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22nd September 201823rd September 2018

Strictly Come Dancing 2018 – Week 1 Discussion/Poll

Here we go it’s the start of the 2018 series of Strictly Come Dancing. All 15 couples will be dancing for our pleasure tonight and this will be our first proper look at the class of 2018. Whilst there is no spoiler and no elimination as all 15 couples will survive to week 2, there will still be a lot to discuss.

Who looks promising for this new series? And who is dead weight and in danger next week? You can let me know your thoughts about that or anything else to do with tonight’s show right here in the comments or over on Facebook or Twitter (tag @davejthorp and include #StrictlySpoiler on Twitter). Each time you join the discussion you earn an entry into the largest competition I have ever run with 4 prizes of a £20 Amazon UK voucher up for grabs each and every week. You can read more about the competition here.

A poll will open here when all the couples have danced. As always you will be able to select up to 3 favourites.

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No spoiler incoming tonight but the website moved hosts last weekend in preparation for when it does start getting busy when the spoilers start rolling in. Since I set the new servers up last Sunday they have cost me over £40. If I provide a valuable service for you and you are willing and can afford to help me out with my hosting costs you can do so using THIS LINK (preferred) or the button below.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2018 – Week 1 Songs/Dances

Here we are almost at the start of a brand new series of Strictly. Week 1 is upon us on Saturday and whilst there won’t be a spoiler as there is no elimination there will be lots of stuff happening.

The BBC last night revealed the songs and dances that the new couples will be performing on Saturday night and I can reveal that they are……

Ashley & Pasha: Viennese Waltz to Perfect by Ed Sheeran featuring Beyoncé
Charles & Karen: Cha Cha Cha to Ain’t No Love (Ain’t Not Use) by Sub Sub featuring Melanie Williams
Danny & Amy: Foxtrot to Top Cat Theme by Hoyt Curtin
Dr Ranj & Janette: Cha Cha Cha to How Will I Know by Whitney Houston
Faye & Giovanni: Cha Cha Cha to Lullaby by Sigala featuring Paloma Faith
Graeme & Oti: Samba to Soul Limbo by Booker T and The M.G.’s
Joe & Dianne: Jive to Take On Me by A-Ha
Kate & Aljaž: Cha Cha Cha to Kiss by Tom Jones
Katie & Gorka: Waltz to When We Were Young by Adele
Lauren & AJ: Waltz to I’m Kissing You by Des’ree
Lee & Nadiya: Waltz to Take It To The Limit by The Eagles
Seann & Katya: Tango to SexyBack by Justin Timberlake
Stacey & Kevin: Quickstep to Dancing by Kylie Minogue
Susannah & Anton: Samba to Tico Tico by Carmen Miranda
Vick & Graziano: Jive to Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man

What do you think of the choices? You can let me know in the comments or over on Facebook or Twitter. No prizes yet but Saturday is the first day of the 2018 competition with £80 worth of prizes up for grabs each and every week. You can find out what you need to do to get involved right here.

The website has also recently moved hosts ready for when you guys start constantly refreshing it to see if the spoiler has come in. Since deploying the new servers on Sunday it has already cost me £11.45. If you want to, and can afford to, donate to help out with the site’s growing hosting needs which are needed to keep it up at peak times when the spoilers come in you can do so using the button below or preferably using THIS LINK

Two polls are currently running and you can vote in them below

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Site Migration Complete

As I mentioned the website went down for maintenance yesterday in order to migrate it to the new hosting solution that will keep the website up at peak times when the spoiler comes in. I’m pleased to report that the site move is now complete and if you are viewing this post you are viewing the website on the new servers

You can read more about how the new hosting will keep the site up at peak times HERE. This hosting system is not cheap and has already cost me more than £5 since I deployed it yesterday and those costs will go up further once the site is placed under load when spoilers start coming in. I’ve had a few of you help me out with my hosting costs and I thank each and every one of you who has done as without you there is no way I could afford to host the site that so many people depend on. If you want to, and can afford to help me out or just want to buy me a beer you can use THIS LINK or the button below. Please use the link if at all possible

I also mentioned that I wanted to make changes to the polling software due to some annoying bugs in the old software. That is also completed with all previous polls migrated over to the new system.

Two polls are currently running and you can vote in them below

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If you have any problems using the site you can let me know on social media using the links above. If you just can’t connect to it chances are your ISP hasn’t realised it’s moved yet. They should update in a few hours

We’re just a few days off the 2018 series kicking off properly and also the competition will kick off on Saturday too. You can find out how to get involved on THIS LINK. Or why not head on over to Facebook where you can get involved with the competition to celebrate reaching 10k likes in the next few weeks