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_STRICTLY COME DANCING_ returned for its FIFTEENTH SERIES with a launch show on 9 September on BBC One, with the live shows starting on 23 September 2017. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoe Ball returned to host _Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two_ on BBC Two. Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood, and Darcey Bussell returned as judges. On 9 May 2017, it was announced that Len Goodman, who had retired from the show, would be replaced by Shirley Ballas.[1]

Tonioli missed the week 5 episode due to a scheduling conflict, and was not replaced by a guest judge. Therefore, the maximum score for a pair that week was 30.[2]

In a change to the format to previous series, there was no elimination in the final, hence there were three runner-up couples this series. The series was won by _Holby City_ actor Joe McFadden and his professional partner Katya Jones. McFadden was both the first Scottish celebrity and the oldest, at 42 years old, to win the show.[3] Another _Strictly_ record was broken as Alexandra Burke scored the most “10s” in the history of the show with 32 surpassing the record set by Series 7 runner-up Ricky Whittle. This was Cole's last series as a pro.

Professional dancers

On 21 June 2017, the list of professionals returning for the fifteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who did not return include last year's winner Joanne Clifton, former professional finalist Natalie Lowe and Oksana Platero. Amy Dowden, former _Dancing with the Stars Australia_ professional dancer Dianne Buswell and Nadiya Bychkova replaced them.[4] For the second year in a row, Neil Jones and Chloe Hewitt were not partnered with a celebrity.

Couples

On 7 August 2017, the first celebrity announced to be participating in the series was The Saturdays singer Mollie King.[5] Celebrity reveals continued across the month with the line up being completed on _The One Show_ on 21 August 2017.[6][7]

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Celebrity       | Known for       | Professional    | Status          |
|                 |                 | partner         |                 |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| Chizzy Akudolu  | Former _Holby   | Pasha Kovalev   | Eliminated 1st  |
|                 | City_ actress & |                 | on 1 October    |
|                 | comedian        |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Rev. Richard    | Broadcaster,    | Dianne Buswell  | Eliminated 2nd  |
| Coles           | musician &      |                 | on 8 October    |
|                 | Church of       |                 | 2017            |
|                 | England priest  |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Charlotte       | _Good Morning   | Brendan Cole    | Eliminated 3rd  |
| Hawkins         | Britain_        |                 | on 15 October   |
|                 | presenter &     |                 | 2017            |
|                 | journalist      |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Brian Conley    | Comedian,       | Amy Dowden      | Eliminated 4th  |
|                 | singer & actor  |                 | on 22 October   |
|                 |                 |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Simon Rimmer    | Chef & _Sunday  | Karen Clifton   | Eliminated 5th  |
|                 | Brunch_         |                 | on 29 October   |
|                 | presenter       |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Aston Merrygold | Former JLS      | Janette Manrara | Eliminated 6th  |
|                 | singer          |                 | on 5 November   |
|                 |                 |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Ruth Langsford  | _This Morning_  | Anton du Beke   | Eliminated 7th  |
|                 | & _Loose Women_ |                 | on 12 November  |
|                 | presenter       |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Jonnie Peacock  | Paralympic      | Oti Mabuse      | Eliminated 8th  |
|                 | sprinter        |                 | on 19 November  |
|                 |                 |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Susan Calman    | Stand-up        | Kevin Clifton   | Eliminated 9th  |
|                 | comedian &      |                 | on 26 November  |
|                 | television      |                 | 2017            |
|                 | presenter       |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Davood Ghadami  | _EastEnders_    | Nadiya Bychkova | Eliminated 10th |
|                 | actor           |                 | on 3 December   |
|                 |                 |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Mollie King     | Former The      | AJ Pritchard    | Eliminated 11th |
|                 | Saturdays       |                 | on 10 December  |
|                 | singer          |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Alexandra Burke | Singer-songwrit | Gorka Márquez   | Runners-up      |
|                 | er              |                 | on 16 December  |
|                 |                 |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Debbie McGee    | Radio presenter | Giovanni        |
|                 | & former        | Pernice         |
|                 | magician's      |                 |
|                 | assistant       |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Gemma Atkinson  | Actress &       | Aljaž Škorjanec |
|                 | former model    |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| JOE MCFADDEN    | _HOLBY CITY_    | KATYA JONES     | WINNERS         |
|                 | ACTOR           |                 | ON 16 DECEMBER  |
|                 |                 |                 | 2017            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

