Category: Strictly News

Blackpool and last weekend is but a distant memory (thankfully if you were on twitter) and the remaining 7 couples are now focused on week 10 which not only will bring the regular learned dance but will also bring the complete and utter carnage that will be the Pasodoblathon (no that isn’t a word but its what the BBC are calling it). But who is dancing and to what song? Never fear because I can reveal

• Alexandra and Gorka are going to be dancing the Rumba to Halo by Beyoncé
• Debbie and Giovanni will dance the Argentine Tango to Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera
• Gemma and Aljaž will Samba to The River of Dreams by Billy Joel
• Mollie and AJ will perform the Quickstep to The Baseballs’ version of Umbrella by Rihanna
• Susan and Kevin will dance the American Smooth to Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin
• Davood and Nadiya will Waltz to With You I’m Born Again by Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright
• Joe and Katya will Quickstep to Jumpin’ Jack by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

What do you think of the song choices. As always you can let me know right here, on facebook or twitter!

In a bizarre twist on the songs and dances post I have some winners to tell you about. Sorry for the delay in drawing last week’s competition but I’ve had a lot on. Well done to Jeff Chilton on Twitter and Amanda Giles on Facebook both of whom have won £20 Amazon UK vouchers. The winner here at the home of the Strictly Spoiler has not got in touch with me as yet so check your emails. You could be a winner.

Anyone who won a voucher in September/October of this series should have now received their vouchers which were sent out earlier today. November winners will receive their prizes in the next batch towards Christmas time.

I’m also trying to raise funds at the moment to fund a dedicated server for the last few weeks of this series which will hopefully allow me to keep the site up at peak times rather than it going down as it has done the last two weeks. Please only donate to the fund if you have the money to spare. I don’t expect anyone to struggle, especially this close to Christmas, in order to help support me and this site but if you do have the money to spare you can donate using the button below (which PayPal will take a cut from) or by using this link which will send all the money to me.

As revealed in last night’s Strictly Spoiler Jonnie and Oti have been eliminated after losing in the dance off with Debbie and Giovanni.

You can relive their Tango from Blackpool in the video below:

Did the right couple leave? You can let me know your thoughts on that or anything else to do with tonight’s results right here in the comments section below or over on Facebook or Twitter using the links above.

Apologies once again for those of you who had site issues last night. I’ve talked about it quite a bit here although some of you on Twitter took issue with my explanation that it was down to constant site refreshes and my suggestion that people should ease down on the refreshing of the site at peak times. I am working with my web host to see if the issues can be solved although that solution may involve upgrading the hosting to a dedicated server which will be VERY expensive and may be completely unaffordable for me especially since we have 3 spoiler weekends left. If you want to help out the server fund which is currently about 1/3 of the way there you can check out the donation page Any contributions would be gratefully received but are entirely optional and please only consider donating if you can afford to do so.

I promised you some winners today but again real life and all the dramas with the hosting and the backlash I received on some social networks got in the way and I needed some time out. I will get the competition drawn in the next couple of days and announce it on the songs/dances post.

Don’t forget you can vote in this week’s poll and tell me who your favourites from week 9 were. You can select up to 3 options

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Strictly is off to Blackpool (not sure if they’ve mentioned that) and last night the BBC revealed the songs/dances the 8 remaining couples will be performing in the tower ballroom. And they are…..

• Alexandra and Gorka will Quickstep to The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re In The Money) from ‘42nd Street’
• Debbie and Giovanni perform the Samba to Spice Girls Medley (Wannabe / Who Do You Think You Are)
• Gemma and Aljaz dance the American Smooth to Downtown by Petula Clark
• Mollie and AJ will perform the Charleston to Wings by Little Mix
• Susan and Kevin Paso Doble to Scott & Fran’s Paso Doble from ‘Strictly Ballroom’
• Davood and Nadiya will also Paso Doble to Live And Let Die by Paul McCartney and Wings
• Joe and Katya dance the Salsa to Ride On Time by Black Box
• Jonnie and Oti will Tango to Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics

What do you think of the song choices? As always you can let me know right here in the comments section below (only when viewing a single post) or over on Facebook/Twitter using the links above.