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IFTA FAVOURITES REVEALED WITH 10 DAYS TO GO

(01 February 2012) With just ten days to go until this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA’s) bookie Paddy Power reveals where most of the money has been going in all the major categories.

Hit flick ‘The Guard’ looks to have no competition in the Best Film category with Paddy Power making it their 1/10 hot favourite. Director John Michael McDonagh also looks a shoo-in for the Best Director award at 1/8 with Brendan Gleeson the 1/2 favourite to see off Michael Fassbender at 6/4 for the Best Actor accolade.

In the television categories, Love/Hate is the 1/20 red-hot favourite to win Best Television Drama but the real competition looks to be in the Best Entertainment and Best Reality Programme categories where MasterChef Ireland at 8/11 will battle it out with Mrs. Brown’s Boys at 5/2 for the gong and TV3’s The Apprentice heads the Best Reality TV Programme betting at 6/5.

The most popular category betting wise however has been ‘Best TV Moment’ of which there were many in 2011. Paddy Power make ‘Barack Obama addressing Ireland’ their 5/6 odds-on favourite followed by ‘Ireland beating Estonia’ to qualify for Euro 2012 at 6/5 and ‘Queen Elizabeth’s banquet speech’ at 7/1. The ‘Dublin Rose’ hip-hop dance’ at 12/1 is also a popular choice amongst punters.   

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “There are a lot of stand out nominees in the running for this year’s IFTA’s but as Ireland’s equivalent to the Oscars this ceremony has proved before that there is no such thing as a sure bet, and very often the Academy can throw up a few surprises!”

The 9th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards will be held at the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday 11th of February 2012

IFTA AWARDS BETTING – SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2012

Best Film
 1/10     The Guard
 5/1       Albert Nobbs
10/1      Charlie Casanova
10/1      Stella Days

Best Film Director
 1/8       John Michael McDonagh - The Guard
 6/1       Terry McMahon - Charlie Casanova
 8/1       Thaddeus O'Sullivan - Stella Days
 8/1       Rebecca Daly - The Other Side of Sleep
            
Best Lead Film Actor
 1/2       Brendan Gleeson - The Guard
 3/2       Michael Fassbender - Shame
12/1      Ciaran Hinds - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
16/1      Martin Sheen - Stella Days
            
Best Lead Film Actress
 8/13     Antonia Campbell Hughes - The Other Side of Sleep
13/8      Saoirse Ronan - Hanna
 6/1       Marcella Plunkett - Stella Days
 7/1       Aoife Duffin - Behold the Lamb
            
Best Television Drama
 1/20     Love/Hate
 7/1       Game of Thrones
16/1      Corp + Anam
20/1      The Borgias
            
Best Lead Television Actor
 1/6       Aiden Gillen - Love/Hate
 4/1       David Pearse - Trivia
 8/1       Chris O'Dowd - The Crimson and the White Petal
 8/1       Diarmuid de Faoite - Corp + Anam
            
Best Lead Television Actress
 1/3       Ruth Negga - Shirley
 7/2       Aisling O'Sullivan - Raw
 6/1       Maria Doyle Kennedy - Corp + Anam
 6/1       Michele Fairley - Game of Thrones
            
Best Entertainment Programme
 8/11     MasterChef Ireland
 5/2       Mrs. Brown's Boys
 4/1       Hardy Bucks
 5/1       The Savage Eye

Reality Programme
 6/5       The Apprentice
 2/1       Celebrity Bainisteoir
 4/1       Head Chef
 5/1       ICA Bootcamp

Rising Star
 4/6       John Michael McDonagh
 7/4       Rebecca Daly
 7/1       Chris O'Dowd
10/1      Emmett J Scanlan

Sports Programme
 1/4       Rory's Major Breakthrough
 6/1       Pilgrims - The Irish at Cheltenham
7/1        Eamonn Coghlan - Man On A Mission
7/1        Frank O'Farrell - The Shadow Of Busby
 5/1       ICA Bootcamp
 
 Current Affairs/News
 6/4       The Frontline - Presidential Debate
 7/4       State Visit To Ireland Of Queen Elizabeth II
 4/1       Prime Time Investigates - Carry On Regardless
 4/1       Prime Time Investigates - The Home Care Scandal

Best TV Moment
 5/6       Barack Obama addressing Ireland
 6/5       Ireland beating Estonia
 7/1       Queen Elizabeth II banquet speech
12/1      Rose of Tralee hip hop dance
14/1      Ireland v Australia Rugby World Cup
16/1      Michael D Higgins inauguration speech
16/1      Shamrock Rovers Europa League qualifying goal
25/1      Damien McGinty winning The Glee Project
25/1      Stephen Fry's guest appearance on Ros na Run

IFTA SPECIALS
4/5    Any award winner to cry during their acceptance speech
8/1    Someone to trip and fall on stage
100/1    Anyone to mention Paddy Power on stage

Will Michael Fassbender attend?
1/3    No
2/1    Yes            
            
          

ENDS

For more information please contact:
Sharon McHugh – 00353 87 922 4143 / 00353 1 902 1282 / sharon.mchugh@paddypower.com