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Betting.Betfair
on Oct 10, 2011 at 11:10:59 AM
Ultimately this blog is about betting; and from time-to-time, from a betting perspective, a spanner is thrown into the works - like double eliminations, a person automatically going through to the next week because of a throat infection, or eliminations being cancelled for example.
The X Factor producers have the right to do what they like, and whilst it's not always ideal when you're trying to win the kids Christmas present money, you just have to get on with it. But betting issues aside, last week's decision by X Factor producers to force each mentor to eliminate one of their own acts was completely unnecessary, and it overstepped the line, if there is such a line that is. Somehow I doubt there is.
It was billed as a big twist, except it wasn't a twist it was some grown men (or ...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Oct 10, 2011 at 09:35:17 AM
It was billed as a big twist, but it turned out to be a big disappointment for four acts as each mentor painfully sent home one of their own artists.
For Jonjo Kerr, James Michael, and 2 Shoes their exits came as little surprise given their performances on Saturday night and/or their odds in the Winner market beforehand, but for Amelia Lily her exit is a huge loss to this year's competition and I'm not sure the X Factor producers have got this one right.
Lily - who was matched at a low of 4.3 in the Winner market - sang brilliantly on Saturday night, but so too did her fellow Girls category members Janet Devlin, Misha Bryan, and Sophie Habibis leaving mentor Kelly Rowland with an almost impossible decision to make. Rowland was understandably upset at having to send a potential winner...