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1st April 20162nd April 2016

Strictly Come Dancing 2016/17 Series To Last 52 Weeks

Well spotted everyone. Yes this was an April Fools Joke. Hope you all enjoyed it!

In a move to truly shake up Strictly Come Dancing, The Strictly Spoiler has learned that the BBC plan to run the next series over a whole year.

55 couples will don their sequins and take to the dance floor to become the champion of the longest series ever!

Host, Tess Daly said in an exclusive interview: “The new changes to Strictly Come Dancing will make this the most exciting and adventurous series we have ever done. Sure I’ll be a lot busier and will have less time at home with Vernon and the kids but it’s not like I need to keep an eye on Vernon 24 hours a day”

Judge, Bruno Tonioli said “Due to the exciting new changes to Strictly this year, as well as the usual dance forms such as the Waltz, Rumba and Paso Doble we are having to invent and develop 42 brand new forms of dance for the new format this year. Fellow Judge and traditional dance purist Len Goodman is pickling his walnuts as we speak”

Katie Taylor, UK Controller of Entertainment Production for the BBC said “The exciting new changes means that fans of the BBC’s most successful reality TV format will now be able to enjoy their favourite show all year round. As well as trouncing The X Factor in the ratings we will now be in a position to trounce Britain’s Got Talent, The Voice following its move to ITV, Big Brother and of course The Great British Bake Off……. no wait that’s one of ours”

The new series will begin in early September with a 4 hour launch show where the participants learn which pro (including over 40 new pros yet to be announced) they will be partnered with for the next year. The participants will take to the dance floor for the first time over the course of a weekend a few weeks later during two 6 hour Strictly marathons before all 55 couples take to the dance floor to participate in a Charlestonathon which may shake up the judges table after which they will face the public vote for the first time. A brand new super computer is being brought in by the BBC to combine the viewer votes with the judges table in order to calculate the two couples to face the dreaded Dance Off during the not live results show (or you can read it here first of course).

What do you think of the changes to Strictly this year? Let me know in the comments section. Or on Facebook or Twitter using the links above. Don’t forget to give this post a good old like or share using the links for all major social networks and Google+ above or below!

8th March 2016

Help Shape The Strictly Spoiler In 2016 – Part 1

There’s still a few months to go before the 2016 series of Strictly will kick off but I’m already starting to think about plans for this site during that series and beyond.

However this site is as much your site as it is mine and I’d really like to know what you would like to see when the new series starts.

The first thing I’d like to talk about is competitions. As most of you are I’m sure aware I ran a competition during the 2nd half of the 2015 series where one visitor won a £50 amazon voucher at the end of the series. The prize for this competition was provided out of my own pocket from the advertising revenue this site receives through the adverts it displays.

I am keen to run competitions again this year, as it is one way I can give something back to the people who have made this site the success it has become, but would like to know how often and what level of prize you feel would be best. The options currently being considered are in the poll below:

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These ideas are not definite and may not represent actual final prize values as much will depend on how much traffic the site receives and how much ad revenue I receive in 2016, especially as my hosting costs will be going up so I can keep the site up at peak times. I’m also considering something like a tablet computer rather than vouchers for the larger prize if it was a series long competition or something like a Kindle as the prize on the monthly one. Also if the prizes did stay as gift vouchers are Amazon vouchers something that most visitors are happy with or would you prefer another retailer?

One final thing I am considering is working directly with advertisers who may provide prizes themselves in return for advertising/sponsorship on the site. This could allow the prizes to be bigger than anything I could afford to provide myself (holidays for one example but I might be being optimistic there).

Please let me know your thoughts on anything in this post, or indeed anything else you would like to see from the site this year by voting in the poll, posting in the comments section or on Facebook/Twitter and I’ll probably be back with some more questions about what you’d like to see this year in a few weeks!

8th January 20168th January 2016

Kristina Rihanoff Announces She And Ben Cohen Expecting First Child Together

Kristina Rihanoff, who entered the Celebrity (and I use that word loosely) Big Brother house on Tuesday has revealed to her fellow housemates and viewers that she and partner Ben Cohen are expecting their first child together.

Ben and Kristina hit headlines following their partnership in the 2013 series of Strictly when Ben split from his wife and began dating Kristina and are one of the main couples mentioned whenever the so called “curse of strictly” comes up. This will be Ben’s third child as he already has twin girls from his previous marriage.

I’m sure everyone here wishes them well and hopes Kristina has a happy and healthy pregnancy.

Kristina is currently facing eviction from the Celebrity Big Brother house. To vote to save her call 6442410 from your mobile or 09020442410 from a landline. Calls cost 50p from your mobile or 50p plus your network access charge from a landline. Voting closes during tonight’s show.