I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here reaches a climax this weekend and James Buttler and Jonny Baxandall take a look at the best bets for King or Queen of the Jungle.
One of the best I'm A Celebrity series ever?
James: I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. I think it's been arguably one of the best, because there hasn't been anybody in there that has been horrible, there hasn't been a huge amount of confrontation during the show, and pretty much every single one of them has been a really decent, lovely person to watch.
Jonny: Yeah, I agree. It shows the difference between you and I, JB, because I've probably missed a bit of the argy-bargy. I quite like a bit of contentious, you know, a bit of hot water between the campmates. I think it's been a good series, but it has been missing the argy-bargies, as I say. They've all been media-trained within an inch of their lives.
James: You're a nasty man, obviously. I just like people to get on and be nice to each other. I'll tell you the other thing why I've enjoyed it, is because we haven't had kind of a former politician or somebody who's seeking redemption in there. Everybody's just in there for being in there, and I think that's quite refreshing as well.
The final SIX
James: We're down to six. Danny Jones is still favourite. We liked him at the start. We still like him, I think. And he has best price of 4/6. Coleen Rooney is actually now second favourite at 5/2. Oti Mabuse, who has got the golden ticket, so she's guaranteed to be in the final four, and she's 14/1. GK Barry, who I didn't like particularly at the start, who I have really warmed to, is 35/1. Alan Halsall from Coronation Street, 50/1. And Reverend Richard Coles, who was one of your fancies at the start, he's the outsider now at 66s. We're going to lose two before the final four, and that's Alan and Richard, according to the bookies. Do you agree with that?
Jonny: No, I still fancy Richard Coles. He slips into the final four, I think, which obviously Oti's got her bye. I just think he's had no arguments. He's been nice. He's actually one of the more amusing camp mates, I would have said. I think he gets there, and I tipped him as the outsider at 66/1 before the show kicked off. I'm still liking the price of 66/1 a lot across the markets. You can get 33s with the major bookies, but yes, you can still find that 66/1 price. I think that's still a decent bet.
The Top Female market
James: It's funny, isn't it? Because I quite liked Maura. She came in with a real bang with Reverend Richard. She did really well in the first 10 days, and then it's amazing how the edit and how what they do basically affects the vote. And she kind of disappeared a little bit from view for the final four days before she went. So, if Reverend Richard is still in his morose mood and looking like he wants to leave, he probably will leave. If he does something really cool or really funny, then he probably gets the public vote.
Jonny: That's true, yeah. I mean, that's GK Barry clearly found favour with the voting audience, which is something I don't think Maura was able to do because she did slip into that bottom two earlier in the, I think last week. Could GK Barry win? Not for me, but there might be a bet there in terms of the top female market. You can get 10/1 with BoyleSports. GK for second, perhaps.
James: Three men, three women heading into the final six. Oti's obviously got that bye, which is crucial. I think I agree with you. We've been chatting on WhatsApp and I agree that probably Oti would have gone last night and Maura would have probably stayed had Oti not got the golden ticket. But Oti's lovely. She's really breath of fresh air. She's smiley. All of them have had down times and then high times. Coleen, though, seems to be fancied by people as the strong woman and probably a little bit different to what people might have thought she might've been like. She's come in and been quite pleasant, quite normal, quite nice. I think people are quite like that.
Do we stand by our pre-show Danny Jones pick at 5/2?
James: Danny is now in at odds on. We said at the start to get on him early because he's only gonna shrink in price. Do you still think Danny Jones wins?
Jonny: Yes, I still think Danny Jones wins. Coleen did go favourite earlier this week, obviously now to win it at around 5/2, which was what we had Danny at pre the show kicking off. Yes, can't see past Danny. I still think he's got the fans and he's been Mr. Consistent. He's very good at tasks. He's one of the more amusing campmates. Coleen is a funny one to me. Maybe it was the pre-show perception of her that meant that I didn't have her in my final three. But like you say, she's been very nice. She's got on with everyone. She's told some good anecdotes, mostly about her husband and probably not the real interesting ones that we wanna hear about Wayne. But she's been Mrs. Consistent as well, I guess. I think ITV probably want her to win seeing as they keep advertising her Wagatha Christie trial show, both before and after the ads. So yeah, they probably want her up there. I think they probably forked out a lot of money to get Coleen in the jungle in the first place because it's not like that family will need any money. So yeah, it'd be interesting to see where she finishes. 5/2 on her to win would be a risky one, for me.
The Final Three
James: I could see her going tonight (Friday), actually. It's funny because you can make an argument for all of them, really. I think Danny gets into the final, but apart from that, I think you can make an argument for all of them to be in the final three. You can make an argument for all of them to go. So it's gonna be really interesting as we head into the weekend. It's gonna be loads of trials. We'll have the final with the eating challenges so loads of entertainment on our TV screens. My final three? I think Oti obviously is in the final four, but I think she goes and finishes fourth. I think the final three will be Danny, GK Barry and I think it'll still be Reverend Richard.
Jonny: I was hoping you'd say a different last name because you've just matched my three there as well. I had pre-tournament Danny, Melvin and Alan. Sadly, we lost Melvin. I still think Melvin was a good camp mate. However, I'm gonna keep Alan in because of what you said. I think Alan still got the Corrie vote, as I said before we forget that Andy Whyment, who was another Corrie actor, made it to second somehow one year, although he was a bit more comedy value than Alan's been this year. Let's go Danny, Alan, and I can't leave Reverend Richard Coles out of the top three. They've all been great.
James: Really good camp mates this year. And we still fancy then Danny Jones to win. When he gets to that Celebrity Cyclone, he's gonna be the one doing the last leg, I think, going right to the top. That'll count in his favor as well, wearing spandex and his cape. However you bet out there, you don't have to take any notice of us whatsoever, but good luck with your bets for I'm a Celebrity.
Always gamble responsibly and enjoy the final this weekend.