The Strictly Podcast

In episode 7, Aimee and Ava attempt the impossible: to do their podcast in 45 minutes. With one of our co-hosts racing to make a sleeper train in Vietnam, we round-up the week’s incendiary television with a lightning fast debrief on….

🗡️A good Traitor, but a bit of a wet flannel for telly… why we’d love more gusto from this year’s Turret Tyrants

🥱 A chat about the lack of analysis over Ross Kemp’s murder in plain sight that will age excellently

🍼 Aimee and Ava nearly fall out over Will and Dianne’s opinion splitting Cha Cha Cha

🌹 Giving Julia Stiles her flowers for a beautiful Heath Ledger tribute on DWTS

🎤 Full disclosure: about 50% of this podcast is us trying to sing Babydoll.

As always, share your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to hear them! 👇🏼

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In episode 6, Aimee and Ava dissect another week of castle antics in Celebrity Traitors, and talk through their favourite dances at Elstree Studios for Strictly’s Icons Week.

We cover:

🗡️ We miss a plain, simple murder: why does the Traitors continue to get more complicated every series?

♟️We complained about the Traitors last week, but the Faithful could also do with a little more strategising as we approach the final banishments

🥱 What excellent TV the Big Mix vs yawning in plain sight challenge became

🥸The Dad-off of the century that was Danny Dyer and Ray Winstooooone in the audience at Strictly

💃🏻Why we need to see some emotional truth coming through in Lacey and Danni’s dances

🕺🏻Shaun, Will, Jaime and Tabby’s brilliant performances from Saturday night.

As always, share your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to hear them! 👇🏼

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In our second bumper episode we’re covering all of the chaos of Celebrity Traitors, plus all the fleckerls, pendulum kicks, cucarachas and 5ft pony tails filling our Saturday nights with Strictly Come Dancing-joy at the moment.

In Episode 5:

🏴‍☠️Are the traitors ‘playing a blinder’ or do they need to up the ante on their strategies?

🤓 If Ross Kemp thinks he can debut those SLG without us talking about it extensively, he’s got another thing coming

🗺️ We officially open J-WORD discussions on Strictly for the year, as Cach, Dani and Lacey give us plenty to talk about

** Edit: Ava mistook the key in episode 4 of the Traitors to be a shield 🛡️because she needs more sleep 😴

As always, share your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to hear them! 👇🏼

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In our first bumper episode, Aimee and Ava discuss their favourite moments from the second season of Celebrity Traitors, and 24th season of Strictly Come Dancing.

In Episode 4:

🕯️We debrief a very camp first two episodes of Celebrity Traitors, and everything we love about this backstabbing bonanza being back on our screens

🎬 It was Movie Week at Strictly, so we’re sharing our highlights from a whopping 15 couples and their (possibly tenuous links to) cinematic musical numbers!

As always, share your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to hear them! 👇🏼

Strictly Come Dancing aired its first live show on Saturday night, with Emma, Josh, Jojo and a 15-couple-bonanza of quick steps, sambas, tangos and jives.

While the nation dissects the new presenter dynamics, Aimee and Ava are welcoming in the change to regular programming, sharing their thoughts on each new couple’s chemistry, potential for that all-important ‘J-word’ (journey!) and how they’ll fare with the public vote.

In Episode 3:

🥒 From marvellous marrows to absurd rehearsal outfits, we’re loving the return of the Strictly VT

🍿Aimee and Ava discuss how great a potential Dad showdown of Danny Dyer and Ray Winstone could be

📝 Producer Matt makes a one-episode cameo with a plethora of background facts for us!

As always, share your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to hear them! 👇🏼

Series 23 of Strictly Come Dancing launched with an unholy amount of chaos, as this year’s couples were matched through a speed dating / musical chairs method of three dance routines. With Emma Willis, Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe taking centre stage as the programme’s new hosts, Aimee and Ava dissect every move, miss-step and media trained answer...

In Episode 2:

🔮 How successful were our predictions for the 2026 couples? Which matches were we most surprised by?

✨ What did we think of the new hosting trio?

🗺️ Who are we excited to see go on a ‘journey’ this series?

Share your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to hear them! 👇🏼

We’re so back. Strictly Come Dancing series 24 is almost here. With the final celebrity line-up confirmed, Aimee and Ava dust off their microphones (literally) and return to the podcast to catch up on…

🔮 Our predictions for celebs and professional dancer couples

🕺🏾 The five new professionals joining this year

🎤 How ready we are for a different Strictly vibe with Emma, Josh and Jojo at the helm

Share your thoughts in the comments 👇🏼 Which celebs and professional dancer couples are you predicting? 🔮

We may be off-season, but we’re coming out of our summer retirement as we couldn't miss speaking about Off Campus.

There’s no other way to say it: Hannah Wells, Allie Hayes and Briar U’s star hockey players have taken over our lives, and it’s not possible to speak about anything else.

In this spoiler-ridden Strictly special, we chat through a new era of men written by women, on-screen consent talk that shouldn’t feel revolutionary but does, green-flag friendships without unnecessary drama, and how Off Campus handles the trauma its protagonists are trying to process.

Of course, we’re also making room for Logan’s absurd hair, Hannah’s next-level stage presence and whether Yellow Haze is an underrated banger or better left alone.

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There are some new kids in town, as the Strictly Come Dancing presenters for 2026 and beyond have been unveiled! 🪩

Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe will be taking to the ballroom floor this autumn as the new faces of the BBC primetime show, and Aimee and Ava share their first impressions of this unexpected (but possibly incredible) trio.

