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UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - Caught on Camera

Lewis Cope tops Strictly leader board and wins first Instant Dance challenge

Saturday night was eventful in the Strictly studios after the BBC dance competition introduced a new challenge.

Evening Standard

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week 10 of the competition

Which couples will end up securing a spot in the quarter finals?

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing crowns first ever winners of Instant Dance challenge

Couples faced the high pressure test for the first time in the competition’s history

The Independent UK

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Strictly’s Lewis Cope fell asleep during rehearsal with Katya Jones

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Lewis Cope has revealed he fell asleep during a rehearsal with dance partner Katya Jones.

The Independent UK

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week nine of the competition

This week’s Blackpool special featured the second perfect score of the series after a contestant was forced to withdraw

The Independent UK

Strictly’s Lewis Cope called ‘unbelievable’ after second perfect score of the series

One viewer said that they would have given the actor a score of 110

The Independent UK

Wynne Evans says Katya Jones Strictly scandal was ‘creepy’ and ‘totally stupid’

Evans says the experience had a severe impact on his mental health and spent time in hospital

The Independent UK

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Wynne Evans reveals he attempted suicide after Strictly scandal

The singer appeared on last year’s show with professional dancer Katya Jones.

Evening Standard

Strictly in fresh scandal as 'another celeb has affair with dancer' - and the 'signs were there' all along

The dance pairing reportedly managed to keep their alleged ‘fling’ a secret during filming

Evening Standard

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week eight of the competition

What the judges thought ahead of Blackpool week

The Independent UK

Giovanni Pernice's dance partner bats him off in strained moment on Italian Strictly after BBC probe

Pernice, 35, left Strictly Come Dancing last year after his former dance partner Amanda Abbington accused him of ‘cruel’ behaviour backstage

Evening Standard

Vicky Pattison tops Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard with ‘dance of the night’

The former Geordie Shore star, 37, and professional dancer Kai Widdrington scored 39 points for their Tango to Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia.

Evening Standard

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week seven of BBC series

The judges have weighed in on the contestants’ performances

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing latest: Vicky Pattison tops leaderboard for first time

Balvinder Sopal also wowed after surviving dance-off once again

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Married Strictly star 'caught kissing pro dancer in video that could destroy his family man image'

‘The video has been shared around on WhatsApp as everyone is slightly sickened by this pair’s duplicitousness,’ a source said

Evening Standard

Fifth celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing during Halloween week

Also on Saturday’s show, Lewis Cope and professional dancer Katya Jones clinched the first perfect score of the series.

Evening Standard

Lewis Cope and Katya Jones score first perfect 40 of Strictly Come Dancing 2025

The couple wore matching suits for their couple’s choice to Creep by Radiohead.

The Independent UK

Strictly’s Lewis Cope scores first perfect score of the series with ‘emotional’ performance

‘Emmerdale’ star will go down in the show’s history say judges

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Lewis Cope tops Strictly leaderboard as Johnny Cash during Icon Week

Dancing the quickstep to Ring Of Fire with professional Katya Jones, the pair scored 34 points during Saturday night’s show.

Evening Standard

Strictly professionals to wear Britney Spears-inspired looks for icons week

The show is paying tribute to some of the world’s biggest music stars for icons week.

The Independent UK

Strictly stars reveal surprise backstage show secret to The Independent

Strictly Come Dancing stars have revealed a surprise backstage secret from the show.

The Independent UK

In Lewis Cope, Strictly Come Dancing’s Katya Jones finally has the partner she deserves

COMMENT: The Strictly professional has had a run of bad luck and scandals on the show – it’s about time she had a partner who could win, writes Rachel McGrath

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Emmerdale’s Lewis Cope tops leaderboard with perfect 10

Lewis Cope and his professional partner Katya Jones scored 37 for their Paso Double to The Plaza of Execution from the film The Mask of Zorro

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing week three: Lewis Cope lands first 10 of the series in action-packed Movie Week

All the updates from week three of the BBC competition as Cynthia Erivo joins as guest mentor

The Independent UK

I’m a Celebrity All Stars lineup revealed as fan favourites from past series return

Soap actors, Olympians and football icons are reportedly in line for 2026 show

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