The recent 1000th ten awarded to Fleur & Vito encouraged us to look back at some of the landmark routines that have also received tens on the show…
Do Strictly Scores get a Blackpool Boost?
17 November 2022It’s Blackpool Week and we’re all looking forward to a sensational return. But does dancing at the iconic Tower Ballroom put an extra spring in the steps of our couples? Do they perform better in the home of ballroom than a BBC studio? We took a look at the numbers to find out…
Stuck on Cloud NINE
14 November 2022With Molly and Will both receiving their first tens of the Series this week, we look back to see which Strictly partnerships ended up receiving the most scores of nine without ever achieving a ten; and which of their routines might have deserved better.
Never Judge a Judge by their Paddle – Analysing the Scoring Behaviour of the Strictly Judges
12 November 2022I think we all know the lowest scoring judge (!) but what else do the numbers tell us about scoring behaviour?
The Pro dancers who quickly got our at-TEN-tion
7 November 2022Every new professional dancer on Strictly wants to make a good early impression, and one of the easiest ways to do so is to receive a 10 from one (or more) of the judges. So which Pro took the fewest number of routines to receive their first ever 10?
Bublé and Ballroom: A Match Made in Strictly Heaven?
4 November 2022Michael Bublé is the second most popular artist in terms of musical selection on Strictly Come Dancing. But how do Bublé backed dances score when compared with the rest? We take a look in this blog…
Things can only get better… (and they did!)
31 October 2022After Tony and Katya quickstepped to an improved score by 12 points on Saturday, it’s true that everyone loves to see a Strictly partnership who improve on their score from the previous week, but which dances have seen the largest weekly improvements in the history of the show?
Can past Strictly Halloween dance stats foretell the future?
28 October 2022The answer is ‘Probably not’ but for a little bit of fiendish fun, we’ve checked how past performances of this week’s Halloween dances have scored with the judges in previous spooky specials.
StrictlyDB’s ‘Halloween Hall of Fame’
25 October 2022Saturday night brings the twelfth Halloween Week Special to the Strictly ballroom. In preparation, join with us in celebrating past frightening favourites with our Halloween Hall of Fame.
Could we see the one thousandth ten on the BBC 100 show?
19 October 2022We were sent a brilliant message this week by fellow “Strictly Statistician” James. He pointed out that after last Saturday’s show, the perfect 10 paddle had been awarded 992 times. This means we’re only eight away from seeing the 1000th being awarded!