X Factor Betting
Betting on TV has seen a surge in recent years, you can bet on anything from Strictly Come Dancing to who the next James Bond will be. Betting is especially popular for reality TV shows and the X Factor is no exception. The X Factor is a British television music show featuring contestants, solo artists and groups, competing for the prize of a recording contract. The show attracts huge media attention and viewing figures with a peak of 19.7 million UK viewers tuning in for the 2009 final.
The bookies are more than happy to get involved in all the fun and offer markets on:
X Factor Overall Winner: A bet on the overall winner of the series.
Winning Mentor: Each contestant/group have a celebrity mentor in the form of one of the show's judges. With this market you can bet on which mentor will oversee the winner.
Next Elimination: As the competition involves a number of elimination stages you can bet on the contestants/groups that you will feel will be the next to get voted off the show.
As well as these “standard” style markets you will also see some novelty bets popping up from certain bookies that you can bet on.
How To Pick The Winner Of X Factor
Within the show there is normally a front runner who becomes the bookie favourite from the start, but should you take the plunge on them or go for an outsider? Take a look at some stats below which may give you a better idea of where to place your money.
There have been 16 series since the X Factor replaced Pop Idol, let’s see where the winners come from:
Winner History
2018
Winner: Dalton Harris
Category: Boys
Mentor: Louis Tomlinson
2017
Winner: Rak-Su
Category: Groups
Mentor: Simon Cowell
2016
Winner: Matt Terry
Category: Boys
Mentor: Nicole Scherzinger
2015
Winner: Louisa Johnson
Category: Girls
Mentor: Rita Ora
2014
Winner: Ben Haenow
Category: Over 25s
Mentor: Simon Cowell
2013
Winner: Sam Bailey
Category: Over 25s
Mentor: Sharon Osbourne
2012
Winner: James Arthur
Category: Boys
Mentor: Nicole Scherzinger
2011
Winner: Little Mix
Category: Groups
Mentor: Tulisa Contostavlos
2010
Winner: Matt Cardle
Category: Boys
Mentor: Danni Minogue
2009
Winner: Joe McElderry
Category: Boys
Mentor: Cheryl Cole
2008
Winner: Alexandra Burke
Category: Girls
Mentor: Cheryl Cole
2007
Winner: Leon Jackson
Category: Boys
Mentor: Danni Minogue
2006
Winner: Leona Lewis
Category: Girls Mentor: Simon Cowell
2005
Winner: Shayne Ward
Category: Boys
Mentor: Louis Walsh
2004
Winner: Steve Brookstein
Category: Over 25s
Mentor: Simon Cowell
Best Performing Categories
Boys: 7 winners
Girls: 3 winners
Over 25s: 3 winners
Groups: 2 winners
With this breakdown, you can see that the “Boys” category has been far and away the most successful, in terms of wins, so far in the series. The remaining category wins are distributed evenly between the “Girls” and “Over 25s” with “Groups” the least successful so far. Now we could breakdown the mentors' results as well however, due to the fact that they tend to change it would not be a fair representation.
Betting On The Winner
If you are looking for a winner then, going by previous results, you would be sorely tempted to go for someone from the boys' section. Pre-show favourites have also fared pretty well over the years. The bookies aren’t often that wrong and around 50% of bookie favourites have gone on to win the X Factor.
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