There’s now just a few days until the Strictly Come Dancing final, with speculation over who will be next to lift the glitterball trophy this year ongoing ahead of the result.

The latest series of the BBC show concludes on Saturday with its grand final. Comedian Chris McCausland, 47, JLS’ JB Gill, 38, actor Sarah Hadland, 53, and Love Island star Tasha Ghouri, 26, will compete to be crowned the winner.

Ahead of their performances, bookmaker Coral has named Chris the odds-on favourite to win. He’s been given odds of 1-20 to win, with the bookmaker adding that those odds suggest he has a 95 per cent chance of winning the final.

Coral’s John Hill has suggested that it is a “one-horse race” for the glitterball trophy, saying: “[Chris] is the shortest price any contestant has been going into a Strictly final. We think it is a one-horse race, as it has been for quite some time.”

The bookmaker’s latest odds have singer JB as second best in the betting to lift the trophy at 14-1. Former Miranda cast member Sarah is third at the moment with odds to win of 25-1, whilst reality TV star Tasha can be backed at 33-1.

Frontrunner Chris, who is the first blind contestant to compete on Strictly, is partnered with professional dancer Dianne Buswell, 35, on the show. Chris is one of just two celebrity finalists this year not to have been in a dance-off. Sarah, who’s partnered with Vito Coppola, 32, is the other.

Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland posing behind the glitterball trophy
Chris McCausland (right), pictured with his dance partner Dianne Buswell (left), is the favourite to win Strictly Come Dancing 2024 ( 
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BBC/Guy Levy)JB, who is now partnered with Lauren Oakley, 33, survived a dance-off in the fifth week of the competition, when he was still partnered with Amy Dowden, 34. Whilst Tasha and her dance partner Aljaž Škorjanec, 34, instead avoided being eliminated as part of a dance-off just last weekend.

Tasha however has topped the leaderboard the most out of the four finalists, with JB following shortly behind her as the second highest scoring of the group. Sarah has topped the leaderboard twice, whilst Chris has not, as of yet, done so.

Speaking about his time on Strictly recently, Chris said: “I wouldn’t change anything about it.” Ahead of the final, he added that he now “can’t remember” life before taking part in the show, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

He said: “It’s the maddest experience of time in that the training days, they drag, because it’s just relentless. But the Saturdays come around so fast. Usually when you do something like this you say, hasn’t the time flown? But I can’t remember my life before Strictly. It literally feels like this is all I’ve ever done.”