Wow, April already and there’s a great deal of Strictly news to catch up on – rumoured 2024 contestants, babies, birthdays, Big Brother and, of course, more Hair News! Catch up here with our latest News and rumour round-up. Enjoy!

Like all Strictly fans, we were deeply saddened to hear the news of Robin Windsor’s death. Robin danced as a Pro on the main show between 2010 and 2013 but also took part in a number of memorable Strictly specials between 2011 and 2015. In his tribute Anton described Robin as “always a star” and in ours we highlight just some of the times Robin shone super bright like the brilliant star he was.

Keep in touch with all things Strictly with our monthly ‘News and Rumour Round-Up’ post where we’ll bring you some news highlights just to help keep that little bit of Strictly sparkle in your lives! Enjoy.

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.

That’s a wrap for Series 21 and as we sign off here are 7 fab-u-lous and noteworthy facts and stats from last night’s Final.

See you same time and place next year (or before if you are enjoying our daily Advent Calendar and Quiz Question) and thanks as always for reading!

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.

Craig was visibly moved by Layton & Nikita’s showstopping Charleston last night and said it was the best one he had seen on the show in 20 years.

Here to enjoy are Strictly’s 12 perfect Charlestons – do you agree with Craig?

Semi-Final Week and who will triumph? We’ve got Layton & Nikita’s Champions’ Charleston versus Ellie & Vito’s Crowd-Pleasing Couple’s Choice; or will we see a Quintessential Quickstep from Bobby & Dianne topped by a Virtuoso Viennese Waltz from Annabel & Johannes?

Forget Claudia’s dance debrief – this is our StrictlyDB Semi-Final dance pre-brief!

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.