***Strictly Come Dancing 2025***

Blobby had unwavering support in half the field! He did keep me amused though Praps to the point of tedium for any other readers

Not the opposite to me Ange, I was moving green to George too during the show, managed to move a fair bit back cos of a luckly flip flop, but he would have been my best result. I'm sure bear had both covered nicely but it wasn't the series to be unwavering on - maybe just for forum fun.

I wasn't unwavering  and had laid lots of karen when she first went odds on and again today to completely level off, Had no intention of trading a penny during the show due to what happened during Spoty, and tbh anyone who bet IR today should question themselves.

Integrity team Olympics

Shraine, fire up the bat signal again :)

They're gonna have to suspend when the vote opens at this rate of decline

Inversed in about 3 minutes

A 3rd dan in fiddling

Dec 20, 2025 -- 9:45PM, Cider wrote:

It's a grim look. Almost as bad as SPOTY. Be interested to see if it's the same insider and what the integrity team will do about it.

Someone said they opened the vote again. I took that image when it was suspended.

Dec 20, 2025 -- 9:51PM, Cider wrote:

Someone said they opened the vote again. I took that image when it was suspended.

Yeah, not much more happened

BBC anyway. It appears that email/account only voting has a weakness that someone is exploiting. Perhaps they could see it before but didn't know the phone voting.

Nice shout at the start anyway, bearcub. I'd initially written her off after they used her for the first show football pimp. I do suspect that was their plan too until they realised she was polling much better than the ones they wanted.

Was out tonite, family meal, missed it all.

Pity, as it's been a much better series than expected.

Well done winners

Next year might be tough with everybody wanting to be on traitors
over strictly.

Yeah, some of our number obviously laughing all the way to the bank, but it's not sustainable if we want to keep these markets

Whomever did it is going to regret it.  I seriously doubt they are going to walk away with any winnings.

If they get their stakes back, account closed and face no further action, I'd probably take that now in their position.

I prefer to have insiders. Follow the money.

Whilst Karen was 1.27 bet365 was 11/10. Bet365 ain’t quick enough to adjust odds. I had 2k on at 11/10 across multiple accounts. Follow the money and get on as quick as possible.

So b365 won't be quite so keen in future

Indeed. And people wonder why bookies are increasingly reluctant to offer prices on specials

Tw@t

If true, every one of those accounts will now be limited.  Also, if true, incredibly stoopid to advertise on here.  More chance Bet365 don't honour them now.  I don't believe it's true personally.

The last time I asked someone to put a bet on for me with 365, I had £125 at 4/1 (which was the max bet allowed) in athletics.  It was backed into 6/4 or 5/4 (and lost).  It was a nephew of mine and was a losing casual gambler unconnected to any other and it was still closed because of that one bet.  It probably was the last time I asked someone to put a bet on for me on an online account, period.  If something that innocuous results in a closed account, there's little point.

It's account specific with 365 isn't it. Unbelievably they are the only firm still laying me on #1. But I do play fair. I'd backed Wham with them earlier in the market at 10/11. I could easily have cashed out or backed Kylie when it became clear she was going to win (5/2 at the time). But I let it run and allowed the trader to win on my account this year. I have no idea if it makes any difference at all, but seemed the prudent thing to do.

As I also stated, the result is known and betfair leaves the exchange market running. I didn't place any bets once it was known, personally I am very uncomfortable with betting when the result is known. And there was activity right up to 5pm on Friday, despite my warning on here.

Cider, George didn't get injured and lost. Pretty embarrassing for you.
On the plus side at least you can stop banging one out over his podcasts now
Yeah I thought another couple of women would win earlier bla bla bla. BUT, knowing George would not win, and allowing myself to read the intentions earlier still made sure I banked more profit from the series than you, even if you don't have the decency to admit I out chessed you on every single crucial bit of thinking at the business end.
Thank God for Dave's poll eh, the one that George won last night

Nobody cares Bobby, bigger fish to get fried

If you’re smart enough, always way round it. That’s all I am saying. In 3 weeks I’ve took approx 15/17k profit.

