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- Chris McCausland has drifted in Strictly Come Dancing winner market
- Shayne Ward is the betting favourite to leave the show this weekend
- Icons Week sees big names feature in the song list
Chris McCausland has drifted in Strictly Come Dancing winner market
Betting odds remain available on this year's Strictly Come Dancing and the market is getting interesting with long-time favourite Chris McCausland starting to drift in the odds to win the show this year.
McCausland has stunned fans with his incredible performances on the show this season with the comedian Strictly's first-ever blind contestant but that hasn't stopped some beautiful dances so far.
He and partner Dianne Buswell have been praised by fans and the judges alike so far but last weekend's show saw them joint-bottom of the leaderboard alongside the departing Dr Punam Krishan.
Betting sites have now moved McCausland's odds to win from 1/3 to 1/2 with the chances of him winning the show drifting from 75% to 66% in the past 6 days.
William Hill's latest market has McCausland still as favourite to win but Tasha Ghouri and Sarah Hadland are closer to him in the betting odds to win the show.
| Strictly Come Dancing 2024 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Chris McCausland | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Tasha Ghouri | 11/2 | 15.4% |
| Sarah Hadland | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Jamie Borthwick | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Montell Douglas | 28/1 | 3.4% |
What the expert says...
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Shayne Ward is the betting favourite to leave the show this weekend
Shayne Ward is the favourite to leave Strictly this weekend with bookmakers also offering odds on the next elimination in what looks to be a wide-open weekend coming up.
Wynne Evans has been the big market mover this week with his odds to leave going from 6/1 on Monday to 5/2 second favourite now after admission on Strictly spin-off It Takes Two.
Evans and his partner Katya Jones both spoke about Wynne's struggles with his Rumba this week with his hip action not up to scratch yet and this has seen his odds tumble to leave.
| Strictly Come Dancing Next Elimination | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Shayne Ward | 13/8 | 38.1% |
| Wynne Evans | 5/2 | 28.6% |
| Sam Quek | 10/3 | 23.1% |
| JB Gill | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Pete Wicks | 8/1 | 11.1% |
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Icons Week sees big names feature in the song list
We've got a brand-new themed week on the way this weekend with Icons Week seeing the celebrities dance to songs by some of the biggest names in music history.
Big names such as Taylor Swift and Whitney Houston will feature during Icons Week with some massive hits being danced to for the first time on the show.
JB Gill will dance with Lauren Oakley this weekend after his partner Amy Dowden was sadly hospitalised after Saturday night's live show.
- JB Gill and Lauren Oakley — Couples Choice to Bruno Mars Medley
- Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe — Waltz to I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
- Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin — American Smooth to Love Story (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift
- Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola — Cha Cha to Like A Prayer by Madonna
- Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec — Couple’s Choice to What About Us by P!nk
- Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell — Tango to Rock and Roll All Nite by KISS
- Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas — Samba to Faith by George Michael
- Pete Wicks and Jowita Pryzstal — Salsa to Another One Bites The Dust by Queen
- Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu — Quickstep to Help! By The Beatles
- Wynne Evans and Katya Jones — Rumba to This Is My Life by Shirley Bassey
