Strictly Come Dancing is one of its kind and the original Dance Reality Show. This Dance based reality show was featured on British Television for the first time in the year 2004. The show is popularly known as Strictly. In the show, the celebrities and their partners perform in Ballroom and Latin Dance. The show airs on Saturday and Sunday every week and is presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
While the show is judged by Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke, and Shirley Ballas, strictly Come Dancing has been a show that also holds the Guinness Book Record for being the most successful and watched reality show in Television history. Season 20 of the show started to air on 24 September 2022. This show for the first time is filled with 20 professional dancers for the first time in the history of the show.
The concept of the show is that professional dancers/choreographers are paired with a Celebrity, and they compete with each other every week. Every week is designed to be performed on a specific theme. The dancers are then scored by a panel of Judges. An ample amount of time is then given to the viewers to cast their votes for their favorite dancing couple. (Votes are cast online, through phone, as well as SMS, depending on the country they are being broadcasted). The couple who scores the lowest combining the votes as well as the marks of the judges is eliminated. The same process continues till 3-4-5 couples are left. Then the Finale episode takes place, and the couple who performs the best wins the trophy and cash prize together.
The dance series became so famous that it has been licensed to 60 different countries and is distributed by BBC Studios. The series has been one of the top 10 TV Series in 17 countries of its distribution. Being one of the Topmost shows in the genre that has been watched, the show with the same format but different names per the language airs in countries like South Korea, India, Pakistan, China, Ukraine, Finland, Brazil, Bulgaria, and so on.
Strictly Come Dancing Season 20 Episode 12 Recap
As Halloween was around, Strictly Come Dancing was also focused on the theme. The celebrity contestant and their professional dance partners were all dressed up in spooky costumes. The show witnessed some of the best frightening yet entertaining performances that won the hearts of the judges and left the audience in an aww.
Ellie Taylor and Tyler West shared the first position with 35 points. Motsi Mabuse loved the performance of Johannes Radebe the most and termed the performance her favorite for the night. Tyler and Dainese Buswel’s Cha Cha split the opinions of judges; Anton gave a perfect ten, branding the performance as the best in Strictly history, whereas Craig performed just a minimal 7.
Kym Marsh was able to score a good 34 with her Rumba performance. Tango performed by Hamza was given a score of 33 and was appreciated as well. Molly Rainford and her partner Gu scored 33 points despite scoring the lowest in last week’s performance. The duo showed up its skills amazingly in their Dance this time. Helen Skelton, Fleur East, and Will Melor all scored 32 points from the judges. Footballer Tony Adams scored 31, which was also said to be one of the finest dances performed by the Footballer.
Ellie Symonds scored 29 points, while James Bye scored 27 points which was the lowest of the day. Later, Fleur East and Vita Copella were sent to Dance off again despite the good score of 32. The duo was joined by Amy Dowden and James Bye for the Dance. In the end, the judges decided to save Fleur and Vito.
While Amy Dowden and James Bye have to say goodbye to their dancing journey on the show.
Strictly Come Dancing Season 20 Episode 13 Release Date
Season 20, Episode 13 of Strictly Come Dancing, will be streamed live on 5 November 2022. The show streams on BBC One channel. Apart from the channel, the show is not available on any other OTT Platform to watch. The show is just limited to British Territory and is not broadcasted elsewhere. The show is not broadcasted in the US region as well.
If you are away from home and you want to watch out the show, you can also take the help of a VPN which is called a Virtual Private Network. Express VPN allows you to change your IP Address on any device. You can watch the show at the pace and comfort of your home.
Where To Watch Strictly Come Dancing Season 20 Episode 13?
Strictly Come Dancing Season 20, Episode 13 will be aired on November 5 and 6 that is Saturday (5 November) evening at 6.30 pm on BBC One, with the results shows airing on Sundays(6 November) at 7.20 pm. You can also watch the show live and On-demand on BBC iPlayer.
Apart from these platforms, the show is not available elsewhere on any online platform to be binge-watched.