Dec 21, 2025 -- 12:41PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:

Nobody cares Bobby, bigger fish to get fried

You care enough to reply though. That's clever

Dec 21, 2025 -- 12:41PM, Shraine_Tumber wrote:

If you’re smart enough, always way round it. That’s all I am saying. In 3 weeks I’ve took approx 15/17k profit.

Not bad going for someone 2 days earlier said George had it wrapped up

As I said, if your smart enough you cash out profit wait for market moves the hit that’s ba****ds.

I don’t Invest my time with these shows for pennies. I hit and run.

Worst case hit level or on a small loss.

It's embarrassing for you that you are still going on about it, Blobby! Yes you backed multiple runners to win, and I backed two. You don't know how much I made, but I'm still waiting for your screenshot from SS.

Id love to know the formula for backing hot favourites, then switching to the other person as they become a hot favorite and still making loads of profit. Cos from my knowledge of gambling, chasing is not overly profitable unless you are pumping massive amounts on top every time you switch

Dec 21, 2025 -- 12:45PM, Cider wrote:

It's embarrassing for you that you are still going on about it, Blobby! Yes you backed multiple runners to win, and I backed two. You don't know how much I made, but I'm still waiting for your screenshot from SS.

I have no intention of talking about how much I win. My misses will reap the benefits of that.
My time on here is purely to highlight how clueless you are.

Yes. My stakes are high.

You're going to have to try a bit harder for that, Blobby. You literally just posted about winning more than me (apparently).

Dec 21, 2025 -- 12:46PM, Shraine_Tumber wrote:

Yes. My stakes are high.

At what point did the penny drop that George did not have it sewn up? Cos he was given every chance to upset the apple cart last night. The market at one point assumed he had.

I however know the work was done from the semi and the job was done

We do know that comprehension is not up there in your strong points, Blobby :). I guess humility isn't up there there either :)

Dec 21, 2025 -- 12:48PM, Cider wrote:

You're going to have to try a bit harder for that, Blobby. You literally just posted about winning more than me (apparently).

It's not rocket science to work that out. I was backing in the hundreds at 12/1 I also told you I was still backing all the way down at 6/4. I also admitted George was a huge red for me
You was basically level on the hot all series favourite and Kaz. So there is no way unless you were laying down tens of thousands of pounds that you could have made more profit than me.
Besides as I said for forum purposes I only cared about getting one over you.
Job done

Blobby- you really are a child aren't you. Explains why you watch young boys on Tiktok.

You're really living in fantasy land. I was talking up Karen's chances whilst you were still jizzzing over Vicky. You might have convinced some people you were always on Karen, but actually you weren't. And you rated her 'fourth most popular at best'. Sure you opposed George from the start, an evens fav, solely on the basis that he wasn't touring. Well done on that.

As for these fortunes down on Karen 12/1, it should be incredibly easy to post a screenshot of one of them. If you're claiming I don't believe you, you'd be correct.

That's bullshit. My reason for the prods stitching him up was the touring. And at the end of the day it doesn't matter what the reason was, I had them onside from the get go, and knew they wouldn't allow him to win.
You was so blindly dumb you though Dave's poll was the reason Kaz was 1.75 after the semi
I know you are embarrassed, and so you should be

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Dec 21, 2025 -- 1:00PM, Cider wrote:

As for these fortunes down on Karen 12/1, it should be incredibly easy to post a screenshot of one of them. If you're claiming I don't believe you, you'd be correct.

No, because I have a life outside of this forum and I will enjoy my money regardless of whether you believe me or not haha

Same here. No reason to lie. Enjoy.

Hope the insiders enjoy aswell. They deserve it. They helped me too

Just own it that despite how much I pointed it out to you and laid all the info on a plate, that you seriously think Dave's poll was why Kaz went heavy odds on after the semi.

