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.

Craig was visibly moved by Layton & Nikita’s showstopping Charleston last night and said it was the best one he had seen on the show in 20 years.

Here to enjoy are Strictly’s 12 perfect Charlestons – do you agree with Craig?

It is often said that ‘a week is a long time in politics’, but the same can be true in the world of Strictly Come Dancing.  Angela & Carlos became only the twelfth partnership to be eliminated from the show one week after receiving a ‘ten’ from the judging panel.

In this week’s blog we look back at each of the other eleven partnerships who suffered this fate.

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…

We 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!