She was replaced by Anna, so yes, she was fairly near the board, and she was really entertaining and funny. The show was 5 minutes longer than usual so they could include more of the comedy bits as well as the big money finish.

I'm normally one to go against the flow but even i voted Mary (yesterday evening) - as I thought her nearest rival would be Ann and Mary's game was absolutely tons better than Ann's. Not to mention all the comedy moments!

It's going to make little difference but I might have voted Debbie had I not been voting tactically. I would even have considered Michael but he isn't even in it!

To be honest, January 2009 was a very good month. They were so many decent games. Taking Mary's game out of the equation would have left this poll being very close I reckon.

Just to confirm the results (though it will hardly come as a shock ).

Mary has won January Show of the Month with 74% of the votes; in 2nd place was Debbie with 11%, and it was a four-way tie for 3rd place with Alex, Mark, Eddie & Bobbie each getting the rest of the votes with 3% each

April 2006: Kirsty
May 2006: Gaz (£100k)
June 2006: Shirley
July 2006: "Mad" Paul
Aug/Sept 2006: Lance
Oct 2006: David J
Nov 2006: Lynne
Dec 2006: Claudine
Jan 2007: Bunney
Feb 2007: Millie
March 2007: Chantelle & Doug
April 2007: Gaz (£70k+1p)
May 2007: Graeme
June 2007: Rodney
July 2007: Maria (£75k)
Aug 2007: Daniel
Sep 2007: Maria (£100k)
Oct 2007: Chris B
Nov 2007: Charly
Dec 2007: Orry
Jan 2008: Clive
Feb 2008: Reg
Mar 2008: Gemma
Apr 2008: Eunice
May 2008: Betty
Jun 2008: Yvi & Sue
Jul 2008: Chris
Aug/Sept 2008: Jay
Oct 2008: David
Nov 2008: Keran
Dec 2008: Carrie
Jan 2009: Mary

Mary by a mile.....definitely my fave game ever!!! One of my fave parts from that show is when she talks about Trevor's look and 'how he'll grow out of it' and then Noel asks him how old he is and he says 29! Love it when she says No deal by mistake and the look when she realises that she has won more than she expected!