STRICTLY fans are convinced four celebrities are “cursed” and will be left at the bottom of the leaderboard on the first live show.
The new batch of contestants are set to perform their first dance on Saturday night.
Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon are set to dance a Samba tomorrow night[/caption]
Fans think Chris Robshaw and Nadiya Bychkova will also be at risk with their Samba[/caption]
But eagle-eyed fans think EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal, former English rugby player Chris Robshaw, ex-footballer Karen Carney and Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope could be in trouble.
On tomorrow’s show, Balvinder and pro Julian Caillon will dance the Samba to Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty by KC & The Sunshine Band, while Chris and Nadiya Bychkova will also perform a Samba to Unbelievable by EMF.
While Karen and Carlos Gu will take to the dancefloor with a Jive to One Way Or Another by Blondie, and Lewis and Katya Jones will also dance a jive to Get Ready by The Temptations.
But fans have pointed out that the Jive and Samba are the dances that are notoriously hard, which results in lower scores.
One person shared: “Two cursed Sambas for men in week one,” to which another replied: “At least they get it on the week no one goes.”
Someone else complained: “Jive and Samba should not be first dances. They’re notoriously difficult and it feels unfair when others get them later in the series after weeks of dance practise.”
Earlier this week, former Love Islander Dani Dyer was forced to quit the show after she fractured her ankle in rehearsals.
The BBC has since signed up another Love Island star to replace her.
On Friday it was announced that West End star Amber Davies will be replacing Dani on the show.
But The Sun revealed that some of the other celebrities are secretly furious at competing against Amber, who is an “experienced dancer”.
Amber has starred in a number of musicals including 9 to 5, Back to the Future, The Great Gatsby and Pretty Woman.
Former Love Island winner Amber, 28, instantly became the joint female favourite, alongside Vicky Pattison, who are both 5/1 with Ladbrokes.
The overall favourite at 2/1 is Emmerdale hunk Lewis Cope, who was in the musical Billy Elliot.
A TV insider said: “The celebs are trying to be good sports about everything and don’t want to let on to show bosses they’re unhappy.
“But behind the scenes, all the chatter is they think it’s unfair that the line-up now includes two sensational dancers who have substantial experience on stage.
“Having one celeb with that kind of background is one thing but having two is seen as unfair, particularly if they both ended up in the final.”
Lewis Cope and Katya Jones will take on the jive for their first live dance[/caption]
