Overview
- Eight couples perform tonight for seven places at next week’s Blackpool Tower Ballroom show after Stefan Dennis’s injury withdrawal reduced the field.
- George Clarke’s odds have shortened to around 10/11, with bookmakers describing the Glitterball as his to lose and Lewis Cope rated next best.
- Vicky Pattison’s price has tightened to about 6/1 after topping the week-seven leaderboard, reflecting growing public confidence in her run.
- Balvinder Sopal is flagged by bookmakers as the most likely departure this week, having already faced two dance-offs in the series.
- Producers are holding firm on the new Sunday results format that leaves a “final four” awaiting their fate, despite Vicky Pattison’s public complaints about the change.