Overview
- After the quarter-final performances, the leaderboard is led by Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin on 40, with George Clarke, Balvinder Sopal and Lewis Cope on 35 and Karen Carney on 34.
- Bookmakers’ latest odds make Karen Carney the overall favourite, with Balvinder Sopal and Amber Davies viewed as most at risk of missing the final.
- The BBC shifted this weekend’s timings, with Saturday’s show starting at 6.50pm and the results show due Sunday at 7.45pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
- Viewers raised concerns on social media about multiple-account voting through BBC logins, prompting fresh debate over voting integrity before the elimination.
- Musicals Week featured a relay opening and a post-show number by Tom Fletcher that culminated in a surprise appearance from Paddington Bear.