Leona's Run keeps up chart pace

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Leona Lewis's version of Snow Patrol track Run has claimed a second week on top of the singles chart.

The download-only track fought off competition from Kings of Leon's Use Somebody to stay at number one.

But the 2006 X Factor winner is likely to have to make way for her successor Alexandra Burke's Hallejulah in next weekend's Christmas countdown.

Lewis's album Spirit rose to number two in the album chart, while Take That's The Circus remained at number one.

But Britney Spears' Circus fell heavily in its second week on release, dropping 10 places to number 14. Her single Womanizer remains in the top 10, at number four.

Sir Terry Wogan returns to the chart for the first time in three decades performing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth, alongside Aled Jones for Children in Need.

The Radio 2 breakfast host last graced the charts in 1978, with The Floral Dance.

Alexandra Burke is likely to be at No 1 next weekAlexandra Burke is likely to have next week's Christmas number one with her cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

The track has already been released online ahead of its physical release on Wednesday. Retail chain HMV said it was its fastest-selling download.

Spokesman Genarro Castaldo said: "Hallelujah promises to be the biggest X Factor release yet, and the chances are that Alexandra will have the Christmas number single in the bag, even before her CD single officially hits the stores in midweek.

"Alexandra's biggest challenge for the festive top spot is likely to come from Peter Kay's alter-ego Geraldine McQueen.

"But the reality is that while he may sell in the tens of thousands, Alexandra will sell in the hundreds of thousands - it's really all about the race for the number two spot now."

Burke's chances were rated as 1/8 by Ladbrokes, and 1/5 by William Hill.

Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg said: "It's as close to a certainty as you're likely to find."