BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 11, The Judges Scores

Week 11 in Strictly Come Dancing, the celebrities had to perform two dances. One Ballroom, one Latin. The Ballroom dances have tended to score slightly higher this series, but with everybody having to perform both, there were no advantage to be had.

There were a lot of perfect 10 scores bring waved around this week, but here is the Leaderboard before the crutial Public vote is added.

Lisa Snowdon & Brendan 76
Austen Healey & Erin 74
Rachel Stevens & Vincent 71
Tom Chambers & Camilla 70
Christine Bleakley & Matt 58

Lisa Snowdon was odds-on to go out before Saturday's performances. It's extremely hard to see this happening now. She tops the leaderboard on 76 after performing two superb dances.

If the voting public get behind Christine Bleakley again, which is very possible, we could lose one of the big favourites! Tom Chambers looks very vulnerable to finishing in the dance off. If Christine escapes, then Rachel could be dragged into the bottom two with him. This would be amazing after Rachel's maximum 40 score of last week.

Stay tuned this Sunday night, because there may be some carnage!

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Who is going in Week 11?

Week 11 in Strictly Come Dancing and there are just 5 people left who can win. All 5 definitely have a chance in the closest series the show has ever had.

Here is how the market values the chances of each celebrities chances of being eliminated.

Lisa Snowdon 11/10
Christine Bleakley 2/1
Rachel Stevens 4/1
Tom Chambers 12/1
Austin Healey 12/1

Lisa Snowdon is the favourite to go. I would not be confident putting any money on this, Lisa has topped the leaderboard in this contest on two separate occasions. Christine has very strong public support and Rachel Stevens has only dropped a single point in two weeks.

So who is going to go then?

I haven't the faintest idea! Have you?

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 10, The Judges Scores

It just isn't the same without John Sergeant in Strictly Come Dancing. Gone is the clever humour and comedy, but now we have a rather interesting little dance competition. Strictly Come Dancing is now much a different animal.

Here are the marks after the Judges Saturday scores.

Rachel Stevens & Vincent 40 !!!!!!!!!!
Tom Chambers & Camilla 36
Austin Healey & Erin 35
Lisa Snowdon & Bendan 35
Jodie Kidd & Ian 30
Christine Bleakley & Matt 27

Rachel Stevens continues her sudden increase of form with a perfect 40.

In my opinion any one of four couple can win it this year, but it will be very interesting to see this week where the public vote goes. Before John Sergeant got oractically all of it, and who know now where those votors will go. They could very well decide to save Christine and leave Jodie Kidd and Lisa Snowdon in the bottom two dance off.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 10, Austin Healey still the Favourite

Austin Healey was back on form with a fantastic Tango in Week 9 of Strictly Come Dancing. Great music, Great choreography and a Great performance sees Austin maintain his place as the Favourite going into week 10.

The ever excitable Bruno Tonioli said of the dance, "You went for that Tango like a rampaging beast!". I think that meant he liked it.

This dance was Austin's best so far and scored an impressive 38 points. This was somehow beaten by a 39 from the new and improved Rachel Stevens.

With the shock exit of Cherie Lunghi, Strictly looks set to eventually become a three-way battle between Austin Healey, Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens. There are some that would add John Sergeant to this trio. Good God!

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 9 - The Judges Scores !

It's week 9 and the dancers of Strictly Come Dancing are really looking good now. Well... all of them apart from one. But that one was so entertaining then I will let him off this week. Here are the Judges scores!

Rachel Stevens & Vincent - 39
Austin Healey & Erin - 38
Tom Chambers & Camilla - 35
Christine Bleakley & Matt - 34
Jodie Kidd & Ian - 33
Cherie Lunghi & James - 32
Lisa Snowdon & Brendan - 30
John Sergeant & Kristina - 25

After drifting in the market week after week, suddenly a bomb goes off and Rachel Stevens delivers the performance we all she was capable of. Last week she performed will with 35 points, but this week was something else entirely with a huge 39 to top the leaderboard. Wow! She is safe from the bottom two this week... unless some one changes the rules.

