Strictly Come Dancing 2017: AJ Pritchard planning to PROPOSE to Mollie King next year?
STRICTLY COME DANCING duo Mollie King and AJ Pritchard’s romance was seemingly confirmed this weekend, but are the pair about to follow in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s footsteps?
Strictly contestants urge Mollie and AJ to KISS during the show
The pair were urged to kiss by their BBC co-stars live on the programme and now everybody is desperate to know all about their relationship.
Odds on The Saturdays hitmaker, 30, and the professional dancer, 23, getting engaged next year have been slashed from 12-1 to 8-1.
The couple are now more likely to agree to marry than to lift the Glitterball, according to bookmakers Coral.
They are odds-on at 1-2 to announce they are an item before the end of the current series, while they have been given 20-1 to triumph in the final.
It is as clear as daylight that there is a strong chemistry between AJ and Mollie
“It is as clear as daylight that there is a strong chemistry between AJ and Mollie therefore we make them odds-on to announce they are a couple before the end of the current series,” said spokesperson John Hill.
“The couple have done a tremendous job together on the dance-floor to improve with each week and we think their journey together won’t come to an end when the series is up as we have slashed the odds on the pair getting engaged in 2018,” he continued.
It comes after viewers got very excited and claimed to have seem them kissing after making it through to the next round last night.
Mollie and AJ make it through to Strictly quarter-final
Once the lights went out, eagle-eyed audience members tweeted claiming they saw Mollie and AJ smooch.
“I’m pretty sure Mollie and Aj kissed once the lights came off,” noted one viewer, as another agreed: “Did anyone else notice what looked like a sneaky kiss between Mollie and AJ when their lights went off after they were declared safe? #Strictly.”
Strictly Come Dancing 2017 continues Saturday at 7.05pm on BBC One.