Strictly Come Dancing: Final four set for ballroom showdown

It is the 13th and last week of this year's Strictly Come Dancing - but it volition beryllium fortunate for 1 of the 4 personage contestants hoping to win.

Molly Rainford, Fleur East, Helen Skelton and Hamza Yassin are each aiming to assistance the BBC One show's celebrated glitterball trophy connected Saturday.

Wildlife presenter Hamza, the lone antheral personage near successful the contest, has been the long-time bookmakers' favourite.

Each personage volition creation 3 times successful the final.

As usual, 1 volition beryllium chosen by the judges, 1 volition beryllium their ain favourite creation from the series, and the different is simply a amusement dance.

They see Helen's jive to Tightrope by Janelle Monae and Hamza's amusement creation to Let's Face The Music And Dance by Irving Berlin.

Molly volition creation her quickstep to Love On Top by Beyonce, portion Fleur volition execute her couple's prime creation to a Destiny's Child megamix.

None of the nonrecreational dancers successful this year's last person won Strictly before. Vito Coppola and Carlos Gu, who spouse Fleur and Molly respectively, are caller to the show.

Jowita Przystal is paired with Hamza, her archetypal Strictly concern since joining the amusement successful 2021, not including past year's Christmas peculiar erstwhile she danced with Adrian Chiles.

Gorka Marquez, who is with Helen, has made the last earlier but ne'er won.

The last 4 couples made it done from past week's semi-final, which saw histrion Will Mellor and his spouse Nancy Xu eliminated.

This year's Strictly has suffered immoderate docket changes owed to the shot World Cup taking spot successful Qatar, but Saturday's amusement volition footwear disconnected arsenic expected astatine 19:05 GMT and tally until 21:35.

Molly Rainford is this year's youngest contestant and precocious celebrated her 22nd birthday. She archetypal recovered fame arsenic a kid erstwhile she auditioned arsenic a vocalist connected Britain's Got Talent and ended up coming sixth successful the final.

She presently stars successful the CBBC bid Nova Jones. Molly's been successful the dreaded dance-off 4 times successful this Strictly series, but she keeps bouncing back. Her stunning Paso Doble successful the semi-final was rewarded with a people of 39 retired of 40.

Singer and vigor presenter Fleur East has besides had her just amusement of dance-off showdowns, but has hung successful determination and earned precocious praise from the judges.

She and Vito provided 1 of this series' highlights erstwhile they managed to get Craig Revel Horwood to bring retired his 10 paddle for the archetypal clip this bid successful honour of her Beyoncé-style couple's prime regular successful Blackpool. She ended up with the cleanable score, 40 retired of 40.

TV presenter Helen Skelton has softly and determinedly fought her mode to the final.

The assemblage gave Craig the biggest boos of the play - and that's saying thing - erstwhile helium lone gave her 9 our of 10 for her couple's prime creation 2 weeks ago. Her Cabaret-style show was fixed apical marks by Shirley Ballas, Anton du Beke and Motsi Mabuse, however.

Wildlife camera relation and presenter Hamza Yassin has go known for his daring lifts with Jowita.

His African-inspired couple's prime creation past period reduced Motsi to tears (in a bully way). He had ne'er danced formally oregon had immoderate lessons earlier taking portion successful the show. And present he's the past antheral standing.

This bid - the BBC show's 20th - began successful September with 15 celebrities successful the moving including vocalist Matt Goss, histrion Kym Marsh and Paralympian Ellie Simmonds.

Marsh missed 1 week owed to contracting Covid-19, portion shot prima Tony Adams had to retreat owed to wounded up of a dance-off earlier successful the series.

Du Beke formally took Bruno Tonioli's spot astatine the judges' table aft the Italian near the amusement to ore connected its equivalent successful the US, Dancing with the Stars.