The ”Strictly Speaking” Podcast

That's it... we've made it to the end of the year... Sorry this isn't a full episode of Strictly Speaking, but I just want to take the time to thank the listeners as well as give some quick thoughts on the FAB-U-LOUS final of Strictly Come Dancing 2025. Congratulations to the incredible winners Karen and Carlos, and to the amazing runners up George and Alexis and Amber and Nikita. Thank you to the...

What a week that was... After what is arguably Strictly's most shocking elimination of all time, Janet and Poppy are here to dissect this year's musical special. They talk about Lewis and Katya's unexpected exit from the competition, the incredible potential of the four semi finalists, and they get into a debate about whether The Greatest Showman is a movie or a musical. Also, please remember that...

Welcome to a very late edition of Strictly Speaking. Musical week has definitely not happened yet, so Janet and Poppy are going to talk about what is definitely the latest episode of Strictly, week 10. They discuss Alex and Jojo's elimination and whether we think Jojo might be leaving Strictly, Balvinder's new dance off record, Karen and Amber's perfect dances and the absolute insanity of the new...

What a rollercoaster this week has been! This week on Strictly Speaking, we discuss all about this year's trip to the Tower Ballroom, including Karen Carney's robbery of a perfect 40, Balvinder's dream come true, the returning celeb's dance, this year's Christmas contestants and Janet's scepticism towards the new 'instant dance' twist scheduled for week 10. We also say an emotional goodbye to La V...

They're back! After a week off, Janet and Poppy are here to discuss weeks 7 & 8 of Strictly! They talk about the dances from the last two weeks, the shocking eliminations of Harry and Vicky, La Voix's unfortunate withdrawal from Blackpool and the crazy trajectories that the other couples have had over these past two live shows. They also give their final predictions for the much anticipated Bl...

It's that time of year again! Time for Janet and Poppy to discuss the Strictly Come Dancing Halloween special! In this episode, they discuss everything about Week 6 of Strictly, from the heart-breaking elimination of Ellie and Vito, to Lewis and Katya's perfect score, to Karen and Carlo's great comeback. We also share our winner predictions, what we think about Shirley's criticism towards Amber an...

Happy Halloween! This week's episode of Strictly Speaking is a little different, since Janet and Poppy were not able to arrange a good time to speak to each other, so instead they recorded their thoughts on this week separately and then Janet spliced it together, but hopefully we should be back to normal next week. This week was the first shocking elimination of the series, Jimmy and Lauren. Janet...

To say this week has been chaotic and devastating in the Strictly Come Dancing cinematic universe would be a bit of an understatement. In this episode of Strictly Speaking, we discuss all things Week 4, including the under marking of Karen and Amber, who we think will be in the final, and the questionable comments from Shirley to La Voix. We also discuss the breaking news of Tess and Claudia's sho...

Predicting 10s for Amber this week! This week on Strictly Speaking, Janet and Poppy discuss one of Janet's personal Strictly favourites, Movie Week! Although Janet personally felt something was off this year, and has spent the last few days trying to figure out what was missing... or rather, who was missing... We also discuss how George Clarke was done dirty by the producers with his Couple's Choi...

We're back, and we're here to discuss Week 2 of Strictly Come Dancing! In this episode, we talk about the first elimination, what we thought of all the couples' dances, and our mixed opinions on the format change of the results show. We also send all our love to the wonderful Amy Dowden.

A lot has happened in the Strictly Come Dancing universe since we last spoke!   In this episode, we discuss the highs and lows of week 1 of Strictly. We talk about the surprises (both good and bad), Dianne's amazing baby news and how incredible she is, who we will be voting for this weekend and predictions for who could possibly be first out. 

We're kicking off our fourth series with our 2025 predictions! In less than a week's time, celebrities such as Alex Kingston, George Clarke, La Voix, Vicky Pattison and many others will take to the dance floor! In this episode, we discuss last year's final, what we've been up to Strictly-wise in the past 9 months, which pros we think the celebrities will be partnered up with, and our ideas for mov...