Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread once again this year

Merry Christmas to you all

OK let's get down to business It's all down to the dances on the night...but let's have a go trying to call it

Winner Susanna & Kevin

Runners-up Abbey & Aljaz and Sophie & Brendan

4th place Natalie & Artem

1st - Sophie
2nd - Abbey / Natalie (But officially Nat would be 3rd )
4th - Susanna

Very difficult to call. I reckon it all comes down to the first group of dances - if one of them is notably off par and gets marked down as a result they may end up as Dani did last year.

One of the following three scenarios will happen:
A. Susanna dances fine (although not the best on the night) and wins
B. Susanna screws up, say she dances her QS like she did the first time around, and is voted out in the first elimination; Sophie goes on to win
C. Susanna does as in scenario B but survives over Abbey or Natalie; however, the damage to her support is done and Sophie goes on to win

Natalie. Out first. . A bit sad but she hasn't wowed me even with her technically good dances. Bottom 2 on semi final would lead me to believe it's not just me not connecting

I think if it had been a 3 person final with 2 left at the end that either Abbey or Sophie would win but as it's 3 & the vote splits I think Susanna will win. I don't think Natalie has enough votes that might transfer to make a difference.

I know that I keep saying that its difficult for me to predict but this is what I think is going to happen so I agree with you.

Maybe I will change my mind again tomorrow .

This is how I would like it to be. But probably not:-

1st - Abbey & Alijaz
2nd & 3rd - Sophie & Brendan & Natalie & Artem
4th - Susanna & Kevin

Really difficult to call this year, but based on a lot of, probably, unfounded assumptions I'll hazard a guess at;

1st - Susannah and Kevin
2nd/3rd - Abby and Aliaz/Sophie and Brendan
4th - Natalie

Although, Susannah will have to put in good performances (which I believe she is capable of). I also think that the showdances may effect the outcome this year. I think Natalie will go first but she may benefit from a bottom two bounce, It's hard to call, which makes it all the more exciting, can't wait for Saturday

But, although the judges have a vote, it is only for guidance. The public seem to be supporting Susanna come what may.

We will only know who won and who came fourth. Second and third places aren't given. People tend to find tenuous sources that suggest their fave came second and the other one came third

Agree with this but maybe just the way i would vote.

Agree totally, think its highly unlikely she will get booted off first because of the combination of maybe wanting to see their paso again and it would be strange for her to fall from first or second in the vote to last. Their dances also look like they could be potentially very good.

1st - Abbey (I hope not)
Runners-up - Susanna and Sophie
4th - Natalie

I find it hard to disagree. I would like 1st and 4th places to be swapped though, one of these days the best dancer has to win?

Merry Christmas everybody

Agree with the above. Abbey would be my choice for winner, but I don't think she will get enough votes.
Sophie is the only one who could possibly pose a threat to Susanna but the Abbey/Sophie vote split will prevent Sophie from getting enough votes to win.

As for Susanna possibly being voted out first if she does badly.
I personally believe it wont matter one bit what Susanna does.
If she does well, her fans will vote for her, if she does badly they will still vote for her as they will say it was just bad luck etc....
The sad part is that, with a four way split of votes, as has been pointed out on another thread, it is possible for Susanna to win with a small portion of the overall vote.
ie she could end up with 34% and the other two finalists could have 33% each...

I hate this new way of doing this. Actually I hate the fact there are 4 in the final in the first place.

1st - Sophie (I hope so and I think it is between her and Susanna)

2nd and 3rd - Susanna and Abbey

4th - Natalie

4 th Sophie ...... Dani wasn't in a DO and went out fourth
2/3. Abbey
1st Susanna

Or
4 th. Sophie
2/3 Susanna / Natalie
1st. Abbey

Sophie nor Natalie will win - it'll be between Abbey and Susanna .

First year I don't mind who wins, they all bring something different to the show , chuffed it's an all female final, at least it should quieten the jealous and middle aged women voting with their ovaries posts !!

I think if Sophie was dancing the Charleston as her first dance that it might have clinched it for her, but I think there are only a few minutes for voting after they have danced their final dance so don't think it will do her much good. I think after the first lot of dances/Showdance it could be fairly even between Susanna and Abbey.

I somewhat agree. All is not lost.

I'm just hoping that Abbey showdance is unlike anything we have seen before. In a good way. C'mon Aljaz !!!

My preferred result would be:

Winner Natalie
2nd Abbey
3rd Sophie
4th Susanna

1-Susanna
2-Abbey
3-Natalie
4-Sophie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wlac...medium=twitter

The result will be
1. Susanna
2. Abbey
3. Sophie
4. Natalie

My preferred result would be
1. Natalie
2. Susanna
3. Sophie
4. Abbey

Fourth place Natalie & Artem
Runners up Soph9ie & Brendan and Abbey & Aljaz
Winners Susanna & Kevin

I think Abbey will probably win it. Natalie will probably be out first because. It could be between Susanna and Sophie though because their last two dances are the top two dances of this series (digital spy's opinion)... so here's to an exciting final.

I think this could well happen