X Factor Eviction Betting - time to give another 'strangled cat' the hoof

X-Factor / Chicken Dinner / 25 October 2007 /

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Reality TV betting champs Chicken Dinner run through the five most likely for the chop...

Week Two of X Factor, and someone's going to be waking up on Sunday surrounded by empty voddy bottles and broken dreams. This week's favourites to win the "stop singing - now!" vote read like so...

Same Difference (4.2 on Betfair)
For those appalled that such a gruesome set of siblings could make it anywhere near a television studio, stop for a second and reflect on the nature of the show. X Factor also gave us G4 (runners-up, series one), Chico (fifth, series two) and the MacDonald Brothers (fourth, last year) - the series is specifically designed to unearth these hateful little wannabes who divide the nation right down the middle, before they move on to a career in the cruise ship industry. Besides OAPs and toddlers, who could warm to these grinning idiots, even if the ironic voters think it hilarious to keep them in? It isn't, but someone has to be this year's MacDonalds/ Conway Sisters (revolting bands that wouldn't go away). Hence, they might yet surprise everyone.

Alisha Bennett (5.8 on Betfair)
Talented cannon-fodder with a great big 'fro. The teenage girls will be more likely to get behind Emily - she's closer to their age and awkwardness - while the boys will be more inclined to create imaginary sexual encounters around the more slutty and available Hope. FYI - Alisha went to the same school as Patrick Troughton, arguably the fourth best Doctor Who, and she looks likely to follow the equally sassy/gifted Maria (eighth, series two), by getting the boot far too early on. Needs a big song this week, or see ya!

Emily Nakanda (5.8 on Betfair)
Under the stroppy "tuition" of the increasingly foul Sharon Osbourne, 14-year-old Emily might come unstuck. Last year saw too-cool-for-school Ashley McKenzie (finished eighth, series three) completely mishandled with the wrong songs, and by the looks of things, Osbourne is going to have a morose young girl with a deep soul voice singing upbeat 80s pop. Needs to put her foot down, and sack Sharon herself before it's too late.

Leon Jackson (8.8 on Betfair)
After his frenzied murder of "Can't Buy Me Love" last Saturday, Leon would do well to take some deep breaths into a brown paper bag before taking to the stage again. He suffers from a chronic lack of stage school showmanship, and after only realising he could 'sing' in January, he's beginning to resemble what a normal human being would look like when shoved onto a stage to sing a song in front of millions of cruel and judgmental viewers, who would literally wet their pants if the tables were turned. That said, his back story is thrilling (so poor his mum had a perm up until really recently), and teenage girls will be closing their eyes and desperately urging him to get better and better. After all, he's good looking, vulnerable, and could yet be the dark horse of the competition, in a Will Young (Pop Idol winner) style dash to form.

Beverley Trottman (9.6 on Betfair)
Even the X Factor has a sell-by date for certain acts, and primary school teacher Bev is looking very Series One/Two. Rowetta (4th, series one) and Brenda (4th, series two) were very much a breath of fresh air amongst the pouting youths they were battling against, but now the 'ballsy diva' thing is so passé. Already she has gone obvious with some week one Gloria Gaynor, so unless she shocks the voting public by turning all punk/rock/hip-hop, there is no way in the world she can win. On the plus side, when she fails she can always go back to her old job - as a backing singer on X Factor.

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