BBC's Strictly Come Dancing 2025 season has kicked off with all 15 celebrity contestants performing their first live routines, but one name already stands out as the most likely first elimination. Ross King, the longtime LA showbiz correspondent for ITV's Lorraine and Good Morning Britain, finds himself at the bottom of both judges' scores and bookmakers' predictions after his initial Cha Cha performance scored just 10 points overall. Judge Craig Revel Horwood described the routine as "very awkward," setting a challenging tone for the Scottish presenter's ballroom journey.

The entertainment reporter's struggles were compounded by betting odds that placed him as the clear favorite for early departure. Bookmakers Coral gave King 2-1 odds to be the first contestant eliminated once voting begins, while BOYLE sports had previously positioned him at 80/1 to win the Glitterball Trophy—the longest odds among all competitors. These predictions came even before his live performance, suggesting early training sessions had already signaled difficulties for the television veteran.

King himself appears to share the pessimistic outlook, having admitted to struggling from the first day of rehearsals and telling his girlfriend Bridget to attend the initial live show because he doesn't anticipate many more appearances. The physical demands of Strictly training have proven challenging for the presenter, who acknowledged the ballroom represents a different beast compared to his usual red-carpet reporting duties and dawn starts in Hollywood.

While King faces elimination pressure, the competition's frontrunners are emerging clearly. Actor Lewis Cope leads as the warm favorite to win at 7/4 odds, with Ellie Goldstein following closely at 7/2. The dynamics shifted recently with Amber Davies's last-minute inclusion after Dani Dyer's injury withdrawal, with the Love Island champion and experienced performer immediately storming into joint fourth position and potentially disrupting the established hierarchy as the season progresses.

A major outage at Amazon Web Services has disrupted operations for numerous popular applications and platforms globally, affecting millions of users. The cloud computing infrastructure failure began early Monday morning, with users reporting widespread issues accessing services including Snapchat, Duolingo, Zoom, and various gaming platforms. Amazon confirmed it was investigating increased error rates and latency across multiple AWS services, though the company has not yet identified the root cause of the system failure.

The disruption appears to have originated with servers hosted in the US-EAST-1 region, according to initial reports. This triggered a cascade effect that impacted AWS infrastructure supporting millions of websites and applications worldwide. Downdetector, a platform that monitors service outages, reported receiving over four million problem reports in a single morning—more than double the typical weekly volume—indicating the scale of the disruption across affected services.

Among the services experiencing significant operational problems are communication platforms like Zoom, Signal, and Slack; gaming services including Roblox, Fortnite, and PlayStation Network; social media applications such as Snapchat; and financial services from banks including Lloyds and Bank of Scotland. Streaming platforms Prime Video and Crunchyroll, along with educational tool Duolingo and design platform Canva, have also been affected by the cloud service failure.

The outage has manifested differently across regions, with Amazon's own websites remaining operational in Europe while still experiencing service-specific errors. AWS engineers are actively working to mitigate the issues and restore normal operations. The company has committed to providing regular updates as they work to resolve the widespread service disruption that has highlighted the internet's heavy reliance on cloud infrastructure providers.