Discounting the one off christmas specials/ CIN etc, Aliona will be the first Pro to get a 2nd win under her belt if she wins with Jay this evening.

However she also has the acolade of being out first a fair few times as well.

Not a bad feat considering she was set to leave a couple of years ago before Natalie was out due to injury.

[This is obviously just UK series i;m talking about as I know the blond dude from DWTS has won about 20 gazillion times)

I can't believe they nearly didn't have her back. She's the best female pro on that show in both ballroom and Latin over all. She deserves to win it tonight 😊

Win or not it's nice to see her get a real contender this year after 2 old codgers she practically had to carry round the dance floor & then seemingly everyone's least favourite celeb from last year's bunch Greg Wallace!!
Don't know if they were all punishment for some misdemeanour or if she was just unlucky 3 years in a row!!?

Well she has not won it.... Yet!

That;s why it says Set to become.

Her and Jay are extreme favourites so it would be odd to see any other outcome. But you're right she hasn't done it yet ;D

I'm 99.99999999999999999999999999999999% certain that she will though.

amazing when you think they got rid of her a few years back and only used her as a last minute replacement....

It will be a real feather in her cap, but then a life of dufferdom surely awaits - unless of course she decides not to come back next year

dang it, that's not enough for me to feel easy in my mind

Don't jinx it OP!

She's my favourite pro so I hope she comes back forever but I think she'll pull a Camilla/Flavia if she wins tonight because she's surely not getting a partner capable of putting one foot in front of the other ever again

At least if she wins she'll probably leave - Could never warm to her.

Quite a story.

From axed and two successive first round eliminations to the undisputed Queen of Strictly. 👑

I think she is fab as well. Come to think of it, she's another one who used to get loads of abuse and stick on here.

Ditto 😬

You can't "jinx" something. He's won and annoyingly there is nothing that can be do about it.

Ther is actually, one of the other finalists might just pull it out of the bag.

Yes my queen is amazing

With 2 boybanders who would have won with anyone.

And all she needed was two middle class boybanders to do it.

Lol even Anton could have won with those two.

I'd pay good money to see that

She deserves at least a little bit of credit! Harry Judd was a non-dancer at the beginning and awesome at ballroom by the end, and if Jay wins quite a bit of it will be down to her choreographing that amazing jive.

Yes, just like all the other boybanders, oh hang on a minute. They only win with Aliona

I would still like to see her bring an "average" Celeb thro to final/semi final stages. Then we could actually see how good she is.

YES! isn't it great!