BBC Strictly - Week 5 - Heather verses Don

The sixth series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, Week 5, saw Don Warrington be voted out of the competition after finding himself for the second time in the dance-off. Here's how the Judges saw it,

Heather Small survives her second dance off in as many weeks. Arguably neither of the two should have been in the bottom two, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Mark Foster and Andrew Foster perhaps should have been competing instead, but it goes to show, they both must have some support with the viewers. Heather could well be in the bottom two next week also.

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BBC Strictly - Week 5 - Don Warrington Eliminated

Bit of a shocker this time. Don Warrington becomes the fifth celebrity to be voted out of this years Strictly Come Dancing Competition.

After the Judges scores, he was ahead of Heather Small, Andrew Castle, Mark Foster, and John Sergeant, so perhaps was a bit unlucky to find himself in the bottom two dance-off again. He scored a quite respectable 25 points.

In fact, all bottom three scorers with the Judges escaped having to dance again to leave Don Warrington Battling Heather Small for survival. Heather won, but there was not a great deal in it.

Heather has now survived two dance offs, and I suspect there are a few more to come.

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BBC Strictly - Week 5 - Who will be Eliminated ?

Exterminate! Exterminate!

Ok, it isn't quite as bad a dalek execution. Maybe. Now we have got the preliminary weeks out of the way and the men and women finally merge into one single competition, just who will be knocked out next?

If they are anything to go by, here is how the betting market sees it,

Jodie Kidd 3/1
Don Warrington 3/1
Mark Foster 7/2
Heather Small 5/1
Andrew Castle 6/1
John Sergeant 7/1
Lisa Snowdon 20/1
Christine Bleakley 25/1
Cherie Lunghi 50/1
Tom Chambers 66/1
Rachel Stevens 100/1
Austin Healey 100/1

The BBC's Strictly Come Dancing is now into Week 5 of its sixth series. The Market seems to think the bottom two for the dance off this week will be Jodie Kidd and Don Warrington. Hmmmm... I'm not too sure about that.

Don is a bit of unknown quantity. He has two dances behind him, one good, the other poor. If he performs to the standard he did in the Tango, he should escape the dance off quite easily. Ever popular John Sergeant should go through again which leaves Mark Foster, Heather Small and Andrew Castle slightly vulnerable if Don also does well.

Favourite to go out is Jodie Kidd. Tall and stunning on the dance floor, I'm hoping she stays in a little longer as I believe she is capable of a great dance if she remains in the competition long enough.

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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 3: Warrington Man of the Match

Wow! What more can be said?

Strong favourite to go out last week and written off by just about everyone as a 100-1 rank outsider, Don Warrington certainly struck back.

His performance of the Tango with professional dance partner, Lilia Kopylova was a massive improvement over his attempt in week 1. Acting ability certainly shone through as Don delivered an accomplished Tango with both passion and anger. The scores from the impressed Judges totalled 30 points which saw him placed conditionally third.

When the viewers votes were added, Warrington deservedly escaped the bottom two dance-off which later led to the demise of Gary Rhodes. If Don sustains this level of consistent improvement he will stay in the contest a few weeks to come. One suspects that he will be good at the Ballroom dances, but struggle slightly with the quicker dance routines.

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BBC Strictly - Week 3: The Men, Jive & Tango

The scores of the Judges, Craig, Arlene, Len and Bruno are in and here is the leader board before the unpredictable viewers vote.

Austin Healey & Erin 34
Tom Chambers & Camilla 33
Don Warrington & Lilia 30
Mark Foster & Hayley 24
John Sergeant & Kristina 22
Andrew Castle & Ola 22
Gary Rhodes & Karen 18

The dances performed this week were the energetic Jive and the passionate Tango. Austin Healey and Tom Chambers were again out front with impressive displays, but man of the match without a shadow of a doubt, has to be Don Warrington. He was 100/1 to win the competition and a strong 7/4 Favourite to go out this week, but danced a fantastic Tango to give himself a great score of 30. Don should be safe from the bottom two with that.

Gary Rhodes danced a rather weak Jive which Judge Bruno commented had, "More holes than the surface of the moon.". However, Rhodes was previously saved by the viewers from the dance-off in Week 1 and it could well happen again. It could well end up as Castle verses Foster who both looked particularly awkward during their Tango performances.

All will be revealed this Sunday evening.

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BBC Strictly - Week 3 - Who is going out next?

It's week 3 in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing Competition. But of course, you already knew this!

This time the men perform for the second time to try and remain in the contest. Here's how the Betting market currently assesses their chances to go out.

Don Warrington 7/4
Gary Rhodes 2/1
John Sergeant 3/1
Mark Foster 5/1
Andrew Castle 10/1
Tom Chambers 50/1
Austin Healey 66/1

Favourite to go out is Don Warrington. He was in the dance-off in Week 1, but saw off actor Phil Daniels to remain. Gary Rhodes is a very close second favourite, but as was seen before, he is likely to get a lot of public support. John Sergeant is also popular, so it possibly could be Warrington in the bottom two along with Mark Foster or Andrew Castle.

Something pretty catastrophic would have to happen for Tom Chambers or Austin Healey to go out. They would possibly have to rant at the judges for 5 minutes, do not dancing what-so-ever and then set fire to the studio. Even then, the public vote would probably save them.

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BBC Strictly - Week 3: Changing Odds

Some minor moves this week in the Strictly Come Dancing betting market.

Joint Favourites to win now are Austin Healey and Tom Chambers at 3-1. Some money has been going on Chambers to win to edge him into joint favoritism. Rachel Stevens holds steady at 7-2.

Not much movement has happened during the week. Celebrity Chef, Gary Rhodes, goes out to a more realistic 66-1 as does John Sergeant. It is predicted that either one of those two will end up in the bottom two dance-off along with Don Warrington.

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BBC Strictly - Phil vs Don

Following on from my latest Strictly Blog, here is a recording of how the final vote panned out.

Phil Daniels was perhaps a little unlucky, but that's the nature of the competition. There wasn't much to choose between Don and Phil in the end and really, Gary Rhodes should have been in the bottom two instead of Phil. That's just my opinion of course, and the voting public strongly disagrees!

This Saturday see the female celebrities strut their stuff for the first time.

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