Austin was back in gear, scoring 38 and everybody did particularly well. If the Public save John Sergeant again, the bottom two are going to be fairly unpredictable.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 9, Tonights Dances

Heather Small was eliminated last week and Rachel Stevens surprisingly found herself in the bottom two. In Strictly Come Dancing this year, seemingly anything can happen. Three couples shared first place on the leaderboard and John Sergeant went through without a scrape.

What dance is everyone performing this week for round 9? Here is the list.

Austin Healey & Erin - Tango
Tom Chambers & Camilla - Salsa
Cherrie Lunghi & James - Cha Cha Cha
Rachel Stevens & Vincent - Rumba
Lisa Snowdon & Brendan - Samba
Christine Bleakley & Matt - Waltz
Jodie Kidd & Ian - Quickstep
John Sergeant & Kristina - American Smooth

With a solid definite styled dance like the Tango, Austin Healey has a great chance of bouncing back from last weeks troubles to top the Leaderboard.

The most talked about dance with the British public is most likely to be John Sergeant's American Smooth. This really is car crash television and its obviously what the people at home want. All we need now is Harry Hill to do the commentary.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 8/9, Could Tom Chambers snatch it?

Tom Chambers may be behind favourite Austin Healey to Win 2008's Strictly Come Dancing, but he is definitely the more consistent of the two. Austin has had the odd bad week, but Tom is yet to put a dancing foot wrong.

His Quickstep this week was fantastic. An inventive and impressive start, the dance held energy and excitement right until the final beat.

Tom Chambers's performance here score 36 points to claim joint top of the leaderboard with the comeback queen, Cherie Lunghi and, the vastly improving, Lisa Snowden. All three of these could threaten Healey's chances of victory.

The Bookmakers all have Austin Healey as the strong favourite to win, but I think Tom Chambers could just beat him by a short head at the line. It maybe a photo-finish with both Cherie Lunghi and Lisa Snowden also in the picture.

This promises to be one of the closest finishes ever... unless John Sergeant makes it to the final of course, then it won't be worth watching. Hopefully his run soon ends and Strictly Come Dancing turns into a proper dance competition again as it was originally intended.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 8, Money for Austin Healey

Money continues to pour in for Austin Healey to win Strictly Come Dancing 2008. His odds of victory have now shortened to 11/10. If it continues in this manner, he could soon be odds on!

His Quickstep with Erin Boag last week topped the Leaderboard with 36 points.

Rachel Stevens is gradually losing favour and her odds have now edged out to 6/1. At this moment in time, she is not fancied to win.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 8 - Lastest Odds to win

Wow! Austin Healey is such a strong favourite now he is almost unbackable. 6/5 is an extremely short price and the Bookmakers obviously fear that there is nobody who can beat him. Hmmmm, I'm not so sure it's as clear-cut as they think. Anything can happen in a single dance. Here are the latest market odds.

Austin Healey 6/5
Tom Chambers 3/1
Rachel Stevens 5/1
Cherie Lunghi 5/1
Lisa Snowdon 10/1
Christine Bleakley 16/1
Jodie Kidd 25/1
John Sergeant 66/1
Heather Small 66/1

A good outside bet would probably be to cover both Cherie Lunghi and Lisa Snowdon at 5/1 and 10/1 respectively.

Cherie has had two bad weeks with dances that haven't suited her, but now these obstacles are history and she will be back to full power. If she nails a dance, Cherie scores big, making her very tough to beat. 5/1 seems value.

Lisa Snowdon is not without a chance and at 10/1 looks attractive.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Austin Healey, the one to beat

Austin Healey certainly looks the one they have to catch this year. After a dip in performance last week, week 6 saw him bounce back with the Viennese Waltz performed with professional dance partner, Erin Boag.

A great dance which saw Austin top the leaderboard with 34 points, 2 points clear of nearest rivals Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens.

In was never in doubt that he would qualify into Week 7 and frankly, it will be a major shock if he does not reach the final. Although, in this competition, you can ill afford to be complacent.

The big four strongest supported in the market are, Austin Healey, Tom Chambers, Cherie Lunghi and Rachel Stevens. I wouldn't completely rule out Lisa Snowdon either as she continues to improve.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 7 - Currents odds to Win !!!

