Strictly finalists await verdict

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

Contestants on Strictly Come Dancing have battled it out on the dance floor during the show's grand final.

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

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

The results will be broadcast on BBC One at 2100 GMT.

Strictly Come Dancing presenters Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly opened the grand final by apologising to viewers for the voting problems which marred last week's show.

The programme sparked controversy after Chambers was saved from the semi-final dance-off by a last-minute decision to let all three remaining couples go through to the final.

The decision followed a tie between Stevens and Snowdon, who were awarded exactly the same amount of points by the judges, meaning the public vote could not save Chambers.

Daly told viewers: "We are sorry we didn't realise this earlier but when we did we took the fairest decision in the circumstances to put all three couples through to the final."

Tricks

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.

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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