Latest on the Christmas number one race - One True Voice and Girls Aloud are neck and neck. So much so Girls Aloud, always second favourite for the Christmas number one, are now favourites among the bookie community.
A spokesman for HMV told reporters there has been huge interest in both acts at its stores around the UK. "If anything the girls had started off at a slight disadvantage because everyone expected the boys to win, but that doesn't seem to have been reflected in the sales, and they may well be getting a head of steam".