Strictly’s Sarah Hadland made a frank admission ahead of the final (Image: BBC)
Strictly Come Dancing’s Sarah Hadland is “in trouble” ahead of which will see the winner crowned after 13 weeks of competition.
Hadland, 53, will battle it out for the coveted glitterball trophy against comedian , JLS star and Love Island star over three more routines each.
Bookies had tipped Hadland to finish runner-up in the final but has now slipped to third place with odds of 25/1 to win.
McCausland remains the unwavering frontrunner to take the win this weekend with odds of 1/20, but has now leapfrogged above Hadland and is expected to finish in second place in a dramatic U-turn with odds at 1/16.
Tash Ghouri meanwhile risks missing out on a top three finish as odds expect her to come in fourth.
Kayley Cornelius said: “The Glitterball trophy feels within reach for comedian . With odds of 1/20 to win this weekend, he stands as the bookmakers’ strongest favourite in the competition’s history, boasting a massive 95% chance of victory. Yet, while Chris’s win seems almost certain, the battle for second place is far less clear.
“Former JLS star has staged a remarkable comeback. Once tipped for elimination last week, he’s now expected to take the runner-up spot, surging ahead in the betting markets at 1/16. This shift spells trouble for , who had held onto second place but has now tumbled to odds of 25/1. Even so, she’s still projected to secure a place in the Top 3.
“For , it’s been a significant setback. Previously the favourite to win, her chances of even finishing in the Top 3 now look slim, with her odds drifting to 33/1.”
Hadland made a frank admission ahead of the Strictly final this weekend, saying taking part in the competition has made her realise she “puts limits” on herself.
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Speaking about the lessons she’s learned on the show, the 53-year-old actress, who is partnered with Vito Coppola, said: “What it’s made me realise, which I did not expect to get out of this, is that I have actually put limits on myself. (Limits) I’ve decided. And I don’t know if this is quite a common thing, when you’re a parent, or you’ve got other things going on in your life.
“I think sometimes you put all your energy into other things, and then, I think maybe what happens is you start to sort of think, you put all your belief maybe in other people, and you don’t do it for yourself.
“And I definitely didn’t think I was one of those people that did that, and now I’ve realised, you don’t know it’s happened to you. And then you suddenly go, ‘Oh, how much in other areas of my life am I doing that?’ Because a lot of the time Vito will say, ‘You can do this’.
“He will say to somebody else, in front of me, ‘She’ll do that’. And I’ll be like, ‘What? no’. And then, by the end of the week, I am doing it. But it just makes you realise that you sometimes think that it’s other people telling you what you can and can’t do.
“And actually, the shocking thing for me was, it was me doing that to myself and that you shouldn’t ever reach a point in your life, for whatever reason that you think – that’s me, that’s my limit. And you shouldn’t do that because you’re stopping all these possibilities happening.”