{"id":317882,"date":"2025-12-15T21:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/317882\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:43:14","slug":"george-clarke-to-miss-strictly-final-win-as-fans-say-we-have-our-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/317882\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clarke ‘to miss Strictly final win’ as fans say ‘we have our champion’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A clear favourite has emerged to take the Strictly Come Dancing crown, say bookies and fans.\"GeorgeGeorge Clarke’s status as Strictly favourite has come under threat(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

Three nervous celebrities are going into the Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> final but only one can win – and it’s increasingly clear who that will be. Despite the final being touted as the closest in years, a single star is surging ahead in the battle for the Glitterball trophy that will take place on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Former England footballer Karen Carney<\/a>, 38, has leapt ahead of all the others in the running and has been named as the far-ahead favourite to take the title, with people piling in to back her. It’s something of a last-minute upset since social media star George Clarke<\/a>, 26, has long led the market, but is now drifting away.<\/p>\n

West End star Amber Davies<\/a>, 29, who has been in the dance-off for two weeks running now but managed to survive, is now thought to be the least likely to win the competition with professional partner Nikita Kuzmin<\/a> and is predicted to finish third behind runner-up George and winner Karen.<\/p>\n

\"GeorgeBookies insisted momentum had swung against George Clarke ahead of the final(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

One fan wrote: “The odds are slowly beginning to suggest we do have our winner” but added: “I think it’ll be the closest final we’ve had in years which is always a refreshing change after the past few years!”<\/p>\n

Others said they would be switching their vote from Balvinder to the football star. One wrote: “Karen! I like George but I\u2019ve been less moved by his story and I think the Karen\/Carlos pairing is endlessly fun.” Another agreed: “As a Bal fan, im now gonna be voting for Karen.”<\/p>\n

Lee Phelps for William Hill explained: “Karen Carney has taken firm control of the Strictly betting ahead of the final, and her move into 2\/5 from 6\/5 shows just how strongly punters are backing her to lift the Glitterball. After weeks of favouritism see-sawing between the two, Clarke has now eased out to 15\/8 from 4\/5, indicating that momentum has swung decisively in Carney\u2019s favour at the ideal moment.<\/p>\n

\"KarenKaren Carney and Carlos Gu have now been tipped to win Strictly(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Guy Levy)\"ClaudiaClaudia Winkleman and Tess Daly will announce the winner on Saturday night(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

\u201cAmber Davies\u2019 survival in the dance-off hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed either, with her trimmed into 20\/1, but the market is clearly focused on a straight fight at the top as we head into the final.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others dismissed the predictions, with one fan writing: “Omg why is Karen such a strong favourite to win when George is going to win?” Another pointed to the huge fanbase he has thanked to his vast online following who are ready to vote for him.<\/p>\n

They said: “I hate to get my hopes up, but I saw the strictly results show post of Facebook<\/a>, and majority of the comments were saying their votes go to George and they want him to win. Not only that but he has his fanbase, and has been top of the polls. It\u2019s looking promising.”<\/p>\n

\"BalvinderAmber Davies triumphed in the dance-off for the second week running(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

Another agreed: “What also helps George is the same thing that likely helped Ginge<\/a> win I\u2019m A Celeb – he\u2019s in with some of the biggest stars in the UK YouTube<\/a> scene, so if they post the vote link the same way they did for Ginge I think it\u2019ll be a real uphill battle for Karen or Amber.”<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing’s live final<\/a> is at 7pm on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A clear favourite has emerged to take the Strictly Come Dancing crown, say bookies and fans.George Clarke’s status…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[73402,96,33552,63257,125948,1598,27012,391,56,54,55,125947],"class_list":{"0":"post-317882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-amber-davies","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-george-clarke","11":"tag-karen-carney","12":"tag-lee-phelps","13":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","14":"tag-talent-shows","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom","19":"tag-william-hill-ltd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}