The bookies are rarely wrong when it comes to reality TV predictions.
And both Sportsbet and TAB have identified a clear favourite to win the upcoming season of Big Brother VIP: Luke Toki.
The two-time Australian Survivor star has the shortest odds out of the entire cast on TAB, sitting at $3.50 as of Wednesday.
Early favourite: Sportsbet and TAB have identified a clear favourite to win the upcoming season of Big Brother VIP: two-time Australian Survivor Luke Toki (left, with Janine Allis)
He has even shorter odds on Sportsbet at $2.75.
While Luke is the front-runner according to both online bookmakers, their predictions otherwise differ wildly.
This is perhaps because the series hasn’t finished filming yet, meaning their odds are not based on insider knowledge.
Sportsbet, for example, is tipping former Big Brother star Danny Hayes for runner-up with odds of $3.50.
By contrast, TAB has Caitlyn Jenner in second place at $4.
This is despite the fact she only spent a week in the Big Brother house and is now back in California running a gubernatorial campaign.
Bets: Luke has the shortest odds out of the entire cast on TAB, sitting at $3.50 as of Wednesday
Numbers game: He has even shorter odds on Sportsbet at $2.75. While Luke is the front-runner according to both online bookmakers, their predictions otherwise differ wildly
Brief stint: Caitlyn Jenner only spent a week in the Big Brother house and is now back in California running a gubernatorial campaign
Sportsbet has accounted for Caitlyn’s brief stint on the show, giving her the longest odds out of all the housemates: $34.
Interestingly, all betting agencies are tipping the international VIPs to make an early exit, with Omarosa and Thomas Markle Jr both facing long odds.
Daily Mail Australia understands Omarosa left the compound shortly after Caitlyn.
Elsewhere, Kyle Sandilands’ ex-girlfriend Imogen Anthony has odds of $21 (Sportsbet) and $15 (TAB), and Married At First Sight star Jessika Power is also an outsider at $13 (Sportsbet) and $21 (TAB).
Meanwhile, Seven’s Big Brother VIP has reportedly been thrown into crisis after the show’s two biggest international stars left in the first week.
Reality TV personality-turned-politician Caitlyn Jenner and former Trump aide Omarosa Newman have both left the Sydney compound – leaving behind only local celebrities and the estranged half-brother of Meghan Markle, Thomas Markle Jr.
With filming only halfway completed, producers are said to be panicking there won’t be enough star power to sustain the new series when it airs later this year.
Departures: Meanwhile, Seven’s Big Brother VIP has reportedly been thrown into crisis after the show’s two biggest international stars left in the first week. Pictured: Caitlyn Jenner, who spent one week in the house before departing for California, with host Sonia Kruger
‘Endemol Shine Australia [the production company behind Big Brother] is freaking out. They’ve lost their two biggest tickets,’ an insider told Daily Mail Australia.
‘Caitlyn is already back in the U.S. and Omarosa was sent home not long after.’
Jenner, 71, and Omarosa, 47, are believed to have only committed to a few episodes.
Meanwhile, the producers are said to be ‘doing everything they can’ to keep Markle Jr in the house for as long as possible ‘so there is still some overseas interest’.
However, another source rubbished the claims, saying the upcoming series was ‘an absolute killer show in the making’ and that its cast had exceeded all expectations.
Drawcards: Reality TV personality-turned-politician Caitlyn Jenner and former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman (pictured) have both left the Sydney compound – leaving behind only local celebrities and the estranged half-brother of Meghan Markle, Thomas Markle Jr
Jenner announced on Saturday she was ‘glad to be back’ in California, where she is running for governor.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, who is campaigning to replace Governor Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election, tweeted: ‘Great time abroad for fun and glad to be back in #California on the campaign trail!’
The former Olympian, who is rumoured to have been paid $500,000 to appear on Big Brother VIP, then shared a picture of her dog Bertha and captioned it: ‘So happy to be back in California!’
‘Good time’: Jenner, 71, announced on Saturday she was ‘glad to be back’ in California, where she is running for governor. She also tweeted this Big Brother VIP cast photo
On the trail: It was back to business for Jenner as soon as she landed in California, as she was soon whisked to San Diego for a photo op with a small business owner (pictured)
Filming for the new season began in Sydney on July 30, after Jenner had completed her mandatory two weeks of hotel quarantine.
Her swift return to America all but confirms she will be one of the first contestants to leave Big Brother VIP when it airs on Seven later this year.
Big Brother VIP is set to air in the coming months, with other housemates including Thomas Markle Jr, Married at First Sight’s Jessika Power and AFL star Dayne Beams.
The cast also features Kyle Sandilands’ ex-girlfriend Imogen Anthony, NRL player Matt Cooper, actor Bernard Curry and model Ellie Gonsalves.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Seven for comment.
Meet your celebrities! The cast (pictured) also features Kyle Sandilands’ ex-girlfriend Imogen Anthony, NRL player Matt Cooper, actor Bernard Curry and model Ellie Gonsalves