The Keep Dancing Podcast

Immediately after the Grand Final, Ellie, Elliot and Meg got together to record some hot takes and immediate reactions to a spectacular Strictly Grand Final. Emily and Anne supply some slightly more…sensible contributions.

Thank you to everyone who has listened, chatted and shared this series with us. We’ve loved having you with us on this sparkly rollercoaster journey.

We're getting ready for the Grand Final and chatting with Dave Thorp, who runs the Strictly Spoiler website. We talk about his adventures running an important fan resource, how he's enjoyed the Class of 2018 and take a look at our finalists chances of victory.

Another batch of contextualised grousing from the podcast gang. Ellie is joined by Elliot, Emily and Meg to chew over the semi-final results. Also featuring:

- KDP Investigates: Stacey Dooley’s hobbies

- Alternating between different pronunciations of Argentine tango

- An absolutely astonishing google search

- The concept of 3 out of 4 couples lining up for the final in full body paint

- Should Couple’s Choice be allowed in the Final?

- https://genekellysbutt.tumblr.com/

- If you like funny women writing about make-up, you’ll enjoy thetrowel.co.uk

Musicals week allows us to feel the full range of emotions: from excitement to disgust, from joy to fear. Join us on a journey into the heart of staginess as we try to work out who is the biggest ham of all. Ellie is joined by Emily, Anne and Meg to put on the old razzle dazzle.

- New feature: Johannes Appreciation Corner

- What kinds of puppets bother Ellie?

- A heartfelt goodbye to Charles, who had so much more to give

- The tide of opinion turns on our ringers

- But which ringer is the ringiest? ENTER THE GLITTERDOME

- Did Joe Sugg participate in a Sunday school production of Joseph as a tiny child?

The post Blackpool lull descends into chaos with a lumpy, partial score reset, troubling hair and the regulation shock dance off. Elliot, Emily, Vikki and Anne join Ellie to pick the delicious dance cherries out of the messy trifle.

Also in this episode:

- Did we get the largest ever shout out?

- LED colour selection chat

- Huge appreciation for the props folks

- Strident demands for male rumbas instead of messing about on the couple’s choice

- But nobody needs to see anyone doing a rumba to Climb Every Mountain

- The big problem with artificial intelligence

An Erotic Chicken Dance In A Winnebago

We’ve got through another Blackpool week and all the plot elements are starting to slot into place, as is Craig’s 10 paddle. We’ve also definitely had our wow moment. Finally.

- How tickled were our Eurovision glands?

- We realise that AJ has a huge online fandom and that we probably ought never to tangle with them

- An extended extemporisation on the subject of Channing Tatum dancing in a sailor suit

- Johannes is the hardest working man on Strictly and needs a celeb next year

- Blackpool is arguably the best week to get knocked out of the competition

- Can you twerk in a jive?

At the crucial Blackpool phase of this Strictly series, new media storytelling expert Ewan Spence returns to try to make sense of the meta-narrative. Has the narrative collapsed or just fragmented? Is the Destroyer inevitable? Is Strictly more like sport or more like entertainment? What difference does that make?

Plus, we answer some of your questions, or at least dodge them in interesting ways.

Everyone wants to go to Blackpool! This series of Strictly continues to be absolutely all over the place. Nothing is certain, everything is topsy-turvy. The only thing that remains constant and reliable is that we’re annoyed by people dancing in inappropriate shoes.

This episode also includes:

- A real talk serious moment about tabloid racism and diva stereotypes

- We reveal the statistically deadliest dance!

- Advice for a first time visitor to Blackpool (sorta)

- Advice on the deployment of The Sprinkler

- We want to see your heart and guts. In a good way.

- How late can you have an off-week and still win Strictly?

- Nobody wants to see you squat on the telly

- Mystic Elliot makes a series of predictions

The Converse Curse Gets Worse

We thought we’d seen the last of them, but they won’t go away. Inappropriate footwear is haunting the Strictly Ballroom!

This episode also contains:

- A conspiracy theory about Avril Lavigne?

- All unnecessary props are now ‘of Doom’. Gazebo of Doom, Cube of Doom, Cafe table of Doom

- A request to leak the Dress Run footage of Danny’s Quickstep.

- Is there too much faffing about? Is there such a thing as GOOD faffing about?

- The financial implications of Charles Venn abandoning his pint

The podcast gang review the Halloween episode of our favourite musical soap opera with some nice frocks in it. Be very afraid.

This episode also contains:

- A canon-compatible Doctor Who combat tango!

- The podcasters who don’t have children find out about The Poo Song.

- We are pledging to join in with #shakeitwithshirley because she is the Content Queen

- Multiple interludes of despondent rage

- We compare the size of our tiny, tiny violins

- Can you be sarky on Strictly?

- Shoutouts to UltimateStrictly.com and @thestrictlygraph