Picture tonight's Strictly Come Dancing semi-final on BBC One. Three couples, two near perfect-scoring celebrities (one Ricky Whittle, a hunky soap actor and male model with a six-pack and his own website; the other Ali Bastian, an English rose-type soap actress without a six-pack or a website) and one plucky underdog without a brilliant score throughout the whole series (Chris Hollins, an engaging breakfast-television sports presenter with a stomach profile earned from hours spent sitting on the proverbial sofa).
Were Strictly simply a talent contest, the best dancers would always survive the chop. But it's more of a popularity contest with viewers voting on the basis of who would make the best son- or daughter-in-law material. Chris Hollins got to the final based on the fact that he and his partner, Ola Jordan, seem to be having the most fun.
The final will be a close-run thing, with Ricky probably getting the nod from the judges but Chris taking the title on a wave of public love of plucky personality.
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