With the elimination of Mark Foster last week, we gracefully move into week 7 of the Strictly Come Dancing contest. Things are gently starting to rise in temperature as the contest now lightly simmers. As each person is voted off, the more costly any errors become for the following weeks survival... unless your name is John Sergeant of course.

Here is how the market currently fairs each remaining celebrities chances of winning the competition.

Austin Healey 7/4
Tom Chambers 3/1
Cherie Lunghi 7/2
Rachel Stevens 9/2
Lisa Snowdon 12/1
Christine Bleakley 16/1
Jodie Kidd 33/1
John Sergeant 66/1
Heather Small 100/1
Andrew Castle 100/1

Very little change at the top. Austin Healey remains 7/4 favourite to win and Cherie Lunghi, for the first time, becomes the most likely woman. Rachel Stevens odds go out a point to 9/2, but one guesses we are yet to see the best from her.

Heather Small escaped the bottom-two dance off this week, but that doesn't stop her dropping to become the 100/1 outsider, a position she shares with Andrew Castle.

The bottom two this week is likely to be any combination of Kidd, Small or Castle.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 6, Scores after the Judges vote

Week 6 tonight of BBC Strictly come dancing saw the celebrities dance either the Paso Doble or the Viennese Waltz.

Here are the scores from Len Goodman and his band of Judges.

Austin Healey & Erin 34
Tom Chambers & Camilla 32
Rachel Stevens & Vincent 32
Cherie Lunghi & James 31
Lisa Snowdon & Brendon 29
Heather Small & Brian 27
Jodie Kidd & Ian 26
Andrew Castle & Ola 24
Christina Bleakley & Matthew 22
John Sergeant & Kristina 21
Mark Foster & Hayley 16

Austin was back on top after a bit of a dip last week confirming his favouritism. Rachel Stevens also bounced back to score 32 which Tom Chambers equalled despite a week which saw him get married, have a honeymoon and only put in 9 and half hours practice!

Last week, Heather Small ended up in the bottom two dance off despite finishing mid-way in the table at this stage. The same thing could happen again as people at home vote in their droves for John Sergeant and Christina Bleakley.

Be sure to watch this Sunday when the 6th Eliminee from Strictly Come Dancing 2008 will be revealed.

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BBC Strictly - Week 5 - Lisa Snowdon Top of the Shop

Last Saturday Night, Lisa Snowdon made yet another massive improvement to top the leaderboard after the Judges scores with a whopping 35 points. You could tell that Professional dance partner, Brendan Cole, was extremely pleased. This year, you can now sense, he has an outside chance of winning it which is not looking so far outside as each week goes by.

Courtesy of the BBC Strictly Come Dancing programme and YouTube here is Lisa Snowdon and Brendan Cole's well performed American Smooth.

She shared the top spot with actor Tom Chambers. Lisa Snowdon has emerged from nowhere and is definitely the one to watch as she threatens the established favourites, Austin Healey, Tom Chambers, Rachel Stevens and Cherie Lunghi.

Lisa Snowdon is quoted at 10-1 to win this year.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 6, Latest Odds to Win

Week 6 into the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing Competition, here are the latest odds on each celebrity to be declared the winner!

Austin Healey 7/4
Tom Chambers 7/2
Rachel Stevens 4/1
Cherie Lunghi 4/1
Lisa Snowdon 10/1
Christine Bleakley 10/1
Jodie Kidd 25/1
Mark Foster 33/1
John Sergeant 50/1
Heather Small 66/1
Andrew Castle 66/1

In terms of movement, the market seems quite stubborn this week. Austin Healey failed for the first time to top the leaderboard, but despite this strengthens from 2-1 into 7/4. The Bookies can't seem to shake of the thought that Austin will win.

Cherie Lunghi is finally adjusted to her proper odds, level with Rachel Stevens at 4-1. Rachel so far, has looked good without being spectacular and hopefully there is more to come.

Lisa Snowdon looks value at 10-1. After topping the leaderboard this week, she is definitely the dark horse.

