4 at 40) and 2.36 (+ £74 at 2.1), lpm 12
£34,059 matched


Outright Market
2.68 - 2.7   Missing People Choir*  (was again getting matched at 2.5 immediately after last night's show)
4 - 4.5   Tokio Myers  (matched as low as 3.75 during yesterday, bits down to 3.5 during the show)
10 - 11.5   Issy Simpson  (ignoring £3 matched at 3, was matched at new low of 8.2 overnight)
15 - 16   Daliso Chaponda*
14.5 - 16   Sarah Ikumu  (was matched in single figures during the show, more than once, bizarre)
15.5 - 16.5   The Pensionalities  (matched as low as 12 during the show, before the result, subsequent low afterwards 7 + £20 at 6 before then steadily drifting overnight)
17.5 - 28   DNA
36 - 50   Ned Woodman
42 - 55   Kyle Tomlinson
46 - 65   Jess Robinson*
60 - 100   Matt Edwards
75 - 250   MerseyGirls (Just Us)  (matched as low as 11 during the show)

£101,636 matched
*in tonight's semi 5

Semi 5  "over 1.6mil votes and closest vote in the semi yet"
Running order  -  Jess Robinson  /  Perfect Pitch Creation  /  Code 3  /  Daliso Chaponda  /  Missing People Choir  /  TNG Characters  /  Jamie Lee Harrison  /  Lords of Strut
Result  -  1st Daliso  /  2nd MPC  /  3rd Jamie

Win Market
Don't think the prices moved much during the day. At 6pm MPC were best priced 1/2, Daliso 4/1, Jess 14/1, Jamie 20/1, Code 3 33/1, Struts 100/1
A few minutes into the show and £453 went up backing MPC at 1.32, which quickly got matched
As Daliso was about the perform, he was trading 4.3 - 4.8, MPC 1.4
Daliso was 4 when he finished, then near 3 during judges comments
As MPC's VT started, they were 1.59 but quickly drifted out to 2.74 when singing (Daliso 2). MPC hit 3.1 when finishing, Daliso 1.7 matched
During the judges critic of MPC both they and Daliso were in the 2s. During the ads after the judges MPC briefly went fav again, 1.8s & 1.9s, Daliso low 2s before they then flip-flopped again
After TNG Daliso was 1.72, MPC low 3s
After Jamie (who briefly went as low as 8 to win the semi when singing) Daliso around 1.4, MPC getting matched as high as 5
When Struts finished, Daliso 1.4s, MPC high 3s
During the break and result show, Daliso then drifted out to 1.6s, MPC shortened to high 2s

Daliso - matched between 5 (+ £38 at 7) and 1.35, lpm 1.69
MPC - matched between 4 (+ £50 at 5) and 1.32, lpm 3
Struts - matched between 100 and 20, lpm 36
Jamie - matched between 75 and 8, lpm 70
Jess - matched between 300 and 9.4, lpm 230
£31,454 matched

To Qualify Market
At 6pm MPC were 1.16 - 1.19 on here, Daliso 1.52 - 1.79, Jess 2.9 - 3
As the result show was about to start, Daliso was 1.05 - 1.09, MPC 1.21 - 1.25, Struts 4 - 8
Daliso - matched between 1.89 and 1.03, lpm 1.06
MPC - matched between 1.7 and 1.15 (+ £6 at 1.12), lpm 1.19
Struts - matched between 14 (+ £24 at 18 & £16 at 25) and 4, lpm 5.8
Jamie - matched between 15 and 2.1, lpm 6
Jess - matched between 12.5 (+ £11 at 23) and 2.7, lpm 23
Weirdly, pre show Code 3 had £119 matched at 6, TNG Characters £120 at 6, Perfect Pitch Creation £126 at 7
£25,822 matched

Outright Market

It's the morning of the final (which was supposed to be Sunday night, 2 days after the last semi but has been brought forward a day so it doesn't clash with the Manchester bombing concert)
We are awaiting news of one wildcard, picked by the judges from (we think) the 3rd place finishers, but it's expected to be Sarah (well, the market says)

