Overview
- Judges’ scores on Saturday placed Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin top on 38, with Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington level with Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon at the bottom on 27.
- Lewis Cope and Katya Jones scored 37, while George Clarke and Alexis Warr posted 29 as the public vote and Sunday dance-off will decide the seven couples going to Blackpool on November 22.
- Betting markets shortened George Clarke to around 10/11 for the Glitterball, with Lewis Cope next and Vicky Pattison trimmed to single figures, according to Ladbrokes and Grosvenor Sport.
- Balvinder Sopal remains highlighted by bookmakers as most at risk of elimination, though her fate rests on the public vote and the dance-off.
- Vicky Pattison said reaching Blackpool would honour her late grandparents who danced there, and she publicly criticized the new results “final four” reveal format, noting producers intend to keep it.