Pole-Dancing for Daniella Westbrook

12 Mar 2010

Recent reports claim that Eastenders star Daniella Westbrook has recently taken up pole-dancing in order to help improve her fitness and therefore aid in her performance in the current series of Dancing on Ice. She is said to have been dancing at Secrets, in Covent Garden in London, to help keep in shape.

She needs all the help she can get, having dropped from the favourite to become the dark horse winner of the show when she slid into the bottom two. She was saved, however, by the votes of judges Karen Barber, Robin Cousins and Emma Bunton when she found herself in the skate off with Boyzone star Mikey Graham. Her performance on Sunday night, when she took on the role of Sandy to skate to Summer Nights with professional partner Matthew Gonzalez, was praised by judges for her portrayal of character but criticised for her failure to complete the required element of the week, a solo spin.

She is not, however, one of the three contestants predicted by Mikey Graham to make the final. The Boyzone star revealed his theory followed his loss of the skate off on Sunday night, claiming that he thinks it will be between Hayley Tamaddon, Gary Lucy and Danny Young. Judge Jason Gardiner has outwardly criticised the majority decision of the judging panel to save Daniella rather than Mikey, as he feels Daniella “didn’t nail her element”. So far her highest score has been 24 points during week 7, but this fell to only 19.5 points recently.

 Westbrook looks set to be the next to be eliminated from the show, with odds of 7/4 from BlueSQ and 888Sport. That will leave Hayley Tamaddon the last female competitor standing, and she remains the favourite to win at 2/9. In spite of the fact that Daniella is the favourite to leave next, which will leave one female and three male competitors, the odds of a female winner are at 2/11 from Boyle Sports with only 4/1 on a male.

All odds correct at time of writing and are subject to change