Strictly Come Dancing: Lewis Cope issued warning as he's no longer favourite to win Glitterball Trophy
He's been overtaken by Karen Carney…Lewis Cope and Katya Jones have been sailing through Strictly Come Dancing with the kind of momentum most couples can only dream of. After smashing Blackpool Week with their second perfect 40 of the series, they looked like serious contenders for the Glitterball Trophy.
But things might not be quite as steady as they seem. Despite their leaderboard-topping success, there’s a growing sense that Lewis’s golden run could be about to wobble. Whether it’s the pressure of back-to-back highs, the arrival of the Instant Dance Challenge or the simple unpredictability of the public vote, his luck might be shifting at just the wrong moment.
From frontrunner to possible danger zone? Stranger things have happened on Strictly…
Latest Strictly Come Dancing odds see Lewis Cope slip
In new odds provided by SportsCasting, Lewis has been overtaken in the race to lift the coveted Strictly Come Dancing trophy.
With 10/11 odds, George Clark remains the top choice to win Strictly — but a SportsCasting spokesperson notes that after her “sensational” Paso Doble, Karen Carney has “surged” into second place with 7/4 odds, overtaking Lewis.
So, where does that leave Lewis?
“Despite securing another perfect score of 40, Lewis and Katya have slipped back to 4/1, suggesting viewers may be leaning toward a winner without professional dance training,” spokesperson Shane Orton told us.
“George and Alexis (10/11) remain the dance pairing to beat, but there have been notable shifts further down the leaderboard. Karen and Carlos have surged into 7/4 second favourites following a sensational Paso Doble in Blackpool this past Saturday night,” Shane added.
Alex Kingston and Amber Davies both have 33/1 odds on winning, while Balvinder Sopal is the rank outsider with odds of 200/1 of lifting the Glitterball Trophy.
What is Lewis Cope’s dance experience?
Like Amber Davies, Lewis cope has faced a lot of backlash from Strictly fans on account of his dance training and experience.
When he was 11 years old, Lewis performed in the West End production of Billy Elliot. He later joined hip hop dance crew Ruff Diamond and competed in Got To Dance. However, he has played down his dance experience, explaining that he hasn’t danced professionally for at least eight years.
“Look, I did do dancing when I was a teenager. I did a couple of years of it, really. I was obviously in Billy Elliot, but I didn’t play Billy Elliot.”
He added: “I wasn’t good enough, so I play Michael, which is basically, I don’t know if you saw the show, but he basically acts all the way through the show and he has one tap dance, that was it,” he explained.
“And then after that I was with a hip hop dance crew for a couple of years. But then I actually went off and trained professionally as an actor. I didn’t go and train professionally as a dancer. I went and did just straight acting for three years, and then probably for the last eight years or something now I’ve only ever acted, so it’s been brilliant actually going back into a dance studio.”
Bookies reveal who leaves next
SportsCasting has also weighed in with fresh odds for the next Strictly elimination – and they paint a pretty tense picture.
“After the unfortunate withdrawal of La Voix and Aljaž from the competition, viewers enjoyed a break from the usual elimination drama,” Shane explained. “Performances in Blackpool will now count towards the upcoming Week 10 exit.”
And according to those odds, Balvinder may be dancing on borrowed time. She’s tipped as the most likely to land in the bottom two, with Alex or Amber predicted to be standing beside her in the dance-off.
“Anything can happen under pressure, and a single slip could see someone sent packing,” Shane warned.
Brace yourselves – this weekend could be brutal.
