Alesha Dixon has once again hinted that she is going to quit BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. I don't know. After all that fuss surrounding ageism, you would have thought she would have stuck it out for a while wouldn't you? Arlene would have stayed in that job for life... mostly because nowhere else really lets her do those staggeringly bad puns/streams of consciousness.

Does the BBC have double standards? Well, they're facing accusations of it after Anton Du Beke kept his job for a similar incident that saw Carol Thatcher fired earlier this year. The corporation said that Thatcher had been dropped by The One Show because, unlike Anton Du Beke, her apology for making a racist remark was not "unconditional". The Strictly Come Dancing and host of Hole in the Wall had made a more extensive apology than Thatcher after calling his dancing partner Laila Rouass a "Paki".

Related: Our Strictly Come Dancing section

The Beeb's biggest, shiniest variety show returned to our screens this weekend. I am, of course, referring to Strictly Come Dancing (as if the headline didn't give it away in the first place). Over two nights and seemingly 29 hours of constant broadcast, the show slowly got underway with grinning, sweating and rubbish dancing.

Related: More Strictly here

The nation's favourite dance extravaganza returns as Strictly Come Dancing is back for its seventh series on BBC One. Once again hosts Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly will be guiding viewers through the glamour and the glitz, the tears and the twirls, as an exciting mix of 16 celebrity contestants battle it out to be crowned Strictly Come Dancing Champion 2009. And this year the UK's biggest and brightest dancing show is set to be better than ever with two new faces to the judging panel and three new professional dancers.

Related: Our SCD section

It's been the worst kept secret in recent TV history, and something that has rankled with hardcore Strictly Come Dancing fans ever since the news broke (including me). Now the inevitable has been confirmed - Arlene Phillips has been booted of the Strictly judging panel to be replaced by pop singer and former Strictly winner, Alesha Dixon. Not a smart move by the BBC in my opinion, but there's more...

For all our Strictly news and reviews, go here.

It's definitely silly season in TV Land. The reason I say that is because I've been reading today's internettle rumours about the reported sacking of Arlene Phillips with growing horror and dismay. Granted, with madness going on in Iran, war and famine all over the place and the World Twenty20 cricket to consider, this news will not be world-changing in the slightest, but let's consider this for a second - why on earth would you get rid of your best, or at least one of your best, judges on one of your most popular series? It just doesn't make sense.

For all our Strictly news and reviews, go here.

We all love a bit of Strictly here on TV Scoop. It has dancing and shouting at each other and sequins and all kids of things going on. I've often wondered how the Beeb could develop their brand and basically swamp us with more Strictly. BBC Two does the very entertaining It Takes Two with Claudia Wonkles during the series itself, and you can watch the US version, Dancing With The Stars, over on Watch. One thing that has been mentioned and on the table for a while now is some sort of TV dancing contest featuring wheelchari-bound people, and now it has been confirmed that this is a reality.

Related: Our Strictly section *** Our Britain's Missing Top Model section

My goodness, they're having fun on Dancing With The Stars over in The America. In this week's show (to be shown this week on Watch, on Friday I think) Lil' Kim, during a particularly entertaining and energetic jive, fell out of her dress, prompting partner Derek Hough to speculate that the rapper-turned-felon-turned-dancing-favourite had tried to usurp Janet Jackson in the live nudger stakes. Have a look at the clip after the jump to make up your own mind up, but it was nothing of the sort. During the marking bit, host Tom Bergen shielded the Kimster as she re-adjusted herself. Not a nopple on sight. Storm in a D-cup. Nice. I can't believe I just wrote that. Have a look at the jive after the jump... it's fun.

For all our Strictly/DWTS stuff, go here.

Something pretty weird happened in the last series of Strictly. John Sergeant was patently a rubbish dancer, but his performances delighted a nation to point where, despite ultra-negative comments from the judges, the nation voted him in pretty much every week. The fact that The Sarge was being voted in at the expense of better dancers caused uproar, culminating in press conferences and a barrage of media comment and opinion. Now the same thing is happening Stateside too. Say hello to Steve Wozniak.

For all our Strictly and DWTS news and reviews, go here.

Until Strictly comes back in the autumn, we'll have to make do with Dancing With The Stars (you can see it in this country on Watch, every Friday at 9pm). Originally, it looked as though they had gathered together a decent batch of celebs. I say originally because now almost half of the line-up has now suffered some sort of injury. I wasn't aware the show was operating a bench system, but I guess it has to or there will be no one left to compete. So who are the fallen and why is this happening?

For all our Dancing/Strictly news and poos, go here.

Dancing With The Stars is a bit weird. It's a great show and anything and anyone who dresses up and has a dance on telly is alright by me. However, there seems to be a new series of this every couple of months. I can't help thinking it's a bit much. Surely there aren't enough celebrities to go around. Anyway, have a look over the jump to see who will be competing in this spring's competition. As ever, there are a few really interesting names.