Scoring chart

  |Couple                 |Place   | 1    | 2    | 1+2   | 3    | 4    | 5    | 6    | 7    | 8    | 9       | 10            | 11         | 12                   | 13
  ----------------------- -------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ --------- --------------- ------------ ---------------------- --------------
  Joe & Katya             1        29     22     51      32     24     26     32     36     33     34        38+6=44         37           35+35=70               39+39+40=118
  Alexandra & Gorka       2        24     36     60      33     39     23     35     39     38     39        32+7=39         39           39+40=79               40+39+40=119
  Debbie & Giovanni       30       34     64     29      27     27     39     40     35     33     38+5=43   39              34+36=70     39+38+40=117
  Gemma & Aljaž           20       26     46     31      35     24     30     26     28     38     25+3=28   _29_            30+_32_=62   _38_+_37_+_39_=_114_
  Mollie & AJ             5        23     25     48      30     27     24     27     27     22     29        31+2=33         31           _24_+_32_=_56_
  Davood & Nadiya         6        27     27     54      25     29     22     25     35     38     35        35+4=39         _29_
  Susan & Kevin           7        20     22     42      20     30     _16_   18     29     27     _25_      _21_+_1_=_22_
  Jonnie & Oti            8        20     29     49      26     31     24     20     27     21     26
  Ruth & Anton            9        _16_   20     36      15     24     _16_   22     _22_   _18_
  Aston & Janette         10       31     32     63      35     32     24     38     25
  Simon & Karen           11       17     19     36      19     _19_   _16_   _16_
  Brian & Amy             12       _16_   19     35      22     21     _16_
  Charlotte & Brendan     13       22     _12_   _34_    17     _19_
  Rev. Richard & Dianne   14       17     17     _34_    _14_
  Chizzy & Pasha          15       21     16     37

Average chart

For Week 5, where Bruno Tonioli was absent and there were only three judges, the scores have been weighted to work on the same scale. Extra points given from the Paso Doble-thon in Week 10 have been omitted from the total.

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| Rank by   | Place     | Couple    | Total     | Number of | Total     |
| average   |           |           | points    | dances    | average   |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 1         | 2         | Alexandra | 583       | 16        | 36.4      |
|           |           | & Gorka   |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2         | Debbie &  | 567       | 35.4      |
|           | Giovanni  |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 3         | 1         | Joe &     | 540       | 33.7      |
|           |           | Katya     |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 4         | 10        | Aston &   | 225       | 7         | 32.1      |
|           |           | Janette   |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 5         | 2         | Gemma &   | 496       | 16        | 31.0      |
|           |           | Aljaž     |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 6         | 6         | Davood &  | 334       | 11        | 30.4      |
|           |           | Nadiya    |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 7         | 5         | Mollie &  | 360       | 13        | 27.7      |
|           |           | AJ        |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 8         | 8         | Jonnie &  | 232       | 9         | 25.8      |
|           |           | Oti       |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 9         | 7         | Susan &   | 233       | 10        | 23.3      |
|           |           | Kevin     |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 10        | 12        | Brian &   | 99        | 5         | 19.8      |
|           |           | Amy       |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 11        | 9         | Ruth &    | 158       | 8         | 19.7      |
|           |           | Anton     |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 12        | 11        | Simon &   | 111       | 6         | 18.5      |
|           |           | Karen     |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 15        | Chizzy &  | 37        | 2         |
|           | Pasha     |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 14        | 13        | Charlotte | 70        | 4         | 17.5      |
|           |           | & Brendan |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 15        | 14        | Rev.      | 48        | 3         | 16.0      |
|           |           | Richard & |           |           |           |
|           |           | Dianne    |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series

The highest and lowest performances in each dance are as follows. Scores from Week 5, when there were only three judges, have been adjusted to show a score out of 40.

