BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 9, Christine Holding her Own

Nine weeks have passed on the BBC Strictly Come Dancing series. Although never being amongst the favourites in the betting market or have topped the Judges leaderboard, Christine has continued to dance well and has never appeared in the bottom two. Could she be the dark horse of the contest?

Christine is popular with the voting public and one feels she would only need to improve slightly to be right up there fighting it out.

Her Waltz with Matthew Cutler this week was another sound performance which earned her 34 points. Christine is considered an outsider and is quoted at 12/1 to win the contest.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 8, Cherie Lunghi, Ballroom Queen

On Ballroom Dancing alone, Cherie Lunghi has a great chance of winning this years Strictly Come Dancing. Last week she performed a fantastic Waltz which scored 36 with the Judges.

36 was an impressive score to finish joint top of the leaderboard with Tom Chambers and Lisa Snowdon. After 2 very mediocre weeks, Cherie was back on form delivering the kind of performances we had previously come to expect.

Latin dances are Cherie's Achilles heal. One feels she needs to improve on them. When there are not many competitors left in the competition later on, a bad performance could spell curtains.

Week 8 would have been a big confidence boost for Cherie. It was looking as if things were starting to come apart after such an impressive first half to the contest. It is rumoured that most of the Home vote is going to herself and John Sergeant. Although, maybe not much of a serious debate, Cherie is a lot better.

Lets face it, a Dung Heap is probably better than John Sergeant. Len Goodman would probably score a Dung Heap 4 points just for turning up and that's exactly how he scored John also.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Jodie Waltz to Samba

She is quoted at 9/2 to go out this week, but Jodie Kidd is improving all the time in Strictly Come Dancing and it would not be at all surprising of she avoided elimination.

Her Waltz with Ian Waite this week was Jodie's best performance so far and perhaps deserved to score a little higher than the 31 it received.

Jodie this week has to tackle the Samba which may be a problem. It appears her height makes her better suited to the slower Ballroom dances. This series, the Latin styled dances have generally scored lower with the four Judges.

If the public get strongly behind Mr John Sergeant again, the bottom two dance off may be unavoidable.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 7, Every one to perform a different Dance

Week 7 of Strictly Come Dancing is a bit of a mixed affair. Why mixed? Well, it should still be great fun to watch, but each celebrity is going to be performing a different dance.

How judges, Craig, Arlene, Len and Bruno are going to be able to score and compare everyone together is going to be a bit random. It's a bit like trying to decide if a Cartwheel is better than a Forward Roll or a Ham Sandwich better than a Cheese Sandwich. I would personally go for Ham, but as you can possibly see, the playing field this week could be a little uneven.

10 different dances to view this week. Here is how the battlefield lies,

Rachel Stevens & Vincent - Jive
Andrew Castle & Ola - Samba
Tom Chambers & Camilla - Paso Doble
Christine Bleakley & Matt - Amercian Smooth
Cherie Lunghi & James - Salsa
John Sergeant & Kristina - Foxtrot
Heather Small & Brian - Cha Cha Cha
Austin Healey & Erin - Quickstep
Jodie Kidd & Ian - Waltz
Lisa Snowdon & Brendan - Tango

Tom Chambers has looked good in practice all week and has a great chance to top the leaderboard with his Paso Doble. The Jive of Rachel Stevens should also be worth watching as it could be her best so far.

One feels that Andrew Castle is going to have to come up with something pretty special this week to avoid being in the bottom two and then voted out.

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BBC Strictly - Come on John Sergeant !!!

Ever since the Celebrity lineup was announced for this season's Strictly Come Dancing, John Sergeant has been one of the rank outsiders. He first opened up at 80-1 with the Bookies, then after a competent performance in week 1 moved in to 50-1, but this week has since drifted out to 66-1 despite escaping the bottom two in the opener.

His performance shown above, courtesy of the BBC and YouTube with new dance partner, Kristina Rhianoff, was a good first week opener where the older celebrities have a history of going out early.

It looks as if John's odds will continue to fluctuate between 50-1 and about 80-1, but I'm hoping he goes a lot further than expected. He will be good at the slow waltzes and other classic ballroom dances, but anything a bit quicker could be a problem. The public always vote well for amusing performances or spirited efforts despite the odds and difficulties so this could well play into his favour. Get voting for John !!! :)

Gillian Taylfoth is still favourite to go out first in the women's section on Monday. She is reportedly carrying an injury. Will this win her a few extra votes... most probably.

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