He’s back! No not shady…but the devilishly handsome showbiz expert himself – Mr Paul Martin (it’s good to inflate these media types egos every once in a while! )

There was no messin’ about this week – we got straight down to business – ‘Jedward’ the terrible twins, have been slashed to 12/1 to win X Factor and Paul reckons the boys could do the job – and I won’t disagree – this year’s betting is all over the shop – Joe is 3/1 while Danyl (as Paul kind of exclusively revealed ) is not liked by the judges OR the contestants and has slipped all the way down the ranks to 9/2! Even Lucie Jones, our early favourite is gone off the radar at 6/1.

Outright tips:
You gotta have a sneaky fiver on Jedward especially now that Paddy Power are offering each way betting but Olly Murs (thanks to his dance moves) is the only man for me! Let’s see how the next week pans out!

As for this week’s elimination:
Rachel is the favourite but Paul “Showbiz” Martin reckons Danyl could be in the bottom two again. If you fancy his chances of getting the boot you can have a juicy 12/1. For me, it’s Lloyd Daniels who could be in trouble this week and he’s 9/4 to get the chop. We shall see!

And finally, to fillies of the two-legged variety – Miss Puerto Rico is the steamer of the day – backed in to 11/10. Can any of this years lovelies beat her to the post…hmm unlikely me thinks…

Turrah… ‘til next time

S x

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Well aside from the fact that Diana & Eoghan had us reaching for a bucket on Saturday night, the semi-final turned out to be compulsive viewing.

With Diana now out of the picture, where does that leave Alex, JLS and more importantly Eoghan? Is Alex really an odds-on shot?

Ok, let’s take a look:

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If Danni Minogue has a problem dealing with idiotic chirpy Irishmen she should count her blessings she doesn’t work in Paddy Power. We’re surrounded by them. I’ll have to admit that I’m not sure what exactly went on behind the scenes last week, but whatever it was can’t have justified a full on hissy fit on national television - can it? (more…)

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I think Cherly’s decision was a joke, She said that was the best she ever heard Rachel sing and then sends her home? Anyway, i wasn’t fond of Rachel so I’ll still sleep tonight no matter

I’ll be back next Saturday with another X Factor Live Blog as the competition enters it’s final stages.

Have you say on tonights show and who do you think will win?

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Move over David Beckham…there’s a new trend setter in town! Business is apparently booming for barbers across the country with hundreds of people lining up to get the same hedgehog cut as Eoghan Quigg.

Easiest money those barbers will ever make! They could come to me and I’d give them a Quigg-wig for free. How hard can it be to get a clump of gel and ruffle a few hairs?!

Just how big is this do gonna get? Could the Quigg-wig be to man what the “Aniston” was to us girls? Could it catch on like a foul case of the flu? I’m actually a little worried that we’re just 3/1 about Beckham sporting the Quigg-wig! For the love of God Victoria, don’t let him!

In the betting, Eoghan is hot on the heels of X Factor favourite and his alleged ‘love interest’ Diana Vickers. He’s now just 11/4 to be crowned this year’s X Factor champion.

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Well that’s it for this week.

Daniel is no more, Diana still has a voice that’s broke (I thought that was her thing?), Rachel is just threading water at this stage, Eoghan is getting much better (damn it), Alexandra looks like the one to beat, Ruth still does the best impression of Jessica Rabbit and JLS bring a creepy smile to the face of Louis Walsh.

I’ll be back next week with another live blog as Take That take to the stage and the contestants perform a selection of their songs….great! (Surely I have some holidays left to take)

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