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Strictly Come Dancing | Children in Need 2012 BBC Children in Need returns later this month – and there will be dancing ! Sir Terry Wogan will be joined by Fearne Cotton, Tess Daly plus Nick Grimshaw to host a bigger than ever, spectacular night of musical entertainment, sketches, special features, glitz, glamour and guest [...]

Strictly Come Dancing | Results Week 6 Fern Britton Salsas out of Strictly Come Dancing 2012 With just a week to go until Strictly Come Dancing’s Children In Need extravaganza at Wembley arena, it was murder on the dancefloor as our ten remaining couples quickstepped, waltzed and foxtrotted in an attempt to make it to [...]

Strictly Come Dancing week 6 The Strictly Top Ten line up at the half-way point of the competition to try to dance into Wembley Arena next week. Tonight’s show opens with hideous stuff from Tess and Claudia Winkleman (gawky and awkward, unnecessary lifts), who is standing in for Bruce Forsyth this week. Why does Claud [...]

Strictly Come Dancing results week 5 Colin Salmon Foxtrots out of Strictly Come Dancing 2012 Following last week’s Halloween spooktacular, this week Sir Bruce Forsyth & Tess Daly restored order in the ballroom, and the 11 remaining couples took to the dancefloor in a bid to impress the judges - Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli & Craig Revel Horwood - and [...]

Strictly Come Dancing week 5 Have Bruce & Tess been on the sauce this afternoon ? Both seem overly sparky on this fiery Bonfire Night, as the 11 celebrities battle for one of the 10 places remaining. There is no theme this week; it should be an evening of pure dancing. Kimberley and Pasha dance the [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Halloween Results week 4 “Halloween horror for Sid Owen as he Cha Chas out of the Strictly Come Dancing spotlight” Things got eerie this week when ghosts and ghouls took over the Strictly ballroom on Saturday night as Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly invited the twelve remaining couples to face their [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Spooktacular Halloween week 4 Strictly’s Halloween week is one of my favourite themes.  The wardrobe, make-up and hair departments deserve massive credit for the transformation of the dancing couples. Tom Daley is in the audience tonight to watch the 12 couples take to the haunted ballroom floor. Thrillerkicks off the night with [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Hollywood EXTRA Some of the photographs from last week’s live show have been released and I wanted to share them with you straight away. Dionne Warwick sang on the results show, and ex-Strictly Champion Tom Chambers returned with his West End show Top Hat. Scroll down for the slideshow….   Strictly So Far …. [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Hollywood Results week 3 All photographs © BBC Pictures. Strictly, no unauthorised reproduction. It’s a wrap for Jerry Hall as she Quicksteps out of the Strictly Come Dancing spotlight. Lights, camera, action! It was popcorn and sequins this weekend as Strictly hit Hollywood for a host of silver screen sensations! Sir Bruce [...]

Strictly Come Dancing | Hollywood Week 3 On this dramatic night, the Strictly pros launch the action with a sharp and sassy vermillion, black & white routine. Not the most flattering outfit, especially for Kristina, but it’s fast and there are feathers.  Past Strictly winner Kara Tointon & contestant Nancy Dell’Olio are in attendance, and [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Results – first elimination On Strictly Come Dancing, the first elimination takes place in week 2, as the couples have one show where they don’t face the public vote. The judges marks are carried forward to this week, and added together with their scores for the week 2 dances which we saw [...]

Strictly Come Dancing week 2 Week 2 is where the dreaded eliminations kick in for the celebrities on Strictly Come Dancing, with the viewer vote and the dance-off. Someone will be leaving the show this weekend. Nicky & Karen take first honours this week, and they dance the Cha Cha Cha. Nicky had a rough time last week, [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Week 1 | Saturday night The Strictly pro dancers kick off round two with a novel intro from dressing room to stage. Good to see that Darcey Bussell has a stylist with taste, in an understated golden embellished dress – but who is dressing Tess Daly ? Loving Robin Windsor’s sparkling vest [...]

Strictly Come Dancing week 1 | Friday night Due to a technical failure that was out of my hands last night, I wasn’t able to watch the show and report live as usual.  Thank goodness for iPlayer! Bruce & Tess introduce the couples this year, and this weekend there is no dance-off so no-one will [...]

Strictly Come Dancing in rehearsal Throughout the Strictly season Ballet News brings you the very latest Strictly Come Dancing news & photographs. Here, from BBC Television Centre, ahead of the first live show tonight on BBC One - 9pm-10pm, you can see some of the celebrities as they prepare for the live audience.

Strictly Come Dancing | rehearsal injury for Aliona Vilani Iveta Lukosiute, current world champion in 10 styles of ballroom at 32 and from Lithuania, replaces injured Aliona Vilani for the first live show in the current series of Strictly Come Dancing this Friday, October 5th. Lukosiute has appeared on So You Think You Can Dance [...]

Strictly Come Dancing | latest photographs Here are the latest released images of the celebrities All photographs © BBC Pictures.  No unauthorised reproduction.    

Strictly Come Dancing Premiere | the celebrities meet their pro dance partner You know it’s going to be alright when Strictly returns to distract you from the fading summer (well, what we had of it !). The Strictly Come Dancing 2012 Premiere debuted tonight on BBC One, launching the tenth series.  Hosted once again by Sir [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Premiere Enjoy the gallery of amazing photographs from the pre-recorded Strictly Come Dancing Premiere show, which airs tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One. Here’s a preview of Darcey Bussell’s dance with Ian Waite.   Strictly Come Dancing | The Opening Sequence Darcey Bussell | Strictly Come Dancing rictly Come Dancing | Backstage [...]

Strictly Come Dancing | The Opening Sequence Enjoy the professional dancers from Strictly Come Dancing – and the judges (including new judge Darcey Bussell)  - preparing for the Premiere tomorrow night. Hosted by Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly the professional dancers will open the show with a choreographed dance around the iconic BBC Television [...]