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Strictly Come Dancing: The Official Podcast

Joe's Cha-Cha-Challenge!

Strictly Come Dancing: The Official Podcast

BBC

Tv & Film

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

2018 Strictly finalist Joe Sugg teams up with producer Kim Winston to bring the fans an Access All Areas backstage pass to the show. Kim has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Strictly, having worked on the show since 2009, and Joe knows first-hand what all the couples are going through, making them the perfect duo to give the listeners an exclusive insight of what really goes on backstage. Strictly says goodbye to it’s very first duo of 2023. We get to know the pros with Neil and Nadiya. Bobby and Dianne play Joe’s Cha-Cha-Challenge and it’s all about zen and microwaves as Kim catches up with Nikita and Gorka ahead of Saturday’s show! The Strictly Come Dancing Official Podcast is made by BBC Studios, produced by Kim Winston and edited by Jonathan O’Sullivan. Listen now on BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0

Oh, it's that time again, Kim. It's the first elimination on Strictly Come Dancing.

0:17.2

It is one of the best shows that I've seen in a long, long time. It was incredible, but

0:21.5

obviously someone has to go. Nikita and Les, although they were in

0:24.9

the bottom two, I do feel like they came back with a totally different approach to the

0:29.9

dancing. I feel like they had like a real boost in them this week. It was like

0:33.2

watching different people. I mean, that's the magic as well of like obviously

0:36.2

having different dance styles. There's so many different dance styles out there

0:39.6

and they all fit people differently and there's ones that people sort of

0:42.4

gravitate towards and find better. Those first two weeks, you always get a mix

0:47.0

of a dance that a lot of them will love and a dance that a lot of them

0:50.2

maybe not love so much. Yeah, but I feel like, you know, like Nikita and Les,

0:54.1

gutting that they were both in the bottom two, but I think it was definitely

0:57.4

with kind of their stronger dance that they felt they had more confidence with.

1:01.3

So, shall we hear from him? Shall we hear Les, Chantetess? Yeah.

1:05.4

This lady has been amazing. A great teacher. She's really put me through my

1:10.4

paces and thank you so much for giving me a ten-friend to take me. Thank you.

1:16.4

Thank you. I hope I've entertained. That's what I came here for and I just

1:19.9

like to say, this Strictly is the best thing and the people who put this on.

1:23.2

It's you're just all amazing. Thank you, you and Claudia and everybody.

1:28.6

Right, Les Chantet through some of the highlights of the evening and I think we

1:31.1

do have to start with Les. Seeing him come down that giant anchor

1:36.4

and do it, he gave it a real good go, didn't he? It did contain

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