It is, of course, celebrity season. Those long, dark evenings when you’ll watch anything on the TV as long as there is someone you vaguely know on the screen and there is a chance that that they’ll embarrass themselves.
The Jump is something a bit different, however. Winter sports are not generally for the faint-hearted and the risk element is more pronounced than in something like I’m A Celebrity or Strictly.
The line-up for this year’s Channel 4 offering leans heavily towards the sporting fraternity, which might be a good idea after last year’s mishaps. Actress Tina Hobley can probably be excused for not coping with the demands of the ski-jump and the slopes but Beth Tweddle and Rebecca Adlington are Olympians and should have been better prepared. That said, I’ve seen plenty of experienced skiers and snowboarders come back from trips in plaster so luck plays its part.
There were reports that The Jump was to be axed last year after experts called the safety of competitors into question but TV producers have found another set of celebrities willing to risk life and limb on the slopes and it’s something of a coup that Sir Bradley Wiggins is one of them.
The recently-retired Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner is the 7/2 favourite with Coral to be crowned the overall winner of series four but there is a strong line-up this year. Gymnast Louis Smith is 5/1 with Coral and the 2012 winner of Strictly Come Dancing has reportedly been taking training very seriously.
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Former rugby stars Gareth Thomas – a former winner of Celebrity Big Brother and also a contestant on Dancing On Ice – and Jason Robinson are a best 11/1 and 7/1 respectively, while the glamour will be provided by TOWIE star Lydia Bright and models Vogue Williams and Caprice. Models, unfortunately, don’t have a great record in The Jump with Melina Messenger, Jodie Kidd and Lady Victoria Hervey all suffering setbacks of various sorts in the first three series. Jade Jones brings her martial arts toughness to the table and looks the best hope of a female winner (5/2 with Coral).
Davina McCall will again be the main presenter, but you can’t have everything.
The Jump 2017 Current Best Odds
Sir Bradley Wiggins (7/2), Louis Smith (5/1), Jason Robinson (7/1), Jade Jones (10/1), Gareth Thomas (11/1), Jake Quickenden (12/1), Spencer Matthews (16/1), Robbie Fowler (20/1), Emma Parker-Bowles (22/1), Vogue Williams and Kadeena Cox (25/1), Josie Gibson, Lydia Bright and Mark Dolan (33/1), Caprice (50/1)
