‘GAME OVER!’ Strictly Fans Jeer as They Spot ‘Obvious’ Clue This Year’s Winner Has ALREADY Been Decided

Strictly Come Dancing fans have spotted an ‘obvious’ clue as to who will take home the Glitterball trophy as the BBC One dance competition gears up for its finale.

The series, which is due to come to an end on Saturday night (December 20), has seen the professional dancers and their celebrity partners be whittled down to a final three pairings, with Amber Davies, George Clarke and Karen Carney in the running.

Over the weekend, EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal, and her dance partner Julian Caillon became the latest stars to wave goodbye to the competition.

And this week, former footballer Karen, Love Island’s Amber, and social media star George will take to the floor for the last time to impress the judges, and the public at home, before the final score count.

While competition has been tight, fans of the BBC series think they have spotted who will win the coveted trophy thanks to a major social media clue.

Taking to Reddit to discuss the remaining three couples, viewers pointed out that one of the stars could have the edge thanks to their huge online following.

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Strictly Come Dancing fans have spotted an ‘obvious’ clue as to who will take home the Glitterball trophy as the BBC One dance competition gears up for its finale (pictured: Nikita Kuzmin and Amber Davies)

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Taking to Reddit to discuss the remaining three couples, viewers pointed out that George Clarke could have the edge thanks to his huge online following (pictured with Alexis Warr)

One pointed out: ‘George has more than 3 million followers across his socials. It’s game over,’ as another added: ‘George has got a huge fanbase, he will get votes.’

‘I think it’s pretty obvious from the past few weeks that Amber hasn’t got a hope in hell of winning,’ a third penned, adding: ‘George has the bigger, more engaged fans, so it will likely be him.’

While a fourth chimed in: ‘George will win but I hope it’s Karen.’

George, who is partnered up with Alexis Warr, has an impressive 840,000 followers on his Instagram page, while his TikTok page has more than two million fans.

He also has a further 95,000 followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, and 639,000 subscribers on his YouTube account – totting up his total to nearly four million.

Meanwhile, former Love Island star Amber, who is paired up with Nikita Kuzmin, has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, 224,000 on TikTok, 347,000 on X and 8,100 on YouTube, bringing her total around 1.8 million.

And Karen, who dances alongside Carlos Gu, trails behind with 194,000 Instagram followers and 23,000 on TikTok – with no X or YouTube accounts.

It comes after Balvinder and Julian became the tenth couple to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing, as the three finalists were revealed in Sunday’s results show.

Despite surviving a record five dance-offs, the EastEnders star was voted off at the semi-final stage after the judges unanimously chose to save Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin in the dance-off.

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Karen, who dances alongside Carlos Gu, trails behind on the follower count with 194,000 Instagram followers and 23,000 on TikTok – and does not have X or YouTube

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Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon have become the tenth couple to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2025, as the three finalists were revealed in Sunday’s results show

Having each danced two routines during Saturday’s live show, Balvinder and Amber each chose one routine to perform again.

Balvinder said that it was an ‘honour’ to perform again, while Amber claimed it was nerve-wracking to go up against the ‘dance off assassin’.

Balvinder and Julian performed their Salsa to Rhythm Is Gonna Get You/Get On Your Feet by Gloria Estefan, before Amber and Nikita performed their Couple’s Choice to RAYE’s Fly Me to the Moon.

All four judges then voted to save Amber and Nikita, meaning Balvinder and Julian would sadly be leaving the competition.

When asked by Tess about her time on the show, Balvinder said: ‘I’ve absolutely adored every single minute.

‘All the dance offs, all the challenges, but just more than anything, just being in this building and dancing on this floor with such an amazing human being. It was my Yes Year, and I said yes to Strictly.

‘My family, we’ve had some hard times, but they’ve been here.’

Tess then asked Balvinder what the partnership meant and what she had to say to Julian: ‘I mean, I have no words, actually. You’ve been brilliant in every sense of the word, when I wobbled, and when I felt really brilliant about the dance and got the steps right, you’ve just held me in your hands and you’ve gone, Bal, we’ve got this.

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Having each danced two routines during Saturday’s live show, Balvinder and Amber each chose one routine to perform again, with the actress opting to dance her salsa

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The EastEnders star was voted off at the semi-final stage after the judges unanimously chose to save Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin in the dance-off.

‘It’s just me and you, and we’re gonna do this together. And we have done every single dance together, I’ve never felt alone on this floor, and I just want you to remember me. Don’t replace me too soon!’

When asked about having Balvinder as his first partner on Strictly Come Dancing, Julian said: ‘I just think that Bal embodies what this competition is about.

‘Her spirit is unbreakable, and [to Bal] you have shown me that I’m actually dreaming too small, and Bal can inspire us that whatever any of us want in life, all you have to have is the desire to go after it.

‘It took six dance offs and a perfect score to take this lady out, so I am so so proud of you!’

Balvinder then added: ‘Everyone’s been brilliant. The minute you walk into this building, it’s like a massive hug. Every single time. I’ve walked in, people have just held me and gone “You know, you’re all right”.

‘It’s such a wonderful place to work. [To the judges] Thank you. Claud and Tess, I’m grateful that I got to be on the show on your last moment here as well, because you, for me, are what Strictly is about.

‘You’re the era of Len Goodman and Bruce Forsyth, and that’s when I started watching it, and that, for me, is really special. This year, it’s been full of so many serendipitous moments. I’m so lucky, and I’m really, very happy.’

When asked how she felt about getting to the final, Karen said: ‘I felt like I’d won a competition being cast, let alone coming this far.’

Her partner Carlos Gu revealed that their showdance would be to Texas’ Inner Smile.

While George said: ‘That’s mental. It’s insane to think that’s even a possibility. It doesn’t feel real. I didn’t expect anything of myself.

‘As Kaz said I was over the moon with the invite onto the show. But I didn’t expect anything.’

‘The first five or six weeks we were doing the training and learning the moves. But over time it just clicked that you have to just go for it and not care. It’s given me a new lease of life, I feel like I can just let go.’

His partner Alexis revealed that their showdance will be to The Killers’ song, Human.

Sunday’s semi-final results show also featured a surprise for Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman ahead of their departure from Strictly Come Dancing after this year’s Christmas Special.

The pair were shown a highlights package of their decades working on the show, featuring new interviews from the judges and footage from their early years alongside Sir Bruce Forsyth.

The judges, with help from Kai Widdrington, then awarded Tess and Claudia each their own, first-of-its-kind golden Glitterball Trophy.

Elsewhere, the results show featured a festive performance from Kylie Minogue of her new single XMAS accompanied by sixteen Strictly Professional Dancers, plus a special performance of the 90s classic Sit Down from the band James.