Show 36



Emily's game today.

Noel says he feels great after Roy's big win yesterday...he says he was a gambler, but he was not reckless, and saw that £31,000 was the perfect exit fee...he hopes today is as successful as yesterday...we look at the board...



Emily has Box 20 today - same as Roy's box yesterday! Noel welcomes Emily Avon, a 19-year old student from Bristol. Emily says she feels very nervous and Noel asks what he can do to make her feel better...Emily says a cup of tea would be lovely and Noel demands tea for Emily! Emily shows us some pictures of her with her family...her parents Susie and Kevin are in the audience to support her during her game today. Emily says she'd love to pay off her student debts and boring things like that...as she's a student, money would do a lot more for her than maybe if would for other people....Noel says she doesn't sound like a gambler...Emily says she has no idea as she's never been in a gambling situation before...she says her friends play poker, but she's not allowed to play as they do it as part of a men's night in!

The tea is brought in and Emily says she's feeling a lot more relaxed now...she confirms she chose Box 20 at random before the show. Good luck, Noel says!

Here we go...

Emily says that 14 is her birthday, so she's not sure whether to keep it or not. She says she has a group of 7 best friends, including her, and their birthdays are 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 26...she says 26 doesn't fit as a box, so she'll count it as box 6 as that's her friends lucky number. She says she'll save them, for a while....

Emily chooses her box, and she accidently says '8, Box Nikki!'...Nikki says 'I am NOT a box!'

8 - 10p Nikki

17 - £100,000 Greg

Big groans...Emily giggles and says she does it when she's nervous...

10 - £250,000 May

Oh my god, Emily says! May says she's so sorry...

18 - £50 Barry

1 - £250 Sebastian

Banker time



A very unusual board, Noel says...Emily agrees and says that there's still £75,000, £50,000 and other huge amounts...the banker rings and says he could just tell Emily wasn't going to have a big money game...he says sometimes you can just get the feeling someone's not going to have the luck they need in the crazy chair...

Banker offers

£800

Emily says she wants to prove him wrong...she asks for the question

Emily says

NO DEAL

Next round...we want more luck on our side now, Noel says...

15 - £75,000 Scarlett

Silence...Emily says she can't believe this....Claudia reminds her of Soloman's turnaround, she says Emily can do the same...

21 - £1,000 Newbie Millie

Emily says that she's thinking she should go with her special numbers...she says none of them had the biggest amounts, so they can't be that lucky...she says she's worried one will have the £50,000 and then she'll really regret it...Noel says this decision could take forever, he calls a break....

Welcome back

One more to go...Emily says she's going to use her lucky numbers

13 - 1p Keith

Banker time



What a good decision, Noel says...Emily says she's thrilled, and she'll continue using them. The banker rings and says that the top amount went again, so how could he go up?

Banker offers

£800

Groans...Emily says that he's testing her...she says he definately should have gone up, and the audience applaud in support...

Emily says

NO DEAL

Emily says it's still the lucky numbers....

6 - £5 Patrick O

9 - £10,000 Peter

That's all right, Emily says...

16 - £10 Patrick S

Banker time



He won't offer £800 again, surely, Emily says...Noel says he wouldn't think so but the banker is mean and unpredictable! The banker rings and says that he's going to break Emily

Banker offers

£800

Emily asks if there's anything in front of it, and Noel says he wishes there was...he's really got it in for you today, Noel says...Emily says she's not leaving with £800 today...

Emily says

NO DEAL

Now you need to put him in a position where he cannot make the risk of offering £800 for a fourth time, Noel says!

11 - £15,000 Nea

3 - £5,000 Brenda

This is okay, Noel says, but we have to avoid another red, after the break...

Welcome back to Emily's game

Emily says she's leaving her birthday, 14, until the end...

5 - 50p Benjamin

Banker time



Emily says she's not going to say anything until the phone call is over...the banker says he really wants to offer £800, but he thinks it may backfire on him spectacularly....

Banker offers

£5,000

Emily takes it in...Noel says £5,000 is a lot more than £800, and Emily says's she's grateful...she says there are still some good sums on the board...she says she doesn't even have to avoid all three to get a higher offer. New player Millie says that in order to continue, Emily has to be prepared to lose that £5,000...Emily says that it'd be better than losing the £50,000....

Emily says

NO DEAL

Next round...please don't destory the game after all this, Noel says!

Emily says Claudia's been on a blue run...

7 - £1 Claudia

Emily screams and gives Claudia a hug...Noel says it was the perfect start!

4 - £20,000 Ashleyne

Mixed reactions...not a disaster if the next box is blue, Noel says!

