Christmas Number One betting odds time again – where we get to see which bands are cynically releasing the rubbish ballads off their albums to try and get the UK 2005 Christmas Number One.
Christmas Number One Fact Of The Day – Probably the crappiest Christmas Number One of all time was Mr Blobby by My Blobby. Noel Edmonds may be trying to move on with his life by doing that Deal Or No Deal shtick. But we haven’t forgotten. Oh no. We haven’t forgotten.
Today’s glob of Christmas Number One betting odds come in the following flavours: Girls Aloud, Black Eyed Peas, Oasis, Mariah Carey and Lemar. As usual, the odds come from SportingOdds.com…
Girls Aloud – Girls Aloud got their first Christmas Number One three
years ago with the futuristic skate/surf blast of Sound Of The
Underground. And they’re trying to get another Christmas Number One
with See The Day, a 20-year-old cover version. It’s one of the slow
ones that groups like Girls Aloud like to perform on stuff like GMTV to
prove that they can sing live. Good for them, but rubbish for us – the
song couldn’t be more boring if it came on beige vinyl. However, that’s
the kind of thing that makes a Christmas Number One. Current Christmas
Number One odds – 22/1
Black Eyed Peas – According to our sources, the nearest thing to a
Christmas Number One attempt by the Black Eyed Peas this year is My
Humps – a song that came out a month ago. So it won’t be Christmas
Number One. And even if it came out next week, would you really want
your Christmas Number One to be a song about Vertebral Subluxation as
sung by a woman who pisses herself all the time? Thought not. Current
Christmas Number One odds – 66/1
Oasis – Oasis aren’t releasing a Christmas Number One effort this
year – just as well, really; we heard their cack cover of that Slade
song in a shop the other day – but there is an apparent chance that Let
There Be Love, the slow one from their last album, might be Christmas
Number One. It might be, but it probably won’t. Current Christmas
Number One odds – 66/1
Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey doesn’t need a Christmas Number One –
she already makes more money than you could possibly imagine with that
All I Want For Christmas Is You song. But she did release a single in
December – Don’t Forget About Us – that would be a potential Christmas
Number One if only it wasn’t so completely without merit. Oh well.
Current Christmas Number One odds – 66/1
Lemar – Lemar, The guy from Fame Academy who the public voted less
good than David Sneddon. Lemar, who isn’t releasing a single anywhere
near Christmas. Lemar, the man who isn’t going to have a Christmas
Number One this year. Current Christmas Number One odds – 125/1
We’re doing this until Christmas, you know. That’s plenty of time for you to check out the amazingly comprehensive
Christmas Number One betting market over at the Specials section of
SportingOdds.com. And get betting – it’s the only way to stop you
becoming completely sick of the bloody songs.
[story by Stuart Heritage]