People from my work vote for him mainly because he's their kids favourite dancer and other people I know aswell quite like him.
Looking back to 2009 Chris Hollins who wasn't great won mainly because of his popularity while Ricky who was the better dancer came second.

Now does anyone else think that Judge Rinder could pull a Chris Hollins and win the show?
He's popular, got a great personality and not a bad dancer so I believe he's a possible candidate to lift the glitterball.

No. He's not good enough and he hasn't been that entertaining since week 1 - he's barely made any progress with his dancing. He'll fall by the wayside (along with Ed, Greg and Lesley) in the coming weeks. Possible with one of Laura, Daisy or Louise as a shock elimination between them.

I doubt it, much as I love him he is not a great dancer, its his quirky personality that is keeping him in, He might get as far as the semi's but dont think he will feature in the finals. Also the judges are voting very craftily to keep their favorite 3 on top of leader board to try and fix the final 3

As much as I do like him and Oksana, I can see him leaving in about two weeks time I can't see him being in the final six, if he's lucky maybe the final seven.

I really like him and he obviously genuinely wants to learn to dance and is working very hard. If he ever ended up in a dance off though there are only a few left now that the judges might put him through over. If he ended up against the wrong person then I think we would lose him. I would like to see him get to the quarter finals though. It all depends on what shock exits we get.

IMO if anyone is going to pull a shock win its Greg and Natalie

No way. He's not good enough. It will be Danny or Ore. They will be my finalists along with Laura, Daisy, Claudia or Louise but I'd like Laura the most as she'd deserve it after coming back from an injury. Hopefully. She's my fave so I'd like her to make it all the way

I'd love Judge Rinder and Oksana to make it to Blackpool but I don't think they could realistically make it much further.

As others have said, Ore and Danny have two of the final spots wrapped up, with the third being up for grabs most likely between Daisy, Louise and Claudia (sorry,I don't think Laura will get there either).

I think both Greg and the judge have a good chance - as does Louise.

The reason is, I detect Ore, Danny and daisy are becoming a bit smug. That lack of like ability leaves the door open ..

..Claudia and AJ are the unknown quantity. If they have a poor week we will see what their popularity really is.

I like watching The Judge but would be very surprised if he won. For me Danny and Ore are the 2 best dancers and ultimately I want the best dancers in the final. However I hope he stays in longer than Ed Balls - that joke is wearing thin now.

No.......

NEXT.............

I suspect not but I anticipate him to make the semi-finals.

Remember its all down to the public. They love him and could continue to vote for him so might get there.

No, he won't.

I would have just said "No," but it was too few characters for a post.

The semis. Really. I reckon he'll make it to the week after Blackpool. Then there will be the best dancers left after him. He's entertaining and can dance well but he definitely won't win

If Chris Hollins can win then the answer is 'yes'.

Nah I thought he could after the first 2 weeks but he's not as good as I thought he might have been.

No, because he's taken the route of establishing his personality within the show rather than letting the dances build people's impression of him. This is where the ones who are accused of being bland (and newly beige) often do well as the public enjoy seeing then grow through the competition.

He seems to have some very dedicated fans but I suspect there also many like myself, who cannot stand him. I had never heard him before Strictly and find him to be very vain and false.

yes, I think he's got a semi on

He won't win but full marks to Oksana for the work she's doing with him. She's a great addition to Strictly - how good did she look last night ? Could have been Betty Grable from the back in some views of her

Please God no!! ... it'd be the dismal result to end all dismal results because he's just not good enough. His first dance was great but it's all been a bit of a disappointment since and the facial expressions are so off putting.
He is good enough to get to Blackpool (though I thought he was the worst in Movie Week) but not far beyond.

No, I don't think so.

I have to say, despite him exceeding expectations of his dance ability, and embracing the show fully - I don't think he's winner material.

I find him a bit creepy, to be honest.

I was looking forward to his jive last night but was disappointed . All his talk to Oksana about trying to do proper dancing and then he comes out and stomps all over the place with that annoying open mouth gurning .

Did he say he's filming 8 shows a day of his Judge Rinder programme ? I mean how can he have the energy or be in the proper frame of mind to learn a dance after such a schedule .

God I hope not - he is so over rated by the judges and it is pissing me off. I really want him to go soon as he really isn't that great a dancer. Gurning does not a dancer make