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Major revamp' planned for 'Strictly'

Strictly Come Dancing will be revamped after losing its ratings lead over The X Factor this year, according to a report.

The BBC One ballroom show had consistently proved to be more popular than ITV1's talent search in previous seasons, but audience figures show that it has trailed behind its rival this year.

Show producers are now said to be planning a major shake-up, which would see a greater focus on younger celebrities and a return to the live Saturday night results format.

A source told the News of the World: "This has been the most boring Strictly series. There's real concern viewers have turned away and won't come back, so next year the show will be completely revamped.

"X Factor has always been very good at reinventing itself. Strictly has stayed traditional but this series it just looked old and tired."

Last year, executives decided to pre-record the results episodes for broadcast on Sunday nights each week. However, the show's team apparently now believe that the move was a mistake.

The insider explained: "The problem with delaying the results until Sunday is that the show loses a lot of buzz. With X Factor there's an excitement about finding out who's going to go that night."

Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup were voted as the programme's latest winners in the live final last night.

Source: DS

What do we think?

I think -

1) Drop the Sunday reveal show; most people already know who's been eliminated

2) Get rid of the dance off completely or at least drop it at the two dance stage. Let the GBP choose not the judges.

3) The judges scores should not be weighted.
If you look at the scores in last few weeks , Lisa was clearly being overmarked thus guaranteeing her a place near the top of the leader board and a good shot at going through to the next week. The judges should not be able to influence the vote to such an extent.