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- Molly Rainford is the 8/11 favourite to leave the show this weekend with one show left before the final
- Helen Skelton now in to 11/8 to win the show with Hamza Yassin remaining favourite
- What will the couples dance to this weekend?
Molly Rainford is the 8/11 favourite to leave the show this weekend with one show left before the final
Semi-Final week of Strictly Come Dancing is here and bookies make Molly Rainford the favourite to be the final celebrity eliminated this series.
Rainford went against Kym Marsh in last week's Dance-Off with three of the four judges deciding to save Molly over Kym.
William Hill make Rainford the 8/11 favourite to leave the show this weekend and that will be down to her appearance in the Dance-Off last weekend.
| Strictly Next Elimination | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Molly Rainford | 8/11 | 57.9% |
| Fleur East | 6/5 | 45.5% |
| Will Mellor | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Hamza Yassin | 40/1 | 2.4% |
| Helen Skelton | 40/1 | 2.4% |
Fleur East is the only other celebrity in the final five that have been in the Dance-Off this series and it looks likely that it'll be between the two to leave this weekend.
Will Mellor is 8/1 to leave the show this weekend but his popularity has continued to show as the week's go by but it only takes a bad dance for him to be in the bottom two.
Helen Skelton now in to 11/8 to win the show with Hamza Yassin remaining favourite
Helen Skelton has been the big market mover in recent weeks with her odds to win the show slowly closing in week-by-week.
Hamza Yassin has long been the odds on favourite and stays that way this week, but Skelton is now as short as 11/8 to win the show from the 4/1 she was just a fortnight ago.
Yassin has been as short as 1/4 to win Strictly but has drifted to 8/13 now in the betting market.
| Strictly Come Dancing Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Hamza Yassin | 8/13 | 61.9% |
| Helen Skelton | 11/8 | 42.1% |
| Will Mellor | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Fleur East | 25/1 | 3.8% |
| Molly Rainford | 66/1 | 1.5% |
What will the couples dance to this weekend?
With it being semi-final week each couple will have TWO DANCES on the show this weekend.
As said earlier, the show will air on Sunday night at 7:15pm rather than Saturday to avoid clashing with England's game against France.
- Fleur & Vito: Charleston to Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano by Fiorello and Paso Doble to The Time Is Now by Moloko
- Helen & Gorka: Argentine Tango to Here Comes The Rain Again by Eurythmics and Waltz to Only One Road by Céline Dion
- Molly & Carlos: Paso Doble to Survivor by 2WEI ft Edda Hayes and American Smooth to Easy On Me by Adele
- Hamza & Jowita: Charleston to Pencil Full Of Lead by Paolo Nutini and Waltz to What The World Needs Now by Burt Bacharach
- Will & Nancy: Couple's Choice to Know How / Fools Gold / Step On Young MC / The Stone Roses / Happy Mondays and Paso Doble to Uccen – DWTS Remix by Taalbi Brothers, DWTS
