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Strictly's Helen Skelton to 'miss out' on Glitterball Trophy as disadvantage emerges

Strictly Come Dancing's Helen Skelton has been predicted to fall at the last hurdle and miss out on the coveted Glitterball Trophy.

The Blue Peter presenter has made it all the way to the final four and is gearing up for the grand final on Saturday night, but a new study has predicted Helen won't be crowned the winner.

Helen is facing some stiff competition from Molly Rainford, Fleur East and Hamza Yassin in the finale of the dance competition.

Digital marketing agency Mediaworks has analysed social media sentiment to give an indication of who fans will pick up the phone and vote for on this year's final.

Their findings predict that it will be wildlife presenter Hamza and his dance partner Jowita who will be this year's champions.

(PA)

Molly, who has landed herself in the bottom two, is the bookies' favourite to win, leaving Helen the third favourite.

X Factor star Fleur is the least likely to lift the Glitterball according to the sentiment graph.

Helen, 39, has been neck and neck with Hamza throughout the competition, according to betting odds.

Helen Skelton won't be lifting the Glitterball, according to data (BBC)
She is currently the third favourite, behind Molly and Hamza (PA)

Hamza remains the 1/2 favourite to win according to William Hill and Helen, who is the only celebrity to not have been in the dance-off, is in second place at 13/8.

Surprisingly, Helen has the lowest average score out of the remaining contestants.

Molly falls behind at 25/1 and Fleur is all the way back at 40/1.

She has frequently impressed the judges throughout the competition (BBC)

Lee Phelps, a spokesperson for William Hill said; “Molly has always shown natural talent and in the early weeks I thought she had a strong chance of winning, however being in the dance off 4 times has certainly damaged her chances.

“Over the past 10 years, no winner has been in the dance-off that many times, however there is always a possibility.

“Hamza Yassin has had very low odds of winning for the majority of the show now it will take something very special to overtake him.”

Helen will loose the trophy to Hamza (BBC)

In the finale of the show, each dancing couple will be tasked to perform three dances each before the public decides who wins.

The judges will choose a dance for the remaining contestants, the couples will perform their favourite dance from the show and they will all perform a Showdance.

Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Anton Du Beke and Motsi Mabuse decided that Fleur would dance the Samba again.

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They also choose the Salsa for Hamza, who wowed the audience the last time he busted out his moves.

For Helen they wanted a repeat of the jive and for Molly it was the quickstep again.

The final comes after Will Mellor and Nancy Xu broke down in tears during It Takes Two after they were the latest to leave the competition.

Strictly Come Dancing's Grand Final airs on BBC One on Saturday at 7.05pm.

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