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If you believe the tabloids then the best X Factor bet of all-time is available on Betfair right now.

According to people high up in the show (who the paper referred to as 'sources'), Wagner is in the top three every week. Every week! So the 4.3 about him to finish in the top three is surely the bet of the century, right? Kudos to the lucky punter who got £7 matched at 500 - Dudley's finest is into just 10.5 now.

Furthermore, the Facebook campaign to get Wagner votes is now over the 30,000 mark - though given Sunday's X Factor audience was 17.7million, it's not that impressive. And weren't Jedward meant to be topping the voting charts this time last year?

One act who has felt the wrath of the Wag-man this week is Matt Cardle - he has drifted to 3.0 after news of his foul-mouthed outbursts hit the public. The lad from Essex said Wagner 'annoys a lot of people' and is 'rude to everyone he meets'. Bad move.

Haven't you learnt anything from X Factor history, boy? Look at the past winners: Joe McElderry, Alexandra Burke, Leon Jackson, Leona Lewis, Shayne Ward and Steve Brookstein. The connection? They all won by just standing on stage, singing the song and not causing any controversy. Just be nice dammit.

And the same goes for Cheryl Cole, too - she took the bait live on Saturday by responding to his council estate jibes and is now 3.5 to be the winning mentor.

But it's not just X Factor's most loved 54 year-old Brazilian that's been in the headlines - Katie Waissel/Weasel/Vogel always gets her fair share of column inches nowadays.
Latest off the production line is the revelation that her 81 year-old Gran is, err, how shall we put it - a Lady Of The Night. Not only this but she is also still appearing in, er, how shall we put it - porn films. Katie said she 'didn't think it could get any worse' - well, you're 2.36 to go this week, love, so your granny's activities could be the least of your worries come Sunday night.

By Andrew Gordon

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