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Dance       | Celebrity   | Highest     | Celebrity   | Lowest      |
|             |             | score       |             | score       |
+=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+
| American    | Alexandra   | 40          | Simon       | 16          |
| Smooth      | Burke       |             | Rimmer      |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Argentine   | Debbie      | 40          | Davood      | 29          |
| Tango       | McGee       |             | Ghadami     |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Cha-Cha-Cha | Alexandra   | 39          | Charlotte   | 12          |
|             | Burke       |             | Hawkins     |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Charleston  | Joe         | 40          | Ruth        | 20          |
|             | McFadden    |             | Langsford   |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Foxtrot     | Debbie      | 36          | Chizzy      | 16          |
|             | McGee       |             | Akudolu     |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Jive        | Alexandra   | 40          | Charlotte   | 19          |
|             | Burke       |             | Hawkins     |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Paso Doble  | Aston       | 38          | Rev.        | 14          |
|             | Merrygold   |             | Richard     |             |
|             | Gemma       |             | Coles       |             |
|             | Atkinson    |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Paso        | Alexandra   | 7           | Susan       | 1           |
| Doble-thon  | Burke       |             | Calman      |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Quickstep   | Alexandra   | 39          | Simon       | 19          |
|             | Burke       |             | Rimmer      |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Rumba       | Debbie      | 36          | Ruth        | 15          |
|             | McGee       |             | Langsford   |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Salsa       | Alexandra   | 40          | Gemma       | 26          |
|             | Burke       |             | Atkinson    |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Samba       | Joe         | 37          | Simon       | 19          |
|             | McFadden    |             | Rimmer      |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Showdance   | Alexandra   | 39          | Gemma       | 37          |
|             | Burke       |             | Atkinson    |             |
|             | Joe         |             |             |             |
|             | McFadden    |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Tango       | Debbie      | 40          | Brian       | 16          |
|             | McGee       |             | Conley      |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Viennese    | Alexandra   | 39          | Susan       | 20          |
| Waltz       | Burke       |             | Calman      |             |
|             | Joe         |             |             |             |
|             | McFadden    |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Waltz       | Davood      | 35          | Ruth        | 16          |
|             | Ghadami     |             | Langsford   |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Jonnie Peacock and Mollie King are the only celebrities not to land on this list.

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

The highest and lowest performances in each couple are listed. Scores from Week 5, when there were only three judges, have been adjusted to show a score out of 40.

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Couples               | Highest scoring dance | Lowest scoring dance  |
+=======================+=======================+=======================+
| Joe & Katya           | Charleston (40)       | Tango (22)            |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Alexandra & Gorka     | Salsa                 | Waltz (24)            |
|                       | American Smooth       |                       |
|                       | Jive (40)             |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Debbie & Giovanni     | Tango                 | Cha-Cha-Cha (27)      |
|                       | Argentine Tango (40)  |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Gemma & Aljaž         | American Smooth (39)  | Cha-Cha-Cha (20)      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Mollie & AJ           | Viennese Waltz        | Paso Doble (22)       |
|                       | Waltz (32)            |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Davood & Nadiya       | Charleston (38)       | Samba                 |
|                       |                       | Rumba (25)            |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Susan & Kevin         | Quickstep (30)        | Foxtrot (18)          |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Jonnie & Oti          | Quickstep (32)        | Waltz                 |
|                       |                       | Cha-Cha-Cha (20)      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Ruth & Anton          | Tango (24)            | Rumba (15)            |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Aston & Janette       | Paso Doble (38)       | Viennese Waltz (25)   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Simon & Karen         | Charleston (21)       | American Smooth (16)  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Brian & Amy           | American Smooth (22)  | Tango (16)            |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Charlotte & Brendan   | Foxtrot (22)          | Cha-Cha-Cha (12)      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Rev. Richard & Dianne | Cha-Cha-Cha           | Paso Doble (14)       |
|                       | American Smooth (17)  |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Chizzy & Pasha        | Cha-Cha-Cha (21)      | Foxtrot (16)          |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

Weekly scores and songs

_Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas, Bruno Tonioli_.

