an early bath for Hollins?

Sep 16, 2009 by Rob

Following on from our earlier advice to snap up the 8-1 on Ricky Groves, a cover bet on Chris Hollins at 5-1, is now the value shout on Strictly’s first elimination market.

With Bellingham a decent bet to escape the bottom 2, given her ‘Loose Women’ following, Hollins could find himself in the drop zone, as he may just lack the popularity of former Beeb contestants Bill Turnbull and John Sergeant.

The show will not want to lose a high profile signing like Hingis in week one. Wilding’s Latin number is guaranteed to get the female viewers ‘whooping’ like it’s a hen night, while Bastian, Johnson and Calzaghe should show enough quality to avoid the chop, leaving Hollins looking vulnerable, regardless of his dancing skills, and 5-1 is simply too big to resist.

As with Groves, the live in-running market on Betfair should provide the chance to lay off at much shorter odds.