Justin Bieber supports rival for top Christmas song

With Justin Bieber now also at no3 in teh mid week charts with Sorry, one of teh nurses joked that she was enjoying being in “a Bieber sandwich”. Indeed this factor, and the low viewing figures and interest in general this year, suggests the writing could be on the wall for Cowell’s contest, but this is a different discussion and the important thing is that for the first time since 2004, they are not a genuine contender for the Christmas number 1.

Excitingly, the race has become too close to call after the gap shrunk from 7,000 on Monday mere hundreds today.

But in the following the next 24 hours that lead was cut.

“We’ve got some pretty tough competition so to be in this position is fantastic… anything could happen”.

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The UK Christmas number one will be announced on Christmas Day. Bieber has been an unexpected champion of state healthcare from a tender age, once telling Rolling Stone, when he was 16, that the U.S. health insurance system was evil.

“He’s sold millions of records around the world and has millions of fans – it’s just a bit bonkers”, said Lewisham Hospital physio Liz Steele.

That’s when JB directed his fans to download the choir’s “A Bridge Over You” (a mashup of Coldplay’s “Fix You” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water“), because proceeds from the downloads are being shared between two healthcare charities.

Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: “As well as climaxing on Christmas Day for just the fourth time in history, this year’s race for the festive No 1 is looking like one of the closest ever”.

The funds raised from sales will go to two charities, Carers UK and mental health organisation Mind.