so who is your money on to win Strictly this year?

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Mine was on Zoe Lucker so am now stumped, think maybe Ali and Brian, would love to see cheery Natalie Cassady win it

I think it will be between Jade and Ricky...... and Ricky will win.

agree both are excellent, sportswomen tend not to get to final though, i think the British public doesn't like competitive women (ridiculous)
none of the blokes stand a chance other than Ricky

It'll probably be Ali or Ricky W.

I'd rather have Jade (cos I love Ian so much), Chris and Natalie in the final myself.

Gotta be Ricky W hasn't it?

I think it will be Ricky Whittle tbh.

Ali has also done really well and deserves to be in the final.
Leila can't get much further as Anton just isn't as good with the Latin dances.
Natalie has really suprised me in a good way in terms of attitude.
Ricky Groves is hugely entertaining and again always gives his best. I'd like to see him there for another couple of weeks.

I think that Ali is very good at ballroom but am yet to be convinced by her Latin, in which she generally looks uncomfortable.

Therefore ... IMO it'll be between Ricky Whittle (seems like a really nice bloke and is obviously a natural at dancing) and Jade (who has really grown on me and does really, really well week after week after week in ballroom and Latin but who doesn't appear to get the scored as highly as the others for no apparent reason).

My prediction is that it'll be between those two and I think it might well be down to whoever doesn't make a mistake on the night.

Ricky Whittle

Ali will come third

Natlie might come 2nd

Jade and Ricky Groves in final 2 tonight

It's got to be Ricky Whittle. Surely?
Exceptionally fit.
Brilliant dancer (I think he's often been under-marked because judges don't want it to be a boring one-horse race)
Seems like a nice bloke and is really humble about it all.
Appeals to blokes as well as women.
Will have lots of the Hollyoaks demographic voting for him as well as older women who just fancy him
Also I think his partner has won it several times in Australia which makes me think she's a) a good choreographer and teacher and b) she's pretty driven and determined.