Strictly Come Dancing - Alesha Dixon Admits To Over-Marking

Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon, who took part in the show 2 years ago and won, has admitted she over-marks the contestants.

Strictly Come Dancing - Week Nine: The Results

So time for the results.

Strictly Come Dancing - Week Six

God, they really want to in this don't they? Everybody seems to be actually getting better week by week and that doesn't tend to happen alot really. What a good show this was though. However, just like last week, someone has made a terrible tumble down the leader-board. speaking of, let's have a look shall we? 

Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev – 36
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 35
Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 33
Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace – 32
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 30
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone – 29
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor – 29
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 29
Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 28
Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 17

Oh dear. Natalie Lowe is going to be fuming. Remember Scott Maslen being at the top of the leader-board with a whopping 39 points last week? Well now he's second from the bottom. How embarrassing! The thing is, it wasn't that bad. He didn't deserve a 4 from Craig Revel Horwood. Happier news however, Pamela Stephenson made a good comeback. And a lot of couple did very well and got their highest scores to date!

Let's take a look at the best and worst dances of the night:

Best:

Kara is getting so good! That first 10 of the series must have really spurred her on! She's great!

Matt has been constantly good and there was no change here tonight. Excellent! 

Worst:

Poor Ann. She is hilarious and it is entertaining and I love her, but come on. Time to go soon don't you think. There'll riots if good people start to go like Scott or Matt over her. I don't know how she feels, but I feel like she's treat like a joke by the judges, especially Bruno Tonioli who constantly makes nasty comments about her weight. 

Make sure you catch the results show tonight, and for interviews and make stage gossip, as always watch Claudia Winkleman on It Takes Two, BBC2 6:30 weeknights. 

Strictly Come Dancing - Week Five

What a game changer this show was. Some of the people constantly in the middle of the leader-board stepped up and one front runner took a stumble.

Let's take a look at this week's leader-board.

Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 39
Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev – 37
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 34
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor – 31
Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace – 30
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 29
Tina O'Brien & Jared Murillo – 28
Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan - 27
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone - 26
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 26
Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 16

So Ssssssssscott has gone and got himself 3 10's and well deserved they were!   Poor Pamela however. That's a hefty stumble she took there. I guess I was wrong last week about this being the beginning of her end maybe? Either way she's not in a good place. Meanwhile, Kara Tointon was on fire! And look at Patsy Kensit 4th from the top! Who knew! A lot of great dances tonight. it appears everyone, well almost everyone has stepped up their game. Also did anyone catch that bust up between Brendan Cole and judge Len Goodman? Draaamaaa!

So let's look at the best and worst dances of the night.


Best:

Scott Malsen is the breakout star of this competition. Three 10's in week five? That's impressive. It must be Natalie Lowe. Remember her last year with Ricky Whittle? Yeah. Amazing stuff from Scott!
 

Finally! She's here. I thought Kara would do well but her recent dances weren't up to much but this is fantastic. Well done you. 

Worst:

It's time to go Ann. I think after this week people who can dance are going to start leaving instead of you and that's when it gets complicated and controversial. You are fun but at the end of the day this is a dance competition. 

Did you enjoy the show? Did anyone surprise you? Who was your favourite?

For interviews and backstage gossip, make sure you watch Claudia Winkleman on It Take Two, weeknights on BBC2 at 6:30!

Strictly Come Dancing - Week Three

If I'm honest, I did not really pay attention during the whole show. In fact I missed some of it driving to my cousins house. But I saw all the dances and it was a good show. 

Let's crack on with the scores!

Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 35
Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 34
Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev – 31
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 31
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone – 29
Peter Shilton & Erin Boag – 26
Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace - 25
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor - 24
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 24
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 22
Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 18
Paul Daniels & Ola Jordan – 16




I can't believe Pamela and James nearly got a Perfect 40 in Week 3. That's amazing. They are definitely the front runners and rightly so. She's so beautiful and elegant and amazing. And I just found out today she's 60? I didn't believe it! Even more amazing. 


I also love how Ann Widdecombe is above Paul Daniels in the leader-board. Amazing stuff! 


Here's the best dances:

And the Worst Dance:

And that's your lot. What did you think of week 3? Who's in danger of leaving? Leave your thoughts below and don't forget to watch the results show tonight at 7:30 on BCC1 and check back here also.

And if you want to see interviews and get backstage gossip, make sure you watch Claudia Winkleman on It Takes Two, weeknights at 6:30 on BBC2! It's always a treat. 

Strictly Come Dancing - Week Two

WOW. What a show that was! Let's dive straight in with this weeks scores!

Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 32
Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 32
Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev - 32
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 31
Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace – 30
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor – 28
Tina O'Brien & Jared Murillo – 26
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 26
Goldie & Kristina Rihanoff – 26
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone - 25
Paul Daniels & Ola Jordan – 21
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 19
Peter Shilton & Erin Boag – 17
Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 12


Jeeez! We'll talk about those in a minute but let's look at what the leader board is like when we add last week's scores to this weeks:


Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 63
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 62
Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev - 62
Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 61
Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace – 56
Tina O'Brien & Jared Murillo – 50
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor - 50
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole – 50
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone – 48
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 47
Goldie & Kristina Rihanoff – 46
Peter Shilton & Erin Boag – 38
Paul Daniels & Ola Jordan – 37
Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 29




Okay so not a good week for Ann Widdecombe but she sure did make me howl as you will see later. Week 2 was a really good show. It seemed like the majority of the couples really stepped it up from last week and the competition has really begun since one couple will be leaving tomorrow night. Let's look at the best and worst performances of the night.




Best Dance's:




and..





and finally...




Amazing stuff. Even Ann.


Worst Dance:

Bad times for Peter Shilton. That was just awful, I'm afraid. Better luck next yeah?

So what did you think of week 2? Who will leave? Make sure you tune in for the results tomorrow at 7:30pm BBC1 or check here after to see who left. 


Also for interviews and backstage gossip, make sure you watch Claudia on It  Takes Two every weeknight at 6:30 on BBC2. Brilliant. 

Strictly Come Dancing - Week One

So the new series of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off good and proper this weekend with 2 shows and 14 couples dancing! Nobody left this week. All couples will return next week to dance again and the scores from this week will be added to next week's along with the viewers vote.

Here's the scores from the first week.

Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani - 31
Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 31
Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev - 30
Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 29
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 28
Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace - 26
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 24
Tina O'Brien & Jared Murillo – 24
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone - 23
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor - 22
Peter Shilton & Erin Boag - 21
Goldie & Kristina Rihanoff - 20
Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 17
Paul Daniels & Ola Jordan - 16

Best Dance:

Worst Dance:





Both shows were great in my opinion. There were a few surprises. Matt Baker defied my expectations, as did Gavin Henson and Pamela Stephenson. Paul Daniels is just a failure. Ann Widdecombe was immense. I expect her to be the new John Sargent and we all know how that turned out. Michelle Williams was a real let down. I expected great things from her but it just wasn't. 


What did you think? Are you looking forward to next weeks show? 


Make sure you watch Claudia Winkleman on It Takes Two on BBC2 weekdays at 6:30.