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We crunch the numbers to find out which Female Pro (or Pros) has the greatest number of perfect scores, as well as high scores, and so deserves to be crowned Strictly’s very own Dancing Queen.

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It’s Blackpool Week and we’re all looking forward to a sensational return. But does dancing at the iconic Tower Ballroom put an extra spring in the steps of our couples? Do they perform better in the home of ballroom than a BBC studio? We took a look at the numbers to find out…

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Michael Bublé is the second most popular artist in terms of musical selection on Strictly Come Dancing. But how do Bublé backed dances score when compared with the rest? We take a look in this blog…

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The answer is ‘Probably not’ but for a little bit of fiendish fun, we’ve checked how past performances of this week’s Halloween dances have scored with the judges in previous spooky specials.

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Saturday night brings the twelfth Halloween Week Special to the Strictly ballroom. In preparation, join with us in celebrating past frightening favourites with our Halloween Hall of Fame.

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We were sent a brilliant message this week by fellow “Strictly Statistician” James. He pointed out that after last Saturday’s show, the perfect 10 paddle had been awarded 992 times. This means we’re only eight away from seeing the 1000th being awarded!

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It’s hard to believe that there have been occasions when a dance was given a 10 by Craig but NOT by one of the other judges. Well it’s happened – and more than once….

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After Richie and Giovanni’s early exit from the competition last weekend, we thought it would be fun to look over the stats to see which Professional Male dancer overall has had the most Strictly success to date.

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Tyler and Diane’s Charleston topped the Judges’ scores last night but looking at the data perhaps this isn’t too surprising – Charleston is the second highest scoring dance in Strictly history topped only by Final Week Showdances!

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