Pommy's game today.

Noel says he hopes we're having a fantastic Christmas. Noel says he's fed up with his elves as their present wrapping is rubbish.

Pommy has box 12.

Noel says he thought Pommy was going to faint then! She explains where her nickname 'Pommy' came from as it's a shortening of a longer name. She has her mum, cousin and sister in the audience today. Pommy talks about her job, and says she does research in advertising, but would like to train to be a teacher.

We get to see some pics of her mum and dad and sisters. Noel says Pommy would like to find a man and she describes what her ideal man would be like, and Noel says she's describing the banker!!

Santa vs Scrooge 2009 Gameplay:

If a player gets to 5-box, they can open a mince pie, a carrot or a bottle of sherry. There's 1 Scrooge and 2 Santas. If they reveal SANTA, they get an offer after every box and win a holiday for 2. If they find SCROOGE, then the banker looks in their box, their is no offer after every box but a SWAP at 2-box is guaranteed.

Here we go...

The Santa vs Scrooge shows are still going? I thought these were only meant to run for a week.

David

When today's show is over, the weekly payouts data hasn't been updated from last week (probably the Saturday show confused you)

Round 1

Once again, there's a gold envelope with a mystery gift in it. If Pommy hits one of the banker's power 5 in the first round, she gets to give the gift to one of the players.

6 - Harold - £500

18 - Gaz - £5,000

5 - Stephen - £75,000

3 - Vikki - £15,000

9 - newbie Glenda - £1,000

Pommy won't get to give the gift out.

Banker time

The banker says he wants Pommy to turn up on his doorstep dressed in her pyjamas!

Banker's offer:

£5,000 + a silk negligée

Pommy says NO DEAL

Round 2

Pommy will get the 'curse' boxes out of the way now...

13 - Beth - £10,000

22 - H - £35,000

Pommy changes wings now and goes for Abbie, but Noel gets her to call a break and she does an appeal for her ideal man!

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten.

I was going to update it after the Boxing Day show but didn't get a chance, and then I forgot last night.

I'll update it later today.

10 blues vs 5 reds... not good. Let's hope she can turn this around.

Also, this is Beth's 10th show, and yet she hasn't had a single blue yet!

There are 9 Santa vs Scrooge specials in total - the last one is on Wednesday. The New Year's Eve show on Thursday is a normal show (as far as I know) at 4:10pm - 5pm, but the New Year's Day show on Friday is an hour-long special from 4pm - 5pm. I think everything will be fully back to 'normal' from Sunday 3rd Jan.

This looks doomed to total failure!

She had a blue on Christmas Day, but I think it's her only blue so far...

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We're back

Last box before the banker.

Noel explains that Pommy is after some money and a man!

21 - Abbie - £3,000

Banker time

If it looks like failure, then it probably will be. 86% of games that are destined for failure often end up that way.
Prepare thyselves for a total ZONK, unless something totally miraculous happens.

Noel says Pommy only has 4 reds left! The banker says the Channel 4 website has crashed due to thousands of men trying to contact Pommy.

Banker's offer:

£2,500

Pommy says that's still a really good offer.

Pommy says NO DEAL

My bad. 9 reds out of 10 shows is still pretty unlikely though.

And she hits ANOTHER red. This is amazing in completely the wrong way.

Round 3

Noel says the longest run of reds is 9, and he doesn't want Pommy to break that record.

19 - George - £5

16 - Tina - 50p

7 - Courtney - 10p

Banker time

The banker says Pommy has swept him off his feet...

Banker's offer:

£9,000