Updated betting odds for the current series of Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) are predicting that the show will likely be won by a queer star.
If the CBB betting odds remain consistent and end up being correct, it would mark four queer winners in a row since the original social experiment TV series was relaunched by ITV in 2023.
TV personality David Potts won the first season of ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother last March, while the first two civilian series on the network were won by bisexual lawyer Jordan Sangha and lesbian psychologist Ali Bromley.
Odds are currently predicting that RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season four winner Danny Beard will win the series, with a 36 per cent chance, according to bookies.com. If Danny does win the show, she’ll be the second Drag Race finalist to win a season of Celebrity Big Brother, following Courtney Act’s victory in 2018.
Even if Danny Beard doesn’t make it all the way to the CBB crown, the second in-line for the throne is another queer star: the all-singing, all-dancing social media star and musician, Jojo Siwa.
Siwa has had a rollercoaster of a ride in the Celebrity Big Brother house so far, after navigating comments she called “homophobic” from Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke – who was later removed from the house for inappropriate behaviour – and opening up about her gender identity.
Recent episodes have seen Siwa talk with her fellow housemates, including Danny, about her potentially being non-binary. Danny, who identifies as non-binary himself, has been on hand to reassure her that it’s OK if she doesn’t yet know how she identifies.
Jojo Siwa currently has a roughly 26 per cent chance of leaving the CBB house as the winner, according to betting odds.
Both Danny and Siwa face stiff competition from Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd, who has played David Platt on the cobbles for 25 years. Despite being up for eviction both times so far, he’s survived – and currently has a 23 per cent chance of winning the whole thing.
Siwa’s BFF in the house and Love Island star Chris Hughes is fourth in the running for the win, with an 18 per cent chance.
“The One And Only” hitmaker Chesney Hawkes comes in as fifth most likely to reign superior, but with considerably lower odds: he’s apparently got a seven per cent chance of bagging the gold medal.
The remaining five housemates, in order of how likely they are to win, are: EastEnders star Patsy Palmer, Olympian Daley Thompson, Actress Donna Preston, TV presenter Angelica Bell, and The Only Way Is Essex star Ella Rae Wise.
Contenders for the win will be whittled down on Friday (18 April) as the next live eviction takes place, and this time, it’s two housemates who will be voted out by the public.
Celebrity Big Brother is expected to end on Friday 25 April where the winner will be crowned.
Celebrity Big Brother airs Sunday to Friday from 9pm BST on ITV and ITVX.
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