Strictly Come Dancing 2023 Finalists – Ellie and Vito

Here we go with the first part in my series where I’ll be taking a look at each of the finalists and their Strictly journeys so far. I will be taking them in the order of qualification which means we begin with Ellie and Vito

Worst Routine

We have to go back to week four to find their lowest scoring routine. Their Samba scored just 28 points (7,7,7,7)

Best Routine

Ellie and Vito have fallen one point shy of a maximum on two occasions. The first was during week 7 when their American Smooth was held out from the top score by Craig (9,10,10,10). This routine is being reprieved during the final as their favourite dance

Then two weeks later they were denied a perfect score at Blackpool for their Charleston with Craig again being the hold out (9,10,10,10)

Average Score

Ellie and Vito have amassed a grand total of 458 points across 13 routines making for an average score of 35.2. This is the second highest average score of the finalists

Number of times in the dance off

Ellie and Vito are the only finalists to have never found themselves in the dance off

Can they win?

At this point in time the better question seems to be “can they lose”. Ellie and Vito have been insanely popular throughout this series. They’ve topped most of the polls I have run and by a considerable margin. At the time of writing over half of you want them to take the glitterball based on the poll I ran after the semi final with their nearest competitors languishing some 40% behind them in the poll. They are also odds on favourites with the bookies and have been for some weeks and some bookies have even closed the book. Only one other couple seemed to fill the “journey” criteria and they were eliminated last week.

All of this means it is very hard to see anything besides Ellie and Vito lifting the glitterball!

Do you agree? Will you be supporting Ellie and Vito? You can let me know your thoughts over on Facebook, X, Instagram and Threads. All this series I’ve been running a competition where you can take the prize for that week or hand it back for a place in the final to be held before the end of the year where one of you will be winning a £500 voucher. But for the final weekend there are no more vouchers to be won and no more decisions to be made. But three of you who get involved in the discussion this weekend will be joining the other finalists to potentially win a £500 amazon voucher. Full competition details can be found here!

Don’t forget there is the festive spoiler. I promise not to tell Santa you’ve peeked!

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Stay tuned as later today I’ll be ducking for cover as I release the next part in this series and take a look at Layton and Nikita’s Strictly journey so far

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 – Week 13 (Final) Songs/Dances

Firstly I know I haven’t been hot on posting the songs/dances this year. Blame university for timetabling me in all day on Tuesdays. However we couldn’t miss the final and the BBC earlier today revealed what routines our finalists will be performing on Saturday in hope of lifting the glitterball. But who is dancing to what? Well I can reveal……

Bobby and Dianne:

Favourite Dance: Couple’s Choice to This Woman’s Work by Maxwell
Show Dance: La La Land Medley
Judges’ Pick: Samba to Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton

Ellie and Vito:

Favourite Dance: American Smooth to Ain’t That A Kick In The Head by Robbie Williams
Show Dance: Jennifer Lopez Megamix
Judges’ Pick: Paso Doble to Insomnia by 2WEI

Layton and Nikita:

Favourite Dance: Argentine Tango to Tattoo by Loreen
Show Dance: Friend Like Me by Ne-Yo
Judges’ Pick: Quickstep to Puttin’ On The Ritz by Gregory Porter

What do you think of the choices? You can let me know your thoughts over on Facebook, X, Instagram and Threads. Each time you get involved in the discussion on those networks you earn a chance to win prizes ranging up to a massive £500 Amazon voucher. But only the brave will win big. Full competition details can be found here!

Don’t forget there is the festive spoiler. I promise not to tell Santa you’ve peeked!

You can also still vote in this week’s polls and tell me who got your vote this week. You can select up to 3 options. And also let me know who your winner is.

