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- Helen Skelton is the 7/2 favourite to win this year's Strictly
- Bookies give odds on which judge will award 10 points first this year
- See the full line-up ahead of the new series
Helen Skelton is the 7/2 favourite to win this year's Strictly
Helen Skelton remains the 7/2 favourite with bookies for this year's Strictly Come Dancing ahead of the launch show on Friday evening.
William Hill have Skelton just ahead of Fleur East with Will Mellor being backed into third favourite at 11/2 from 7/1 last week.
Skelton has also been a market mover, coming into 3/1 favourite from the 9/2 odds that she was at when first announced to appear on the show.
| 2022 Strictly Come Dancing Winner (Selected contestants) | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Skelton | 7/2 | 22.2% |
| Fleur East
|
4/1 | 20.0% |
| Will Mellor
|
11/2 | 15.4% |
| Matt Goss | 7/1 | 12.5% |
| Ellie Simmonds
|
8/1 | 11.1% |
| Tyler West | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Richie Anderson | 14/1 | 6.7% |
| Molly Rainford
|
16/1
|
5.9% |
Bookies give odds on which judge will award 10 points first this year
Motsi Mabuse is the 7/4 favourite to be the first judge to award 10 points in this year's Strictly series.
Motsi have the first 10 of last year's series to Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu and bookies think that she'll do the same again this year.
One thing that puts her as the favourite too is the seating position of the judges, with Motsi giving her score after Craig Revel Horwood on the panel.
| First Judge to give 10 points | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Motsi Mabuse | 7/4 | 36.4% |
| Anton du Beke | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| Shirley Ballas | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| Craig Revel Horwood | 6/1 | 14.3% |
See the full line-up ahead of the new series
The full line-up of this year's Strictly Come Dancing is formed up of 15 contestants.
As always with the hit TV dancing show, the celebrity contestants come from a wide range of famous backgrounds.
5 of the last 6 winners of Strictly Come Dancing are actors or actresses, so that may well be worth looking at.
- Will Mellor, actor
- Kym Marsh, actress
- Richie Anderson, presenter
- Kaye Adams, presenter
- Jayde Adams, comedian
- Ellie Simmonds, Paralympian
- Tyler West, DJ
- Matt Goss, singer
- Ellie Taylor, comedian
- Molly Rainford, singer
- Tony Adams MBE, footballer
- Fleur East, singer
- Hamza Yassin, cameraman
- James Bye, actor
- Helen Skelton, presenter
