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Wednesday 22nd March 2006

Known as the “world's sexiest sportsbook”, PlayersOnly.com bettors are living up to their reputation when it comes to American Idol. It seems that their money is now filtering towards the beautiful, Katharine McPhee despite the fact that the voting public seems to heavily favour Chris Daughtry.

This week, Daughtry went from 5-2 to 2-1 his most recent performance, while McPhee closed the gap by improving her odds from 4-1 to 7-2. However, Daughtry is still taking 17.8% of wagers and McPhee has 16.1%.

Tim Williams, of PlayersOnly.com said, 'We took a lot of razzing last week when word got out that our players were putting their money on the most attractive contestants in the Amazing Race, despite the horrible odds. With American Idol, I’d have to say they seem to be listening more to their heads than their hormones.'

Current odds and betting trends:

Contestant Odds Betting Trend

Chris Daughtry 2-1 17.8%

Katharine McPhee 7-2 16.1%

Mandisa 5-1 3.2%

Taylor Hicks 5-1 9.5%

Paris Bennett 8-1 10.9%

Ace Young 9-1 11.1%

Elliott Yamin 10-1 6.4%

Kellie Pickler 12-1 6.5%

Lisa Tucker 12-1 13.0%

Kevin Covais 60-1 0.2%

Bucky Covington 80-1 0.6%

Source: OnlineCasinoNews