Tag: 2016

18th August 201618th August 2016

The Strictly Spoiler 2016 Competition Is Coming Soon

We’re well over halfway through the contestant announcements and I’ve been promising you more details on what I have in store for a competition this year. I’m still working out the final details so the full announcement will come in the next few weeks but I can reveal some information.

Last year there was one prize across the whole series of a £50 gift voucher. This series there should be about £500 worth of prizes to be given away! This really will be the biggest competition this site has ever run!

Earlier this year I asked you if you would prefer to see weekly, monthly or series long competitions. The vote was pretty split with 44% wanting weekly, 42% wanting monthly and 14% wanting series long. Given the closeness between weekly and monthly in that poll I’ve decided to accommodate both groups.

There will be weekly competitions throughout the 2016 series with an Amazon UK gift voucher prize. Anyone who wins one of these prizes during the course of a month will be entered into a draw at the end of the month to win a Kindle Fire tablet. There will also be occasional spot prizes on Facebook and Twitter so make sure you follow/like the profiles on those networks for more chances to win! Winning a spot prize will also earn an entry into the monthly draw to win the tablet.

Like last year the competition will be open to all UK and Republic of Ireland residents. Apologies to the few of you who visit the site from Europe or all around the world including as far reached as The USA and Australia but the gift voucher prizes will only be available to use in the UK or ROI.

The main focus of this competition will be to promote discussion about the spoiler and Strictly Come Dancing using the social features of this site, including the new and improved comments system, as well as the social networking profiles on Facebook and Twitter and you will receive entries simply for discussing Strictly and the spoiler here or on those social network profiles. There will also be an email entry route as I recognise that some of this site’s audience may not be users of social networks or this site’s comment system and I don’t want to exclude anyone from having a chance to win a prize this year.

Running a competition is one way that I try and give something back to everyone who visits this site and has helped turn something that was previously a bit of fun on my personal blog into the huge success that it has become.

More details including full details on the prizes and on how to enter coming soon so watch this space!

26th July 2016

Three More Professional Dancers Announced

The BBC have today revealed 3 more professional dancers to join the line up of 14 dancers previously announced

British Dancers AJ Pritchard, Chloe Hewitt and Neil Jones join Aljaz Skorjanec, Anton Du Beke, Brendan Cole, Pasha Kovalev, Kevin Clifton, Gorka Marquez, Giovanni Pernice, Karen Clifton, Joanne Clifton, Katya Jones, Janette Manrara, Natalie Lowe, Oti Mabuse and Oksana Platero who were announced last month.

AJ and Chole together won the 2015 British Open Youth Latin Dance Championships and have been competing professionally for 9 years. At 20 years old Chloe is the youngest professional ever to take part in Strictly Come Dancing.

Neil is a 4 time British champion and three times winner of the World Amateur Latin Championships along with his wife and dance partner Katya Jones who joined Strictly last month. In 2015 they won the World Professional Latin Showdance Championships.

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AJ Pritchard, Chloe Hewitt and Neil Jones

The BBC have not revealed if this new lineup means there will be a huge 17 celebrities competing this year or if some of the new pros will be purely taking part in professional routines.

What to you think of the new additions? You can let me know in the comments section or over on Facebook or Twitter. Don’t forget to like or follow me on those networks to keep up with all things strictly spoiler including the contestants when they are announced in the next month as well as details of the 2016 Strictly Spoiler Competition which will be bigger and better than the 2015 Competition – full details coming soon!

28th June 2016

Strictly Come Dancing 2016 Pro Line Up Revealed

The BBC have today revealed the list of 14 pros who will be participating in the 2016 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Returning for the male pros are Anton du Beke, Brendan Cole, Kevin Clifton, Pasha Kovalev, Aljaž Škorjanec and Giovanni Pernice. They will be joined by new male pro Gorka Marquez.

Gorka has been dancing since he was 12 and represented Spain in the 2010 World Latin Championships and reached the Semi Finals in the 2012 WDSF World Cup. Since 2014 he has been dancing in the global Ballroom and Latin dance show “Burn The Floor”

Returning for the female pros are Karen Clifton, Natalie Lowe, Joanne Clifton, Janette Manrara and Oti Mabuse. They will be joined by new pros Katya Jones and Oksana Platero.

Katya’s Latin credentials are impressive having won the amateur Latin World Championships three times and since turning pro in 2013 she has also won the World Professional Latin Showdance Championships in 2015.

Oksana has been dancing competitively since she was just 6 years old and has previously danced on 5 seasons of the US version of Strictly; Dancing With The Stars.

All 3 new pros are pictured below:

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Katya, Gorka and Oksana

What do you think of the new line up? You can let me know in the brand new for 2016 comments section (if you have previously commented in previous years you will need to re login with your social network credentials or sign up for an account with the new comments provider in order to comment). Or why not join the discussion on Twitter or Facebook and tell me what you think!