Strictly Come Dancing’s Helen Skelton is currently bookies’ favourites to win the upcoming BBC series.
The Countryfile presenter will be taking part in the BBC competition this year in hopes of taking home the glitterball trophy.
Last year, Eastenders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and her professional partner Giovanni Pernice won the dancing show and now speculation on who will follow in their footsteps have began.
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Helen is currently top of the leader board as bookmaker Coral place her as 7-2 favouri to win the BBC ballroom competition.
The television presenter tops the betting ahead of X Factor star Fleur East, who is second best at 4-1. However, not everyone has such great odds as Loose Women star Kaye Adams is currently 50-1 odds to take home the sought after Glitterball trophy, Daily Record reports.
Coral’s John Hill said: “Helen Skelton tops the early betting to be the winning contestant on Strictly this year. Many punters are expecting big things from the television presenter. Fleur East and Matt Goss are two of the other contestants which are proving popular before we have seen the celebs on the dance floor.”
Strictly bosses have been warned about Helen's naughty side by her former co-star Martin Hughes-Games, after the two worked together on the set of the Summer On The Farm show.
The pair hosted a week-long string of live shows on Channel 5 last month and the 66-year-old told The Sun : "Helen’s a bit dodgy to work with. She’s a safe pair of hands but has to be reined in a bit because she has a tendency to be a bit wild.
"We have someone from Channel 5 compliance, on set in South Yorkshire, who tells her that she mustn’t say too many naughty things. Although of course there’s always the chance that she might."
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