19 - £500 Laurence

Banker time



Emily says she's happy with her board, as £100 is the least she could leave with, and that's a nice shopping trip! Noel says he has no idea what the offer will be now...he says he thinks we can be sure the banker wouldn't be stupid enough to go back to £800! The banker rings and says that he is sure Emily will leave now...

Banker offers

£9,000

The general reaction seems to be that people are pretty happy with that...Emily says she thought she'd hit double figures...Claudia tells her it's a good offer, but there's a 70% chance of keeping at least one of the £35k and £50k past the next round...Emily says that it's a lot of money to lose, and Noel says she should reprise the very good advice newbie Millie gave earlier...he says can she bear to lose that £9,000...Emily thinks about it and asks her parents...her mother tells her to be sensible and her dad reminds her how helpful £50,000 would be...Emily looks frustrated as she tries to make a decision, but after a while, she says she's ready....

Emily says

NO DEAL

Emily says she can't believe she said that! Noel says he thought she was going to say deal, and it was clearly a hard decision for her...he says he so hopes this now pays off....Emily says it's 14 she's leaving, so she just needs to get rid of the others.

12 - £3,000 Nigel

Emily smiles and gives him a hug...she says she's sure she's got a red in her box...she says Irene is known for big numbers, but she would never forgive herself if she went with 14 and it had a red in...

2 - £50,000 Irene

Irene says sorry, she says she has had £50,000 4 times in 8 shows! Noel says this CANNOT be the £35,000....

22 - £750 Brian

Banker time with £100 and £35,000 remaining.



Emily says it's okay...Noel tells everyone to beware of Irene if they want £50,000! Emily says it would have been perfection to have £35,000 and £50,000, but she says she thinks it's brilliant to have one of them at the end...the banker rings and says that everyone needs to remember that he is not a nice man...

Banker offers

£800

Silence...Emily laughs and tells Noel there'd better be something in front of it! Emily looks gutted and says she has to ask for the question...

Emily says

NO DEAL

The banker rings and says that he's very much enjoyed messing with Emily's head today!

Banker offers

£11,500

Emily laughs and says she was furious at only being offered £800! Noel says that £11,500 is the real offer...Emily says it's a huge sum of money for her...she says she desperately wants to go on though, as no one has taken that massive risk. She asks her parents what they think...her mum tells her that £11,500 would take a long time to earn, in terms of working...her dad reminds her that £35,000 would take more time, and she said she'd be happy with £100...Emily says this is killing her inside...she says it would be easy to deal, but she has to go with what's in her heart...

Emily says

NO DEAL

WOW, Noel says...he says when Emily came to the table today, he never thought she'd be going all the way to the end with a 50% chance of just £100....Emily says she's very nervous! The banker rings and sensed that 14 is the box Emily really wants...

Banker offers

SWAP

Emily says at this stage, she's thinking about what would be the worse regret, and she says she thinks she chose Box 20 for a reason...

Emily says

NO SWAP

I so hope this pays off for you, Noel says...he tells her that he really hopes £35,000 is in her box...

Noel opens Box 20 and reveals £100

Huge groans...Emily puts her head her hands and says she won't cry....

Pamela opens Box 14 and reveals the £35,000

Noel says he's incredibly sorry Emily didn't get the £35,000...he says he thinks her bravery was inspirational to other players, as she really came out here and made the most of her game...Emily says that she really believed £35,000 was there, and she says she thinks she was a bit foolish...Noel says no one thinks she's a fool, and tells us to watch again tomorrow, where a gamble like Emily's may pay off....

136 Emily - £100 - £100 - £11,500 - £800

Player Show Count for 1/5/08

Claudia - 24 shows (replaced Zoe)
Keith - 23 shows (replaced Billy)
Nigel - 20 shows (replaced Gus)
Brenda - 19 shows (replaced Caroline)
Benjamin - 18 shows (replaced Mike)
Pamela - 17 shows (replaced Maud)
Nea - 16 shows (replaced Az)
Patrick S - 15 shows (replaced Mary-Louise)
Greg - 14 shows (replaced Jonny)
Ashleyne - 13 shows (replaced Lucy)
Peter - 12 shows (replaced Soloman)
Brian - 11 shows (replaced Mandy)
Scarlett - 10 shows (replaced Robbie)
Irene - 9 shows (replaced Liz)
Laurence - 8 shows (replaced Dylan)
Nikki - 7 shows (replaced Gwen)
Patrick O - 6 shows (replaced Liam)
Sebastian - 5 shows (replaced Harrison)
May - 4 shows (replaced Alice)
Barry - 3 shows (replaced Lola)
Millie - 2 shows (replaced Roy)
Whoever replaces Roy - 1 show

She was right to go to the end, so sad it didn't pay off for Emily