3.35 - 3.55   Tokio Myers  (2 acts into last night's show he hit 3.1, £380 matched at 2.7 between the shows, 3.2 at last night's suspension)
3.55 - 4.2   Daliso Chaponda  (6 matched after performing then went shorter, 4 matched after MPC had sung, then 3s. Lowest matched 3.05)
7.4 - 8   Missing People Choir*  (2 acts into last night's show they had drifted to 3.25 - 3.7, matched at 10.5 after singing, £20 matched at 14.5 but then settled 8s or so)
9 - 12   Issy Simpson
10.5 - 11.5   The Pensionalities
14 - 17   Sarah Ikumu   (21 matched around 7pm but then shortened again)
18.5 - 20   DNA
36 - 80   Kyle Tomlinson
40 - 65   Ned Woodman
60 - 190   MerseyGirls (Just Us)
85 - 100   Matt Edwards
(Miss Treat Vibe 120 to back, Grace and Ali 400, everyone else 1000)

Jamie Lee Harrison had £100 matched at 12 when/after singing before drifting back out

£138,852 matched

The 11 act final was on Saturday 3rd June, starting at 19:30, finishing 22:05. The voting window was open for 18 minutes, starting at 21:27. They received 2.5 mil votes (same as previous year)

Running order, act, (finishing position), last price matched:

On 1st   The Pensionalities          (5th)     19
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2nd   MerserGirls          (9th)     500     
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3rd   Kyle Tomlinson          (6th)     810
4th   Ned Woodman          (10th)     620
5th   DNA          (11th)     990
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6th   Matt Edwards          (4th)     1000
7th   Missing People Choir          (8th)     100
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8th   Sarah Ikumu          (7th)     80
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9th   Daliso Chaponda          (3rd)     32
10th   Issy Simpson          (2nd)     4.1
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11th   Tokio Myers          (1st)     1.52


194k was matched as the show started with £318,404 matched when lines closed at 21:45

Around midday both Tokio (as low as 2.84) and Daliso (as low as 2.86) shortened. Sarah had a few quid matched up to 55
Around 2pm Tokio had been matched as low as 2.5
Around 3:30pm there had now been a move on Issy and she was getting matched down to 7 (the high street being slow to cut 8/1) before she then shortened again
At 4pm Tokio was 2.9s, Daliso 3.6 (had been matched down to 2.66 + £40 at 2.5), Issy now 6 (low of 5.6 had been matched), Sarah & MPC both 13 to back
At 7pm Tokio was 3, Daliso 3.7, Issy 6s, MPC 10, Sarah 15, DNA high 20s, Pensionalities 34, 70 bar
At 7:29pm Tokio was 3.4, Daliso 3.35, Issy 5.5, MPC 10, Sarah 12.5, DNA 28

