After the rush of experiencing the first competitive show of the season, we thought it might be fun to do a podcast and share our reflections and predictions.

It’s nearly time for Week 1 and the hot topic of debate here at StrictlyDB is our first Strictly leaderboard of the season. More specifically, who is destined to shimmy to the top and who will stumble to the bottom with a flop. So for a bit of fun we thought we’d share our thoughts….

First routines on Strictly have ranged from the sublime (Zoe Ball & Ian scoring 35 in Series 3) to the ridiculous (Quentin Wilson & Hazel scoring 8 in Series 2).

In this week’s blog, we crunch the numbers to see which specific scores for a ‘first routine’ have most often been the precursor to an eventual place in the Final.

“Fantasy Strictly Come Dancing” (FSCD) is back, launching recently for players to join the game for Series 22! Jump on in and join the fun!

On Saturday night, Karen Hauer will become the first female professional dancer on Strictly (and only the third in total, after Brendan and Anton) to reach the milestone of performing one hundred routines with a celebrity partner on the show.

In celebration of this impressive accomplishment, let’s take a look back at some of Karen’s most memorable routines on the show.

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!