A new contender has apparently emerged in the race to host the Late Late Show after a series of "interesting wagers" at a Dublin bookies led to one female RTE presenter having her odds slashed.
Angela Scanlon has been the subject of some significant bets, prompting BoyleSports to cut her odds from 33/1 to 9/2. She is now joint-second favourite for the job.
Ryan Tubridy shocked RTE bosses and TV viewers last week by announcing he was standing aside as the host at the end of the current series after 14 years at the helm. And on Friday night's show, he hinted at his replacement might be by wishing them luck, "whoever she may be," suggesting a female host is being lined up for the flagship show for the first time. Female presenters fill the first four slots in the betting market with current affairs presenter and Laois native Claire Byrne the clear favourite having been backed into 6/4 from 9/4.
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Early favourite Miriam O’Callaghan has now drifted out to 9/2 in the betting having once been as short as 4/6 odds-on. Of the other female contenders, Prime Time presenter Sarah McInerney is now also 9/2 from 9/1 while the biggest mover of them all is Ask Me Anything presenter Angela Scanlon who was slashed to 9/2 (from 33/1) after a few interesting wagers were placed in a city centre shop.
A spokesman said: “It’s been a busy ever-changing market since we opened the betting last week and we’ve seen interest in quite a few different names, all female, with some surprising interest in Angela Scanlon, but Claire Byrne is by far the most fancied for the top job at Montrose.”
Current betting odds for Next Permanent Late Late Show Host After Ryan Tubridy:
6/4 Claire Byrne
9/2 Miriam O'Callaghan
9/2 Angela Scanlon
9/2 Sarah McInerney
9/1 Tommy Tiernan
12/1 Brendan O'Connor
16/1 Carl Mullen
18/1 Daithi O Se
20/1 Jennifer Zamparelli
25/1 Mairead Ronan
33/1 Dara O Briain
40/1 Doireann Garrihy
66/1 The Two Johnnies
66/1 Sharon Ni Bheolain
66/1 Kathryn Thomas
100/1 Ray D'Arcy
100/1 Matt Cooper
100/1 Laura Whitmore
100/1 Hector O Heochagain
100/1 Craig Doyle
100/1 Nicky Byrne
100/1 Bryan Dobson
100/1 Eamonn Holmes
100/1 Lucy Kennedy
100/1 Shay Byrne
100/1 Pat Spillane
100/1 Graham Norton
100/1 Jimmy Buckley
125/1 Joe Duffy
150/1 Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh
150/1 Ray Foley
200/1 Bar
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