At 7:36pm, as The Pensionalities were about to sing, Tokio briefly hit 4, MPC had shortened to 8s and Sarah to 9
As MerseyGirls were about to perform, Tokio was 3.6, Daliso 3.5, Issy 5.5, MPC 9, Sarah 12, DNA 20
As DNA were about to perform, Tokio was 2.74 - 3, Daliso 3.65 - 3.8, Issy 6.2 - 7, MPC 9.2 - 9.6, Sarah 12- 14, DNA 18 - 20
DNA fluffed their dire act and shot out to 85 during, 50 after
During the ads after DNA Tokio was 3.15 - 3.55, Daliso had shortened and was 2.58 - 2.7, Issy 5.7 - 6.2
As Matt performed (was steady around 50), both Tokio and Daliso were low 3s
MPC were next, 11 as VT started, 10 during Judges comments but briefly getting matched in the 8s
As Sarah was about to sing she was 10, getting matched at 9 during. A move had started on The Pensionalities, who had been in the 75-120 range but had now shortened to 25
During the ads after Sarah, Tokio had shortened to 2.8s then 2.4s, Daliso 3.5 then 3.7, Issy around 4.7, both MPC & Sarah 15 then 17
As Daliso's VT started he was 3.9, 5 near the end, then during judges comments he went to 7s then 10. Tokio now 2.26, Issy 3.6, Pensionalities 16 - 22, MPC 20, Sarah 20s
As Issy's VT started she was 2.9 - 3 (2.4 had been matched) and she remained around 3 when she finished
When the judges had finished commenting on Issy, Tokio had gone odds on, low of 1.83 matched, Issy also had shortened to 2.6
During the ads, prices volatile, Tokio 2.2, Issy 2.3s (1.8 had been matched), Pensionalities 18, Daliso 30
As Tokio's VT was starting he had drifted to high 2s as Issy was odds on
During Tokio's performance he briefly goes odds on, 1.9s (Issy 2.4) then they both were trading 2.1 during the judges comments
Simon's emphatic eulogising of Tokio caused him to go clear fav, 1.82 with Issy around 2.7s
At 9:27pm vote opens with Tokio 1.6s, Issy 2.7s
During the ads Tokio was 1.6, Issy 3, 44 bar. In the following few minutes Tokio drifted back out slightly, 1.7 reached, Issy 2.64
At 9:44pm Tokio was 1.6, Issy 2.9 and the Pensionalities now gambled on for a second time, were 15 after being 80 since the earlier gamble
In the last minute of trading Tokio shortened to 1.4s, Issy low 3s before being matched up to 4.1 in the last seconds


Lowest prices matched (and highest for Tokio & Issy):

Tokio Myers
1.44    £183
1.45    £55
1.46    £200
1.49    £486
1.51    £224
1.52    £652
1.53    £762
1.54    £1,631
1.55    £321
1.56    £502
1.57    £232
1.58    £29
1.59    £217
1.60    £2,593
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15.0    £362
15.5    £152
16.0    £112
16.5    £62
17.0    £32
17.5    £30
18.0    £152
18.5    £49
19.0    £10
19.5    £25
20.0    £87
21.0    £4
22.0    £33

Issy Simpson
1.75    £22
1.80    £142
1.81    £404
1.82    £46
1.84    £4
1.85    £268
1.90    £37
1.91    £222
1.93    £20
1.95    £20
1.97    £100
1.98    £731
1.99    £1,502
2.00    £98
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15.0    £659
15.5    £297
16.0    £182
16.5    £74
17.0    £142
17.5    £71
18.0    £190
18.5    £43
19.0    £3
19.5    £72
20.0    £90
21.0    £55
22.0    £17

Daliso Chaponda
2.50    £70
2.52    £92
2.56    £14
2.62    £0
2.66    £80
2.68    £110
2.70    £456
2.72    £408
2.74    £1,510
2.80    £125

Matt Edwards
15.0    £52
18.0    £3
18.5    £20
19.0    £44
19.5    £6
20.0    £69
21.0    £141
22.0    £128
23.0    £40

The Pensionalities
6.0    £20
7.0    £147
7.2    £60
7.4    £4
8.0    £184
8.2    £60
8.4    £2
8.6    £44
9.0    £74
9.2    £18
9.4    £74
9.6    £26
9.8    £93
10    £300

Kyle Tomlinson
13.5    £10
14.0    £12
14.5    £4
15.0    £4
16.0    £4
16.5    £93
17.0    £82
17.5    £79
18.0    £46

Sarah Ikumu
3.05    £59
3.25    £50
3.30    £40
3.45    £10
3.50    £44
3.55    £12
3.65    £103
3.70    £27
3.75    £1,120
3.80    £109
3.85    £6
3.90    £25
3.95    £18
4.00    £636

Missing People Choir
2.40    £36
2.50    £229
2.52    £111
2.54    £98
2.56    £58
2.58    £20
2.60    £254
2.62    £68
2.64    £82
2.66    £559
2.68    £457
2.70    £810

