This year’s Halloween episode included a rare instance of Craig awarding a routine with the highest individual score from the judging panel.  Here we look back at the 8 routines that saw a ‘rebellious’ Craig subvert our expectations.

The last two weeks have seen back-to-back Salsa success at the top of the leaderboard for the first time on Strictly. This is great news for Layton & Nikita and Ellie & Vito as the data suggests this might be a good omen for getting all the way to the Final…

Happy Strictly Halloween everybody! A terrifying ‘trick’ here where we look at the 6 partnerships who received their lowest score of the Series in Halloween week. Look out for Part 1, where we’ll share the more ‘tantalising’ Halloween dances that saw couples earning their highest score.

Happy Strictly Halloween Eve everybody! A tantalising ‘treat’ here where we look at the 9 partnerships who achieved their highest score of the Series at Halloween week. Look out for Part 2, where we’ll share the more ‘tricksome’ Halloween dances that saw couples earning their lowest score. Enjoy!

Here we look at the ‘danger data’ (overall bottom 2 and elimination placements) for the seven dance styles being performed for Halloween Week 2023. Which dance styles are more ‘trick’ than ‘treat’?

In this blog post we look at couples who were saved by the public from the unenviable position of a combined early running order spot with a position at the bottom of the judges’ leaderboard.

More often than not, the Strictly judges and viewers are in broad alignment over which two couples should perform in the weekly dance-off, however in this blog we look back at the partnerships from the last ten years who suffered a drop of at least five places on the Leaderboard once the public had had their say.

During her seven Series in the role of head judge, is it true that Shirley awards a ten earlier than the other judges? Our 2022 research showed her then to be the most generous judge with a 10 paddle – but is this still true today, and if not, who has overtaken her as Strictly’s most magnanimous judge?

During his twelve years as head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, Len Goodman became synonymous with the number ‘Seven’; here we pay tribute to him and his role on the Show by looking back at some of the most memorable occasions he awarded this score on Strictly.

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.