Deal or No Deal - 26th November - 2nd December

Sorry for the delay. Not feeling terribly well at the moment, so just a quick summary this week.

Monday 26th: Donna

Winnings: £14,000

Dealt at: 5-box

Highest offer: £16,000 (8-box)

Box value: 50p

Donna had received a lot of attention on the wings due to her doughnut addiction. So, when she found the 1p in the first round, the Banker gave everyone present a doughnut. Her no deal at 8-box did sort of backfire, but I don’t really think she’d be bothered about missing out on just £2,000.

Tuesday 27th: Chan

Winnings: £6,000

Dealt at: 3-box extra offer

Highest offer: £10,000 (2-box)

Box value: £3,000

For all his comedy value on the wings, Chan proved surprisingly focussed on the game when he played. His game was largely unlucky, but he recovered to a decent bailout of £6,000, which may not have been the top of the game, but was certainly a good result considering.

Wednesday 28th: Natalie

Winnings: £1

Opened the box

Highest offer: £12,000 (17-box and 14-box)

Box value: £1

Terribly unlucky really. Natalie was nice enough, but her game crashed with the worst possible fourth round, and never really recovered. Shame. May well have had some effect on the week’s subsequent players.

Thursday 29th: Jake

Winnings: £5,000

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £8,000 (5-box)

Box value: £20,000

Jake, the show’s youngest ever player at just 18, did admit after his game was over that Natalie’s game was on his mind. Whether he just said this to confirm Noel’s suspicions, or genuinely was influenced by the previous day’s events, we’ll never know.

Friday 30th: Franca

Winnings: £13,313

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £13,313 (8-box)

Box value: £250

Nice to see a Banker spanking to finish off November, which was a pretty torrid month in terms of luck. Some rather odd hilarity was provided when Franca, a yoga teacher, gave Noel a yoga lesson, which he, unsurprisingly, did not take seriously.

Sunday 2nd: Charlotte

Winnings: £15,000

Dealt at: 11-box

Highest offer: £15,000 (11-box)

Box value: £500

Well well well, from a supposedly ultra-cautious 11-box deal, we get a surprise spanking! It may have been a cautious decision to deal with a block of reds from £10,000 to £100,000, but an extraordinary proveout saw a run of seven consecutive reds! One of the most surprising spankings of the year, never mind the season!

A good week for the show then, with two Banker spankings, and one game that was close to being one, and Chan’s game wasn’t a complete disaster. Let’s hope this is the start of a good period for the show in the run-up to the Christmas specials.