MerseyGirls
11.0    £20
12.0    £10
12.5    £38
13.0    £1
15.0    £76
16.5    £20
18.5    £4
20.0    £44
22.0    £28

Ned Woodman
20    £18
21    £78
22    £6
25    £19
26    £75
27    £120
28    £6
29    £41
30    £324

DNA
7.60    £4
8.00    £4
8.40    £4
9.80    £19
10.0    £91
10.5    £80
11.0    £38
11.5    £48
12.0    £60

Notable lowest prices matched on non-finalists
7     Angara Contortion
7.6   Leah Barnville
9.2   Harry Gardner
10    Angelicus Celtis
11.5   The Miss Treats
12    Jamie Lee Harrision

I won't be watching and "Pricewatching" BB again I don't think so I expect to be back for the next CBB

For reference, the voting results:

Vote 1
DNA - 32.0%
Kyle Tomlinson - 28.1%
Miss Treat Vibe - 14.6%
St Patrick's Junior Choir - 12.3%
PC Dan - 6.7%
Tyrone & Mina - 3.0%
Empire Dance Crew - 2.4%
Niels Harder - 0.9%

Vote 2
Issy Simpson - 26.6%
Matt Edwards - 23.4%
Grace and Ali - 17.3%
Harry Gardner - 12.9%
Leah Barniville - 12.1%
Destiny Chukunyere - 4.2%
Taptastik - 1.9%
Dizzy Twilight - 1.6%

Vote 3
Tokio Myers - 36.7%
Ned Woodman - 21.8%
Sarah Ikumu - 16.8%
Josephine Lee - 8.9%
Martin and Faye - 6.2%
London School of Bollywood - 4.2%
David Geaney - 4.1%
Jay Wynn - 1.3%

Vote 4
The Pensionalities - 33.0%
MerseyGirls - 29.6%
Reuben Gray - 11.5%
Jonny Awsum - 10.5%
Angelicus Celtis - 7.5%
Ryan Tracey - 2.8%
Paws With Soul - 2.6%
John Parnell - 2.5%

Vote 5
Daliso Chaponda - 41.1%
Missing People Choir - 13.0%
Jamie Lee Harrison - 12.8%
Lords of Strut - 11.2%
Jess Robinson - 7.7%
TNG Characters - 5.8%
Perfect Pitch Creation - 4.7%
Code 3 - 3.7%


Grand Final
Tokio Myers - 24.2%
Issy Simpson - 17.5%
Daliso Chaponda - 14.7%
Matt Edwards - 7.9%
The Pensionalities - 6.9%
Kyle Tomlinson - 6.7%
Sarah Ikumu - 5.6%
Missing People Choir - 5.2%
MerseyGirls - 5.1%
Ned Woodman - 3.2%
DNA - 3.0%

FOTY! FOTY! FOTY!

You're the nuts horse

Cheers horse

Average at best imo

well done as ever to the legend of the horse

Thank you boys and bears

Britain's Got Talent  -  Series 12  -  2018


I've tired of this tired show and by the looks of the money matched so has everyone else. 41.7k matched at this stage last year whilst 11k matched this.
6 audition shows have been aired, final audition show this Saturday with the live shows starting Monday. To save me an hours work, I'm just mainly listing everyone trading below 100 as the majority are no-hopers.

Show 1 (14th April)
7.2 - 9.2     Marc Spelmann (magician, wife had cancer during pregnancy) ANT & DEC GOLDEN BUZZER
29 - 40     Calum Courtney (10yo singer)
50 - 95     DVJ (Diversity Juniors, guided by Ashley Banjo)

Show 2 (21st April)
13.5 - 15.5     Lost Voice Guy (has cerebral palsy and is mute, comedian)
13.5 - 19.5     RISE (dance troupe, include a girl injured in the Manchester bombing)
13 - 22     Father Ray Kelly (priest singer)
38 - 70     Giang Brothers (Vietnamese acrobats)
36 - 150     Andrew Lancaster (did impressions of Trump, Brian Cox , Russell Brand, Nigel Farage)

