Strictly Come Dancing's Sarah Hadland declared 'winner' by fans after BBC announcement

Strictly Come Dancing fans believe that Sarah Hadland is about to cement herself as a potential winner of this year's competition ahead of this weekend's live show. And it's all down to the 90s classic she and Vito Coppola have for their latest routine.

Right in the middle of the pack in the betting on Strictly winner, when the new series kicked off in the autumn, Miranda star Sarah quickly shot up the odds, as she and Vito delivered top notch performances week after week. In the run up to last Saturday's Blackpool special, Sarah had pulled ahead of Tasha Ghouri to be comfortably second in the rankings, behind long standing frontrunner Chris McCausland.

She certainly did her chances no harm in the Tower Ballroom, when she and Vito earned their highest score so far - 39 out of 40 - for their Couple's Choice to Kylie Minogue hit Padam Padam. Craig Revel-Horwood was loudly booed by the audience inside the famous venue and panned by critics online, or not giving Sarah a 10 because her performance was 'too perfect,' as she and Vito ended up sharing top spot on the leaderboard with Tasha and Aljaz.

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With just seven couples left in the running for the Strictly Glitterball, the competition is getting very tight, with factors like song choices playing a huge part. And the news that Sarah and Vito will be dancing a rumba to Tina Arena's mid-90s smash Chains, has been lapped up by fans, who are predicting great things from it.

Commenting on a Strictly Instagram post containing list of all the songs and dances for this coming weekend, one follower responded: "Sarah and Vito rumba is going to be amazing" as another equally excited viewer reacted: "Rumba to chains - wow" and a third wrote: "Sarah will dance a beautiful Rumba"