Based on Saturday nights excellent performance by Shayne, William Hill have halved the price of Shayne winning the second series of the X Factor from 6/1 to 5/2.

Originally Hills were backing Maria as their favourite but following a massive swell of support for Shayne and 4Tune, the odds have been changed. At the minute the outsiders are Chico at 25/1 and Addictiv Ladies who are 33/1.

Hills spokesman stated “It is very early days but fans seem very keen on Shayne to go on and win the series. I still think Maria is the most talented but as we know the majority of voters tend to be women and therefore it makes sense to bet on a male contestant,”

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