four lucky men who think their partners are out of their league have become the finalists in a 'punching above your weight' couple competition dave scott and sarah oliver, paula and stephen black, liam and victoria barrett, and lee hodgson and leanne westlake are battling it out to become crowned the uk's most mismatched couple in a competition held by newcastle's metro radio the finalists beat hundreds of entrants to make it to the top four, and the winners of the tongue in cheek competition will win a luxury seven night holiday in a five star resort in corfu dave scott, 22, and sarah oliver, 24, from sunderland, have beaten hundreds of entrants to become finalists of the uk's 'punching above your weight' competition  originally there were five finalists, but one couple were disqualified from the competition after producers discovered that andrea burlington, 36, of south shields, had entered her deceased husband andrea explained that her husband andrew bedlington had sadly passed away in october 2013, but she still wanted to enter in tribute to her late husband as a way of keeping his memory alive: 'i felt like i was doing something with him again,' she says,'it was wonderful' andrea burlington, 36, of south shields, above, entered her husband andrew in the competition as a way of keeping his memory alive  andrew, who had two children with andrea, sadly passed away in 2013  'it was my daughter who suggested i enter the competition, and as the conditions said nothing about the entrants being alive, i thought why not! andrea brought andrew's ashes into the studios in the urn usually kept next to her bed surprised station bosses checked with their legal team and despite her being selected as a finalist, the rules stipulated that the holiday must be awarded to a winning couple, whereas andrea wanted to take her and andrew's two children, shannon, 18, and chloe, 11 the metro radio team decided to treat andrea and her children to another holiday anyway and an emotional andrea said: 'i couldn't believe it andrew was the breadwinner and i was a stay at home mum, there would be no way i would have be able to take the kids anywhere in the foreseeable future' steve furnell from the steve & karen breakfast show who are holding the competition says: 'andrea has been so fantastic it's been an emotional roller coaster and we're so happy that we were able to give her and her girls the chance to go away too now it's time to get cracking with our final four couples who'll battle it out for the holiday prize' meet the punching above your weight finalists  couple a: dave scott and sarah oliver  dave and sarah from sunderland have been a couple for three years and have been friends since they were fifteen the pair have just bought their first house together and sarah admits her 'thing' for ginger hair was what initially attracted her to dave 'i thought i would enter us into the competition because my family and friends often jokingly say i am punching above my weight with sarah,' dave told the mirrorcouk dave, 22, and sarah, 24 from sunderland have just bought their first house together as a couple  couple b: paula and stephen black  hairdresser paula, 42, and mixed martial arts gym manager stephen, 36, from jarrow, county durham, met on a blind date four years ago the couple, who got married last september say friends have often joked that they are mismatched:  'my sister marie, who i work with in the salon, encouraged me to enter because she has heard stephen's friends saying he was punching above his weight with me' says paula 'i've heard it too   it is the standard joke we'd love to win!' paula, 42, and stephen, 36, say that the fact he is 'punching' is a standard joke among friends  couple c: liam and victoria barrett  it will be liam and victoria's fifth wedding anniversary when the winners are announced on friday the pair, bith 26 from chester le street, county durham who are parents to james, four, and emily, three and say that liam has often been told he is 'punching' 'they say 'she cannot be your wife' and 'how have you managed to pull her?' says liam liam and victoria, 26, from chester le street, county durham will be celebrating their wedding anniversary on the day the winners are announced on friday  couple d: lee hodgson and leanne westlake  the last pair in this year's running are lee, a curry's pc world sales assistant and leanne, a miss selfridge sales assistant, both from stanley, county durham the engaged pair met when lee was working as leanne's boss in their local pub fours years ago and the couple have a 16 month old daughter and another child on the way  lee, 25, and leanne, 21, from county durham, have a 16 month old daughter and another child on the way 
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