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| Above Average For Norfolk |
| First year in DDP. |
| Alison The Assassin |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 24th= (2004) |
| A refugee from a now-defunct rival deadpool. A younger-than-average selection of celebs, with a definite leaning towards the music and entertainment industry. |
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| Atsusdead |
| First year in DDP. |
| B1G-5PUD |
| First year in DDP. |
| Bada Bada Bada Bada Bing |
| First year in DDP. |
| Bazzilliant |
| First year in DDP. |
| Better Late Than Never |
| First year in DDP. |
| Big Iain |
| Years in DDP: 10 Best position: 3rd= (2000) |
| DDP organiser 1996-2002, now taking a back seat but still entering a strong (or weak, depending how you look at it) team. |
| Bleedin' Heart |
| First year in DDP. |
| Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band |
| Years in DDP: 3 Best position: 14th= (2004) |
| Once again, a warm welcome back to the Zimbabwean tyrant and his backing group. Joint 14th place last year was a massive improvement on his previous best of 40th. |
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| Bone Collector (Dave) |
| First year in DDP. |
| Brown Bread |
| First year in DDP. |
| But I'm Not Dead Yet |
| First year in DDP. |
| Cefor Certs |
| Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 17th (2003) |
| One of two teams captained by a cat, but Cefor, with just 7 hits in the last 5 years, has been unable to match the success of his feline rival, Whitaker. |
| Church(yard) On The Hill |
| First year in DDP. |
| Close The Casket |
| First year in DDP. |
| Crazycarl |
| First year in DDP. |
| Crem De La Crem |
| First year in DDP. |
| Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 27th= (2004) |
| Dave obviously sobered up long enough to pick a solid team. No danger of any of this lot not getting the required UK obituary if they shake a seven. |
| Dead As A Dodo |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 20th= (2004) |
| A younger-than-average team, but not as brave as last year, when the Dodos chose no fewer than 16 unique picks. |
| Dead Beat |
| First year in DDP. |
| Dead In Arizona |
| First year in DDP. |
| Dead Ringers |
| First year in DDP. |
| DeadOnArrival |
| First year in DDP. |
| Deathlist.net |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 1st (2004) |
| An entry from the organisers of another celeb death-related website - check out their site at (you guessed it) www.deathlist.net. Won the DDP at their first attempt in 2004, after an epic battle with the reigning champion. |
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| Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom |
| First year in DDP. |
| Dysfunctional |
| First year in DDP. |
| Eat My Dust |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 10th= (2004) |
| Not a bad result for this newcomer last year, but they didn't quite justify their choice of name… |
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| Eejit |
| First year in DDP. |
| Fallen Sparrow |
| First year in DDP. |
| Finbarr Returns from the Dead |
| Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 2nd (2000) |
| Has been around most years since the early days of DDP, though has never come close to repeating his 2nd place of 2000. |
| George Lass and the Gravelings |
| First year in DDP. |
| Grassy Knoll Grayson |
| First year in DDP. |
| Grizly |
| First year in DDP. |
| Grobler's Stiff Ones |
| First year in DDP. |
| Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day |
| First year in DDP. |
| Henry's Half-Dead Heroes |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 27th= (2004) |
| Back for another year, with a mainly elderly team this time, clearly hoping to improve on last year's tally of 2 hits. |
| Holicman FT |
| First year in DDP. |
| Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom |
| First year in DDP. |
| In Bed With Maradona |
| First year in DDP. |
| Jaguar X-Types |
| Years in DDP: 3 Best position: 12th= (2002) |
| Appropriately enough, the Jaguar team has gone for some solid British choices with a touch of foreign influence. |
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| Jesus Jones |
| Years in DDP: 10 Best position: 2nd (1996) |
| Other than Big Iain himself, the only competitor to have taken part in DDP every year since the start. Has finished 2nd, 3rd (twice) & 4th - could this be the year for JJ to take top spot? |
| JoeRam |
| Years in DDP: 5 Best position: 1st (2002) |
| Runner-up in 2001, winner in 2002, and 4th in 2004, Joe has never been out of the top 10. Possibly the bookies' favourite since Otis' retirement. |
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| John Stalker |
| First year in DDP. |
| Mr Stalker’s picks consist entirely of celebrities he has met or seen in person. As far as we know, he does not have any contagious diseases and is relying on pure coincidence. |
| Juicy Janny |
| Years in DDP: 8 Best position: 7th= (1998) |
| A DDP regular since 1998, but has always languished in mid-table obscurity. It remains to be seen how this year's mixed team of entertainers and political figures will fare. |
| Knockin' On Satan's Door |
| First year in DDP. |
| Lived So Let's Die |
| First year in DDP. |
| Living In A Box |
| First year in DDP. |
| Louis Cypher |
| First year in DDP. |
| Mean Machine |
| First year in DDP. |
| Mr & Mrs Drummerboy |
| Years in DDP: 4 Best position: 14th= (2003) |
| The duo from Down Under return for another year, with a slightly less Antipodean-themed team this time. |
| Mr C |
| Years in DDP: 7 Best position: 2nd (1999) |
