First reports seeming to indicate Alexandra v Davood in the dance-off - not confirmed as of yet. There is no way Davood could avoid going home under those circumstances.
Confirmed that Davood did indeed lose out to Alexandra
It was a badly conceived AT with inappropriate music - but he danced it very badly. Still don't understand why Gemma and Mollie are still there. Neither of them have any natural dance ability.
Bit gutted we won't have the lovely Nadiya on view as much next week. I thought that Alex would get vote bounce this week and Mollie could be vulnerable especially with her bandmate in the Jungle so their fanbase could be split.
The bookies odds are changing by the day, Aston, Alex, Debbie and Joe have all been favourites to my knowledge.
One of those has Joe, Debbie and Alexandra on exactly the same odds, so it's pretty clear no-one has a clue who will win!
Personally I expect it to be Joe, with Debbie as runner up and Alexandra third (and hopefully Mollie 4th, I'd rather watch her in the final than Gemma), but given they won't be announcing 2nd to 4th place it's all a bit academic except for who actually gets the trophy...
I think next week will be quite tight in the voting - given the number of ties on the leaderboard this week Alexandra might not actually have been bottom of the public vote, so although she's clearly not topping the vote she might get more support next week. And she has better (i.e. more suitable for her) dances left than most of the others do...
Poor Davood. I guess as soon as he knew who he was up against he knew his time was up. Much like Susan last week. It must be a little galling to know that the person you're up against has been in the dance off for the second week in a row and yet you still know the judges are going to save them.
I'd hazard a guess that Gemma has been nicely sitting right in the middle of the scoreboard for most of the series which is why she's never been in close to a dance off so far. If the judges get the chance to vote her off I think they will, possibly with the exception of Mollie.
I think (hope) Joe might just have it sewn up now. He's absolutely adorable, buckets of charm and has steadily improved week after week to the point where he is probably the best all round dancer left. His relationship with Katya is also just delightful. Debbie will be a close second methinks.
I admit I think Nadiya is gorgeous so would have liked Davood to stay in having tipped him, Alex and Aston as possible finalists when competitors were first announced.
The bookies think it is now between Debbie and Joe. You can get Alex at a generous 6-1 if her "biggest fan" Ryan fancies a flutter on her.
I just hope next week's dance off isn't between two of the big guns.
Alex and Debbie both have nice backstories if they win and Debbie becomes by far the oldest winner. Also Joe would become the oldest winner as he is 42 and previous oldest winner was Chris Hollins who was 38 when he won followed by Mark Ramprakash who was 37 in his winning year.
I'd be happy if any of the big 3 won but am probably routing for Joe as it would be nice for Katya to win with him and it is often harder for male celebs.
The bookies think it is now between Debbie and Joe. You can get Alex at a generous 6-1 if her "biggest fan" Ryan fancies a flutter on her.
Oh how marvellous, my bet has been placed. I've had a word with Craig Revel Horwood, he's promised to make sure I get a return on my investment, bless him. Fingers crossed!
Interesting that Craig Revel Horwood thingy shares the same agent as TWO people in the final. I’m sorry but I don’t think conflict of interest should be allowed at all. It’s in Craig’s interest to vote for her to win to make his mate and agent more money. Giovanni is also represented by the same team. Hm.
The bookies think it is now between Debbie and Joe. You can get Alex at a generous 6-1 if her "biggest fan" Ryan fancies a flutter on her.
Oh how marvellous, my bet has been placed. I've had a word with Craig Revel Horwood, he's promised to make sure I get a return on my investment, bless him. Fingers crossed!
Might as well cash in Darling if CRH has promised to dust off the 10.
I don't see that sharing an agent makes too much difference, there are only a certain amount of agencies who look after stars and often these celebs may be under a different agent at the same company.
Most of ITV's top stars are with the James Grant company or whatever it is called these days.