Strictly Come Dancing Odds: Helen Skelton straight into 9/2 to win Strictly after being FINAL CELEBRITY ANNOUNCED!

Helen Skelton is the final contestant announced for this year's Strictly

Helen Skelton is the 15th and final contestant announced for this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing ahead of the series opener next month.

Bookmakers have instantly made her 9/2 second favourite to win the show this year, 10 years on from her appearance on the Christmas special of the famous dancing show.

William Hill have Fleur East as favourite ahead of Skelton with Bros singer Matt Goss just behind the pair at 6/1 in the betting market.

2022 Strictly Come Dancing Winner (Selected contestants)	Odds	Probability
Fleur East	9/4	30.8%
Helen Skelton	9/2	18.2%
Matt Goss	6/1	14.3%
Will Mellor	7/1	12.5%
Molly Rainford	8/1	11.1%
Kym Marsh	9/1	10.0%
Ellie Simmonds	9/1	10.0%
Ellie Taylor	10/1	9.1%

BBC presenter Helen Skelton got the second highest score on the 2012 Christmas special of Strictly with a total of 37 points.

Skelton has long been rumoured to appear on the show and her appearance has been a long time coming.

Fleur East is favourite for the show at 9/4

Singer Fleur East is now 9/4 to win this year's Strictly Come Dancing after being 3/1 last week.

Fleur East was runner up on the 2014 series of The X Factor where she became a household name in the UK.

Since then, East has appeared on a number of television shows in the UK including I'm A Celebrity.

Paralympian Ellie Simmonds is now 9/1 to win Strictly

Paralympian Ellie Simmonds is now 9/1 to win this year's series after being announced to appear on the show.

Bookmakers originally made Simmonds the second favourite in the betting market after the five-time Paralympic champion was confirmed for the series.

Simmonds has since drifted in the betting market to 9/1 and has a 10% chance of winning the show according to the odds.