Show 3 (28th April)
7.2 - 8.6     Jack and Tim (father (Tim) and son singers with guitars) SIMON GOLDEN BUZZER
17 - 24     Magus Utopia (fantasy illusionists)
48 - 120     Amy Marie Borg (16yo singer from Malta)

Show 4 (5th May)
20 - 21     the D-Day Darlings (wartime themed choir)
19.5 - 24     Aleksandar Mileusnic (swing singer)
55 - 95     The Ratpackers (2 singers)
250 - 1000     Donchez Dacres (Jamaican singer) DAVID GOLDEN BUZZER

Show 5 (12th May)
23 - 34     Ronan Busfield (goofy operatic singer)
65 - 80     Lifford Shillingford (singer) ALESHA GOLDEN BUZZER

Show 6 (19th May)
15 - 21     Gruffydd Wyn Roberts (opera singer) AMANDA GOLDEN BUZZER
25 - 70     Micky P Kerr (comedy singer)
36 - 190     Tap Attack (kid tap dancers)

Bank Holiday Monday morning - first live show tonight. Two days ago we saw the 7th and final audition show and now have the list of 40 finalists.

Current prices for the front runners:
6.2 - 7     Jack & Tim       (matched between 18 & 5.7)
7.2 - 9     Lost Voice Guy       (gambled on yesterday from around 15 to 8s. Is in tonight's show. Has been matched between 21 & 7.2)
8.2 - 9.4     Marc Spelmann (or Spellman if you're Betfair and just fancy doing things a little bit different)       (matched between 20 & 6.8)
8.6 - 11     Gruffydd Wyn Roberts      (matched between 17.5 & 6.4)
14 - 17     D-Day Darlings       (matched between 34 & 10, on tonight's show)
15 - 16     RISE Unbroken      (matched between 25 & 10)
15.5 - 16.5     Magus Utopia     (matched between 36 & 11.5)
17 - 18     Ronan Busfield       (matched between 36 & 11, backed in last couple of days)
26 - 27     Alexsander Mileusnic       (matched between 28 & 14)
34 - 38     Father Ray Kelly       (matched between 38 & 12.5, big drifter last couple of days)
28 - 48     Shameer Rayes       (had a tenner matched at 60 but otherwise between 36 & 28, was only shown auditioning on the last show)
36 - 55     DVJ       (has had £100 matched at 250 and been matched as low as 23)
36 - 55     Calum Courtney       (mostly matched between 50 & 15)

65 bar. £19,344 total matched

Wednesday morning after the first two live shows

Show 1 - winner Lost Voice Guy, put thru The D-Day Darlings, other Top 3 Maddox
Show 2 - winner Donchez Dacres, 2nd Calum Courtney, 3rd B-Positive Choir

Current prices:

2.28 - 2.4     Lost Voice Guy     (shortened to 4 and high 3s during Monday's show, settled around 3 after winning, went shorter during and after yesterday's woeful show)
6.8 - 7.2     Marc Spelmann
8.2 - 8.8     Jack & Tim
11 - 19     Gruffydd Wyn Roberts
17.5 - 24     The D-Day Darlings
22 - 36     RISE Unbroken
36 - 55     DVJ
32 - 75     Micky P Kerr
44 - 60     Donchez Dacres     (260 to back Monday morning, low of 22 matched yesterday evening)
40 - 70     Giang Brothers
60 - 80     Father Ray Kelly
44 - 190     Alexsander Mileusnic
70 - 370     Calum Courtney

£43,786 matched

Thanks Horse

Thursday morning after the third live show where Robert White won, Gruffydd Wyn was 2nd and Marc Spelmann 3rd

Robert White was 130 to back Monday morning and just before last night's show there was £2 trying to lay at 140 and £6 at 130. He was matched in the 4s and 5s after his excellent comedy routine, settled in the 5s up until voting closed, now lower after winning the heat. Lowest matched so far 3.5 (apart from a tenner matched at 2.16)

