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!

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.

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.

Did you know it’s over ten years since a Sportsperson made the Strictly Final? Ahead of Quarter-Finals week, we look at which group of celebrities have the most success on the show. 2023 is an excellent year for actors so far but will they take the top spot overall in terms of achieving success?

Let’s find out…

Will Series 21 see any ‘late-blooming’ couples, whose dance scores improve considerably in the second half of the competition? Here we countdown the top ten partnerships who improved the most when comparing their average scores from the two halves of the competition.

Strictly have announced 2023’s Movie Week dances, so we’ve had a look at the archive to see if we can spot any interesting patterns in the previous 148 movie-themed performances.

Last week, 50-year old Nigel Harman became only the 10th Strictly celebrity aged 45 or over to top the weekly Leaderboard, bucking the trend for younger contestants to earn higher scores. Here we countdown the Top Ten Leaderboard-topping celebrities aged 45+ – how many do you recall and can you guess the oldest?