Dancers ready for Strictly final

Rachel (left), Tom (middle) and Lisa (right) started training in the summer The maths of last week's anomaly

Contestants on Strictly Come Dancing will battle it out on the dance floor during the show's grand final later.

Rachel Stevens, Lisa Snowdon and Tom Chambers have all made it through, thanks to a controversial scoring anomaly on last week's show.

Dances will include a Salsa, Rumba and Cha Cha Cha, while all three hopefuls will perform a foxtrot with their professional partners.

The action kicks off on BBC One at 1840, with the results at 2100.

The finalists have put in a total of 820 hours' training between them, with former S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens racking up the most time in the rehearsal studio - 304 hours.

"I am absolutely over the moon to be in the final - I don't think it's even sunk in," said the star, whose waist measurement has shrunk by 8cm over the last three months.

Tricks

Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli look ahead to the final

Former Holby City actor Chambers - who has postponed his honeymoon until after the final - said he wanted to win for the sake of his dance partner, Camilla Dallerup.

"It would mean granting Camilla her dream. She's been working for this for six years and she's been in the semi-final twice," he said.

Snowdon said she was excited by the final, "but I will make sure I enjoy every last moment from the show...

"And we might have a few tricks up our sleeves... you'll have to wait and see!"

The first edition of the reality ballroom show will see each couple perform two dances.

The dancers with the lowest number of public votes will be knocked out at the start of the second episode - after which the remaining couples will perform a further two dances.

Last year's show was won by singer Alesha Dixon and Matthew Cutler

Bookmakers William Hill predicted that by the time the show starts, more than