The samba might have sealed Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer’s fate on Strictly Come Dancing.
This week, Eddie and his professional partner Karen will do the Brazillian dance to Rema and Selena Gomez‘s Calm Down, which doesn’t have the finest track record.
According to research, the dancing style is most likely to have you leave Elstree Studio for good.
According to William Hill Vegas, a stunning 20.6% of the celebrities who have been eliminated during the last six episodes had been samba dancing.
This features Les Dennis, who sailed away from the competition in week one with a nautical-themed samba.
Of course, not all is lost for comic Eddie, 40, and Karen, 41, who competed in the dance-off last week against Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystal, as it may also be a great opportunity to impress the judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke, and Shirley Ballas.
When the technique is learned, the samba can provide the opportunity to garner good feedback – Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola made it through on their samba last week, while Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell’s Romeo and Juliet-themed samba during movie week was a box office smash.
While Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin were forced to compete in the dance genre in week one, he is still standing (and dividing).
The samba has also created history; who can forget Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse’s performance in 2016 – the first time the samba got full marks?
The jive is the second riskiest routine among the 15 possible dance genres, accounting for 15.5% of eliminations since 2018, including Nikita Kanda and Gorka Marquez from the current series, with the Cha Cha Cha (12%) rounding out the top three.
Eddie is presently the 13/8 favourite to depart on Sunday’s results show, with Zara McDermott close behind at 7/4 and Adam Thomas third at 10/3.
Meanwhile, Bobby Brazier is now the joint 9/4 favourite to win the series, with Nigel Harman.
Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday at 6.35pm on BBC One.
