Haven't done a betting update for a while, and the fallout from Friday's eviction has been very interesting. (For the most part I'm going to refer to odds on Betfair here: the more traditional bookies tend to be a bit slower to follow trends.)
Alex has been favourite for a while now, but during Friday (pre-show) she started to become odd-on favourite - i.e. the likelihood of her winning is now considered better than 50/50! Not certain, but I think that's a first for any HM this series.
The odds for all other HMs slipped a bit against Alex, but the big loser was Jay: he was a close 3rd at 6/1 prior to the evcition show, but is now 4th at 9/1 and continuing to lengthen.
Aaron remains 2nd, but his odds have improved slightly. Biggest winner though was Faye: she had previously been in the "second tier" alongside Tom and Louise with odds greater than 20/1, but she's now ahead of Harry with some bookies, and ahead of Jay in 3rd with Betfair!
Jemma and Anton remain rank outsiders, though it's possible Jemma's odds might shift once other HMs have been able to nominate her and we therefore get some indication of her popularity.
Current Betfair Odds:
Alex: 37/50
Aaron: 43/10
Faye: 17/2
Jay: 9/1
Harry: 21/2
Tom: 31/1
Louise: 33/1
Anton: 170/1
Jemma: 199/1
But as long as Jay keeps heading south then I can live with it...... cos Faye will trip herself up sooner or later....
mean she will fall from grace.