Who will occupy the coveted 2008 Christmas number one spot this year? Odds on Christmas number one single are now available with the X Factor Winner among the favourites. Others are 5/1 Nizlopi, 6/1 Westlife & Diana Ross, 8/1 Chico Slimani. Will Shayne Ward win the X Factor? Place a Christmas number one bet on who you think will top the charts this Christmas.

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Last Updated: Sunday, 29 October 2008, 12:02 GMT

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X Factor 'to top Christmas chart'

Ward's That's My Goal made it to No 1 on three days' sales
Bookmakers have predicted that the eventual winner of the current X Factor will top the charts this Christmas.
"The winner of this year's X Factor has to start clear favourite," said bookmakers William Hill, citing the success of 2005 winner Shayne Ward.

William Hill has given the X Factor winner odds of 1-3, ahead of quartet All Angels and boy band Take That.

Dionne Mitchell and Kerry McGregor were voted off the ITV talent show in a double elimination on Saturday.

The decision about whether to release an X Factor Christmas single will be made toward the end of the current series.

"Christmas Number One is a national institution with hundreds of thousands bet annually on the winner, all of which has been changed by the X Factor, which is in danger of becoming the Scrooge of Christmas Number One betting," said William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.

XMAS NO 1 ODDS
X Factor winner - 1-3
All Angels - 7-1
Take That - 10-1
Cliff Richard and Brian May - 16-1
Cliff Richard and Daniel O'Donnell - 16-1
Source: William Hill

"We can only hope that groups such as Take That and All Angels can break the mould."

All Angels' cover version of the Robbie Williams single Angels, the official single of the British Legion Poppy Appeal, is released in December. Take That's comeback single Patience is released next month.