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- 8 Male Celebrity Dancers Betting Odds Combined give them a 90% Chance of Taking the Title for a 12th Time
- 7 Female Celebrities Less Favoured in the odds with only 45% Chance of One of them Being Voted the Series Winner.
- The Male Celebrities have Already won 11 of the previous 18 Series, for a 61% Success Rate. Less than This year's bookies prediction.
- Top 5 Celebrities in the Betting are Men - The 4 Biggest Prices are All Women
- The Reigning Champion Bill Bailey was only a 1.2% Chance with Betting Sites in 2020. Don't discount a shock!
Huge favour for the male dancers
The betting market for Strictly come dancing is complete with all 15 contestants now announced, made up of 8 men and 7 women and the bookmakers have priced up the chance of every contestant.
The odds suggest there is 90% probability of the men continuing the dominance in becoming the winners of the popular BBC ballroom dancing reality show.
Current Strictly Come Dancing Betting Odds
| Celebrity | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Fletcher | 4/1 | 20% |
| Robert Webb | 6/1 | 14.29% |
| Dan Walker | 6/1 | 14.29% |
| Adam Peaty | 7/1 | 12.50% |
| Rhys Stephenson | 8/1 | 11.11% |
| Rose Ayling-Ellis | 8/1 | 11.11% |
| Tilly Ramsay | 11/1 | 8.33% |
| John Thwaite | 14/1 | 6.67% |
| Katie McGlynn | 14/1 | 6.67% |
| Greg Wise | 14/1 | 6.67% |
| Ugo Monye | 14/1 | 6.67% |
| AJ Odudu | 16/1 | 5.88% |
| Sara Davies | 20/1 | 4.76% |
| Judi Love | 20/1 | 4.76% |
| Nina Wadia | 25/1 | 3.85% |
Come on the Girls
Whilst the bookmakers are being cautious, probably because of previous results and the addition of the first-ever all-male pairing for the BBC show, the girls will be looking to score for Girl Power and record an 8th series win.
When combining the available early betting odds from bookmakers, they are given only a 45% chance, however, and whilst the men have the 5 most popular celebrities in the betting, the girls have the 4 biggest betting odds contenders too.
Sara Davies, Judi Love and are both 20/1 to win, whilst Nina Wadia is only given a 3.85% chance of winning at 25/1.
The last female celebrity winner of the show was Stacey Dooley in 2018, who splits a run of 5 wins in the last 6 seasons for the men.
Anything can happen when the voting is left to the great British public, and looking back on previous winners of strictly come dancing, anything really can happen.
Could The Bookies Have got the Strictly Odds Wrong?
If there was to be a shock and Nina Wadia was able to come through victorious, she would not be the first shock win of the show with the biggest of them all coming in 2020 when Bill Bailey was priced at 80/1 before the show kicked off
Despite being given only a 1.23% chance of winning, Bailey survived throughout each and every grueling round to be crowned the winner.