Well done Shraine enjoy your winnings pal

You're desperate for some credit when you called most things wrong. It is embarrassing. Sure you came to the Karen party late, whoopty woo. You are the special (sic) betting yoda we didn't know we needed :)

Late to the party, but still caught her at better odds than the early backers

Thank **** I wasn't sitting on a series long favourite, watching all his tik tok videos, stalking him only to see him balls it up in the final. You must be feeling like a right wally today.

The G info I put on here was all nicked from the DS appreciation thread.

Back to your comprehension issues, I could tell you the same thing 100 times, and it would still go through your vacant little head.

There was always the prospect that the producers would get the outcome they were so desperate for. My book was built around that.

Was Kaz sitting at 1.5 in midweek down to Dave's poll yes or no?

Anyone sensible, fancying Karen to win strongly, would have similarly been prepared for George to be able to beat the producers. Presumably it was very close, the market said it flipped during the open voting. We'll never know, and it's not too relevant now.

Every single indication was out there that insiders were playing this market. You even had a dream scenario play out in spoty that any sensible person would have used to start putting more on Kaz when she started drifting (as i did)
But you failed, because you were obsessed with George. Borderline creepy the obsession was by the way.

What is it that you are desperate for? A pat on the head for following insider money? Calling that tomorrow is Monday?

I was on Karen way before the insider money had her winning though. So again a load of **** from you. Why don't you just admit you made a hash of it. And I'll let it drop

Cos your boy was given a more than fair crack last night and still came up short. There really is no excuses as you how wrong you called it

And I was on Karen way before you. What do you want? A rosette? Horseshoe?

Yeah and you had a level book in the final. No conviction in your assessment whatsoever.
Plus the whole time was convinced that George would win
Unless he got injured of course

Id love to buy you a t shirt with his face on and that golden phrase printed underneath it lol
George Clarke- only loses through injury.
Be a long time before anyone ever comes up with a belter to rival that

No I didn't have a level book. Literally anything I tell you fails to sink in. If it makes you feel better to feel like I did my conkers on G, knock yourself out :)

Lol so now you had a bigger green on Karen.
Cider the gift that keeps on giving
This is more enjoyable than Kaz lifting the glitterball last night

Cider Bobby tennis again lol

Game set and match Bobby

25p matched on bf

Anyone know Karen's highest matched price?

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If true, every one of those accounts will now be limited.  Also, if true, incredibly stoopid to advertise on here.  More chance Bet365 don't honour them now.  I don't believe it's true personally.

The last time I asked someone to put a bet on for me with 365, I had £125 at 4/1 (which was the max bet allowed) in athletics.  It was backed into 6/4 or 5/4 (and lost).  It was a nephew of mine and was a losing casual gambler unconnected to any other and it was still closed because of that one bet.  It probably was the last time I asked someone to put a bet on for me on an online account, period.  If something that innocuous results in a closed account, there's little point.





You really need to avoid placing bets near to limit when
using a mug account.

Just stick to nephews normal limit.

3700 posts. Jesus h

Tim 70.

Thanks

Who got the lowest price and was the backer? :)

You're playing a Dangerous game there

I wasn't, they were

Dancing attracts them types

As ever, hard to dancypher your meaning :p

Worse comeback ever

Bobby wins that ;-)

You think you'll ever start charging me rent Boggy?

Why don't you tell us your previous Bobby

You can dm me

Did we rule out HF?

Why is it impossible to believe I'm a newbie?

Cos you were around with the dinosaurs

Was still living rent free in your head back then as well ;)

You've got a delightful selection of phrases borrowed off the Internet :)

And every word you use is borrowed from the internet. I bet you are great fun at a party :/

Dictionary*

Tennis over for now :)

Cider is a great poster, and boy oh boy—if we could get it right all the time, this game wouldn’t be half as much fun. It sounds like Cider landed a very nice win on either, which at the prices—and given how the final transpired—felt like the perfect way to play it.

