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John and Edward from X Factor and Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle are on the shortlist to represent Ireland at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest but neither are favourite according to Paddy Power’s Eurovision 2010 Betting Odds.

The favourite to sing for Ireland a year after they failed to reach the finals is Imelda May, she can be backed at 6/1. She is just ahead of X Factor duo John and Edward who are 8/1.

Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle is 20/1.

To see who else is in the running, visit the Paddy Power website and click on Novelty Bets.

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Girls Aloud babe Nadine Coyle has taken her solo career very seriously and wants to keep her Girls Aloud work separate.

Coyle who is from Belfast wants Madonna’s PR team to work with her so that she can become Ireland’s Madonna.

Coyle wants to make it big in the UK charts and also in the US and feels that the PR team that Madonna uses is the best out there to help her do that.

Coyle has been in the US recently recording her first solo album.

A friend of Coyle’s has said

“Unlike the other girls, she wants to keep her solo career separate from what she does with Girls Aloud.

“She has been slogging it out in the studio trying to perfect the tracks for her album. Nadine is very ambitious, has a great voice and many contacts in LA.

“She approached Madonna’s PR Barbara Charone to take her on to lay down the groundwork for when she is ready to launch her album early next year.

“If what she has done already is anything to go by she will definitely be huge.”

Well I hope that she will do well.

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