| One of the most experienced DDP competitors. Put in a strong performance in 2003, finishing equal 3rd, but had a less fruitful year in 2004. |
| Naked Florida Gravediggers |
| Years in DDP: 3 Best position: 15th (2001) |
| A slightly less adventurous team for the Floridians this year, but some interesting choices nonetheless. |
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| Not Dead Yet |
| First year in DDP. |
| Octopus of Odstock |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 24th= (2004) |
| The eight-legged one has again largely shunned convention and come up with a team of interesting choices. |
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| Offaly Bad Taste |
| First year in DDP. |
| One Foot In The Grave |
| Years in DDP: 5 Best position: 2nd (2003) |
| Despite being named after a British sitcom, this team is in fact US-based. Solid performances in the last 4 years, including two top 3 finishes. |
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| Peter 'RIP' Trait |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 36th= (2004) |
| A less eclectic team than in 2004, now dominated by right-wing politicians and fat people. |
| Pining For The Fjords |
| First year in DDP. |
| Pooil Vaaish |
| First year in DDP. |
| Ready For The Box |
| First year in DDP. |
| Rebecca The Reaper |
| First year in DDP. |
| Reddmyst 20 |
| First year in DDP. |
| Rude Kid |
| Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 7th= (2003) |
| 6 years in the DDP, and a total lack of success (losing a couple of side-bets with other competitors along the way) hasn't prevented the Rude Kid from volunteering to co-run the show again in '05. |
| SexyB's Goners |
| First year in DDP. |
| Siegfried Baboon’s David Van Day Show |
| Years in DDP: 5 Best position: 10th= (2002) |
| Simian co-organiser of the Derby Dead Pool who has had to alter his team name in 2005 for legal reasons. |
| Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' |
| First year in DDP. |
| Six Foot Under |
| First year in DDP. |
| Slave to the Grave |
| First year in DDP. |
| Snuff Daddies |
| First year in DDP. |
| StuPerks |
| Years in DDP: 5 Best position: 4th= (2001) |
| A respectable 4th place at his first attempt in 2001, but has had a quiet time since. Could this be his year? |
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| T. Rex |
| First year in DDP. |
| Team Lightning |
| First year in DDP. |
| The 104s |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Buddy Holly Flying Experience |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Coffin Boffins |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 5th= (2004) |
| The team formerly known as The Happy Desk made an impressive debut, finishing joint 5th last year, and will no doubt be hoping to do even better this time round. |
| The Coffin-Dodgers |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 36th= (2004) |
| 19 of their 20 celebs did in fact manage to dodge the coffin last year. Better luck this time! |
| The Doom & Gloom Room |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Driller Killer |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 36th= (2004) |
| The power-tool obsessive has some improbable selections, but with a team largely unchanged since 2004, they are all a year older… |
| The Last Gasp |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Long-Awaited Return of The Plymouth Jury |
| Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 3rd (1999) |
| A team which usually turns in a respectable mid-table performance, but enjoyed more success in its previous incarnation as 'Dave J'. |
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| The Melonfarmers |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Raven |
| Years in DDP: 4 Best position: 7th= (2003 & 2004) |
| A competitor who puts some impressive research into his team selection, not least because he runs his own dead pool. See below for who his mystery team member 'John Doe' really is. |
| The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too…) |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Vyrdolak |
| Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 5th= (2004) |
| The oddly-named Vyrdolak is steadily improving, with top 10 finishes in each of the last 2 years. |
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| The Winged Devil Monkeys |
| First year in DDP. |
| The Wompons |
| First year in DDP. |
| TiM r |
| Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 4th= (2002) |
| A fairly consistent performer; definitely one to watch. |
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| Time Is NOT On Our Side! |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 10th= (2004) |
| Whether it will be or not for this team of mainly elderly Americans remains to be seen… |
| Vassili Zaitsev |
| Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 27th= (2004) |
| Brian Blessed retains his controversial place in this team, and is joined by 9-year-old Kirsty Howard, who was born with a serious heart defect but continues to defy the doctors by battling on. |
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| We Don't Want Any Bouncebackability |
| First year in DDP. |
| Whitaker's Choice |
| Years in DDP: 5 Best position: 1st (2001) |
| Whitaker the cat's strategy of picking predominantly elderly royal and ex-military types has ensured him a top 10 finish in each of the last 4 years. |
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| Worm Food |
| First year in DDP. |
| Youth In Asia Hotline |
| First year in DDP. |
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