BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008, Week 8/9, Is Lisa Waltzing to Victory?

Are Lisa Snowdon and professional dance partner Waltzing to victory? Well... they very well might be!

After a fairly modest start to Strictly Come Dancing, Lisa Snowdon has shown she is more than capable of Winning the Title. Not for the first time this series, Lisa finished again top of the table after the Judges votes and has to be considered a serious contender.

This beautiful Viennese Waltz scored a high total of 36 points to land joint-top with Tom Chambers and Cherie Lunghi.

The four judges all gave glowing praise.

Head Judge, Len Goodman said, "...from week one you are the most improved dancer of this series."

This week Lisa Snowdon has to successfully navigate the Samba. This dance has caused a number of the celebrity dancers a few problems. It saw the demise of Andrew Castle and was Jodie Kidd's lowest scoring dance so far. But... if anyone can do it, Lisa can!

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 7 - No set dances ?

What are the set dances going to be on Week's 7 Strictly Come Dancing?

Well... that is a very good question. Usually there are two dances with each couple performing either one, depending on what they have danced previous or how it has been drawn.

What is known so far is Lisa Snowdon and Brendan will be dancing the Tango, Tom Chambers the Paso Doble and Christine Bleakley, the American Smooth.

Although it may be more entertaining to watch, I'm not sure I'm in favour of everybody performing a different dance. For one, how are you supposed to judge them all against each other? How can I tell if Lisa's Tango is better than Christine's American Smooth? If Tom's Paso Doble is better than Cherie's Moonwalk? If Castle's Cha Cha Cha is better than John Sergeant's headspin?

If it were Spring-Board Diving, the points would be multiplied by the element of difficulty of the dive. This system doesn't work on Strictly and the Judges just mark from 1 to 10, or in Len Goodman's case, 5 to 10.

The final result could be a bit random this week which must be good news for Andrew Castle, random is what he needs to stay in.

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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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