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.

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Montell’s gone, Pete still lives on, and the team scored very similarly to each other this week. Three of us – James, Steve and Matt – got five points and  Liv got four. Interestingly we got those points in different ways….

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Here’s a few stats & facts from 20 years of Strictly Quarter-Finals to enjoy on QF Day!

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No podcast this week folks as personal commitments meant half of the team weren’t around to record it. But fear not – through the power of such modern wizardry known as “electronic mail” (it’ll never catch on) – we have managed to collect our reflections and predictions in a blog…

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Jamie’s gone, Pete lives on, and a fairly good scoring week for the StrictlyDB team. Only Matt suggested the public would save Pete as three of the team  (75% for you statisticians) thought he would get the ‘Strictly shove’ on Sunday.

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By scoring 40 for her American Smooth, Tasha becomes the seventh celebrity to achieve a perfect score for this dance style, and only the third to do so before a Final.

Interestingly, previous perfect routines have not always had perfect outcomes for the celebs who performed them.

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Was Pete pretty in pink? Did Montell need those plimsolls? Should we have dance-ups not dance offs? Could we see our first mankini? Find answers to these, and other big Strictly questions, in the latest episode…

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Blackpool proved a highlight for half the team – with Matt and James both picking up the maximum 8 points for correct predictions all round, but risky selections from both Liv and Steve proved costly yet again!

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Was Sarah underscored? Has Pete used up his nine lives? Should there be a dance ball lottery? Find out in the latest show…

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Proving that data isn’t always helpful to the mystical soothsaying that is Strictly leaderboard predictions, a set of somewhat topsy-turvy results saw James and Liv’s tip for top (Jamie) floundering at the bottom for the first time (should there be a point deduction for that outcome 😉) and no-one picking up any points for their ‘top’ predictions at all!

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