Strictly Come Dancing, latest news and photos

• 21 'Strictly' star Katya Virshila marries her ballroom beau
  Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Virshilas may have been dropped from the next series, but she has still had her happy ending by marrying Danish dance champion Klaus Kongsdal in a fairytale chateau in...

• 22 Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff gives a very special dance class
  Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff gives a very special dance class

• 23 Underwater 'Strictly' stars Chelsee and Harry make waves
  Chelsee Healey has been making a splash - by performing a Strictly Come Dancing routine while submerged. The Waterloo Road actress and last year's contest winner Harry Judd can be seen taking their partners...

• 24 Simon Cowell: 'I hired Alesha to hurt Strictly' as he presents BGT lineup
  Simon Cowell has admitted he poached Alesha Dixon for the Britain's Got Talent panel to hurt BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing. The media mogul was pictured arriving for the first round of auditions for...

• 25 Joe Calzaghe tells HELLO! about his plans to pack a punch in new acting career
  Former World Champion boxer Joe Calzaghe has told HELLO! that he is planning to pack a punch in his new acting career and has already landed roles in two films. "I think I’m pretty good,"...

• 26 Top marks to Simon for stealing Alesha from 'Strictly'
  Alesha Dixon has quit the panel of Strictly Come Dancing to work alongside Simon Cowell on Britain's Got Talent. The leggy brunette informed bosses of the BBC's glittering dance competition that she...

• 27 'Millionairess' Holly Valance recreates iconic Sophia Loren pose
  She recently became engaged to billionaire property mogul Nick Candy. So Holly Valance’s new ad campaign, in which she recreates Sophia Loren’s pose from Sixties film The Millionairess, couldn't...

• 28 Harry's bandmates McFly onto the stage as he lifts glitterball trophy
  No wonder Brit band McFly got a bit carried away in their celebrations at the Strictly Come Dancing final. The boys can expect sell-out performances at their tour next year after taking...

• 29 'Strictly' dream is over for Alex Jones and Holly Valance
  Alex Jones and Holly Valance have had their dreams of lifting Strictly Come Dancing's glitterball trophy dashed. The ladies were voted off in the celebrity dance show's semi-final. Their...

• 30 Robbie Savage shown the red card on 'Strictly'
  Robbie Savage is hanging up his dancing boots after his time with Strictly Come Dancing came to an end at the weekend. The footballer, whose long blond mane has grabbed the headlines as much as his footwork,...

• 31 End of the line for Anita Dobson after one last Cha-cha-cha
  Former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson has become the latest celebrity twinkle toes to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing. Anita – who is most famous for her turn as Angie Watts in the hit soap-...

• 32 'Strictly' fan Camilla takes cha-cha-charge as she steps in as guest judge
  The Duchess of Cornwall swapped Prince Charles for a cha-cha-cha as she stepped in as a guest judge for Strictly Come Dancing. She joined stars of the show for a tour of the BBC studio and took a new...

• 33 Russell fired from 'Strictly' after dramatic cannon routine
  Russell Grant has been blasted off Strictly Come Dancing despite starring in one of the show's "best ever entrances". On Saturday's show the astrologer was fired out of a cannon and into a...

• 34 Boxer Audley Harrison knocked out of 'Strictly'
  Ex-boxer Audley Harrison has been knocked out of TV dance contest Strictly Come Dancing. The former Olympic super-heavyweight champion, who has size 17 feet, danced a Cha Cha Cha with partner Natalie...

• 35 Strictly's Artem forced to pull out this week's show due to back injury
  Strictly Come Dancing's Artem Chigvintsev has been forced to pull out of this weekend's BBC1 show because of his back injury. Specialists have discovered that the damage, sustained during last Friday's...

• 36 Break dancing: Holly's 'Strictly' partner Artem fractures spine
  Holly Valance and her partner Artem Chigvintsev were delighted when they notched up a score of 34 out of 40 during this weekend's Strictly – the second highest mark of the night. But what makes...

• 37 Lulu's out: Strictly star hangs up her dancing shoes
  Lulu tangoed off Strictly Come Dancing after she failed to impress with her latest routine. The singer and her partner Brendan Cole found themselves in the bottom two with boxer Audley Harrison and Natalie...

• 38 Princess Beatrice looks on as Nancy says arrivederchi to 'Strictly'
  The Strictly Come Dancing contestants had more than the judges to impress on Saturday. The hit show’s audience had one very special guest - Princess Beatrice. The 23-year-old was there to support...

• 39 Nancy Dell'Ollio bends over backwards to get some extra practice
  The last few weeks of waltzing and whirling have clearly had an effect on her.   Strictly Come Dancing contestant Nancy Dell'Olio looked quite the dancing queen as she twirled...

• 40 Good move: Holly befriends her sexy dance partner's girl Kara
  Arms round each other on a night out, Strictly Come Dancing competitor Holly Valance and Kara Tointon, the winner of last year's show, look like the best of friends. The picture was posted by the Australian...