Christmas Number One Betting Odds - Eminem, Simon Webbe, The Darkness…

Time for another tidal wave of Christmas Number One betting odds. Which - if any - of the following acts will be top of the Christmas pile in eight days time?

Christmas Number One Fact Of The Day: The Christmas Number One in 1955 was Christmas Alphabet by Dickie Valentine, in which Dickie made a Christmassy acronym of the word ‘Christmas’. C was for Candy, H was for Happiness… R wasn’t for Rubbish, but it may as well have been.

Today’s pile of potential Christmas Number One hits comes via Eminem, Simon Webbe, The Darkness, and the interestingly-titled  Anyone Else. Christmas Number One betting odds, as ever, from SportingOdds.com…

Eminem - What do think of when you think of Christmas? Tinsel? Roasted chestnuts? The magic in a child’s eyes? Depressing rap music by a man long past his prime? Because if Eminem gets a Christmas Number One with When I’m Gone, that’s what you’ll have. If this gets to number one, it’ll be the least appropriate Christmas Number One since Another Brick In The Wall. Luckily, it probably won’t get the chance, as next week’s a hard one for singles. Current Christmas Number One odds - 20/1

Simon Webbe - You know who Simon Webbe is, right? He’s the least famous member of Blue, after Lee Ryan, Him Off I’m A Celebrity, and, um… OK, Simon Webbe is the second-least famous member of Blue. We’re not entirely sure why Simon’s even on the list - he’s not releasing anything remotely near Christmas. Will he get a Christmas Number One? Guess what - no. Current Christmas Number One odds - 60/1

The Darkness - You’ll remember that The Darkness almost had a Christmas Number One a couple of years ago with Look At My Christmas Penis or whatever it was called. No chance of that happening this year. For one, they aren’t really releasing anything around the Christmas period, plus listening to their new album is like watching a grieving Frank Butcher weep his way through a thousand-year-old joke in front of crowd of sinister clowns. Current Christmas Number One odds - 60/1

Anyone Else - OK, we’ve been pretty comprehensive with our Christmas Number One profiles, but there’s always a chance that we’ve let some songs slip under our massive net. That’s why we’re giving you the chance to bet on anyone other than the 43 acts we’ve looked at over the last fortnight. Aren’t we good to you. Current Christmas Number One Odds - 7/1

Now that we’ve waded through that exhaustive list of potential Christmas Number Ones, the rest is down to you. You can bet now while the odds are still relatively long, or you can wait until next week when we’ll be fixing our gaze on the Christmas Number One front-runners. In the meantime, get yourselves over to the specials section of SportingOdds.com to see the latest lists and odds. OK?

[story by Stuart Heritage]