We can all OD on reality TV betting tonight with the finals of Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1) and X Factor (ITV1).

Bookies are braced for a £5 million betting bonanza it today’s Daily Mirror is to be believed and the bulk of that looks destined to go on the X Factor where each of the three finalists will perform three songs live.

Shayne has been hot favourite for a long time but favourites have a treacherous record (remember Will and Gareth) and we prefer JOURNEY SOUTH – the two brothers from Middlesbrough who should appeal to the teen and older votes alike.

Shayne’s mentor is Louis Walsh which may prove a handicap in the voting – Walsh ‘walked out’ after the public backlash to his decision to oust Maria in favour of The Conway Sisters earlier in the series, and Journey South’s mentor Simon Cowell – is sure to use every trick in the book to ensure victory tonight.