Seeing as it looks like it will be a three person final, with 2/3 of them most likely being Danny and Ore who do you think will be the last girl left in the competition? I want Louise to win as I think she is so understated and graceful, but I think Claudia is going to keep getting better and have more wow moments.

Thoughts???

That is a very good question - it obviously looks like it has to be Louise or Claudia but I have to say I hoped it might be Daisy !

I predict and want Claudia predict to be the last female standing.

Regarding Danny & Ore I think only one of them will be in the final.

Claudia or Daisy for me.

At the moment I would guess only Louise or maybe Claudia have the popularity to do it organically. Anyone else would have to be hauled there by the judges. The utter state of AJ's choreography these last two weeks would make me lean even more strongly towards Louise of the two. Daisy at this moment would be my own preference but I'm not seeing it happening.

If AJ gets his choreography right, then it may well be Claudia. Otherwise it'll be Louise, once people get tired of the joke acts and start voting for the decent dancers. I suspect there will only be one female celeb in the final this year though.

could be no girls in the final.

Louise is the best dancer but she's boring and not really improving
Claudia is improving but gets crap choreography.
Daisy looks great but dance-off could mean small fanbase
Anastacia danced great with Gorka but she has small fanbase and an attitude
Laura looks good and tries hard but lacks confidence, fitness and apparently fans

I think Louise is the most likely. She's the best dancer, a lot of guys think she's hot (I don't) and she's not a diva like some of them. She seems really normal and nice.

But if Rinder reaches his potential, Greg improves and keeps on being likeable or the public go even more crazy for Ed (it was fun to start with but time to go now) it could be 3 guys.

I think Danny and Ore are streets ahead of everyone else. Louise is a long way behind them but is the best of the women, so she will be in the final if the judges can possibly manipulate it that way. I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of Judge Rinder being the third finalist, though.

I think it will be Louise.

Just can't get excited about either Louise or Claudia so hoping it's Daiay to 'do an Abbey' after her early dance off shock!!

I want it to be Laura or Daisy. They're my favourite girls. They would deserve to be in the final especially Laura after all she's gone through. Think she can do it

Anastacia, Laura and Daisy all proven not to be that popular with their appearances in the dance off, which leaves Louise and Claudia.

Of course, Laura and Daisy could quite easily do a Abbey/Caroline, come back stronger from their appearances in the bottom two and go all the way, but not sure I see it happening this year - tough competition, but then they're more than capable so who knows?

I'll go with Louise just for the simple fact the show seems to be pushing her/Kevin for the win, but a final of Danny, Ore and Louise fills me with dread. Probably my three least favourite couples that remain.

I agree, it's hard to see either Danny or Ore being beaten in a dance off - unless of course they were both in the same DO against each other - but that isn't likely.

So it does look like just one female in the final, but none of them are wowing me at the moment. Louise is probably technically the best, but she is tres dull. Can't warm to Cloudia, can't get enthused by Laura and just don't get the Daisy love at all - I am surprised she's a model tbh, and her dancing so far has been overrated imo.

But hey, Joanne and Oti are having a great time, so it's not all bad!

I think it'll be Louise. Doubt the judges would send her home over Claudia if it came to it. She'd have to come up against Ore or Danny to be in trouble and even then, depending on the dance, she'd have a good chance of staying.
They love Kevin Clifton in a final and (IMO) they'd absolutely wet themselves if Jo was also there ... they could make the absolute Grimsby/brothersister most of it. They've lost their ideal situation .... a Kevin/Jo/Karen final which was a high possibility at one point.

Way too early to tell, because I think the overall script has had to be rethought with Will leaving, and because either it's not that good a year or I'm just still recovering from the last show.

I can't see Danny not being in the final, though you never know. Ore needs Craig to pick on his thumbs and give him a four, or something like that. (You can't be the plucky learner with the odds against you if you are consistently top of the leaderboard.) If that happens, I think he's won this. If the judges keep putting him at the top, I think that helps everyone else. I also think it's a possibility Ore will fade when it gets to two dances, though he hasn't the workload of Scott or Jake as far as I know. So I don't think it's certain he'll be in the final, though right now I agree it's likely.

I also don't know if Kevin's heart is really in it this year. Let's see if Halloween inspires him. I think Louise is very likely to be in the final as I can't see the judges sending her home (shades of Emma Bunton might be affecting me).

Claudia - could well get a lot of support herself but I think AJ isn't a vote winner.
Daisy - not writing her off yet, that charleston was a mis-step, but Alijaz also struggles with Halloween.
Laura - I think the show has thrown her under the same bus as Greg.
Judge - don't really think he'll get to the final but it's not impossible - that speech about teachers was really good.

Right now I'd bet on a Danny, Ore, Louise final, but I'd have bet on Jake getting to the final at this point in his year.

I'd like it to be Laura, mostly on account of Gio, but she doesn't have the fanbase and her leg has fallen off. I doubt SCD is ready for sparkly support stockings in the final. So maybe Daisy by default?

Probably Claudia would add most difference to the final.

Strongly hope Ore is locked into the final as the OP assumes. If he and Claudia do get there, that'd be two dancers without previous dance training -- good for people who care about such stuff...

It's my own admitted bias that I'm usually less interested in the highly-trained-from-the-get-go contestants, so Louise and Danny, though talented, would make a rather boring final for me, sorry to say. Think we need someone with more roughness and oomph in there. Hence preference for a final including Ore and Claudia

I am in the Claudia for the final camp. I'd love to see Laura there but I think her currently injury does not bode well. I'm worrying a bit about what everyone's saying about AJ's choreography ... it looks okay to me I thought the Samba was a little bit rushy and poor Claudia had to charge about more than necessary but that's just my untrained eye and I might be talking complete rubbish just for a change.

I know this is extremely wicked of me but how much of a meltdown would there be if Danny and Ore were both in the dance off ...

I'd quite like to see it actually I always enjoy the judges faces when they don't get the result they want and it would be interesting to see if they are just marking Ore up for storyline/safety or if they seriously think he's a better dancer than Danny.

It would be interesting since Danny's strong defining characteristic week by week is consistency. Given the DO wants to see improvement 😈

I would love to see Laura there but her ankle injury is a worry. She and Giovanni are a lovely partnership and she does have the potentiial but I am not sure about her fan base. Of the others I think maybe Louise is most likely.

I don't know - Pamela Stephenson wore surgical shoes and support tights in her semi final They're probably still at the back of the Strictly Sock Drawer

Claudia.

Very unlikely to be Laura, just the wrong year. I think more likely to be Louise, because the judges will save Kevin, whenever in the bottom two, only the final is decided by the public.

Would they save Louise over Ore or Danny? Unlikely either of these two will find themselves in danger admittedly, but they're the only ones I could see the judges saving over Louise.

Louise