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4th December 20169th January 2017

Christmas Special Spoiler – Note To Editors

Well this has been a bizarre day. The Strictly Spoiler has suddenly received a ton of attention from the British media with articles appearing on The Daily Star, The Sun, The Daily Mirror, Now Magazine and I’ve also been approached for comment by the Daily Mail who ran their own (and the most balanced yet) article as I was typing this post.

Many of the articles so far have taken the slant that in posting the Christmas Special results before Christmas I am a grinch trying to ruin Christmas for millions of Strictly Viewers. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Before I talk about the Christmas Special Spoiler it’s best to take a short while to talk about why this site exists and why I do what I do. A lot of this is covered in the about section linked above but many journalists seemed to have completely missed that.

The Strictly Come Dancing Sunday Results Show is pre recorded on a Saturday Night shortly after the main live show. There exists online spoiler threads on some discussion forums and spoiler groups who source the results usually from audience moles and share them for the benefit of the viewers. Several years ago I was sourcing the spoiler from these groups and direct messaging it to some of my followers on Twitter who wanted to learn the results. Eventually it got to the point where I was spending a lot of time sending these direct messages and so I looked for another way.

I have a personal blog and originally I started posting the spoiler to that blog. Posting the spoiler has also been my way of protesting the decision by the BBC to pre record the results and broadcast them a day after the event. We live in a day and age where information can be transmitted globally in the blink of an eye so it’s stupid to pre record the results and expect them not to leak out. I would love it if the BBC reverted to a Saturday Night live results show but sadly they won’t because the Sunday Night show gets amazing ratings (in spite of what I do). Ratings shouldn’t matter to the BBC but there we are!

I didn’t for one minute think in doing this I would eventually be operating a site viewed by hundreds of thousands of people each week. The popularity this site has received has been entirely accidental (one of my friends jokingly once said I’d created a beast and occasionally it does feel like that) but in 2014 traffic to the site started to spike massively and then it’s grown ever since. Despite the growth less than 1% of people who watch Strictly view the spoiler here and Strictly’s audience is continuing to grow despite the results being out there on sites like this. Even fewer people have viewed the Christmas Special Spoiler which seems to be causing all this fuss.

As far as posting the Christmas Special Spoiler is concerned this is about providing a service to my site’s visitors all of whom are clearly hungry for spoilers. I’m not trying to ruin Christmas or spoil the Christmas Special for all Strictly viewers. The people who view this site are a small minority of the strictly audience but those people have the right to enjoy the show in whatever manner they choose. If people want to watch the show knowing the result that is down to them and their own preference.

It is also extremely difficult for me to spoil the show for anyone who doesn’t want to be spoiled, at least not directly. All my posts are clearly labelled as a spoiler, this site is clearly labelled as a spoiler site and I only ever post spoilers to Facebook or Twitter in the form of a clearly labelled link that people are free to click on or not. I do not post the results publicly to social networking. People have to actively seek out the spoilers I post in order to view them!

Spoilers aren’t a new thing. Many newspapers are frequently telling us about upcoming plot lines for soaps such as Eastenders and Coronation Street including the Christmas specials. Presumably they too are trying to ruin Christmas? In fact it is deeply ironic that The Daily Mirror, a few hours after calling me a “Festive Grinch” for posting the Christmas Special spoiler, proceeded to post an article with festive spoilers for Coronation Street. Pot, kettle, black anyone?

Hopefully the above clears things up but if any media editors still have questions I suggest they get in touch with me just like the Daily Mail did and I’ll be happy to clear things up

Complaints to the BBC, The Daily Star, The Daily Mirror, The Sun and Now Magazine!

3rd December 2016

Strictly Come Dancing 2016 – Week 11 Spoilers

There’s a two for one on spoilers this week as not only do I have the regular elimination spoiler but I’ve also got the spoiler for the Christmas Special as well. I really do spoil you guys! But anyway, Strictly was at the musicals but who was a West End hit? And who was out of tune? No need to wait until the not live results show to find out because the Strictly Spoiler is on hand to tell you the results. So here they are:

Ore and Robert had to dance off. The judges saved Ore. Robert was eliminated.

Complaints to the BBC

This week’s spoiler has come from an audience mole through my usual sources and should be accurate.

Congratulations to Darren Tranter on Facebook who won this week’s Strictly Spoiler competition and has won a £20 Amazon UK voucher and could win a Kindle Fire Tablet in December’s monthly draw at the end of the series.

Do you want to win prizes? Of course you do and it really is simple to get involved. You can join the discussion right here at the home of the Strictly Spoiler or head on over to Facebook or Twitter. Please remember to tag @davejthorp and include #StrictlySpoiler over on Twitter. Full details of all the entry routes and an email entry route can be found here!

Facebook are taking on Twitter once again in the ultimate smackdown. With Twitter leading the series 2-0 Facebook are playing for pride. Well pride and a huge £100 Amazon UK voucher perfect for spending in the Boxing Day sales! More details on how you can get involved in the smackdown and help guide the networks to victory can be found here.

Don’t forget to vote in this week’s poll and tell me who your favourites were this week. As always you can choose up to 3 options.

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3rd December 20163rd December 2016

Strictly Come Dancing 2016 – Week 11 Discussion/Poll

Strictly is at the musicals this week, but more importantly it’s the Quarter Finals! The 5 remaining couples will once again be taking to the dancefloor to earn a place in next week’s Semi Final.

Who did you think was a broadway hit and whose performance just flopped? You can let me know your thoughts on that or anything else relating to this week’s Strictly right here in the comments section or why not head on over to Facebook or Twitter (please tag @davejthorp and include #StrictlySpoiler on Twitter).

Each time you join the discussion you earn entries into this week’s competition to win a £20 Amazon UK and possibly even a Kindle Fire Tablet. Full details on the competition and all the ways to enter can be found here!

Facebook and Twitter will be taking part in the finale of the ultimate smackdown later tonight with Facebook playing for pride as Twitter lead the series 2-0. Well pride and the largest prize given away this series. A massive £100 Amazon UK voucher is up for grabs for one lucky person just in time for the Boxing Day sales. More information and what you need to do to get involved can be found here.

As always a poll will open when all the couples have danced and it’s a little different as I’m asking you this week who are your 3 finalists? Please choose 3 options this week and lets see if we can predict the final three couples! As well as voting in the poll and joining in the discussion to keep you amused whilst we wait for the spoiler you could also check out my Brucie Bonus of a spoiler. The Christmas Special was filmed this week and I’ve got a spoiler right here!

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Please give this post some love using the buttons for all major social networks and Google+ above and below. Your likes and shares are important, really help me out and help to spread the word about The Strictly Spoiler.

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