Dancing On Ice Betting Odds: Will Gareth Gates Win?

It goes without saying that our favourite ever themed episode on Dancing On Ice is Props Night, because it offers the best opportunity for the stars to injure themselves.

But what did the Dancing On Ice contestants have to play with on Sunday? A hat? An umbrella? A table? Dear oh dear, these were some shit props. If Dancing On Ice ever makes it back for a fourth series, let's make Props Night serious. We want to see celebrities dance with a hod full of bricks, an angry dog and a swarm of wasps. At once. Deal? Is that a deal, Schofield?

Anyway, who's going to win Dancing On Ice? Here are the Dancing On Ice betting odds for Gareth Gates, with help from Paddy Power…

Gareth Gates - Finally! After about two months of confusion, Gareth Gates isn't the second-favourite to win Dancing On Ice any more. He's the third-favourite, which seems a lot more fair. Although he's a competent skater, Gareth Gates is pretty unremarkable compared to some of his competitors, and it's only his weird, borderline-obsessive, almost legally insane fans that kept him so high in the Dancing On Ice betting odds. Still, second on Pop Idol, third on Dancing On Ice… we can't wait to see what tawdry reality TV show Gareth Gates will come fourth in next. That's if he does come third, because ironically, for the first time ever on Dancing On Ice, Gareth came second on Sunday with his performance to Try A Little Tenderness. It was a performance that almost didn't happen, thanks to Gareth getting a bit of a headache on Sunday morning, but he soldiered on to give it all he had. Gareth's props, by the way, were a cane and a hat. A hat, for christ's sake. Does that count as a prop? If so, would trousers count as props? Or hair? Or teeth? Anyway, a few fancy hat-throws aside, Gareth's routine felt like a bit of a damp squib - like it was building to something that never came. Still, we can all agree that Gareth could shatter his spine and his rabid fans would still vote him through. SCORE - 25.5 - Current Dancing On Ice betting odds - 9/2

Tomorrow: Dancing On Ice betting odds for Suzanne Shaw. But if that's too long to wait - or you feel like making more money than you know what to do with - head right over to the Paddy Power Dancing On Ice betting odds page to see the latest, and best, betting odds.