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Who will have the Christmas special number one single this year?
In the Hallejuah vs Hallejuah competiton, the X-Factor's Alexandra Burke has come out on top.
Background:
Christmas number one singles are those that are at the top of the UK Singles Chart on the nearest Sunday to Christmas. The official UK Singles Chart began in 1952, after appearing in the New Musical Express. The positions of all songs are based on week end sale totals, from Sunday to Saturday.
The Beatles are the only artist to have four number ones, three consecutively starting from 1963. Cliff Richard also spent four Christmases at the top; two with his own songs, one with The Shadows and one as a part of Band Aid 2. Paul McCartney has been top seven times; four times with The Beatles, and once each with Wings, Band Aid and Band Aid 20. The Spice Girls equalled the record of having three consecutive Christmas number ones, from 1996 to 1998. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen reached the number one spot in Christmas 1975 and 1991, and is the only song to have reached the top twice, although "Do They Know It's Christmas?" has been Christmas number one in each of its three versions. The Band Aid version of this song is the second best selling single in UK history. Many of the Christmas number ones were also the best-selling song of the year.
See Oddschecker's starting odds here.
Settlement details:
As reported by <a href="http://www.theofficialcharts.com/">http://www.theofficialcharts.com/<;/a>
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Take That |
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Peter Kay |
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Boyzone |
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Ricky Hatton |
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Gabriella Cilmi |
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Leona Lewis |
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Girls Aloud |
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Suspend date: Sun 21st Dec 2008 8am PST Settlement date: Sun 21st Dec 2008 10:48am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 21st Dec 2008 8am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Take That: 20%, Peter Kay: 18%, Boyzone: 15%, Ricky Hatton: 10%, Gabriella Cilmi: 9%, Leona Lewis: 9%, Girls Aloud: 15%, Other: 4%
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kingyosullivan
predicted Other (H$4,000 at 88%)
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predicted Other (H$20 at 82%)
predicted Other (H$700 at 81%)
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predicted Other (H$100 at 79%)
predicted Take That (H$50 at 4%)
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predicted Other (H$50 at 81%)
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