BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood breaks silence on future as judge

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has spoken out on his future on the BBC dance show as he shared his thoughts on who could win this year's competition

Craig Revel Horwood, chatting with Charlotte Hawkins and Adil Ray on Good Morning Britain, has expressed his desire to maintain his position as a judge on the show.

Adil remarked: "You're the longest serving judge on there now. I think I heard you say you never want to leave, you want to stay there."

Eager to remain part of the iconic Saturday night favourite, Craig affirmed, "I do want to stay," keeping his response concise.

Highlighting his love for the show, he elaborated, "It's the best Saturday ever, I love it. I get a front row seat to the best show ever. For me it's irreplaceable."

Discussing this season's hopefuls, Craig couldn't hide his enthusiasm: "Well, I am loving the cast, I think Chris [McCausland] is fantastic, I absolutely love his sense of humour, he answers me back the most. He's brilliant.

"Tasha [Ghouri] is fantastic, absolutely gorgeous dancer. There's people coming up, namely a footballer darling. It didn't start particularly well but Paul [Merson] has come through and treating it really seriously. It's wonderful because it's what the show is about."

Despite Craig's support for Paul Merson's improvement, the contestant appears to be in jeopardy as his departure from Strictly seems imminent according to the bookmakers, reports the Mirror.

Bet MGM reports that his chances are currently less favourable than ever, as his odds have worsened to 10/11, indicating he may be the next to leave the competition on Sunday evening, closely followed by Dr Punam Krishan and Wynne Evans.

Betting odds are drastically shortening on Wynne exiting Strictly Come Dancing this weekend. The opera singer's odds have taken a tumble from an initial 20/1 offering down to a mere 9/2, positioning him as the third favourite to take his final bow on Sunday night.

Paul is currently leading the pack with odds of 10/11, and with Punam trailing at 13/4 after finishing bottom of the leaderboard last week.

UK Director at BetMGM, Sam Behar, commented: "Paul Merson might be the favourite to leave Strictly this weekend but Wynne Evans certainly isn't without a chance of leaving. He looked a lively outsider a couple of weeks ago in the outright betting but the news this week certainly hasn't helped his chances and he's been very well-backed to exit on Sunday night.

"He opened up at 20/1 but is now just 9/2, with only Paul Merson (10/11) and Punam Krishan (13/4) shorter in the next elimination betting."