The last two weeks have seen back-to-back Salsa success at the top of the leaderboard for the first time on Strictly. This is great news for Layton & Nikita and Ellie & Vito as the data suggests this might be a good omen for getting all the way to the Final…

Happy Strictly Halloween everybody! A terrifying ‘trick’ here where we look at the 6 partnerships who received their lowest score of the Series in Halloween week. Look out for Part 1, where we’ll share the more ‘tantalising’ Halloween dances that saw couples earning their highest score.

Here we look at the ‘danger data’ (overall bottom 2 and elimination placements) for the seven dance styles being performed for Halloween Week 2023. Which dance styles are more ‘trick’ than ‘treat’?

With Moon River making its sixth appearance on the Show in Movie Week, along with a fifth Samba outing for Barry Manilow’s Copacabana this weekend, we look back at some of the most frequently used musical tracks for routines on Strictly Come Dancing. Which one is Strictly’s Top of the Bops?

During her seven Series in the role of head judge, is it true that Shirley awards a ten earlier than the other judges? Our 2022 research showed her then to be the most generous judge with a 10 paddle – but is this still true today, and if not, who has overtaken her as Strictly’s most magnanimous judge?

Strictly have announced 2023’s Movie Week dances, so we’ve had a look at the archive to see if we can spot any interesting patterns in the previous 148 movie-themed performances.

Last night Claudia praised Layton & Nikita for achieving the 3rd ever Week 2 score of 36, but according to our stats, Layton & Nikita are actually the 4th couple to do so in SCD history. The other three couples went on to be Finalists in their Series, but none of them became champions. Does this trend mean Layton and Nikita are destined for the final? Let’s discuss…

Here at StrictlyDB, we wanted to take a whistlestop tour of if, and when, the tunes selected for the couples’ Week 2 dances have previously made an appearance on the show, and how earlier contestants fared. Will it reveal anything about Saturday night’s potential scores?

In anticipation of Series 21, we take a look back to December 2020 when Covid scuppered the usual Strictly Christmas Special, and instead a show was broadcast counting down the top 25 most memorable routines in Strictly history to that point, which had been voted for online by the public.

With four celebrities already confirmed, we take a look at who may grab the remaining competition spaces in Strictly Come Dancing 2023.