Paddy Power, Boylesports and William Hill are first out of the blocks to price up the winning manager of this year’s X Factor which gets underway on Saturday night.
Paddy Power have Nicole Scherzinger as their 15/8 favourite, Boylesports go 9/4 about Tulisa Contostavlos, while William Hill go 5/1 about Louis Walsh.
Gary Barlow completes the line-up and he’s a standout 3/1 chance with Paddy Power.
“Nicole didn’t fair too well on the US version of the X Factor last year, but if the rumours are correct she has got the pick of the categories and she has a great chance of winning on debut,” said William Hill spokesman Mark Young.