CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER: Snooker ace Ronnie O’Sullivan has been named bookie Paddy Power’s 2/1 favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother when it returns to our screens in the New Year.
Snooker ace Ronnie O’Sullivan has been named bookie Paddy Power’s 2/1 favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother when it returns to our screens in the New Year.
The world Number 1, dubbed ‘The Rocket’ for his speed around the snooker table will enter the house on the 3rd January and is already streets ahead of other celebrities rumoured to be taking part including Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson at 4/1, US rap legend MC Hammer at 6/1 and Boy George at 10/1.
Entering the house will mean Ronnie, also known as the “Mozart of snooker”, will miss the snooker Masters in January. And Paddy Power are alre! ady betting there’ll be fireworks, quoting just 4/1 that Ronnie quits the house early, 10/1 that he gets to grips with Pammy and 12/1 that he finds himself locking horns with a fellow housemate.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said, “Ronnie is a genius at the snooker table but more importantly he’s a colourful and unpredictable character off the table – the perfect recipe for Big Brother success! With the Rocket lined up it looks like the Head of Channel 4 Julian Bellamy was right – the last series of Celeb Big Brother will definitely “go out with a bang”!”
Who will win Celebrity Big Brother 2010? – Start Date 3rd January
2/1 Ronnie O’Sullivan
4/1 Pamela Anderson
6/1 MC Hammer
8/1 Paul Danan
10/1 Boy George
12/1 Richard Bacon
14/1 Alex Reid
18/1 Heidi Fleiss
Others on request
Rocket Specials
2/1 Big Brother to hold a snooker tournament in the house
4/1 Ronnie to quit the house early
8/1 Ronnie to become the 1st housemate evicted
9/1 Big Brother to warn Ronnie for excessive use of bad language
10/1 Ronnie to snog Pamela Anderson in the house
12/1 Ronnie to get into a physical fight with any other housemate