X FACTOR BETTING ODDS FAVOR CHERYL COLE, AUSTIN DRAGE, LAURA WHITE AND ALEXANDRA BURKE

With X Factor being well shaken up thanks to the inclusion of new manager Mrs. Cheryl Cole, the usual odds have been completely thrown for a loop as well. Irish bookmaker Paddy Power currently has Cheryl Cole listed as the favourite as winning manager. She is backed at 4-5 while International Man of Misery Simon Cowell is sitting at a meagre 9-4. Dannii Minogue is a much longer shot at 5-1 with Louis Walsh at a distant 15-2. Austin Drage is favoured for Top Boy with 1-2 being the preferred odds. Eoghan Quigg is slightly behind at 2-1 with Scott Bruton having a lot of ground to make up at 15-2. Top Girl betting is completely wide open with both Laura White and Alexandra Burke being deadlocked at 6-5. Diana Vickers remains the outside bet at 4-1. JLS remains the favoured Top Group (4-7) with Bad Lashes at a slightly longer 2-1. The creatively titled Girlband is sitting at a distant 6-1. Interestingly enough, Paddy Power remain slightly optimistic that we may be seeing, ahem, more of Cheryl Cole than we are used to. She is listed at 18-1 to take off her top live on air with a full striptease (down to her underwear) being a longshot at 50-1. Dannii Minogue to throw a glass of water over Cheryl Cole is an enticing 12-1. Sharon Osbourne's rumoured return to the show is listed at a slim 4-1.