‘Sup. We’ll be taking a weekly(ish) look at the betting markets for Big Brother throughout the season, looking at who’s working their way up to being a contender and who’s fast becoming an outsider.

CURRENT FAVOURITE:
Corin – 7/2: Most bookies are offering odds of 7/2 or 4/1 for the Northerner, with Victor Chandler even offering 3/1 at the time of writing. It’s a surprise to see Corin atop the market, but a pleasant one – in episodes we’ve seen she’s become a very fun housemate, and though chances are other housemates will steal the poll position as the weeks go by, she just needs to avoid big arguements and bitching sessions to remain in the race.

Josie – 5/1: A rowdy week for John James has helped the endearing country bumpkin to climb the scales. Betfair offer the best odds at 11/2, while the shortest are offered by William Hill who suggest 9/2.

Steve - 11/2: A kitten’s whisker behind Josie and surely a pretty safe bet to make it to the final. Steve is the most genuinley down-to-earth housemate of this year’s collective and we think he may soon become the overall favourite.

John James – 7/1: The former favourite suffers from his rows with Racheal, exposing him as a bit of an arrogant tosser. He has work to do to redeem himself; but in all honesty we can see his odds going from bad to worse. But those who still believe in him are better off going to Betfair, who offer 8/1.

Nathan – 8/1: The best of Nathan is surely yet to come – we’d forgotten he was in there.

Mario – 11/1: His closeness with Sunshine may be his ball and chain. He was likeable throughout the Mole task, and his popularity may continue to rise the longer he stays out of trouble.

Ben – 16/1: The well-spoken serious guy is proving neither popular or unpopular at present, with middling odds of between 14/1 an 17/1.

Ife – 20/1: We’re a bit disappointed with Ife so far – she looked like she could have been a cracking housemate but she has yet to really prove her worth. Come on, girl. Find your personality.

Caoihme – 22/1: This Shabby thing could make or break her, depending on how she handles it. There’s nothing terribly exciting to say about her at present so we’ll have to wait and see.

Shabby – 28/1: Shabby could turn this around. If she can avoid nomination and continue to provide some of the most watchable television she could completely turn her chances around. Watch this space.

Sunshine – 33/1: We’re gonna say she should have gone on Friday. Rachael would have continued to be an entertaining presence but Sunshine is just a pain. If she’s nominated, she should (depending who she’s up against) be shown the door this Friday.

Dave – 40/1: There’s nothing much to say about Dave, and unlike some of the other dormant HM’s we can’t really see that changing. Can we swap him for another interesting one who didn’t get in?

CURRENT OUTSIDER:
Govan – 50/1: Not a massive shocker. On the launch night he seemed like he had all the potential to be this year’s funnyman but he’s instead decided to persue the path of House Bitch. The most interesting thing he’s done so far is “come out” as straight. Hmm. If he’s nominated there’s a very good chance he’ll be out… but then, do we want to lose another big character after already losing Racheal?

So Danielle has been crowned the winner of the latest BBC musical talent search Over The Rainbow, and with that another ludicrous yet thoroughly addictive series comes to its conclusion.

The hilarity of the show has by far exceeded the already OTT-nature of predecessor ‘I’d Do Anything’, with the eliminated contestants having to perform ‘Over The Rainbow’ after handing over their shoes to their sing-off opponent and riding a ridiculous glittery moon over the studio, and flying off at the end. And, as we learned when we went to see the show being filmed, the moon doesn’t actually go anywhere – there’s an awkward bring-back-down process as soon as the final credits have finished rolling.

For the eliminated Dorothys however that was an incredibly important performance; one which had to prove to watching casting directors and producers that the girls were worth a shot in the theatre. Here we take a quick look at the five most memorable farewells…

5. Jenny – Jenny’s performances flicked between amazing and average, so it was pleasing when she busted out ‘Over the Rainbow’ one last time and made it look totally effortless.

4. Steph – We were in the studio audience for Steph’s departure, and the audience’s relentless cheering when ALW decided to save Lauren was a very deserved farewell for perhaps the most rounded performer of the series. Her lovely, delicate tone proved no issue for her rendition of ‘Over the Rainbow’ as she, like every other performance she did, smashed it.

3. Emilie – OH DEAR. Emilie was a likeable girl but it was doing her more harm than good being kept in every week. And what would we have got if we paid £60 to see her in the West End? A cracked last note, on the basis of her farewell tune.

2. Amy - The glamour model was the first from the Top 11 to get the chop, and absoloutley smashed her farewell rendition of ‘Over the Rainbow’. She was by far one of the most capable singers, and yes she would have been an absurd Dorothy, but a little longer on the show to gain some more exposure would have been great for her. Her exit was the best sung by a country mile.

1. Stephanie – Considered by many to be a frontrunner, 7th-place Stephanie’s exit was the definitive shocker of the series. Her farewell ride was an emotional one, with tears forcing her to take a break, and a touching encouragement from sing-off survivor Steph to go for the power finale.

It’s been confirmed already that Mark Moses will be reprising his role as Paul Young, the widower of Mary-Alice, in the next season of Desperate Housewives; and since then it’s also been confirmed that Harriet Samson-Harris will reprise her role as Martha Huber’s sister, Felicia Tillman. The mystery, it is confirmed, will revolve around them.

But, just for banter, guess who else is coming to Wisteria Lane next year?

Vanessa Williams played Wilhelmena Slater on the now-deceased ‘Ugly Betty’ for roughly half a decade, and will be joining the cast of ‘Housewives’ next year to bring trouble to the other ladies.

Apparently she won’t really be involved in the main mystery plot, but she will be joining as a series regular – none of this ‘guest star’ business.