Tantalizing pairings, innovative dance moves and the lowest Strictly Week 1 scores ever. If you love the dance numbers, here are 5 quick facts & stats to enjoy.

Part 2 of our blog where we ask if a celeb’s first performance determines their finish. Does a higher initial score mean an increased chance of success and why might 27 actually be a perfect first score?

Strictly Come Dancing is back and so are the StrictlyDB team! In our first “team” podcast of 2025 we share news, views, analysis, predictions and gaming tactics. Could you want any more? Miss it – miss out. Maybe.

Here we look at whether a contestant’s first performance determines their finish. Does a higher initial score lead to an increased chance of success?

We were totally chuffed this week when Data Journalist George Willoughby got in touch about the website. He said he’d really enjoyed surfing around the statistics section and was keen to write an article in The Times about the history of the show, trends in the dance data and what these might suggest.

As we shimmy towards Series 23 we thought we’d try and add a little more excitement to the mix with the launch of our new game – ‘Strictly Predictor’.

Part 2 of our post where we countdown the celebrities whose Strictly journeys saw the greatest single score improvement, here from joint 8th down to 1st.

In part 1 of a 2-part post we countdown the celebrities whose Strictly journeys saw the greatest single score improvement, here from 16th down to 10th.

In Part 2 of this post, we finish our countdown of Top 20 Strictly stars based on an average of their judge rankings to spotlight the ‘best of the best’ according to the scores they were awarded.

In Part 1 of a 2-part post, we count down the Top 20 Strictly Celebrities based on an average of their judge rankings to spotlight the ‘best of the best’ according to the scores they were awarded.