Mcfly?! Do they even have a single coming out before Christmas?!

They don't necessarily need to. If someone goes into bookies and asks for odds on McFly for Christmas number one, they will happily quote odds and take the money. Of course, while doing this, they may also be tempted to ask the customer whether they might also be interested in having a bet on the Pope converting to Islam or David Cameron joining the Monster Raving Loony Party.

Well if I were a gambling person which I'm not, I'd place a good amount of money and bet on Military Wives getting the #1 this Christmas.

She's releasing Driving Home For Christmas on 18th December. It's the song she sings on the Iceland advert.

 

I can't believe a Jewish lady is releasing a Christmas song & appears to be celebrating Christmas on the TV adverts!!!!

I can't believe a Jewish lady is releasing a Christmas song & appears to be celebrating Christmas on the TV adverts!!!!

 

Not only that - think of all those sausage rolls Iceland sell! They're hardly kosher!

 

Oh...and the fact this release is completely pointless.

Mcfly?! Do they even have a single coming out before Christmas?!

 

Christmas odds are always full of popular acts who 'might' stick a single out suddenly. You can see why too - they might have two reality winners by then. Which sums the band up nicely really.

 

So, why are The Smiths at 25-1? Has some Facebook nobhead who wasn't born in 1987 started a campaign to get them to Christmas number one?

^Because a song by them has been covered for a very popular current TV advert (John Lewis). I don't understand why the Cast of Jersey Shore have higher odds than the Cast of TOWIE - despite the fact that neither will be #1, one show is insanely more popular than the other, so you'd expect odds would at least reflect that.

 

I for one hope the Military Wives Choir is not #1 - even Nirvana would be preferable, and I don't want any "campaign" to get there.

Well if I were a gambling person which I'm not, I'd place a good amount of money and bet on Military Wives getting the #1 this Christmas.

 

That would be outrageously stupid given that the odds on them are VERY favourable and probably spiked by a load of hype which may not yet translate into sales. You wouldn't be winning much even if they did get to #1. However, I'd be tempted to put a tenner on Nirvana because £80 would be quite nice and I think they're slightly underestimated now.

Think the chart this xmas could be very interesting since it will be xfactors second week and its popularity isnt as big this year!

 

Unless they put the cd out on the second week!

^Because a song by them has been covered for a very popular current TV advert (John Lewis).

 

Ahhh, of course.

 

Wednesday update (I'll try to do this once a day)

 

8-11 Military Wives Chior

9-5 X Factor Winner

15-2 Nirvana

14-1 Cast of Jersey Shore *

20-1 Dirty Mavis *

25-1 Arianna Morgan

25-1 McFly *

28-1 Kelly Jones

33-1 Amy Winehouse

33-1 Justin Bieber

33-1 Chas & Dave featuring Karl Pilkington

33-1 Smiths

40-1 Bar

 

* - means odds quoted by just one bookie so may not be very representative

 

 

Military Wives now even hotter favourite, with X-Factor winner at 6-4 generally but 9-5 in a place.

What is it about MWC - theres no promo or nothing for it?

The sensible bet is to lay against Military Wives Choir.

I've now heard this Military Wives Choir THING. Must be a contender for worst Christmas #1 ever if it gets there? (In the top 5 alongside Alexandra Burke's mauling of Hallelujah, Westlife's I Have A Dream, Whitney's mauling of I Will Always Love You and Long Haired Lover From Liverpool anyway).

Edited December 7, 201113 yr by Bré

I've now heard this Military Wives Choir THING. Must be a contender for worst Christmas #1 ever if it gets there? (In the top 5 alongside Alexandra Burke's mauling of Hallelujah, Westlife's I Have A Dream, Whitney's mauling of I Will Always Love You and Long Haired Lover From Liverpool anyway).

 

Leon Jackson's mauling of an already crap song is surely worse than Alexandra's fairly well sung mauling of a classic, even if it's a lesser crime against music. And "Mull of Kintyre" needs to be in there somewhere.

Leon Jackson's mauling of an already crap song is surely worse than Alexandra's fairly well sung mauling of a classic, even if it's a lesser crime against music. And "Mull of Kintyre" needs to be in there somewhere.

Mull Of Kintyre is the song which got all the airplay. However, it was a double a-side with Girls School which was a much better song.

 

Alexandra's Hallelujah is genuinely amazing. I am going there and saying it's my prefered version of the song.

 

MWC is abysmal though, I don't want them to beat Little Mix :( I know it's sad they have husbands in Afghanistan but why make a song about it and then why does every hype it up so much?

MWC is abysmal though, I don't want them to beat Little Mix :( I know it's sad they have husbands in Afghanistan but why make a song about it and then why does every hype it up so much?

 

 

a) they made a song as part of a TV series. Rather like Amelia Lily will do as of this weekend

 

b) Where is all this "hype"? As far as I know there wasn't even any plans to make a record until Chris Evans played it once on Radio 2 and it has sort of grown from there.

Leon Jackson's mauling of an already crap song is surely worse than Alexandra's fairly well sung mauling of a classic, even if it's a lesser crime against music. And "Mull of Kintyre" needs to be in there somewhere.

 

It's not as bad when it's an awful song being mauled (hence why I didn't prefix IHAD with 'mauling of', that song is just awful whoever sings it). Leon's WYB is by no means good but it's not in the same league of badness as the ones I mentioned.

 

I don't think I've ever even heard Mull Of Kintyre.

I've now heard this Military Wives Choir THING. Must be a contender for worst Christmas #1 ever if it gets there? (In the top 5 alongside Alexandra Burke's mauling of Hallelujah, Westlife's I Have A Dream, Whitney's mauling of I Will Always Love You and Long Haired Lover From Liverpool anyway).

 

I must admit St Winifred's School Choir "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" beats the pants of the Military Wives Choir thing, its awful, I just got ear raped. :(

I've now heard this Military Wives Choir THING. Must be a contender for worst Christmas #1 ever if it gets there? (In the top 5 alongside Alexandra Burke's mauling of Hallelujah, Westlife's I Have A Dream, Whitney's mauling of I Will Always Love You and Long Haired Lover From Liverpool anyway).

 

 

I actually really love Alexandra's Hallelujah, beautiful I think. However would have to agree Westlife's cover of I have a Dream is one of the most scary things I have ever heard! Genuinely terrible :lol: