Strictly Come Dancing 2018 – Launch Show Pairings Spoilers

Here we are for another spoiler season and whilst Strictly may have a few weeks before it begins this wouldn’t be The Strictly Spoiler if I didn’t have a spoiler for you. The BBC might want you to wait over a week to learn the couples for the 2018 series but The Strictly Spoiler is on hand to give you the information you crave. So here are the pairings……..

Graeme and Oti
Seann and Katya
Dr Ranj and Janette
Ashley and Pasha
Faye and Giovanni
Joe and Dianne
Kate and Aljaz
Lauren and AJ
Charles and Karen
Vick and Graziano
Stacey and Kevin
Susannah and Anton
Danny and Amy
Katie and Gorka
Lee and Nadiya

Complaints to the BBC

This spoiler has been sourced from an audience mole through my usual sources and should be accurate

You can tell me who your favourite couples based on initial impressions from this spoiler are below

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The Strictly Spoiler 2018 Competition

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However I did say there was 4 prizes to be won every week………..

Social Media Bonus Prize

Anyone who likes The Strictly Spoiler on Facebook or who follows me on Twitter is eligible to win the 4th bonus prize of a £20 Amazon UK voucher each week. All you have to do to enter is like/react/share/retweet the spoiler post when it comes in every week

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Class Of 2018 – Betting Update

With the entire class announced it’s time for me to take a look at the betting and see who the early favourites are with the bookies.

Ashley Roberts – 4/1
Charles Venn – 5/1
Lee Ryan – 6/1
Faye Tozer – 8/1
Vick Hope – 8/1
Danny John-Jules – 9/1
Dr Ranj Singh – 10/1
Stacey Dooley – 10/1
Joe Sugg – 12/1
Lauren Steadman – 14/1
Katie Piper – 16/1
Kate Silverton – 20/1
Seann Walsh – 20/1
Graeme Swann – 25/1
Susannah Constantine – 33/1

(All prices correct with Coral as of 13:00 on 21/08/18)

There’s not a lot to pick between the top three with Ashley currently favourite however Charles and Lee are snapping at her heels.

Faye may well be stronger than her 8/1 odds suggest and Danny is an absolute steal at 9/1 considering he’s topping the current poll here at the home of The Strictly Spoiler and he has danced previously in his career.

Joe Sugg is also possibly a tempting bet at 12/1. Whilst a relative unknown with a lot of Strictly’s audience he has a literal army of followers on social media to rally behind him and vote for him

Outsider Graeme Swann could also be worth a look at 25/1 as cricketers have done well on Strictly before and interestingly rank outsider Susannah is only 33/1 and not the usual 66/1 or 100/1 that you’d often see a rank outsider priced at

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