‘Big Brother’ Season 19 Week 12 Betting Odds

–CBS has renewed the long running ‘Big Brother’ reality show for a 19th and 20th season.

–’Big Brother’ is a spin-off of a Dutch TV series of the same name.

–’Big Brother’ airs Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday on CBS TV.

Just like that we’re down to five contestants on Season 19 of ‘Big Brother’ as the September 7 show saw two eliminations for the price of one. Our top choice for eviction got sent packing as Jason Dent was eliminated (he was +125). Later in the show our third choice for elimination was shown the door as Raven Walton was voted out.

‘Big Brother’ host Julie Chen cracked back on suggestions of ‘bullying’ and ‘bad behavior’ during Season 19. For some reason, there are those ringing their hands about the way the contestants have been interacting this season but Chen thinks it’s not a valid criticism and it’s just part of the game. For her part, she dismisses any suggestion of actual bullying or abusive treatment on the show:

“I think there are summers in the past where the behavior has been worse. Part of the game is that we don’t interfere with what’s happening. Anyone who we feel like is getting bullied, they don’t necessarily feel like it; they’re just living Big Brother. If they’re in the Diary Room saying, ‘I can’t take it, this is abuse,’ that’s a different thing. No one has come forward and said that.”

Chen made the very valid point that what viewers see on screen is not necessarily the way things really are:

“We also see after a day a lot of self-correction; there’s so much activity in the house that things always settle down. Sometimes when I’ve interviewed evicted houseguests about x, y, and z they’re like, ‘Oh no, we were kidding, we’re good. I’m going to be best friends with these people.’ So sometimes it’s us making a bigger deal not knowing what it’s like to be in that person’s shoes. It’s Big Brother.”


‘CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER’ ANNOUNCED

The other big news revealed during Week 11 was an announcement of the first ever US version of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’. The first season of the spin-off will begin in Winter 2018 and as of yet no celebrities have been attached to the project. They’ve had ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in the UK now and some of the celebrities featured have been Pamela Anderson, Gary Busey, Stephen Baldwin, Perez Hilton, Ivana Trump, and MTV’s Spencer and Heidi Pratt. In other words, we’re not talking about ‘A Listers’. Or as Julie Chen puts it: “It’s not going to be all Oscar winners.”

The schedule for the final few episodes of ‘Big Brother’is a little screwy–there’s a new show scheduled for Friday, September 15 and no show scheduled for Sunday, September 17. The Finale will air on Wednesday, September 20.

In any case, here’s the latest odds update for Season 19:

‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19 WEEK 12 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS

TO BE ELIMINATED IN WEEK 12

Josh Martinez: +135
Kevin Schlehuber: +200
Alex Ow: +350
Christmas Abbott +750
Paul Abrahamian: +750
No One Eliminated: +2500

HOW MANY CONTESTANTS WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10–SEPTEMBER 17, 2017?

Over 1.5: +300
Under 1.5: -350

Includes eliminations, withdrawals, disqualification or ejection for any other reason

TO BE NAMED ‘HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD’ IN WEEK 12

Paul Abrahamian: +150
Alex Ow: +250
Christmas Abbott +350
Kevin Schlehuber: +600
No One Named ‘HOH’: +750
Josh Martinez: +1000

FINAL RATING FOR THE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS

Over 1.7: -130
Under 1.7: +110

FINAL RATING FOR THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS

Over 1.7: -150
Under 1.7: +130

FINAL RATING FOR THE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS

Over 1.7: -130
Under 1.7: +110

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EPISODES OF ‘BIG BROTHER’ WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST TOTAL VIEWERSHIP AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS

Sunday, September 10: +175
Wednesday, September 13: +110
Thursday, September 14: +135

COMBINED VIEWERSHIP OF SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODES?

Over 18.25 million: -150
Under 18.25 million: +130

Combined viewership for the 9/10, 9/13 and 9/14 ‘Big Brother’ episodes. All bets are action regardless of preemption or rescheduling. Grading based on final ratings figures reported on the ‘TV By The Numbers‘ website.

WILL THE SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODES EACH HAVE THE TOP NETWORK TV RATING FOR BOTH THE TIMESLOT AND NIGHT PER ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS

Yes, ‘Big Brother’ will win timeslot/night on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday: +500
No, ‘Big Brother’ will not win timeslot/night on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday: -650

‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS

TO WIN ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19

Paul Abrahamian: -185
Alex Ow: +350
Christmas Abbott: +500
Kevin Schlehuber: +700
Josh Martinez: +1000

TO FINISH SECOND ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19

Alex Ow: +100
Paul Abrahamian: +300
Kevin Schlehuber: +300
Christmas Abbott +500
Josh Martinez: +1000

TO FINISH THIRD ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19

Christmas Abbott +125
Paul Abrahamian: +250
Alex Ow: +250
Kevin Schlehuber: +500
Josh Martinez: +1250

TO FINISH FOURTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19

Kevin Schlehuber: +100
Christmas Abbott +205
Alex Ow: +450
Josh Martinez: +700
Paul Abrahamian: +700

TO FINISH FIFTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19

Josh Martinez: +150
Christmas Abbott +215
Paul Abrahamian: +300
Kevin Schlehuber: +500
Alex Ow: +750

SIXTH PLACE: Raven Walton
SEVENTH PLACE: Jason Dent
EIGHTH PLACE: Matthew Clines
NINTH PLACE: Mark Jansen
TENTH PLACE: Elena Davies
ELEVENTH PLACE: Cody Nickson
TWELFTH PLACE: Jessica Graf
THIRTEENTH PLACE: Ramses Soto
FOURTEENTH PLACE: Dominique Cooper
FIFTEENTH PLACE: Jillian Parker
SIXTEENTH PLACE: Megan Lowder
SEVENTEENTH PLACE: Cameron Heard

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