John and Edward are NOT the viewers’ favourites to win, despite reports by The Sun claiming the brothers are ahead in the public poll.

In fact, on Sunday the gruesome twosome only escaped the bottom two by a tiny 0.5% of the votes.

And the 18-year-olds have never been out of the bottom four since the X Factor public votes began.

Last week’s vote winner was actually talented teenager Rachel Adedeji, senior show sources confirmed.

Danyl Johnson, 27, and Lloyd Daniels, 16, came out on top in previous weeks.

The news is a devastating blow to Jedward fans, reports The Daily Star.

It means they will need a top performance to avoid the sing-off, which would mean certain elimination.

Because Simon Cowell, 50, Dannii Minogue, 38, and Cheryl Cole, 26, have all made clear their dislike for the twins.

A show source said: “This is going to blow the whole competition wide open now.

“People were actually starting to believe that the twins were going to win.

“But now it seems their days are well and truly numbered. They could even be out this week.

“And Rachel, who no-one fancies, has been piling up the votes this last week.”

Bookies were forced to slash their odds on John and Edward to win from 150-1 to 12-1 after dodgy reports on Monday claimed that they were on top.

Even Simon has been sweating over the prospect, saying: “If they win it will be the biggest disaster in X Factor history.”

But yesterday our well-placed source on the hit ITV1 show came forward to expose the truth.

The insider revealed that even though everyone is talking about the twins, hardly anyone is actually voting for them.

The news will be a shock to their mentor Louis Walsh, 57, who insisted that they still stood a chance of winning after he was left with no other acts in the competition.

But it is Rachel, 18, who is pulling in the votes, despite falling into the bottom two in the first live shows.

Simon even blasted her for being “invisible”, saying: “Her personality is an issue. I know nothing about her.”

Yet the young lass won praise from guest mentors Robbie Williams, 35, Michael Bublé, 34, and even Whitney Houston, 46.

And after two weeks of attacks, TV viewers rallied to dial up and support her.

Last night X Factor bosses said they could not comment on the voting figures.
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Leona Lewis and the Black Eyed Peas are to perform live on The X Factor on Sunday 8th November.

Former queen of The X Factor, Leona Lewis, will perform her single Happy, ahead of the launch of her new album Echo on 16th November. Whilst U.S chart-hoggers the Black Eyed Peas will perform their new single Meet Me Halfway, which is due out on 2nd November.

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