X Factor 2008 - Week 5, The Next Elimination

God was on Daniel Evans side last week. He somehow managed to survive Disco week despite facing the wrath of the Judges. He was odds on to go out, but escaped the bottom two singoff completely. Louis face when it was announced, in no particular order, that Evans was through, was an absolute picture.

It is Mariah Carey Song week this time. Here are the odds on the next elimination,

Daniel Evans 4/7
Rachel Hylton 7/2
Ruth Lorenzo 6/1
J L S 10/1
Eoghan Quigg 14/1
Alexandra Burke 50/1
Laura White 66/1
Diana Vickers 66/1

Daniel is an even stronger favourite to be voted out this time at 4/7. If he gets another roasting from the Judges however, the public may get behind him and vote again. In recent years this seems to be the general pattern, most famously evident with the Scottish duo, The McDonald Brothers, a few years back.

I would be surprised if Daniel is not in the bottom two though... but yes, I thought that last week also!

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BBC Strictly - John Sergeant Survives

Question: What is John Sergeant still doing left in Strictly Come Dancing Series 6?

Answer: He is the most popular one in it!

It has to be said, John Sergeant's performance this week was awful. But, it was pretty entertaining. The most entertaining of the Evening in fact. If John ever finds himself in the bottom two dance-off at the mercy of the Judges, then it will be curtains. Remember, Papa Loves Mambo.

Papa may not be so keen on Mambo now, we will have to go check with him... once we talk him down off the roof.

It looks very likely that John will reach the last 5, he's just too darn popular.

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BBC Strictly - Week 5 - Scores after the Judges Vote

The BBC's Strictly Come Dancing competition completes its fifth week. Here are the provisional scores as the men and women compete for the first time in the same competition for survival.

Lisa Snowdon & Brendon 35
Tom Chambers & Camilla 35
Cherie Lunghi & James 34
Austin Healey & Erin 32
Rachel Stevens & Vincent 30
Jodie Kidd & Ian 30
Christina Bleakley & Matthew 30
Don Warrington & Lelia 25
Heather Small & Brian 23
Mark Foster & Hayley 17
Andrew Castle & Ola 17
John Sergeant & Kristina 16

As I expected, Lisa Snowdon improved yet again. This time she finished with an impressive 35 points and shared top place in the table with Tom Chambers. Rachel Stevens was a bit down on other weeks and shares 30 points with both Jodie and Christina from The One Show. All should be safe come Sunday.

Despite by far being the most entertaining, John Sergeant, finishes last for the first time. Quite cheekily afterwards, he quipped, the Public would keep him in, they know what they have to do. Head Judge, Len Goodman, said if he was a member of the public, John would get his vote. That is good enough for me.

The voting fan bases of both Mark Foster and Andrew Castle are probably not that great, so it looks as if they will find themselves in the dance-off when the Viewers vote is added.

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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 - 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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