TONIGHT’S Strictly final is set to split the nation after injury turned it into a north v south head-to-head ballroom battle.
AJ Odudu’s dramatic late withdrawal with a foot injury means just two celeb dancers are left — Rose Ayling-Ellis, 27, and John Whaite, 32.
The southern vote has helped EastEnders’ Rose become favourite to win. But John, 32, is now set to gain yet more support from the northern half of Britain after fellow Lancastrian AJ, 33, pulled out.
It puts them neck-and-neck in what will be the first final in 12 years to feature just two couples. A TV insider said: “The regional vote has a massive effect on the success of contestants on TV contests, and never before has there been two people in the final with such a clear.
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