For all our Strictly and DWTS stuff, go here.

The Strictly aftermath is in full effect. I read in the News Of The World yesterday that a 'show insider' revealed the show is due for a major overhaul next year, in a bid to compete with The X Factor. Then there's the little matter of Tom's win. Fair play to him because his show dance really was extraordinary, but you have to say that Rachel and Vincent were amazing pretty much all the way through (and would have been my winners), while Lisa and Brendan were exceptional as well. A Yahoo news story (here) brought it all together this morning, saying that Rachel was in floods of tears, and Lisa's father telling the Telegraph that he was fuming at her early exit from the final. Unjust, perhaps, but come on - it was an audience vote so anything could happen. People seem to be hung up with the fact that Tom shouldn't have been in the final at all after last week's voting debacle. But he was, he danced his heart out and the viewers voted for him in greater numbers. End of. It was exactly like the John Sergeant affair. If you want to complain about the public voting to keep someone in or winning, don't vote. Meanwhile, I've stuck a YouTube clip of Tom and Camilla's remarkable show dance after the jump. It's well worth a watch.

For all our Strictly news and reviews, go here.

I don't know about you but when I entered into this Grand Final - customary bottle of red and plate of pasta at the ready beside me - the thing I wondered about was how they were going to explain last week's voting cock-up. Which was a shame, because there were three terrific dancers ready to do battle. Bruce and Tess launched into an explanation, one which left me a bit flummoxed. Fair play to them, and I thought it was an honest mistake (albeit an honest mistake that should never have happened on a primetime talent show), but I just wanted the dancing to start. I didn't care what had happened last week, all I cared about was that it was Grand Final time and I wanted things to start. Thankfully it did, and what a night of dancing.

For all our Strictly news and reviews, go here.

What a week Strictly has had. In fact, it's quite a few of those weeks during its run. We've had the John Sergeant affair and now this whole voting fiasco. This week there has been news stories reporting that Tom and Camilla, surely the ones to leave last week if the voting hadn't been buggered up, feel cheated. We've heard that Bruce has spoken out at the BBC's early time slots, and today I've read that Arlene has slammed the finalists. Blimey, it's all kicking off in the Strictly ballroom. Beneath all this brouhaha, there is a dancing competition to win and tomorrow we'll find out who's going to come out on top.

For all our Strictly news and reviews, go here.

Only yesterday, the BBC said 'there's not a hope of a refund', concerning the phone-vote fudging on Strictly Come Dancing. Guess what? The BBC are going to give everyone a refund. This probably had something to do with the fact that the number of complaints topped 1,800. It really has been the year of people complaining hasn't it? I'd guess that the complaints industry is the only booming business of 2008. Last evening, the BBC head of entertainment production, Jon Beazley, told BBC Two spin-off show It Takes Two that if viewers felt strongly about the issue the corporation would "refund that call cost".

Related: Our Strictly Come Dancing Section | What do you make of the whole Strictly Come Dancing vote-fudge?

Phew. What a weekend for reality TV it's been eh? Saturday night was shangri-la for many viewers, with The X Factor final (which cemented its place in our hearts as 'the new Eurovision Song Contest') and the latest bit of controversy in Strictly Come Dancing. Our gallant editorman, Paul, reviewed the show and was left flummoxed with a "What happened?" sign off. However, there are those who feel a bit swizzed by the whole shebang, whereas I'm erring on the side of it all being a little bit too convenient for my liking.

Related: Our review of the weekend's semi-final

It was a big night for our enormo-juggernaut reality TV favourites. Over on ITV1 The X Factor was shuddering towards its climax, while Strictly was moving into the final straight. Before I go any further, I must say how nice it was to see both the main show and the results show in the same evening. The whole carrying the results over to the Sunday night has been rubbish, so thank the reality Lord for Sports Personality. Anyway, shall we discuss last night's excellent dancing? OK then...

For all our Strictly news and reviews, go here.

Everyone I know who watched the Strictly Come Dancing Results Show on Sunday evening expressed regret at Austin leaving, but also horror at the way Barry Manilow looked. I saw Bazza as a guest on Graham Norton last Thursday night and it's fair to say that he's had a facelift or seven. A facelift or seven to the extent that he cannot express himself via facial nuance whatsoever. A facelift or seven that makes him look as though he's permanently trapped in a wind tunnel. Watching the Results Show on Sunday night, one thing sprang to mind - there were similarities between Bazza and another stretched-faced TV character, Doctor Who's The Face Of Bo. Have a look after the break and tell me I haven't stumbled across something!

For all out Strictly news and reviews, go here. For all our Doctor Who stuff, go here.