News: Entertainment & TV

With the 2025 final concluded, bookmakers are already taking bets on who could join the Strictly 2026 lineup. Amelia Dimoldenberg leads early odds with Zoella, Greg James and Davina McCall close behind.

Joe Wicks and Nicola Adams are the clear favourites in this year’s Celebrity Gladiators Christmas Special, airing on BBC One. Betting odds suggest a commanding win for both in their respective categories.

Karen Carney is 2/5 favourite to win the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 final, having started the series at 16/1. William Hill now have her odds-on to lift the Glitterball trophy.

With no big Christmas TV specials planned, King Charles’s festive speech is 8/11 favourite to top the UK ratings on Christmas Day 2025. See full odds from Ladbrokes and expert insight.

Bookies have opened the market on who might star in the next Celebrity Traitors. Bob Mortimer and Amelia Dimoldenberg top the odds, with a huge second series expected after 15 million watched in 2025.

Zoe Ball is now 1/2 to become the next Strictly Come Dancing host following her BBC Radio 2 departure, overtaking Fleur East and Rylan Clark in the betting market.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year airs live tonight from Salford, with Rory McIlroy the strong 1/2 favourite to win the award after a year to remember on the course.

Emmerdale fans can now bet on what happens in this year’s Christmas episode, with odds suggesting a character death or break-up could be in store. Here’s what betting sites are predicting.

Roman Reigns and Bianca Belair top the early Royal Rumble 2026 betting markets ahead of WWE’s first major North American-style PLE in Saudi Arabia. Here’s the latest odds and insight.

Ben Price leads the betting to join Celebrity Big Brother 2026, amid reports the show has been moved from ITV’s spring slot. Colson Smith and Jack P. Shepherd also in contention.