X Factor 2011 winners Little Mix are 15/8 to top the charts this Christmas but the Military Wives Choir are still the odds-on favourites.
Paddy Power has cut the odds on this year’s X Factor winners Little Mix topping the charts this Christmas from 9/4 to 15/8.
Although they face stiff competition in the UK charts from the Military Wives Choir and their song ‘Wherever You Are’ at 4/6, Paddy Power are confident that the group can pull off the top chart position on Sunday 25th December!
The girls are also looking a safe bet to top the charts in Ireland with Paddy Power making them their 10/11 hot favourites to see off Xmas hopefuls like Damo and Ivor at 2/1 and the #twitterXmasSingle at 3/1.
As well as eyeing the singles charts this Christmas, Little Mix will be looking forward to a bright future and already Paddy Power are taking bets on how many Number 1 singles they’ll have in 2012. Surprisingly it’s 1/5 that they’ll only have one Number 1 next year, 8/1 they’ll have two and 5/1 they’ll fail to top the charts completely!
However as former X Factor runner-ups JLS have proved, you don’t have to win the show to enjoy huge success. With this in mind Paddy Power are speculating on just how many of this years finalists will bag a Number 1. It’s 6/5 that just one of the finalists tops the charts, 6/4 that two acts gets the Number 1 spot and 5/1 that all three finalists enjoy chart topping success in 2012.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power told Bettingpro:
"Fair play to Little Mix. They defied all the odds by not only becoming the first band to win X Factor but by becoming the first female band and we're sure they'll have plenty of success."
UK Christmas No 1
8/15 Military Wives Choir
15/8 Little Mix Winner Single
8/1 Nirvana
20/1 Damien Rice
33/1 Amy Winehouse
40/1 Mariah Carey & Justin Bieber
40/1 The Smiths
40/1 The Pogues
50/1 One Direction
50/1 Cast of The Only Way Is Essex
50/1 Stacey Solomon
50/1 Chas & Dave feat. Karl Pilkington
50/1 Frankie Cocozza
66/1 Westlife
66/1 JLS
66/1 The Wombles
66/1 Slow Moving Millie
66/1 Rage Against the Machine
66/1 The Wurzels
66/1 Wham!
80/1 Rihanna
80/1 Smith & Burrows
100/1 Matt Cardle
100/1 Leona Lewis
100/1 Lady GaGa
100/1 Adele
100/1 Cliff Richard
100/1 Johnny Coppin
250/1 Little Red Ambulance
Irish Christmas Number 1
10/11 X Factor Winner's Single
2/1 Damo & Ivor
3/1 #twitterxmassingle
8/1 Saw Doctors & Petula Clark
8/1 Damien Rice
12/1 Nirvana
12/1 Westlife
20/1 Mariah Carey & Justin Bieber
25/1 Rubberbandits
33/1 Amy Winehouse
33/1 The Original Rudeboys
40/1 One Direction
50/1 JLS
66/1 Adele
66/1 Rihanna
66/1 Pixie Lott
66/1 Lady GaGa
100/1 Matt Cardle
100/1 Leona Lewis
200/1 Cliff Richard
Little Mix 2012 No 1s
5/1 None
1/5 One
8/1 Two
16/1 Three or more
How many of the finalists will have No.1s in 2012?
6/1 0
6/5 1
3/2 2
5/1 3 or more
Who will have the first No.1 of 2012?
8/13 Little Mix
10/3 Marcus Collins
11/4 Misha B
7/1 Amelia Lily
10/1 Janet Devlin
10/1 Craig Colton
12/1 Frankie Cocozza
20/1 The Risk
25/1 Kitty Brucknell