I’d consider myself fairly savvy in these special markets and I think embracing differing opinions and a bit of back-and-forth banter is all part of the enjoyment. Like two prize fighters who’ve spent a month trading words before finally meeting in the ring, it’s only right to exchange a bit of humility and grace once the battle has been decided and the dust has settled.

You did very well getting on with 3*5 Shraine. I’ve got a few accounts with them—one fresh as a daisy—and still couldn’t get much on at all. In the end, I didn’t even bother with my other account, as I’d rather keep that for sports and horses, where the limits are significantly higher.

Cider was bitter til the very end, that much was evident.

Humility is not giving people silly nicknames my 9 year old would come up with

Thanks AR!

Here you go Blobby, now please stop. You are becoming an irritant. For the avoidance of doubt, your 'Here's our winner' post was referencing Vicky. Congratulations.



George Clarke
Odds
7.52
Matched (GMT)
27-Sep-25 20:16

I'll stop when I'm ready, not you.

I guess you'll only stop when your laptop hard drive is finally checked

When you win you're suppose to get this wave of dopamine and feel good will to all men lol

Another memo Bobby missed :(

Yeah cos I didn't win anything remember

Ok, sorry, thought you had

Depends which version you believe, the truth, or Cider.

BBC ONE-Strictly Come Dancing: The Final ≈ 7.7m (54.1%)

Peak ≈ 8.4m (57.9%)

Not sure on the combined odds, I guess maybe around 1.70. But a win is a win - nice one Bobby

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j914rj64do

I'm guessing this happened before shraine took all their money

Every Strictly Final Overnight Rating

2004-S1-Main Show-7.8m (43%) Results-8.9m (43%)
2004-S2-Main Show-9.0m (39%) Results-10.6m (44%)
2005-S3-Main Show-10.4m (38%) Results-10.0m (38%) Peak-10.9m
2006-S4-Main Show-10.9m (43%) Peak-12.6m (54%) Results-11.7m (47%) Peak-12.3m
2007-S5-Main Show-10.9m (43%) Peak-12.6m (54%) Results-11.4m (47%) Peak-12.4m (50%)
2008-S6-Main Show-11.7m (48%) Peak-12.5m Results-12.2m (50%) Peak-13.3m (50%)
2009-S7-Main Show-10.1m (42%) Results-10.4m (42%) Peak-11.7m (47%)
2010-S8-Main Show-13.0m (46%) Peak-14.5m (51%) Results-13.1m (48%) Peak-14.1m (52%)
2011-S9-Main Show-12.2m (48%) Results-11.9m (46%)
2012-S10-Main Show-12.4m (49%) Peak-14.0m (53%) Results-12.1m (46%) Peak-13.4m (51%)
2013-S11-Main Show-11.5m (48%) Peak-12.3m (49%) Results-11.5m (46%) Peak-12.6m (50%)
2014-S12-Main Show-10.7m (46%) Results-10.2m (43%)
2015-S13-Main Show-11.0m (50%) Peak-11.9m (53%) Results-11.0m (48%) Peak-11.7m (53%)
2016-S14-11.8m (54%) Peak-12.8m (57%)
2017-S15-11.7m (56%) Peak-13.1m (60%)
2018-S16-11.7m (54%) Peak-12.7m
2019-S17-11.2m (56%)
2020-S18-11.3m (53%) Peak-13.2m
2021-S19-11.1m Peak-12.3m (58%)
2022-S20-9.2m (54%)
2023-S21-8.8m (53%)
2024-S22-8.6m (59%) Peak-9.3m (64%)
2025-S23-7.7m (54%) Peak-8.4m (58%)

What stands out there to a geek like me is the audience share remained broadly consistent in the last decade. Since 2021 there's a big drop off of people watching live broadcast tv, correlated with lockdowns I'd say, and it was trending that way anyway. Share 53% in 2020 was 11.3, share 54% was 7.7 in 2025! And the huge share to watch the forgone conclusion last year, peak in 2024 was top share of any measure in scd history, but only 9.3M.