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11th December 202111th December 2021

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 – Week 12 Discussion/Polls

It’s the semi finals which of course makes this the final spoiler weekend of the series as not even The BBC are stupid enough to pre record the results of the final. But before that there’s the semi final to get through and two routines from each of our 4 semi finalists.

But who deserves a shot at lifting the Glitterball next weekend and who should fall at the final hurdle? You can let me know your thoughts on that or anything else to do with tonight’s show right here in the comments or over on Facebook or Twitter. Each time you get involved in the discussion on the social networks you earn an entry into this year’s huge competition where one of you will be winning a £500 voucher. But only if you are brave enough to turn down the regular weekly prize. Time is running out to get involved in the competition! There’s just 2 more weeks and 4 more chances to get yourselves in the huge end of series draw!

Once again I’m treating you guys this week as I’m running two polls. The first is the normal one where you can tell me who got your votes with The BBC this week. As always you can select up to 3 options.

This poll is no longer accepting votes

Also I am asking who your winner is. You can only select 1 option in this poll. Both polls will open once all the couples have danced! Results will be available shortly after 11pm or when the spoiler comes in, whichever is first!

This poll is no longer accepting votes

Don’t forget I’ve got a 2 for 1 on spoilers this weekend as the festive spoiler came in this week giving you the chance to know what you are getting for Christmas!

And please take a few minutes to check out my annual thanks post where I talk about another huge year for this site!

My November hosting bill was an eye watering £887.29 which I’m sure we can all agree is huge. If I provide you a useful service please if you can please considering helping me out with these costs by making a one time donation using THIS LINK (make sure to click send and not request) or the button below. Please only do so if you can afford to do so and there is no obligation on anyone to help me out this way.

Or for the truly impatient amongst you why not join the crew on Patreon. For less than the price of a coffee a month you gain access to the spoiler in an ad free form and also will gain access to the results of the exit poll providing the earliest indication as to how the dance off has gone each week minutes after The BBC vote closes and hours before the spoiler or any other spoiler source.

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As is normally the case this series due to moles being an endangered species it may be Sunday morning before I am able to bring you a result however as soon as I have a confirmed full result to share I will do right here at the home of the Strictly Spoiler. Or follow me on the socials to be pinged when I post to the website. Please do not bombard me with messages on the socials asking if I have heard. If nothing has been posted the answer is no! Also please do not post what you’ve read elsewhere on my socials (Facebook especially). This turns the spoiler game into a game of Chinese whispers and most other sources have been wrong at least once so far this series!

11th December 2021

Strictly Spoiler 2021 Thanks

Yes it’s that time where I spend just a couple of minutes to talk about this series for The Strictly Spoiler and thank a few people who have helped contribute to another massive year.

And massive is really the word. 2021 has blown away so many records for this site and the record book has been pretty much thrown out. Peaking at 1.3 Million views in a weekend throughout the series the spoiler has at the time of writing been viewed here almost 10 million times by 2.3 million of you. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d be recording weekend views in the magnitude of millions but here we are. It doesn’t feel like too long ago I was getting excited about a few thousand views and now we are talking about millions. It’s mad, bewildering and a little scary especially as the site has been struggling with the numbers a couple of times this series even with my scalable hosting solution and because of this my costs have sky rocketed as I’ve had to deploy increasing numbers of very powerful servers to cope with the demand.

Hosting this website will have cost me over £2k throughout the 13 weeks of this series once I get my December hosting bill and that’s without factoring other expenses that I incur into the equation. This is a ludicrous sum of money to be paying and is one reason why the website pushes a number of monetisation options to help support these large costs as there is no way I would be able to afford to keep this site running if I were to run it as a hobby as I did at the start.

Many of you have used the donation options available and I am really grateful to each and every one of you. Whilst the donations received haven’t covered the costs in full this series and that’s to be expected given how much they have spiralled from previous series they have seriously lightened the load and I’m grateful to each and every one of you who has donated whether you’ve donated £1 or £50. If you want to get a last minute donation in, buy me a pint or an early Christmas present to thank me for all the spoilers you can do so using THIS LINK (make sure to click send and not request) or the button below. Please only do so if you can afford to do so and there is zero obligation on anyone to help me out in this way.

Another way you guys have been helping me out with my costs is through the Patreon page. This was launched in 2020 but due to the pandemic I wasn’t able to push it as much as I would have liked and was only offering a warm fuzzy feeling to those few who signed up in 2020. Things were very different in 2021 and there are now over 100 of you on Patreon. For just the price of a coffee every month Patreon supporters have received the spoiler advert and monetisation free but have also received the results of the exit poll. Taken just after The BBC vote closes this poll has accurately predicted those in danger of landing in the dance off each week though has been a little less reliable at picking the precise bottom two, though this was also the case last series when the poll was being used as a spoiler back up due to the pandemic.

I’m grateful to everyone who has signed up to patreon as you too have helped me towards the spiralling costs and I hope a good few of you stick around during the off season as even though Strictly isn’t on I do still incur costs all year round. You can sign up to Patreon here and I’ll be in touch with everyone on Patreon in the new year to try and get ideas on what you’d like to see there in 2022.

Moving on and I’d like to thank my sources. I work closely with a few other spoiler sources and in a normal series we’d all source moles and help each other out with the spoiler. This was not a normal series but thankfully I have another source who has once again been invaluable at providing the spoiler even on the weeks when there has been no mole due to the audience capacity. Without this source things would have been a lot quieter on the spoiler front this year (and last). Last series I offered to send this person a little gift at Christmas however they declined but instead asked that I make a charity donation on their behalf. I’ll be making the same offer in due course to thank this person.

Finally I just want to thank each and every one of you who comes to the website and views the content I put out each week. It still flabbergasts me how many of you do that and I’m grateful to each and every one of you!

All that remains is to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

8th December 20218th December 2021

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 – Christmas Special Spoilers

The festive season is upon us but there’s no need to wait until Christmas to open your presents when The Strictly Spoiler is on hand to help you peek under the wrapping paper without needing to wait until you are in a food coma. So here are the goodies you all crave

Participating in the special were:

Adrian Chiles and Jowita
Anne Marie and Graziano
Fred Sirieix and Dianne
Jay Blades and Luba
Mel Giedroyc and Neil
Moira Stuart and Aljaž

The special was won by Anne Marie and Graziano

Complaints to the BBC

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

What do you think of the results? As always you can let me know your thoughts right here in the comments section or over on Facebook or Twitter. Each time you get involved in the discussion on the social networks you earn an entry into the biggest competition I have ever run with a whopping £500 voucher up for grabs for one lucky winner this series. Full details of the competition can be found here.

Providing this website and the spoiler for you guys cost me £900 in hosting costs last month. You can help me out with these costs or buy me a Christmas Present by making a one time donation using THIS LINK (make sure to click send and not request) or the button below. Please only do so if you can afford to do so and there is no obligation on anyone to help me out this way.

Or why not join the crew on Patreon. For less than the price of a coffee a month you gain access to the spoiler in an ad free form and also will gain access to the results of the exit poll providing the earliest indication as to how the dance off has gone each week minutes after The BBC vote closes and hours before the spoiler or any other spoiler source.