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Leona and Ray get ready

Twenty million people are expected to tune in to see Leona Lewis and Ray Quinn battling it out in the X Factor final on ITV1.Leona is favourite to take the top prize of a £1m record deal, but some bookies think that Ray could just upset the odds.Some bookmakers have reported receiving four figure bets on the former Brookside child actor, whose character ended up accidentally murdering his school bully.Either way, TV's Mr Nasty, Simon Cowell, is a winner as he is mentor to both youngsters on the show.Both singers have spent the past week living in luxury to prepare one of them for the lifestyle which awaits them when they sign on the dotted line.But history proves it's often the second place act that does the best in this competition. Both G4 and Andy Abrahams were runners up and now sell thousands of albums.© Independent Television News Limited 2006. All rights reserved.

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