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BBC Strictly Come Dancing star is set to bid farewell to the show this weekend - after a dramatic week last week which saw him rushed to hospital. Jody Cundy is 5/6 to be eliminated, ahead of Zara McDermott, who faces the dance off yet again according to bookies, after being saved in BBC Strictly Come Dancing Movie Week.
Jody is 5/6 to go and Zara 7/2, with Eddie Kadi at 5/1, Adam Thomas at 6/1 and Krishnan Guru Murthy at 8/1. Annabel Croft has 16/1 odds, with Layton Williams at 50/1, double the odds of Angela Rippon's 25/1. Amanda Abbington is at 66/1, with Ellie Leach, and a trio are on 100/1: Angela Scanlon, Nigel Harman and Bobby Brazier.
BBC Strictly star Jody Cundy 'to exit show in a week' after hospital dash (jody_cundy/Instagram)
Jody Cundy is partnered with Jowita Przystal (PA)Kayley Cornelius, a spokesperson from Betfred said: "After an unexpected trip to hospital last week due to an infection, Jody Cundy has admitted to finding the competition 'too taxing' and has been forced to limit his training this week, meaning his place in the competition could be at risk.
"However, after going head-to-head with Nikita Kanda in the dance off last week, Zara McDermott merely secured her spot in this week's competition and could also face elimination if she and her dance partner Graziano Di Prima don't bring their A game to the dance floor this weekend."
BBC contestant Jody has previously spoken of the "taxing" battle he faces to learn new routines on the show. The Paralympian, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, wears his prosthetic leg in the hit BBC show. He told BBC Breakfast the "mental part" of dancing was "getting me".
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"Learning the steps, the constant repeating stuff... I cannot get my left leg and my right leg to do what my brain is telling me ... and that is really taxing," he said, as he continues to dance with pro partner Jowita.
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