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28th September 201928th September 2019

Strictly Come Dancing 2019 – Week 2 Discussion/Poll

Our 15 couples all get a bye into week 2 and will be dancing tonight to remain in the competition and avoid being the first couple eliminated.

But who shone for you and who is likely to be announced in tonight’s first spoiler? You can let me know your thoughts on that or anything else to do with tonight’s show right here in the comments section or over on Facebook or Twitter (on twitter make sure to tag @davejthorp in your comments and include #StrictlySpoiler)

Each time you get involved in the discussion you earn an entry into the prize draw to win one of 3 iPads that I have to give away in the largest competition I have ever run! For more details you can see HERE

If that wasn’t enough there’s also going to be £50 vouchers up for grabs each and every spoiler week. To get involved seek out the hidden passwords on the spoiler posts and then comment on the special competition posts on Facebook or Twitter with the password and #StrictlySpoilerComp for your chance to win!

A poll will be opening here when all 15 couples have danced so you can let me, and the community, know who your favourites were. As always you can pick up to 3 options!

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24th September 201924th September 2019

Site Migration Complete

Well it took me a little longer than I originally expected due to an assortment of issues and errors on my part but I think we have got there and the site has been moved to the new servers ready for when the spoilers start rolling in!

If any of you have any issues using the site or things like the comments system or voting in polls you can let me know on Facebook or Twitter and I’ll take a look but hopefully all should be good now after a lot of teething issues yesterday and this morning and the songs/dances post for week 2 was posted to the new servers earlier today with no reported issues so all is looking good!

This solution allows me to deploy additional or more powerful web and database servers as and when required on a Saturday night/Sunday and then drop the power when the site is quieter during the week which worked quite well last series. I’ve also managed to tweak the database server settings so that load on the site is distributed across multiple database servers depending on whether you are reading from the database (which most of you will be) or writing to it (which you will do if you use the polls or comments system) which should help out massively at peak times too and is an improvement on 2018 when I had to chuck ridiculously high powered servers at the database to keep it running.

This solution not cheap though and last year it cost about £300 per month which was funded by generous donations from the site’s visitors who helped to support me and the website and this year is no different. If you can afford to and want to help me out with these costs or if you just want to buy me a cool refreshing beer to thank me for all the hard work I do and the spoilers you can do so using THIS LINK or the button below or see below for additional ways to support me including ways of making a donation without me attracting any fees as I do through Paypal.

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24th September 201924th September 2019

Strictly Come Dancing 2019 – Week 2 Songs/Dances

It’s week 2 and the week that all 15 couples will want to survive as no one wants to be out first. The BBC have just announced details of what all the couples will be dancing to and I can reveal that……

Anneka and Kevin: Waltz to Run to You by Whitney Houston
Alex and Neil: Cha Cha to What I Did For Love by David Guetta feat. Emeli Sande
Catherine and Johannes: Samba to Let the Groove Get In by Justin Timberlake
Emma B and Anton: Foxtrot to Sunshine of Your Love by Ella Fitzgerald, Ernie Heckscher Big Band and Tommy Flanagan
Viscountess Emma and Aljaž: Tango to Sucker by Jonas Brothers
Michelle and Giovanni: Viennese Waltz to That’s Amore by Dean Martin
Saffron and AJ: Cha Cha to One Touch by Jess Glynne and Jax Jones
Chris and Karen: Charleston to Out of Our Heads by Take That
David and Nadiya: Paso Doble to España cañí
Dev and Dianne: Jive to Dance With Me Tonight by Olly Murs
James and Luba: Jive to Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
Karim and Amy: Foxtrot to The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra
Kelvin and Oti: Waltz to What the World Needs Now by Burt Bacharach
Mike and Katya: American Smooth to Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
Will and Janette: Salsa to 1-2-3 by Gloria Estefan

Complaints to the BBC

What do you think of the songs and dances? As always you can let me know right here in the comments or over on Facebook or Twitter

You can still vote in the week 1 poll and tell me who your favourites were after their first dances last week

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Or you can support me for free, save money on your energy bills and earn yourselves £50 if you check your prices and switch using MY LINK. Bulb will pay your exit fees and have 100% green energy at low prices. Win for the planet and win for your pocket!

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