A new star has emerged as the Strictly Come Dancing favourite, according to bookmakers.
Current favorites include Tasha Ghouri, Jamie Borthwick and Chris McCausland, all of whom are candidates to take home the trophy.
But now the odds have changed and a surprising star has emerged as the fan favorite to lift the Glitterball.
Sarah Hadland has risen to the top of the leaderboard, beating Tasha and Jamie, but failing to take down Chris.
According to sportsbooks BetMGM, Miranda star’s odds have improved dramatically thanks to her consistent high scores and impressive performances.
Tasha Ghouri, Jamie Borthwick and Chris McCausland, who had been chosen to take home the trophy, but now Sarah Hadland (pictured) has become one of the favourites.
Bookmakers have seen a dramatic shift in fan favorites for the show after a series of impressive performances.
Sarah Hadland has risen to the top of the rankings, overtaking Tasha
Her odds have been slashed from 11/2 to 5/2 after placing third in the last standings.
Sam Behar, director of BetMGM, said: “There has been a huge movement in the market for Sarah Hadland to be crowned the next Strictly Come Dancing champion.”
According to the company, Sarah’s odds of winning have changed from 11/2 to 5/2 in just a few days.
they said the sun: ‘She is still behind medium favorite Chris McCausland but has emerged as a serious contender ahead of Tasha Ghouri at 8/1 and Jamie Borthwick at 20/1.’
And while the actress’ odds are getting better and better, someone who is still struggling to convince viewers she could win is Shayne Ward with only a 100/1 chance of taking home the Glitterball.
Sarah’s performance over the weekend probably improved after a surprise visit from her best friend and former co-star Miranda Hart.
The actress who has been supporting her friend throughout the competition via Instagram made an appearance in the rehearsal studio.
The couple were practicing their Cha-Cha to Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ for Icons Week when Miranda made her surprise entrance.
Despite Sarah’s impressive performances, she has failed to unseat Chris McCausland from the top spot as fan favorite to win.
Sarah’s performance over the weekend probably improved after a surprise visit from her best friend and former co-star Miranda Hart (pictured).
The star told Sarah: “It’s an incredible experience, I feel lucky, like I’ve won an award.”
This week, Sarah will be dancing to Heather Small’s hit Proud, a song she knows after it was used in a famous skit on the comedy series Miranda.
Miranda, who secretly married at the age of 51 this year, is transfixed by Sarah’s appearances and has her sights set on appearing next year.
A well-informed source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Sarah and Miranda used to watch Strictly together at home before Sarah started. It was their joint dream to be on (the show). Ultimately, Miranda would love to go on the show.”
And the star has been regularly posting funny videos of her supporting her friend on her social media.
Last month she posted an energetic video on Instagram, demonstrating her own choreography idea for Sarah and her Strictly dance partner Vito Coppola.
Another video shows her performing Samba moves and telling her friend: ‘Come on, Hadders… Samba with your hips away. Go tiramisu team.’
The actress who has been supporting her friend throughout the competition through her Instagram made an appearance in the rehearsal studio.
A source also revealed that Miranda would love to take part in the BBC show and has been a huge supporter of her friend, taking to her Instagram to share encouraging clips.
The source also revealed: ‘Miranda would love to learn how to dance properly. Obviously the Beeb would love that too. The BBC is desperate to get big names back on the show. If they could tempt Miranda to do it, then they could encourage other big celebrities to do it again. Sarah is their hope because she is very close to Miranda.
On last week’s show, Strictly host Claudia Winkleman said: ‘This is an official message to Miranda Hart. Your wonderful friend will be dancing in exactly 27 minutes and 55 seconds.
Sarah added that Claudia was making it “very clear that she has time to boil the kettle, go to the bathroom, not talk, watch.”
The source close to Sarah, who attended Miranda’s secret wedding, told the Mail on Sunday: “That was a shout-out to Miranda.
‘The whole BBC is trying to persuade her by making references to her on the programme. She just got married, everyone is raving about her and she’s Strictly’s biggest fan.
‘She’s been self-conscious so far, she’s also ridiculously tall, she’s a head taller than Sarah. But Sarah has given him the confidence to try.
