And here we are, finally, at the end game for the X-Factor 2009. The three remaining contestants, Olly Murs, Joe McElderry and Stacey Solomon will be singing for a million pound recording contract this Saturday night. Who do you think is going to win? Obviously, the bookies have their favourite, little geordie, Joe McElderry, has this one in the bag, according to them.

But is it really so black and white for Joe to become this years X-Factor winner? What about snake-hips Olly Murs, he has a decent voice, not as good as Joe’s mind, and has the stage presence of Robbie Williams and the hips of a young Tom Jones. Surely, that combination can win him the hearts and minds of the public when it comes to voting this weekend. Remember, as much as Danyl (who got voted off last week) was slated in the press, he had a big following. Will they now switch their allegiance to Olly?
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Everywhere you look over the last few days, has The X-Factor stamped all over it – and it’s not all good either. Simon Cowell’s decision to allow John and Edward (Jedward) to sneak through via the public telephone votes, when he had the perfect opportunity to boot the twins off the competition, has not been received well with the British public. In fact the decision was so controversial that it now has TV watchdog Ofcom investigating to see if the X-Factor results are fixed.
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The British public love a laugh, and right now there playing one of the biggest nationwide pranks on a certain Mr Cowell. Over the weekend, the X-Factors double act of John and Edward, were reported to have received the highest number of votes from the show’s phone-in poll. Quite simply, John and Edward are car crash TV! You can’t stop yourself from watching, even though you know, deep down, it’s wrong.

I fully expect, Simon Cowell, to appear on this weekends show with a Rento-Kill team beside him, ready to get these pests fully under control. Because, if Cowell doesn’t, then the X-Factor and it’s reputation is going down the drain fast! John and Edward have built up a cult following from Robbie Williams to Noel Gallagher, so getting rid of these ‘likeable pests’ might be harder than a certain Mr Cowell thinks.
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After much deliberation, tears and Cheryl Cole (Have I Made The Right Choice) close-ups, we were finally given our final 12 acts that should keep us entertained (hopefully) over the up-and-coming winter months.

The Over-25’s were indeed the toughest category to choose from and Simon has offered up 3 male vocalists which, one feels, has the potential x-factor winner amongst them. Unfortunately, Louis Walsh, selected, as I said he would, John and Edward Grimes as sheer get under your skin factor and they’ll probably be around for about 2 or 3 weeks getting more irritating each week.
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On Sunday night passed, we saw with the rest of the nation, the X-Factor competitors trimmed to just 24 acts. Not long after that each group then found out which judge would be their mentor in the quest to become the eventual winner of this years show.

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This Saturday, things start getting tasty on ITV1 as we get to the semi final round of X-Factor 2008. Not that things have been quiet in previous rounds. We’ve seen judges fall out with the contestants over song choices, judges fall out with each other and the voting system go into melt down as potentially the best voices in the competition fail to make it through. So whom are we left with and what are there X-Factor semi final betting chances of winning the competition?

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This is it, the final 12 for the 2008 X-Factor contest have been chosen. This year the Girls, mentored by Cheryl Cole, look ever so strong. But we can’t take anything for granted in this contest, except for the year Leona Lewis won it. Now we have the elimination process of each entry singing to themed weeks to help show their versatality in dealing with different music genres.

But I know what your thinking, who is going to win the x-factor? We’ll we are as well, so we have compiled a list of the entrants and their x factor betting odds. We give you the latest odds on who is going to win, be booted off, sorry, evicted first this Saturday.

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