Strictly Come Dancing star Punam Krishan has been dealt some bad news ahead of the next live show.
The 41-year-old TV medic has been tipped as the 2/1 favourite to be the next star eliminated from the BBC show on Saturday (October 26). The bookies at Coral reckon she's next to get the boot, ahead of TOWIE star Pete Wicks, who is 7/2 and Olympian Sam Quek at 9/2.
Cora'ls John Hill said: "Punam Krishan is under the most pressure for a big performance this weekend, according to our betting. She is the favourite in the elimination market ahead of Pete Wicks and Sam Quek respectively."
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Behind Sam sits singer Shayne Ward with 11/2 odds of getting axed and Olympian Montell Douglas on 7/1. Blind comedian Chris McCausland is a 2/5 favourite to win the show, followed by Love Island star Tasha Ghouri.
This week marks the return of the Halloween special, where Punam and partner Gorka Marquez will be dancing the Tango to Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. Last week, she escaped the dance-off as it was now-axed Paul Merson and JB Gill who had to compete to stay in the competition.
The Morning Live doc had danced a Viennese Waltz to Billy Joel's She's Always A Woman to Me. Unfortunately, they only managed 21 points, placing them second to bottom on the leaderboard.
She took to Instagram after the show and thanked fans for their vote, saying: "Saturday night was magical. I felt like I was Belle in this beautiful dress and as you can see in the 5th video - I literally couldn’t stop twirling everywhere I went. I felt like a little girl in a wee dream. I loved it!"
"I want to say the most heartfelt THANK YOU to each and every one of you who voted for us. I read every message, I see the stories you share, the comments you leave - your love and support means so so much to me.
She revealed she loves Halloween as she continued: "You’ve got me through to Halloween week - I’m so grateful and so excited! I am that mum who loves Halloween and my kids are buzzing that mummy is doing this week!"
She admitted she found the Viennese Waltz tough to learn. She said: "Last week wasn’t my best dance but I managed to find a way to contain the nerves, grow from that experience and I worked so hard to understand and learn this dance in order to perform it in front of millions of people. I tried my best, I gave it my all and as every photo here shows - I was in the moment. It felt beautiful to me.
"Thank you to @gorka_marquez for teaching me this stunning Viennese waltz routine. I have to be honest, it didn’t come easily to me but when it eventually clicked, my goodness I adored it!"
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