Strictly Come Dancing star JB Gill has received some devastating news just days before the show’s final. Since signing up for the show, the JLS star has impressed judges with his talent on the dancefloor and recently finished the semi-final at the top of the leaderboard with a score of 79 after securing 39 with his paso doble and a perfect 40 with his salsa.
But despite his top marks from the judges, bookies have now cut his odds of winning and the Beat Again singer has been surpassed by comedian Chris McCausland in this year’s battle for the Glitterball Trophy.
Chris, who is partnered with Dianne Buswell on the show, has been given the favourable odds of 1/10, according to the bookmakers at Oddschecker. In comparison, JB has the odds of 16/1, putting him in the running for second place, while Sarah Hadland and Tasha Ghouri are tied on 33/1 each.
While the final four will be taking to the iconic dancefloor for one last time on Saturday, 14 December in a bid to see who will be crowned winner, last week’s semi-finals marked the end of road for one contestant. After facing the dance-off, TOWIE star Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal were dumped from the competition after the judges chose to save Love Island’s Tasha.
“It’s been wild. I’ve been quite honest about the fact that I didn’t necessarily want to do this in the first place, but everyone else wanted me to do it, and I am so, so glad that I did it,” Pete told host Tess Daly following his elimination.
“You don’t always have to be the best, but if you enjoy something then why shouldn’t you have a go at it? I’ve tried my best from day one, I said I was in for a penny, in for a pound and I’ve done it – it’s been beautiful.”
And gushing over his dance partner Jowita, he added: “There’s a lot of things I’m going to take away from this, but one of the most special things is you, and I mean that, because you’re one of the most incredible people – not just as a dancer – but as a person.
“You’ve been a ray of sunshine for me. You’ve helped me through things in the past three months that I didn’t think I could do and you made me believe in myself and that means more to me than anything.”