Launch show

-   Musical guests: Shania Twain – “Life's About to Get Good” and Rita Ora – “Lonely Together”
-   During the show, professional dancers performed a tribute to former presenter Sir Bruce Forsyth, who died just weeks before the show began.

Week 1

RUNNING ORDER

  Couple                  Score          Dance            Music
  ----------------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------------------------------------------------------
  Gemma & Aljaž           20 (4,5,5,6)   Cha-Cha-Cha      “There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back”—Shawn Mendes
  Brian & Amy             16 (3,4,4,5)   Tango            “Temptation”—Heaven 17
  Alexandra & Gorka       24 (5,6,6,7)   Waltz            “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”—Aretha Franklin
  Simon & Karen           17 (3,5,5,4)   Paso Doble       “Song 2”—Blur
  Charlotte & Brendan     22 (5,5,6,6)   Foxtrot          “The Best Is Yet to Come”—Michael Bublé
  Chizzy & Pasha          21 (4,5,6,6)   Cha-Cha-Cha      “Boogie Fever”—The Sylvers
  Jonnie & Oti            20 (4,5,5,6)   Waltz            “When I Need You”—Luther Vandross
  Joe & Katya             29 (7,7,8,7)   Jive             “Rockin' Robin”—Michael Jackson
  Susan & Kevin           20 (5,5,5,5)   Viennese Waltz   “Mad About the Boy”—Dinah Washington
  Debbie & Giovanni       30 (8,8,7,7)   Paso Doble       “Be Italian”—Fergie
  Davood & Nadiya         27 (6,7,7,7)   Cha-Cha-Cha      “Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)”—Lloyd feat. André 3000
  Ruth & Anton            16 (3,4,4,5)   Waltz            “This Nearly Was Mine”—Seth MacFarlane
  Rev. Richard & Dianne   17 (2,4,6,5)   Cha-Cha-Cha      “There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)”—Eurythmics
  Mollie & AJ             23 (4,6,7,6)   Jive             “Good Golly, Miss Molly”—Little Richard
  Aston & Janette         31 (7,8,8,8)   Foxtrot          “It Had to Be You”—Harry Connick Jr.

Week 2

-   Musical guest: Emeli Sandé—“Starlight”

Running order

  Couple                  Score          Dance             Music                                                             Result
  ----------------------- -------------- ----------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Chizzy & Pasha          16 (3,5,4,4)   Foxtrot           “I'm a Woman”—from _Smokey Joe's Cafe_                            Eliminated
  Aston & Janette         32 (7,8,8,9)   Salsa             “Despacito”—Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber         Safe
  Susan & Kevin           22 (3,6,7,6)   Charleston        “If You Knew Susie”—Enoch Light & The Charleston City All-Stars   Safe
  Charlotte & Brendan     12 (2,4,3,3)   Cha-Cha-Cha       “Sugar”—Maroon 5                                                  Safe
  Joe & Katya             22 (5,6,5,6)   Tango             “Castle on the Hill”—Ed Sheeran                                   Safe
  Brian & Amy             19 (3,5,5,6)   Cha-Cha-Cha       “Shake Your Groove Thing”—Peaches & Herb                          Bottom two
  Gemma & Aljaž           26 (6,6,7,7)   Waltz             “Un Giorno Per Noi (A Time for Us)”—Josh Groban                   Safe
  Rev. Richard & Dianne   17 (3,4,5,5)   American Smooth   “Love Really Hurts Without You”—Billy Ocean                       Safe
  Ruth & Anton            20 (3,5,6,6)   Charleston        “The Charleston”—Bob Wilson and his Varsity Rhythm Boys           Safe
  Simon & Karen           19 (4,4,6,5)   Waltz             “You'll Never Walk Alone”—Rodgers and Hammerstein                 Safe
  Mollie & AJ             25 (4,6,8,7)   Tango             “Addicted to Love”—Tina Turner                                    Safe
  Jonnie & Oti            29 (6,7,8,8)   Jive              “Johnny B. Goode”—Chuck Berry                                     Safe
  Debbie & Giovanni       34 (8,9,9,8)   Viennese Waltz    “She's Always a Woman”—Billy Joel                                 Safe
  Davood & Nadiya         27 (6,7,7,7)   Quickstep         “Last Nite”—The Strokes                                           Safe
  Alexandra & Gorka       36 (9,9,9,9)   Paso Doble        “Ven a Bailar”—Jennifer Lopez                                     Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Chizzy & Pasha
-   Bussell: Brian & Amy
-   Tonioli: Brian & Amy
-   Ballas: Brian & Amy

