‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 26 Episode 3 Betting Odds

–This is the 26th season for ABC’s reality show.

–Season 26 is a special 4 week competition featuring a field of athletes.

–’Dancing With The Stars’ Episode 3 will air on May 14, 2018.

The top two favorites on our ‘To Be Eliminated’ odds last week were legit legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and college basketball player Arike Ogunbowale. Our numbers were right on the money as Kareem and Arike were sent packing during Episode 2 of the special ‘Athletes’ season of ‘Dancing With The Stars’. Rashad Jennings was in the house as a guest judge so keep in mind that any scores we quote don’t include his numbers and are based only on the input from the three regular judges (Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli). Kareem dropped a 19 from the three regular judges which tied him for the low score of the week with former softball icon Jennie Finch. Ariake Ogunbowale caught a 24 from the three regular judges but somehow managed to get eliminated. Several ‘DWTS’ recaps suggested that Ogunbowale got sent off because her presence was becoming a bigger and bigger issue for the NCAA. Knowing the pettiness of the organized crime organization running college sports it wouldn’t surprise me if this were the case.

Jennie Finch at least had a flimsy rationale for her substandard score since she changed the backing song for her dance on Thursday morning. The reason? Finch suggested that her original backing track was ‘too risque’. What? Unless Finch was planning to do her dance to some filthy unreleased Prince track this doesn’t make a lot of sense. Tonya Harding is still around and she put up a solid 24 from the regular judges. Adam Rippon also nailed the first 10 of the competition and is more and more looking like the man to beat.

The action heats up next week with a ‘Triple Elimination’ show. Below are the odds for Episode 3 of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 26:

TO WIN DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 26

Adam Rippon: +150
Mirai Nagasu: +250
Josh Norman: +450
Chris Mazdzer: +450
Tonya Harding: +700
Jennie Finch: +1000

DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 26 WEEK 3 BETTING ODDS

WHO WILL BE ELIMINATED IN WEEK 3?

Jennie Finch: -250
Tonya Harding: +100
Chris Mazdzer: +200
Josh Norman: +1000
Adam Rippon: +1500
Mirai Nagasu: +1500
No One Eliminated in Week 3: +15000

JUDGES’ HIGHEST SCORE

Adam Rippon: +150
Mirai Nagasu: +250
Josh Norman: +350
Chris Mazdzer: +600
Tonya Harding: +750
Jennie Finch: +1000

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager

JUDGES’ LOWEST SCORE

Jennie Finch: -215
Tonya Harding: +350
Chris Mazdzer: +600
Josh Norman: +1000
Adam Rippon: +1500
Mirai Nagasu: +1500

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager

NUMBER OF ’10’ SCORES TO BE AWARDED IN WEEK 3

0: +700
1-4: -350
5-9: +200
10+: +5000

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager

NUMBER OF ‘9’ SCORES TO BE AWARDED IN WEEK 3

0: +1000
1-4: +200
5-9: -350
10+: +1500

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager

OVERALL AVERAGE SCORE FOR WEEK 3 WILL BE?

Over 23.5: -130
Under 23.5: +110

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager. Week 1 average score was 21.

THE HIGHEST SCORE OF WEEK 3 WILL BE

Over 26.5: -150
Under 26.5: +130

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager. Week 1 high score was 24.

THE LOWEST SCORE OF WEEK 3 WILL BE

Over 20.5: -150
Under 20.5: +130

The scores of any guest judge will be disregarded for the purpose of grading this wager. Week 1 low score was 17.

TV RATINGS PROPOSITION ODDS

WEEK 3 KEY DEMO (18-49) RATINGS

Over 1.1: -120
Under 1.1: +100

WEEK 3 KEY DEMO (18-49) SHARE

5 or over: -120
Under 5: +100

WEEK 3 TOTAL VIEWERS

Over 8.25 million: -120
Under 8.25 million: +100

WEEK 3 NIELSEN RANKING (5/14/18 through 5/20/18)

Over 17.5: -125
Under 17.5: +105

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