Strictly Come Dancing couple tipped to face early exit and most likely winner predicted
Strictly Come Dancing's first live show aired last night and this year's winner is already being predicted. EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has been tipped for the final, while Nick Knowles and Toyah Willcox could be first stars to face the dance off this series.
Strictly Come Dancing’s 2024 winner is most likely to be EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick, new research has revealed. It analysed various characteristics of past winners, such as their career, gender, star sign, the nationality of their professional dance partner and age - with the latter of these being the most important factor that influences their final score.
FruitySlots.com devised a supercomputer based on previous champions, to see which attributes are the most recurrent among winners. The supercomputer looks at the average age of past winners, which is 31.7 years old, and compares how close each contestant's age is to that, therefore contestants who are closer to the average winning age are given a higher chance of winning.
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It then generates a "strength" score for each contestant, with the score converted into a percentage, which represents their predicted chance of winning the competition. Jamie ends up with the highest percentage at 15.8%, and could end up in close contention with reality icon Pete Wicks, who’s tipped to land in second place at 11.4%.
But it’s not good news for actress and singer Toyah Willcox - as well as dancing partner Neil Jones - as the supercomputer has predicted she’ll be the first to leave the competition after this weekend’s dance off, as her win probability is a meagre 1.5%.
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Nick Knowles and Wynne Evans are also not predicted to go very far, with 3.1% and 4.4%, respectively. In spite of being a trained dancer, Love Island ’s Tasha Ghouri doesn’t look to be making the distance either, as she’s projected just a 7.4% chance of winning.
A spokesperson for FruitySlots.com says: "Strictly Come Dancing has returned to screens again with another cohort of stars selected from the worlds music, television and sport - but just one of them will be lifting the Glitterball trophy in the final.
"Based off of the results of the Strictly supercomputer, it appears EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick has the strongest chance of triumphing over his competitors, followed by TOWIE's Pete Wicks.
"Not everyone can be a winner - or even get close to it - and the data shows it could be early exits for Toyah Willcox, Nick Knowles and Wynne Evans, but only time will tell."