Predictably chasing the pack are Andrew Castle, Heather Small, John Sergeant and Mark Foster. Ignoring John Sergeant as he is immune to the bottom two, such is his public support, the dance-offs in the next few weeks should be combinations of Castle, Small and Foster. After this time, the contest is going to get really tight indeed.

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BBC Strictly - Week 4 - Lisa Snowdon & Brendon making headway

Week 4 of BBC Strictly Come Dancing saw Lisa Snowdon and professional dance partner Brendon Cole make some serious headway. After a mediocre opening week, their Rumba scored an impressive 32 with the Judges to put them into provisional third place.

On Saturday, the pair perform the American Smooth. With the increased momentum fueled by week 4's great performance, it would be interesting to see the couple improve again to threaten the established leaders. This promises to be the closest competition of all six series so far and Lisa could well be the dark horse.

Courtesy of the BBC and YouTube here is their Rumba from Week 4 which has really given them a solid platform to work off.

Remember to watch Strictly Come Dancing this Saturday night. Will Cherie Lunghi top the leaderboard again? Will Tom Chambers finish ahead of Austin Healey? Will Rachel Stevens blast everybody away? Will John Sergeant get a perfect 40 from the Judges and be signed up for an 8 season run on a sell-out Broadway musical?

All is waiting to be revealed!

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BBC Strictly - Week 5 - Latest Odds to Win !

After the culmination of Week 4, here are how the odds have changed to win BBC Strictly Come Dancing.

Austin Healey 2/1
Tom Chambers 7/2
Rachel Stevens 7/2
Cherie Lunghi 9/2
Christine Bleakley 10/1
Lisa Snowdon 12/1
Heather Small 33/1
Mark Foster 50/1
John Sergeant 50/1
Don Warrington 50/1
Andrew Castle 50/1
Jodie Kidd 66/1

Austin remains strong at 2-1 with Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens unchanged.

The significant market movers are Cherie Lunghi into 9/2 after two great performances, Heather small dropping to 33/1 after finishing in last weeks dance off and Jodie Kidd dropping to become the new outsider at 66/1.

Should be close this week with Mark Foster, John Sergeant, Don Warrington and Andrew Castle all sharing odds at 50/1.

Week 5 sees the women and men compete together for the same time.

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BBC Strictly - Week 4 - Austin the strong Favourite

Austin Healey is now a very strong favourite to win 2008's Strictly Come Dancing competition. His odds have shortened to a staggering 2-1 after his performance in week 3 shown below courtesy of the BBC and Youtube.

Can anyone stop him?

The voting public do tend to favour the underdog, but with Austin's ability combined with his overal popularity, beating Mr Healey will be incredibly difficult. Sports people in the competition also have a history of getting a lot better as the weeks go on. This is probably down to them generally being great technicians with above average learning speeds.

Actor, Tom Chambers is probably the closest challenge with singer, Rachel Stevens not far behind. If anyone but these three win the competition it will be a major miracle. Come on John Sergeant !

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BBC Strictly - Week 3: Latest Odds

So now we are into week 3 of the Strictly Come Dancing Competition. Here are the latest odds to win after everybody has danced their first performance.

Austin Healey 3/1
Tom Chambers 7/2
Rachel Stevens 7/2
Cherie Lunghi 6/1
Christine Bleakley 8/1
Lisa Snowdon 12/1
Mark Foster 16/1
Heather Small 16/1
Andrew Castle 16/1
Jodie Kidd 25/1
Jessie Wallace 40/1
John Sergeant 50/1
Gary Rhodes 50/1
Don Warrington 100/1

Big movers in the market are Cherie Lunghi and Christine Bleakley both receiving positive support and are now placed 4th and 5th in the market respectively.

Jessie Wallace drops slightly to 40-1 from 25-1 and Gary Rhodes edges outwards very marginally. John Sergeant continues to flip-flop between 50 and 80-1. I would be very surprised if he gets knocked out this week though.

The top three in the market remain solid and quite frankly, the Bookies do not want to know anyone else. According to them, Austin Healey, Tom Chambers or Rachel Stevens will win. I hope they're wrong, there's nothing like a good upset for a bit of drama.

Week 3 sees just the men perform.

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