Week 3: Movie Week

-   Musical guest: Sheridan Smith—“My Man”

Running order

  Couple                  Score          Dance             Music                                                    Result
  ----------------------- -------------- ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Simon & Karen           19 (3,5,6,5)   Quickstep         “You've Got a Friend in Me”—from _Toy Story_             Bottom two
  Ruth & Anton            15 (3,5,3,4)   Rumba             “Diamonds Are Forever”—from _Diamonds Are Forever_       Safe
  Mollie & AJ             30 (7,7,8,8)   American Smooth   “Climb Ev'ry Mountain”—from _The Sound of Music_         Safe
  Rev. Richard & Dianne   14 (2,4,4,4)   Paso Doble        “Flash's Theme”—from _Flash Gordon_                      Eliminated
  Debbie & Giovanni       29 (6,8,7,8)   Quickstep         “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off”—from _Shall We Dance_   Safe
  Brian & Amy             22 (5,5,6,6)   American Smooth   “If I Only Had a Brain”—from _The Wizard of Oz_          Safe
  Gemma & Aljaž           31 (7,8,8,8)   Charleston        “The Bare Necessities”—from _The Jungle Book_            Safe
  Charlotte & Brendan     17 (4,5,4,4)   Tango             “Danger Zone”—from _Top Gun_                             Safe
  Jonnie & Oti            26 (6,6,7,7)   Paso Doble        “The Raiders March”—from the _Indiana Jones_ films       Safe
  Susan & Kevin           20 (4,5,5,6)   Samba             “Wonder Woman Theme”—from _Wonder Woman_                 Safe
  Joe & Katya             32 (8,8,8,8)   Viennese Waltz    “Somewhere My Love”—from _Doctor Zhivago_                Safe
  Aston & Janette         35 (8,9,9,9)   Cha-Cha-Cha       “Can't Stop the Feeling!”—from _Trolls_                  Safe
  Alexandra & Gorka       33 (8,8,8,9)   American Smooth   “Wouldn't It Be Loverly”—from _My Fair Lady_             Safe
  Davood & Nadiya         25 (4,7,7,7)   Samba             “Stayin' Alive”—from _Saturday Night Fever_              Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Simon & Karen
-   Bussell: Simon & Karen
-   Tonioli: Simon & Karen
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Simon & Karen_

Week 4

-   Musical guest: Gregory Porter—“Smile”

