Strictly Come Dancing star Balvinder Sopal is the bookmakers’ favourite to be eliminated from the competition this weekend
Abbie Bray Deputy Editor for Screen Time
09:39, 31 Oct 2025
Strictly Come Dancing is back this weekend with another celebrity on the brink of elimination – and it’s not looking good for Balvinder Sopal.
The EastEnders actress, who has previously found herself in the bottom two, is the bookies’ favourite to be sent packing on Sunday night, Betway exclusively revealed to Reach PLC.
The soap star has been given odds of 4/5 to get the boot, meaning she’ll miss out on the final and the chance to lift the Glitterball Trophy. La Voix is hot on her heels with odds of 100/30.
Meanwhile, Ellie Goldstein and Harry Aikenes-Aryeetey are also at risk, both given odds of 7/1 to exit.
The bookmakers have also shared their predictions for who might take home the Glitterball Trophy and who could just fall short, according to the Express.
Balvinder has already landed in the dance off(Image: BBC)
George Clarke is leading the pack as the clear favourite with odds of 10/11, Lewis Cope is in second place with odds of 4/1, whilst Karen Carney is in third spot with odds of 9/2.
Vicky Pattison is in danger of missing the final altogether as she sits in fourth place with odds of 15/2.
During a recent appearance on It Takes Two, Balvinder confessed she was expecting another dance-off last weekend after landing in the bottom two before.
She said: “I was resigned to us being in the dance-off again. I was just waiting for everyone else to be called out. When they did call out ‘Balvinder’, I just thought ‘, Have they really made a mistake? Are we really going to go through?'”.
“Of course, they called it out first, and I was like ‘we’ve done it, we’ve actually done it’. We’re going to go through to the next round, and how wonderful. It was quite emotional.”
Balvinder is the bookmakers’ favourite to leave this weekend(Image: BBC)
Last Sunday night, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and his dance partner, Lauren Oakley, were sent packing from the competition after landing in the bottom two with Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin.
For Icon’s Week, Jimmy had transformed into Prince to perform an American Smooth to Purple Rain and finished joint third on the leaderboard.
While Amber and Nikita took the second spot from the judges’ scores with their Cha Cha Cha to Break Free by Ariana Grande.
However, the judges all voted to save Amber, meaning Jimmy was shown the exit door.
But who will be given the boot this weekend?
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday on BBC One.
