I have always said, its not the betting odds, its how many phone votes they get. yes I have known them wrong

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I have always said, its not the betting odds, its how many phone votes they get. yes I have known them wrong

I agree.

As I and others have said elsewhere though, it wasn't just the betting odds.
All the main online polls had Marcus to go too. Essentially, the odds were simply reflecting this.

BB Online seems to have been particularly shocked by the result: their poll is highly regarded, and had Marcus to go with 58%. Although they do admit there was a lot of anti-Freddie voting in the last 24 hours, that's still one heck of a turnaround...

That's the problem with online polls.
I vote on them sometimes but don't phone vote.

I can't believe the amount of people who rely on odds. It's just an indication of the people who are betting. These people are a different kettle of fish to the peoplw who pick up the phone and vote.

I've never trusted them since they said Aisleyne was going to win ans she ended up third

Betting odds can be an indication of an outcome , but are never a perfect one! One thing that troubles me is that I believe voting figures are now low enough for betting syndicates to be able to swing a close result by spending thousands on voting, but hopefully that would be offset by other big betters backing different hms!

I had to remind someone of this last night when someone was arguing that Marcus going was a dead cert.

Not everyone that votes can or wants to bet.

It would be interesting to see how many people actually voted. When Sree went only 98 people phoned and voted.

I can only surmise that there was a lot of votes against Freddie in the last 15 minutes or so, it was neck and neck, with Freddie getting 53.65% of the vote at the finish