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Week 12 - Who got your vote? (Select up to 3)

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Who do you want to win Strictly Come Dancing 2023? (Select 1 option only)

Do I provide you with a useful service? That service costs me a lot to run with over £2.5k in hosting costs to keep this site up at peak times last year which is a ludicrous amount at the best of times never mind during a cost of living crisis! If you want to help me out with these costs with a one time donation (or just thank me for all the spoilers) you can do so using THIS LINK or the button below. Please only do so if you can afford to do and there is no obligation on anyone to help me out this way.

Or why not join the crew on patreon? Patreon subscribers gain exclusive access to the results of the exit poll each week. The earliest indication as to how the public vote has gone providing a possible spoiler hours before any other source as soon as The BBC vote closes each week. If that’s not enough the spoiler will be shared to patreon subscribers free of other monetisation in an ad free form! All for a voluntary level of contribution starting from less than the price of a coffee each month!

You can also check out The Eye of Bastet, a children’s book suitable for children of all ages by sponsor Kris Gray. The perfect stocking filler for children of all ages.

If you’re looking for a new TV, Broadband or mobile deal why not check out Sky using my magic link. Depending on the package you sign up to we could both get vouchers worth up to £125!

Or support me for free and earn yourselves cashback on your everyday shopping towards your mobile phone bills. Sign up to Airtime Rewards using promo code 6T7W9L6X, link your credit/debit card and any time you shop at participating retailers you will automatically earn cash back which can be credited towards your mobile phone bill on all major networks

In the coming days I’ll be taking a look at the three finalists and their journey so far. I will be starting with Ellie and Vito.

Annabel Croft Eliminated From Strictly Come Dancing 2023

As revealed in last night’s Strictly Spoiler, Annabel and Johannes have been eliminated after losing in the dance off against Bobby and Dianne.

Complaints to the BBC

Your finalists in the order of qualification are:

Ellie and Vito
Layton and Nikita
Bobby and Dianne

You can relive their couple’s choice in the video below:

Did the right couple leave? You can let me know your thoughts over on Facebook, X, Instagram and Threads. Each time you get involved in the discussion on those networks you earn a chance to win prizes ranging up to a massive £500 Amazon voucher. But only the brave will win big. Full competition details can be found here!

Don’t forget there is the festive spoiler. I promise not to tell Santa you’ve peeked!

You can also still vote in this week’s poll and tell me who got your vote this week. You can select up to 3 options

This poll is no longer accepting votes

Week 12 - Who got your vote? (Select up to 3)

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Who do you want to win Strictly Come Dancing 2023? (Select 1 option only)

Do I provide you with a useful service? That service costs me a lot to run with over £2.5k in hosting costs to keep this site up at peak times last year which is a ludicrous amount at the best of times never mind during a cost of living crisis! If you want to help me out with these costs with a one time donation (or just thank me for all the spoilers) you can do so using THIS LINK or the button below. Please only do so if you can afford to do and there is no obligation on anyone to help me out this way.

Or why not join the crew on patreon? Patreon subscribers gain exclusive access to the results of the exit poll each week. The earliest indication as to how the public vote has gone providing a possible spoiler hours before any other source as soon as The BBC vote closes each week. If that’s not enough the spoiler will be shared to patreon subscribers free of other monetisation in an ad free form! All for a voluntary level of contribution starting from less than the price of a coffee each month!

You can also check out The Eye of Bastet, a children’s book suitable for children of all ages by sponsor Kris Gray. The perfect stocking filler for children of all ages.

If you’re looking for a new TV, Broadband or mobile deal why not check out Sky using my magic link. Sky’s Black Friday deals are live and depending on the package you sign up to we could both get vouchers worth up to £125!

Or support me for free and earn yourselves cashback on your everyday shopping towards your mobile phone bills. Sign up to Airtime Rewards using promo code 6T7W9L6X, link your credit/debit card and any time you shop at participating retailers you will automatically earn cash back which can be credited towards your mobile phone bill on

No more spoilers this series as not even the BBC are stupid enough to pre record the final results but plenty more content coming. Next week I’ll be taking a look at all the finalists starting with Ellie and Vito.