SBC News X Factor Christmas Number One threatened by Cilla Black campaign

X Factor Christmas Number One threatened by Cilla Black campaign

cillablackThe start of the X Factor has prompted Ladbrokes to set up its Christmas number one market, with the show’s main protagonists at the head of the market when it comes to landing 2015’s coveted chart spot.

Louisa Johnson is the current favourite at 9/4, while Che Chesterman (8/1) and Anton Stephans (10/1) are also in the top five of the betting.

With seven of the last 10 Christmas number ones coming from the X Factor a punt on either of those three could prove a shrewd move. However, each of the three occasions when the X Factor has missed out on the festive top spot since 2005 has been the result of a charity song or campaign.

Ladbrokes suggests that the 6/1 on the late Cilla Black is an interesting option given a campaign to get the Liverpudlian singer-turned-TV presenter to number one has already attracted in excess of 10,000 fans.

Cilla fan Gareth Wells from Peterborough, is the man behind the campaign, which hopes to see You’re My World – A UK number one for Black in May 1964 – return to the top of the charts.

“A lot of people, especially the younger generation, will remember Cilla from TV but she had such an amazing singing career before that,” Wells told the Liverpool Echo. “Usually we have an X Factor single and I think it would be great if we could change that for Cilla.”

2015 Christmas Number One Single

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