Once again bookies have named The MacDonald Brothers as the most likely act to leave The X Factor show tonight. However Ray Quinn is named as the second act most liely to get the boot.

Bookmakers Coral said: “Punters have realised that the MacDonald Brothers have nine lives and with their record for survival, it doesn’t look good for Ray.”

Judge Louis Walsh told brothers Craig and Brian to follow Westlife’s example. He said: “They’ve never been cool but they’ve had 14 No1s.”

Rival Simon Cowell hit back: “The MacDonalds are not winning me over.

“It’s getting beyond a joke right now. The more I criticise them the more people vote for them.”