What form will the Clauditorium take? How will Emma and Josh respond to the fast pace of professionals and celebrities putting their all into their dances each week? How will Jojo transform into Elstree Studio's roving reporter? We have more questions than answers, but we're definitely getting excited for autumn!

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At long last, the final vows (vowels?!) arrive, and the producers go all-out on a show-stopper of a finale… well, at least for Stella and Filip.

Our tenth episode covers eps 37-39 of series 13 of MAFSAU. Aimee and Ava debrief on some truly rollercoaster final vowels, our favourite moments from the series (the other F word will outlive us all) and our final Dannyisms to end our time in Sydney 🇦🇺 Fish bowls of white wine, relentless mentions of men going to war and more cat fights than we needed to see in a lifetime... 2026, over and out!

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‘It’s just white wine sloshing around and mini sliders not getting eaten!’ 🍔

The ‘Is Grass Is Greener?’ challenge brought out the good, the bad and the ugly in our couples this week. While John attests to its use as ‘testing couples’ boundaries’, we know the real reason we loved this week: utter chaos.

Our ninth episode covers eps 33-36 of series 13 of MAFSAU. Aimee and Ava reflect on the truce of the century from Gia and Bec, sealed with a savvy b in a pub garden at 8am. Meanwhile wedding rings were flying left and right in the hallowed MAFSAU halls, lifts were operating at absurd speeds and we have more Dannyisms than anyone will ever want or wish for.

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Something wicked this way comes... as the contestants for Season 2 of Celebrity Traitors are announced!

Aimee and Ava gather their thoughts on the scheming, back-stabbing and treachery set to take place in Ardross Castle this year, as yet more celebrities descend on the Highlands 🏰 We predict who could be a break-out faithful or a double-crossing traitor, and who we can't wait to see attempt murders in plain sight.

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Homestays, sweet homestays. Oversized crudité platters? Tick. Confrontations on a boat? Tick. Toxic parents yammering on about body clocks? Also tick!

Our eighth episode covers eps 29-32 of series 13 of MAFSAU. The cast members left their tiny apartments this week to sample what life might be like without the constraints of ‘the experiment’. If the week is anything to go by, spiralling, salami and absurd amounts of spaghetti await them on the other side...

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The bar really is on the floor if microwaved cheese and crisps counts as putting on the captain’s hat. Steve-o? We’re not impressed.

Our seventh episode covers eps 25-28 of series 13 of MAFSAU. Feedback week beckons in some unwelcome truths for our most toxic contestants, while those in marital bliss enjoy some much needed silliness! Aimee and Ava discuss Other Nacho Toppings Steve-o Could Have Used To Show A Modicum of Effort, their top four favourite Danny-isms from the week, and the ‘snip’ comment the experts seemed to skip over…

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‘I don’t know if it’s in anyone’s comfort zone to be discussing f***** b****** in front of a group of ten people?!’

Our sixth episode covers eps 21-24 of series 13 of MAFSAU. Now officially in the ‘business end’ of the experiment, the cast manage to ruin a beautiful retreat getaway in Kiama, New South Wales, by *checks notes* another pointless row!

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It’s that time in the series where the TUI couple feel like ultimate goals, because everything else is going to 💩

Our fifth episode covers eps 17-20 of series 13 of MAFSAU. We chat through the couples in crises this week (what a beautiful Heat Mag-esq title that is), alongside absurd menu choices for Friends and Families Week, backtracks of the century and a debrief of (yet more) dinner party drama.

What happened to a quiet night out with some orange wine and small plates, eh? Follow us for more on Instagram: @strictly_pod

Is that the sound of… yet more church bells?! Three new couples arrived on the Sydney scene this week, causing quite the stir for our original cast members, with Borat impersonations, anti-woke sentiments and very cursed teddy bears.

Our fourth episode covers eps 13-16 of series 13 of MAFSAU. We’re chatting about absurd dinner party showdowns, when the class clown dynamic goes too far, and writing nuanced breakup letters whilst wearing purple feather trim boobtubes.

Tick? Tick? Tick? Not for these newbies! Follow us for more on Instagram: @strictly_pod

Intimacy Week has the intention of bringing couples closer together, but there is something in the water with Season 13. While Mel and Luke might be stronger for some melting hugs, the rest of the group took a leaf out of the Lord of the Flies playbook, and, to put it lightly, all hell broke loose.

Our third episode covers eps 9-12 of series 13 of MAFSAU. We run down therapy-speak word vomit, Love Actually Isn’t A Great Idea for A Grand Gesture, tiny sofas, guinea-pig facial hair and Peaky Blinders starter packs.

Let’s get curious about sacred safe spaces, okay? Follow us for more on Instagram: @strictly_pod

As planned by our puppet masters (the experts), Revelations Week ushered in a tidal wave of chaos for our newly married couples. Aimee and Ava leave no stone unturned in their play-by-play of the current cast members, and whether their marriages are ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’: never getting further than sexual chemistry, going the distance or a complete crash and burn.

Our second episode covers eps 5-8 of series 13 of MAFSAU. Main discussion points include amazing noses on Australian farmers and what we really mean when we say ‘Girls’ girl’.

It’s giving red flags this week! Follow us for more on Instagram: @strictly_pod

The Strictly Podcast returns for spring, and we are back with a bang, because we’re following Married At First Sight Australia all the way to summer 🇦🇺🍸🐨

Our first episode covers eps 1-4 of series 13 of MAFSAU. We’re discussing initial impressions from this year’s cast, the wild reality of inviting a film crew into the (supposedly) Happiest Day of Your Life™ and what we can’t wait to see from this incredibly high brow social experiment.

Our walls are down and it’s green flags all the way! Follow us for more on Instagram: @strictly_pod