According to the bookies, Paul is the favourite to be eliminated first this weekend. Bookmakers Ladbrokes have announced that he has odds of 9-4 to go. Montell Douglas, JB Gill, Shayne Ward and Sam Quek are seemingly the safest names in the competition, with £0 being placed on any of them getting eliminated this weekend

We’re back for the first live show of Strictly’s 20th-anniversary year. No audience votes tonight but there’s no easing in for the couples who will get their first scores from the judges. We’ll see Paul Merson dance an American smooth to Fat Les’s football hit Vindaloo,

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Janette Manrara was almost unrecognisable as she was seen sporting a new look ahead of her TV return - but all wasn't as it seemed. The dancer and presenter will soon be back fronting Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two.

JLS member JB Gill has made a confident statement about the so-called Strictly curse as he heads into the ballroom for this year's season of Strictly Come Dancing

But according to new betting odds from Betfair Bingo, the soap star and 29-year-old Michelle may not be as successful. As per GB News, the site has ranked the popularity of this year’s competing professionals to gauge their appeal with viewers.

Strictly Come Dancing couple reprimanded by concerned BBC ahead of live show - Strictly bosses have shared strict rules with new cast amid ongoing bullying allegations

Strictly Come Dancing’s JB Gill’s home was broken into by robbers who brandished a knife at his wife Chloe and sprayed him in the face before fleeing with valuable items