Blackpool proved a highlight for half the team – with Matt and James both picking up the maximum 8 points for correct predictions all round, but risky selections from both Liv and Steve proved costly yet again!

Could Steve finally get lucky next week when he’s freed from the TASHA rule and able once again to pick Pete for bottom and can Liv stop letting heart rule head when it comes to her picks for top?

Week 10 will also see a Samba-thon to consider – things could get interesting…

Predictions and scores

Matt and James tied at the top on 8 points – James picked Tasha to be top, Matt picked Sarah to be top and they were both right; they also correctly picked Pete to be bottom and Wynne to go home.

Scuppered by TASHA’s rule, Liv and Steve picked Wynne to be bottom as Pete was unavailable so picked up 2 points each, and Liv gains a bonus point for Wynne’s elimination but no points for their top pick of JB (who placed joint 4th) means another disappointing week score-wise for the other half of the team here!

Team predictions and scores for Blackpool week ended up like this:

Predictions leaderboard

Strictly statistician James extends his lead again this week but Matt has definitely come into form at exactly the right point in the Series, and at least there were no ‘nil points’ scores for the team this week!

Player	Total	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9
James	45	2	5	5	6	8	4	3	4	8
Matt	36	0	2	6	0	2	8	6	4	8
Steve	30	2	6	8	1	3	5	3	0	2
Liv	27	2	2	4	1	5	6	3	1	3

How about you?

Maybe Blackpool saw you get lucky and hit a perfect prediction score too this week? Let us know how you did and what you’re thinking for next week’s show – we’d love to hear.  In the meantime we’ll be back on the podcast to share our thoughts for Week 10 on Friday. Hope to see you then!