Going by all of the previous series, nobody who appeared in the bottom two has ever won, meaning only Ella, James, Jahmene, Christopher and Lucy have a chance (well, the last two don't even have that!). A pretty poor showing, but then again, the last two years had so many more contestants during the early stages.

It's quite odd how bottom 2 is a death sentence over here, in Australia Reece Mastin won X-Factor and he was in the bottom 2 once, also Fantasia won American Idol having been in the bottom 2 twice, and Diana DeGarmo who was 2nd that year was bottom 2 something like 3 or 4 times!

 

The acts who've made the final after being one sing off are:

Tabby

G4

Ray Quinn

Ben Mills

JLS

Olly Murs

Cher Lloyd

Amelia Lily

 

None of them have been there more than once.

Edited October 29, 201212 yr by Liаm

Olly Murs had been in a sing-off before the final. Cher Lloyd had also been there but she was in two, I think?

Oh yeah, Olly actually had the least votes that week as well so would have gone if they had taken it to deadlock :o

 

Cher technically should have been in one but there was the whole 'fixing' thing to get her to the final of 4 rather than Mary.

Cher Lloyd was ridiculous. They extended the number for the final just to include her and she still couldn't get enough votes so they had to have a sing off to get rid of Mary. It was awful because Cher definitely didn't stand a chance against the other 3 acts. But the producers wanted her there. Watch it happen to Lucy.

It's quite odd how bottom 2 is a death sentence over here, in Australia Reece Mastin won X-Factor and he was in the bottom 2 once, also Fantasia won American Idol having been in the bottom 2 twice, and Diana DeGarmo who was 2nd that year was bottom 2 something like 3 or 4 times!

 

The acts who've made the final after being one sing off are:

G4

JLS

Olly Murs

Cher Lloyd

Amelia Lily

 

None of them have been there more than once.

And it hasn't turned out so bad for these so far! Amelia maybe a little early, but she definitely succeeded over Marcus after only one song! :lol: Olly Murs is probably the biggest success story here. Outselling everyone from his series and leaving them high and dry (not that it was hard). What's even more impressive is, that he's as successful as he is, despite looking likely to leave the competition early on had it gone to deadlock!

Next Elimination

 

District 3 1/1

Kye Sones 7/2

Christopher Maloney 7/2

Rylan Clark 11/2

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Union J 20/1

Ella Henderson 50/1

James Arthur 50/1

Jahmene Douglas 50/1

 

Clear divide between half of them. One of the bottom four could be in for a shock though if Christopher and Rylan are saved again, and District 3 get the sympathy vote. But surely this is a week, that we can predict? (D3 and Kye?)

Outright Winner (via Paddy Power)

 

Ella Henderson 5/4

Jahmene Douglas 13/8

James Arthur 4/1

Union J 20/1

Christopher Maloney 33/1

Rylan Clark 66/1

District 3 100/1

Next Elimination

 

District 3 13/8

Rylan Clark 7/4

Union J 5/1

Christopher Maloney 5/1

James Arthur 16/1

Ella Henderson 40/1

Jahmene Douglas 40/1

 

To Win

 

Ella Henderson 11/8

Jahmene Douglas 6/4

James Arthur 5/1

Christopher Maloney 14/1 :arrowup:

Union J 16/1

Rylan Clark 66/1

District 3 80/1

Edited November 10, 201212 yr by HausofKubrick

Yeah, I'd agree with those odds. I still think Jahmene would be a horrendous winner - he's had one performance I liked and that was tonight's because he didn't go OTT with the tragic ad libs he usually adds to every sentence.

 

Ideally my final 2 would be Ella Vs James and whilst that's still possible I think Jahmene will be the one to throw a spanner in the works.

Post Performance Odds for tonight's elimination

 

District 3 = 2.94 (2/1)

Rylan Clark = 3 (2/1)

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Christopher Maloney = 4.9 (4/1)

Union J = 9.4 (17/2)

Jahmene Douglas = 16 (15/1)

James Arthur = 30 (29/1)

Ella Henderson = 55 (54/1)

Jahmene has now overtaken Ella as favourite to win the show :o

If Ella doesn't win then I'm team Christopher, or failing that team Rylan, just for the sheer patheticness / lolz (although Rylan has disappointed in recent weeks to even provide lolz). Union J can sometimes be borderline decent but Jahmene and James are ALWAYS shit and either would be a horrific winner. Despite the odds I can't see Jahmene winning but sadly I could easily see James doing so.

If James wins he will go the same way as Matt, no one will care for his singing which needs subtitles come August 2013

James and Jahmene shit? Sorry, but neither of them are poor. I can get it if you don't like them, but to call them shit is showing a lack of ability to distance between something that is good and something that you don't like.

 

Both will do well post show. Jahmene will obviously be the Mum's artist, but if SyCo can get him some big covers and good songs to sing then he could be more than a Mother's Day artist. James is well liked by everyone I know, infact literally ever person I know from 17-22 has him as their favourite, very similar to Matt Cardle in that respect. He flopped though because SyCo had no idea how to market him as an artist, and by giving him a third rate Gary Barlow song they basically shot themselves in the foot.

James and Jahmene shit? Sorry, but neither of them are poor. I can get it if you don't like them, but to call them shit is showing a lack of ability to distance between something that is good and something that you don't like.

 

Both will do well post show. Jahmene will obviously be the Mum's artist, but if SyCo can get him some big covers and good songs to sing then he could be more than a Mother's Day artist. James is well liked by everyone I know, infact literally ever person I know from 17-22 has him as their favourite, very similar to Matt Cardle in that respect. He flopped though because SyCo had no idea how to market him as an artist, and by giving him a third rate Gary Barlow song they basically shot themselves in the foot.

 

This post is full of win.

 

James is going to win I think.

Next Elimination

 

Rylan Clark 11/10

Christopher Maloney 7/4

Union J 7/2

James Arthur 25/1

Ella Henderson 28/1

Jahmene Douglas 33/1

 

To Win

 

Jahmene Douglas 11/8

Ella Henderson 2/1

James Arthur 11/4

Christopher Maloney 16/1

Union J 25/1

Rylan Clark 66/1

Paddy Power odds

 

To Win

Jahmene Douglas 4/6

James Arthur 2/1

Christopher Maloney 7/1

Union J 14/1

Rylan Clark 20/1

 

Next Elimination

Rylan Clarke 5/4

Christopher Maloney 5/2

Union J 5/2

James Arthur 5/1

Jahmene Douglas 12/1

 

 

 

 

To Win

 

Jahmene Douglas 8/11

James Arthur 9/4

Christopher Maloney 7/1

Union J 14/1

Rylan Clark 20/1

 

Next Elimination

 

Rylan Clark 10/11

Christopher Maloney 9/4

Union J 7/2

James Arthur 16/1

Jahmene Douglas 25/1

 

 

 

To Win (via Paddy Power)

 

Jahmene Douglas 11/10

James Arthur 8/5

Christopher Maloney 17/2

Union J 9/1

Rylan Clark 16/1

 

Next Elimination

 

Rylan Clark 5/6

Christopher Maloney 6/4

Union J 6/1

James Arthur 35/1

Jahmene Douglas 35/1