Current prices:

2.74 - 2.78     Lost Voice Guy     (2.32 pre last night's show, matched as low as 2.1 + tenner at 2.02 during but since drifted with Robert's success)
3.45 - 3.7     Robert White     (see above)
9 - 9.2     Jack & Tim
21 - 24     Gruffydd Wyn     (13 pre last night's show, matched as low as 6.2 after his pimp performance, trading 9 to 13 when voting closed, higher now after not winning)
24 - 26     The D-Day Darlings
32 - 38     DVJ
21 - 90     Micky P Kerr
48 - 60     Giang Brothers
48 - 60     Father Ray Kelly
85 - 150     Donchez Dacres
170 - 380     Calum Courtney

£61,442 matched

Friday morning after the fourth live show where DVJ won and Jack & Tim were put through over Noel James

Current prices:

2.7 - 2.76     Robert White     (3.35 just before last night's show, shortened and went fav during, 2.6 been matched)
3.25 - 3.4     Lost Voice Guy     (2.7s just before last night's show, drifted towards the end of the show with Robert's shortening)
6.6 - 8     DVJ       (trading 22 - 26 just before last night's show, matched as low as 5 after impressing in pimp)
17.5 - 20     Gruffydd Wyn
27 - 44     Father Ray Kelly
30 - 44     The D-Day Darlings
55 - 70     Donchez Dacres
50 - 80     Jack & Tim     (trading 8.6 - 9 just before last night's show, drifted big after their performance)
60 - 70     Giang Brothers
70 - 100     Micky P Kerr
65 - 140     Marc Spelmann
320 - 1000     Calum Courtney

£77,893 matched

Saturday morning after the fifth and last live show which Micky P Kerr surprisingly won, Giang Brothers 2nd & Mandy Muden 3rd. Final tomorrow with one wildcard expected

Current prices:

2.66 - 2.9     Robert White
3.55 - 3.6     Lost Voice Guy
6.2 - 6.6     DVJ
14 - 17.5     Micky P Kerr     (matched as low as 10 after winning the heat)
22 - 26     Gruffydd Wyn
29 - 40     Giang Brothers
36 - 48     The D-Day Darlings
90 - 120     Donchez Dacres
80 - 140     Jack & Tim
80 - 1000     Calum Courtney

55 - 130     Marc Spelmann
140 - 690     Mandy Muden
150 - 930     B-Positive Choir

£89,089 matched

Sunday morning, final tonight. The front 2 flip-flopped again yesterday. Current prices:

2.96 - 3.05     Lost Voice Guy   (was in audition show 2)
3.4 - 3.45     Robert White   (show 1)
6.2 - 6.4     DVJ   (show 1)
12.5 - 14     Gruffydd Wyn   (show 6, Amanda's GB)
15.5 - 16     Micky P Kerr   (show 6)
38 - 40     Giang Brothers   (show 2)
34 - 42     The D-Day Darlings   (show 4)
60 - 180     Donchez Dacres   (show 4, David's GB)
80 - 150     Jack & Tim   (show 3, Simon's GB)
240 - 990     Calum Courtney   (show 1)

Everyone else not 1000 to back:

110 - 1000     Marc Spelmann   (show 1, Ant & Dec's GB)
160 - 200     Mandy Muden   (show 3)
170 - 300     B-Positive Choir   (show 1)
260 -         Father Ray Kelly   (show 2)
500 -         Shameer Rayes   (Show 7)

£102,646 matched

There's some big moves going on...

Lost Voice Guy 2.94 - 3.05
Robert has been matched at 20 (but might have only been pennies?) but is now 4.6 - 4.9
DVJ being smashed in, been matched at a new low of 4.9, currently 5.1 - 5.3
Gruffydd backed in too, trading 10 - 10.5
D-Day Darlings bizarrely backed in as well, 19 been matched, currently 21 - 22
B-Positive Choir confirmed as the Wildcard and are 120 - 270

1 st and 2nd i would need paying to go watch them

Appreciate all the hard work you've put into this Horse, hope you made some green out of it...just don't going blowing it all on the World Cup.

Thanks Lucky (& cheers bear up thread)

The 11 act final was on Saturday 2nd June, starting at 19:30, finishing 22:05. The voting window was open for 23 minutes, starting at 21:25

Running order, act, (finishing position), last price matched:

On 1st  Calum Courtney           (9th)     1000
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2nd    The D-Day Darlings        (7th)     55   
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3rd    Jack & Tim                (8th)     1000
4th    Robert White              (2nd)     4
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5th    B-Positive Choir          (11th)    970
6th    Lost Voice Guy            (1st)     1.55
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7th    Giang Brothers            (5th)     19.5
8th    Gryffydd Wyn              (4th)     95
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9th    DVJ                       (6th)     140
10th   Micky P Kerr              (10th)    210
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11th   Donchez Dacres            (3rd)     30


137k was matched as the show started with £322,339 final amount matched when lines closed at 21:48

At 5pm LVG was 2.5s, DVJ 4.7, Robert 6.4 - 7, Gryffydd 8.6 - 10, Micky 12 - 15
At 7pm LVG was 2.48, DVJ 5, Robert 6.4, Gryffydd 10.5, Micky 12 - 14.5, DDD 34 - 40, Giang 38 - 65, J&T 75 - 95, Donchez 95 - 130, B-Pos 120 - 170, Calum 310 - 500

-Calum sang first and was trading 500 - 1000. LVG was getting matched at a new low of evens
-Second up The D-Day Darlings were trading 55 - 90 but were 40 at the end with the parading of war veterans
-When Robert was announced as performing in the next segment he shot out to 7. LVG, who had drifted back out to 2.5, quickly shortened to around 2.1
-Third up Jack & Tim were trading 70 - 90 and then were 150 when they finished
-Fourth up Robert was 7s as his VT started and 9 as his not as good as the semi routine finished. LVJ was again trading at evens and had been matched at 1.73 for £49, 1.84 for £108, 1.9 for £57 & 1.95 for £24
-The choir and surprisingly LVG were announced as next. This caused LVG's price to shoot out, to 2.5s then 2.9s. Micky was matched at 5.3, DVJ 5.4, Robert 6.6
-Fifth up B-Positive Choir and were 130 - 190 before singing, 80 by the end then 60 with judges much praising them
-Sixth up Lost Voice Guy and he was 2.7 as about to perform and hit 3 as he finished. DVJ were getting matched at 3.6. After the judges comments though he had shortened back to 2.4 with DVJ 5, Robert 7s and Micky 8s
-Seventh up Giang Brothers were trading 30 - 40 (LVG 2.3), and shortened to 15 when their impressive performance finished then 11 was matched during judges comments
-Eighth up Gryffydd and he was trading 22 - 25 and similar when he finished
-DVJ & Micky were announced as coming up next, meaning Donchez was a surprising pimp and he dramatically shortened to low 20s
-Ninth up DVJ were trading at 5 but after their underwhelming routine quickly drifted to 8s by the end then in the next blink were 15
-Tenth up Micky was trading 6.6 and was so unfunny he was trading 50 by the end of his routine. LVG was trading 1.7s, Robert mid 3s
-Eleventh and last Donchez was 17 as his VT started, 36 by the end of his song then 23 matched after David Walliams' excitable comments

At 9:25pm vote opens with LVG 1.7, Robert 4.3 - 4.8, Giang Brothers 10.5 - 12.5, Donchez 17.5 - 21, DVJ 34 - 44, DDD 50 - 60, triple digits everyone else
At 9:42pm LVG was trading 1.64 - 1.67, Robert 3.9 - 4.3, Giang Brothers 17.5 - 18, Donchez 26 - 28, DVJ 50 - 120, DDD 46 - 55, Gruffydd 70 - 90, Micky 160 - 210
Twice from when the lines opened until they closed Lost Voice Guy had been matched at lows down to 1.4

