Out of that list only The Darkness & Pop Idol 12 look like they stand a chance to me, with Blue a close third. I'd like to say The Darkness will take it but their track just isn't as catchy as "I Believe In A Thing..." so I reckon those pesky Pop Idol kids and their stoopid dog will win. Blue might manage it thanks to the teeny bopper vote but the Pop Idol 12 have the fact that they're desecrating a classic which should bring in the very young and the oldies to buy it.

Well I hope The Darkness and Sugababes, but it'll probably be one of the ones i've never heard of

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by Milky
Blue might manage it thanks to the teeny bopper vote

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Are you calling me a teeny bopper? I love Blue and i hope they get the Christmas number one. Pop Idol folks are baaaaad but they'll probably get it cos of the show and i highly doubt Alex Park will get it cos she's already had her limelight. I don't even remember the bloke who won FA last year having a single out after his first release...just goes to show what the shows do for you. And who decided to bring back Cliffy? Or did he never leave? Nevermind.

Hoping it'll be Gary Jules (he's the guy who has that great version of "Mad World" out isn't he?). I don't get The Darkness at all. I also like the Pop Idols one too (must be getting soft in my old age )

I reckon it will be The Darkness. They're obvioulsy trying to capture that whole Slade/Wizzard feel and I can't see anyone else beating them.

Of course, I will now be proved wrong

I'd like to think that it would be the Darkness

But Cliff has managed to pull christmas number 1's out of the hat frequently AND you have to remember it takes less sells to get to number 1 now meaning that he could be a very strong contender.

However, its more likely that Pop Idol will crack it

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by lil_miss
Are you calling me a teeny bopper? I love Blue and i hope they get the Christmas number one.

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If the hat fits

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by lil_miss
I don't even remember the bloke who won FA last year having a single out after his first release...just goes to show what the shows do for you.

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David Sneddon released another single(name of it escapes me just now) and it limped in at 26. I actually liked his first song 'Stop Living The Lie'

If there's any justice in this world, The Darkness will have the Christmas number 1! I really hope they can do it. The song is gonna become a Christmas classic, on compilation albums for years to come. Where as all those pop idol-boy/girl band type people will probably have been forgotten about come next christmas.

So come on kids! Don't let the bells end! Just let them ring peace!

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by PictureOfFlowers
If there's any justice in this world, The Darkness will have the Christmas number 1! I really hope they can do it. The song is gonna become a Christmas classic, on compilation albums for years to come. Where as all those pop idol-boy/girl band type people will probably have been forgotten about come next christmas.

So come on kids! Don't let the bells end! Just let them ring peace!

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But... The Darkness suck

Can't say i'm fussed about any of the above winning, but like Samphirette says, it takes hardly any sales to get a No1 these days, so it could be anyone really.

The pap in the above list is why i don't bother with the charts

I don't like them, and i don't like the song, but i'm pretty certain it's going to the be darkness, think i might even put a bet on it, odds are about 10-1 i think

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by lil_miss
I don't even remember the bloke who won FA last year having a single out after his first release...just goes to show what the shows do for you.

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He's just making a lot of money writing for other people now - ala Cathy Dennis.

How many people on this thread want the Darkness to get to no. 1?

Now, how many of you will go and buy the single?

Aha!

The singles market these days is exclusively made up of teenyboppers.

Xmas no 1 will be boy band or TV show related song.

nuff said.

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by CJL
The singles market these days is exclusively made up of teenyboppers..

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That's cause us sad grown ups prefer to wait for a whole album, its too much hassle playing one single and then having to wonder back to the cd player to put another one in

I do remember the days of liking a band and having to buy everything the 7", 12" and then cds came out too

Judging by some of the documentary on Cliff the other day I caught the backend of - I don't think his fans have grown out of that

I'd like Gary Jules to be no 1, but as Samphirette said, anyone who is a fan of Mad World, will probably be waiting for the album to be released in Janurary, or have already bought the Donnie Darko sountrack.
It'll probably be the Darkness or Pop Idol. In which case, I really hope it's the Darkness. Or anything except the Fast Food Rockers or Noddy

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by Hoppy_Toad
Or anything except the Fast Food Rockers or Noddy

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Noddy's releasing a single!! He rocks

#Noddy, Noddy, with his red and yellow hat#

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by Milky
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Noddy's releasing a single!! He rocks

#Noddy, Noddy, with his red and yellow hat#

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Is it not his red and yello car? Hat just doesn't seem to fit.

Why do people bother with singles of bands they like? it makes more sense just to buy the album doesn't it? I think the singles charts are useless and we should just have the album chart. isn't that what they do in the USA or am i wrong, again?

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by lil_miss
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Why do people bother with singles of bands they like? it makes more sense just to buy the album doesn't it?

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Because, CD singles often contain extra songs that aren't available on albums. And diehards are often completists and want to get everything released. I've bought all Avril's singles for those very reasons.

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by Whistler
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Because, CD singles often contain extra songs that aren't available on albums. And diehards are often completists and want to get everything released. I've bought all Avril's singles for those very reasons.

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Yeah yeah yeah

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by Milky
#Noddy, Noddy, with his red and yellow hat#

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Noddy has a blue hat and a red & yellow car.