Sport Relief does Strictly Come Dancing

Last Friday was Sport Relief, and in aid of filling up an evening of entertainment, we were treated to a one-off edition of Strictly Come Dancing (filmed way back in November) in which five former contestants from the world of sport teamed up to dance with newcomers to the Strictly format. With a little backstage [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special

The series is over, the winner has been crowned- but a few weeks previously, the Christmas Special was filmed. Comprised of the final four from 2007 alongside previous winners Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash, the Christmas Special saw them perform modified versions of selected routines to Christmas music, with an audience vote in place of [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week twelve: the grand final

Twelve weeks, fourteen celebrities, more drama, dresses and dancing than you could shake a stick at- but in the end, only two remained to dance for that glittery mirror ball trophy. Alesha had been more consistent over the course of the season, but under Flavia’s tutelage Matt had produced his own share of worthy routines [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week eleven: the semi-final

It’s the last hurdle to the final, and although all three remaining dancers would have made worthy finalists, only two places were open to them- someone had to go. Nonetheless, everyone was ready to dance their best to ensure that that someone wouldn’t be them.
As well as doing the final dance that they hadn’t covered [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week ten: Quarter-final nerves

Four dancers, three places in the semi-final- who would miss out? In the week leading up to the episode, everyone seemed certain that Letitia would be the one to go, but with everything hinging on who could both perform on the night and attract the capricious public vote, nothing could be certain.
Two more dances from [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week nine: why can’t I go every week?

So, it was back to the comfortable but much less exciting armchair for this week’s Strictly, and so I can no longer tantalise you with tales of being there for the live show. I can, however, mention that I met Anton du Beke at his book signing in Waterstones last week- I now fully understand [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week eight: perspective from the trenches

So anyway, on the off chance anyone reads these posts, I have something different for you this week. Having been lucky enough to get tickets for the show, I made my way to London to experience Strictly firsthand and so the least I can do is blog about it in excruciating detail, all the while [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week seven: Farewell, Anton

Now that we move into the second half of the competition, everyone starts performing different dances each week- and if you get one that doesn’t suit you, you can come crashing down from top of the leader board to the bottom two. Nonetheless, with the sympathy votes withering away, it becomes increasingly likely that the [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week six: Kate the survivor

Much as it still feels like early days, this week actually marked the halfway point of the competition, with our nine remaining celebrities performing another two new dances in the form of the Viennese waltz and the salsa. A faster version of the English waltz (and closer to the dance’s original roots), the Viennese waltz [...]

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Strictly Come Dancing week five: swans and kilts

It was back to the ballroom this week for our ten remaining celebrities, each hoping to impress both viewers and judges with either a foxtrot or a paso doble. The dance of the bullfight, the paso doble showcases the man as the matador, whilst the woman takes the role of either the bull or cape; [...]

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