The final percentages:
Lost Voice Guy- 21.0%
Robert White - 17.2%
Donchez Dacres - 11.2%
Gruffydd Wyn - 11.2%
Giang Brothers - 9.5%
DVJ - 7.1%
The D-Day Darlings - 7.1%
Jack & Tim - 6.2%
Calum Courtney - 3.5%
Micky P Kerr - 3.3%
B Positive Choir - 2.7%


Lowest prices matched (and highest for LVG & Robert):

Lost Voice Guy
1.40    £76
1.41    £1,154
1.42    £1,077
1.43    £480
1.44    £2,888
1.45    £656
1.47    £5,974
1.48    £4,522
1.49    £98
1.50    £5,245
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15.0    £279
15.5    £52
16.0    £56
16.5    £12
17.5    £29
18.0    £24
18.5    £40
19.0    £15
21.0    £8

Robert White
2.16    £9
2.54    £21
2.60    £829
2.62    £383
2.64    £107
2.66    £167
2.68    £58
2.70    £253
2.72    £173
2.74    £214
2.76    £278
2.78    £415
2.80    £590
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100    £7
110    £2
120    £2
130    £4
140    £16
150    £20
160    £11
170    £4
180    £0
250    £4
270    £0
300    £4

Donchez Dacres
14.5    £28
15.0    £19
15.5    £121
16.0    £548
16.5    £42
17.0    £354
17.5    £301
18.0    £409
18.5    £133
19.0    £43
19.5    £79
20.0    £383

Gruffydd Wyn
6.2    £33
6.4    £47
6.6    £2
7.0    £18
7.2    £230
7.4    £96
7.6    £75
7.8    £26
8.0    £10
8.2    £77
8.4    £78
8.6    £134
8.8    £116
9.0    £274

Giang Brothers
5.0    £10
5.3    £8
6.0    £70
6.2    £9
6.4    £10
7.4    £10
7.6    £3
8.6    £31
8.8    £90
9.0    £27
9.2    £52
9.6    £28
9.8    £12
10.0    £156

DVJ
3.50    £177
3.55    £11
3.60    £69
3.65    £9
3.75    £539
3.80    £199
3.85    £23
3.95    £245
4.00    £475
4.10    £169
4.20    £777
4.30    £376
4.40    £266
4.50    £1,433

The D-Day Darlings
9.0    £16
9.2    £4
10.0    £234
10.5    £340
11.0    £68
11.5    £17
12.5    £144
13.0    £75
13.5    £24
14.0    £438

Jack & Tim
5.7    £66
5.8    £11
5.9    £173
6.0    £275
6.2    £238
6.4    £207
6.6    £393
6.8    £241
7.0    £157

Calum Courtney
6.6    £0
8.0    £4
8.2    £4
15.0    £8
16.0    £4
16.5    £16
17.0    £14
17.5    £40
18.0    £12

Micky P Kerr
5.0    £497
5.1    £10
5.2    £32
5.3    £153
5.4    £83
5.5    £288
5.6    £128
5.7    £113
5.8    £89
5.9    £71
6.0    £1,026

B Positive Choir
26    £4
36    £4
50    £29
55    £45
60    £193
65    £22
70    £61

Other notable lows for non finalists:
Marc Spelmann - £15 at 5.6 then plenty down to 6.2
Magus Utopia - £10 at 8 then 9.6
Ronan Busfield - £4 at 9 then 11
RISE Unbroken - plenty at 11, small amounts down to 8.8
Father Ray Kelly - 12.5
Aleksander Mileusic - £4 at 8 then 14
Shameer Rayes - 18 (this was matched during his semi)

^Well that started well, the final was on SUNDAY 3rd June

I DID actually record the figures from all the semis but will post them another day

Thanks very much Mr Horse