After awarding two ‘tens’ in the series 22 semi-final, Craig has now awarded a total of 98 ‘tens’ throughout his time on Strictly. The most recent final which had fewer than two ‘tens’ from Craig was series five; so surely number one-hundred will be awarded in Saturday’s finale, but which of Chris, JB, Sarah or Tasha will receive it?

This week Aljaž Škorjanec will become just the fourth professional dancer on Strictly to reach the milestone of performing one hundred routines on the show.

In celebration of this accomplishment, let’s take a look back at some of his most memorable dances.

Nick & Luba’s American Smooth last week was the 2,500th ‘scored’ routine on Strictly (not including the ‘non-scored’ Showdance routines from Series 2-6 or the ‘a-thons’).

To celebrate this landmark, in this week’s blog we look at some previous milestone performances on the show.

First routines on Strictly have ranged from the sublime (Zoe Ball & Ian scoring 35 in Series 3) to the ridiculous (Quentin Wilson & Hazel scoring 8 in Series 2).

In this week’s blog, we crunch the numbers to see which specific scores for a ‘first routine’ have most often been the precursor to an eventual place in the Final.

On Saturday night, Karen Hauer will become the first female professional dancer on Strictly (and only the third in total, after Brendan and Anton) to reach the milestone of performing one hundred routines with a celebrity partner on the show.

In celebration of this impressive accomplishment, let’s take a look back at some of Karen’s most memorable routines on the show.

As a Christmas Eve present to you, in this week’s blog (our final for this year) we look back at the ten professional dancers have who achieved the highest average score from routines performed in Christmas Specials.

Each year the Strictly Final provides partnerships with the opportunity to reprise two of their previous routines; allowing us to see how far they have progressed over the course of the competition.

In this week’s blog we look back at the ten routines that saw an improvement of 8 (or more) points.

With some miserable winter weather hitting the UK, I thought that for this week’s blog I would offer a little bit of ‘Strictly sparkle’, by highlighting some of my favourite Strictly routines that have featured colourful face paint.

It is often said that ‘a week is a long time in politics’, but the same can be true in the world of Strictly Come Dancing.  Angela & Carlos became only the twelfth partnership to be eliminated from the show one week after receiving a ‘ten’ from the judging panel.

In this week’s blog we look back at each of the other eleven partnerships who suffered this fate.

Which partnerships have seen the biggest Blackpool boost to their scores when compared to their dances before and after performing in the Tower ballroom? Will tonight’s show see any couples added to this list?