BBC Strictly star becomes 'underdog' ahead of Blackpool after huge switch-up

JLS vocalist JB Gill has been tipped to people precocious connected tonight's Strictly Come Dancing astatine the iconic Blackpool Tower aft warring for endurance successful the creation disconnected a fewer weeks ago

JLS prima JB Gill has been tipped to beryllium the 2nd favourite to people 40 points successful tonight's Strictly Come Dancing astatine Blackpool Tower.

According to Gambling.com's TV adept James Leyfield, speech from erstwhile Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri, JB, 37 is successful enactment to triumph implicit the judges aft landing successful the bottommost 2 a fewer weeks ago. Behind him is Miranda prima Sarah Hadland, with likelihood 2/1, intimately followed by Montell Douglas and EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick, with likelihood of 4/1.

When the bid archetypal started, the erstwhile X Factor prima who won implicit Simon Cowell and the different amusement judges successful 2008, became 1 of the favourites to triumph the show. But helium was soon knocked down to the bottommost 2 alongside his nonrecreational creation spouse Amy Dowden. At the time, fans took to societal media to explicit their shock.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "JB and AMY?!?! In the bottommost two? What’s going on?" Another spectator said connected X: "JB AND AMY! WHAT? Wow, shocked astatine that. I thought helium was large past night." Meanwhile a 3rd idiosyncratic added: "Nikita’s absorption was truthful me, what bash you mean Amy and JB are successful the creation off?!"

At the time, Paul Merson who was eliminated from the amusement said connected his exit: "It’s been truly good. For anybody I speech to, I would accidental you’ve got to spell connected this show. It’s amazing. There’s a Tottenham instrumentality implicit determination called Lincoln and adjacent he’s nice! It’s been astonishing – honestly amazing. I loved each infinitesimal of it."

Speaking of his creation partner, helium added: "She’s been astonishing and I couldn’t privation for a amended coach. I’ve loved each infinitesimal of it. I tin creation now. I’ve won due to the fact that I tin creation – I couldn’t creation earlier and I tin fractional creation now. It’s a bonus."

JB has been partnered with pro prima Lauren Oakley aft Amy was forced to propulsion retired of the BBC amusement owed to an injury. But contempt being "gutted" astir missing retired connected performing astatine Blackpool, she explained portion connected Lorraine that JB is inactive connected way to marque it to the final.

Speaking to Christine Lampard connected the ITV greeting show, Amy said: "It's the goal, everybody wants to marque it to Blackpool and there's thing truthful peculiar astir being there. I retrieve walking successful erstwhile I was 8 years aged and conscionable being like, wow. That's erstwhile I turned to my mum and said, 'Mam, I privation to beryllium a nonrecreational dancer'."

She added: "I was fortunate capable to beryllium crowned British champion determination successful 2016 and past I danced with Karim (Zeroual, her 2019 partner) there, we got astir a cleanable people - 39 retired of 40. I'm conscionable truthful gutted I won't beryllium dancing determination this weekend."

She past went connected to say: "It's decidedly not the mode I wanted it, but I'm truthful arrogant of JB, Lauren's (Oakley) doing a large occupation and evidently I planned the bid to person his champion numbers towards the extremity to get him to the last due to the fact that he's truthful talented. I've seen the Quickstep and everybody's successful for a dainty and there's much tens coming."

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