Running order

  Couple                Score             Dance             Music                                             Result
  --------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Debbie & Giovanni     27 (6,6,7,8)      Cha-Cha-Cha       “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)”—Cher    Safe
  Brian & Amy           21 (4,6,6,5)      Paso Doble        “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”—The Darkness   Safe
  Mollie & AJ           27 (6,7,7,7)      Salsa             “Súbeme la Radio”—Enrique Iglesias                Safe
  Davood & Nadiya       29 (6,7,8,8)      Viennese Waltz    “Say You Love Me”—Jessie Ware                     Bottom two
  Charlotte & Brendan   19 (4,5,5,5)      Jive              “Marry You”—Bruno Mars                            Eliminated
  Joe & Katya           24 (5,7,6,6)      Cha-Cha-Cha       “You Keep Me Hangin' On”—Human Nature             Safe
  Ruth & Anton          24 (6,6,6,6)      Tango             “Allegretto”—Bond                                 Safe
  Aston & Janette       32 (7,8,8,9)      Quickstep         “Mr. Blue Sky”—Electric Light Orchestra           Safe
  Simon & Karen         19 (4,5,5,5)      Samba             “Copacabana”—Barry Manilow                        Safe
  Gemma & Aljaž         35 (8,9,9,9)      Paso Doble        “Viva la Vida”—Coldplay                           Safe
  Alexandra & Gorka     39 (9,10,10,10)   Jive              “Proud Mary”—Tina Turner                          Safe
  Jonnie & Oti          31 (7,8,8,8)      American Smooth   “Cry Me a River”—Michael Bublé                    Safe
  Susan & Kevin         30 (7,7,8,8)      Quickstep         “Bring Me Sunshine”—The Jive Aces                 Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Davood & Nadiya
-   Bussell: Davood & Nadiya
-   Tonioli: Davood & Nadiya
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Davood & Nadiya_

Week 5

_Individual judges scores given in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas._

-   Musical guest: The Script—“Arms Open”

Running order

  Couple              Score         Dance            Music                                               Result
  ------------------- ------------- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Davood & Nadiya     22 (6,8,8)    Jive             “Tell Her About It”—Billy Joel                      Safe
  Mollie & AJ         24 (8,8,8)    Viennese Waltz   “Anyone Who Had a Heart”—Cilla Black                Safe
  Simon & Karen       16 (5,5,6)    Charleston       “Fit as a Fiddle (And Ready for Love)”—Gene Kelly   Bottom two
  Debbie & Giovanni   27 (9,9,9)    Rumba            “Baby Can I Hold You”—Tracy Chapman                 Safe
  Brian & Amy         16 (4,6,6)    Jive             “It's Not Unusual”—Tom Jones                        Eliminated
  Susan & Kevin       16 (4,5,7)    Cha-Cha-Cha      “Shout Out to My Ex”—Little Mix                     Safe
  Aston & Janette     24 (8,8,8)    Waltz            “Can't Help Falling in Love”—Mree                   Safe
  Ruth & Anton        16 (5,5,6)    Samba            “Love Is in the Air”—John Paul Young                Safe
  Gemma & Aljaž       24 (8,8,8)    Foxtrot          “Believe”—Madilyn Bailey                            Safe
  Joe & Katya         26 (7,9,10)   Paso Doble       “Diablo Rojo”—Rodrigo y Gabriela                    Safe
  Alexandra & Gorka   23 (7,8,8)    Samba            “Shape of You”—Ed Sheeran                           Safe
  Jonnie & Oti        24 (7,8,9)    Quickstep        “Part-Time Lover”—Stevie Wonder                     Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Simon & Karen
-   Bussell: Simon & Karen
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Simon & Karen_

Week 6: Halloween Week

-   Musical guest: Steps—“Scared of the Dark”

Running order

  Couple              Score             Dance             Music                                                             Result
  ------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Jonnie & Oti        20 (4,6,5,5)      Cha-Cha-Cha       “Troublemaker”—Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida                           Safe
  Ruth & Anton        22 (4,6,6,6)      Quickstep         “Bewitched Theme”—Steve Lawrence                                  Safe
  Simon & Karen       16 (2,5,5,4)      American Smooth   “Delilah”—Tom Jones                                               Eliminated
  Gemma & Aljaž       30 (7,8,7,8)      Jive              “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)”—Buzzcocks   Safe
  Joe & Katya         32 (8,8,8,8)      Foxtrot           “Trouble”—Coldplay                                                Safe
  Mollie & AJ         27 (6,7,7,7)      Cha-Cha-Cha       “Better the Devil You Know”—Kylie Minogue                         Bottom two
  Alexandra & Gorka   35 (9,9,9,8)      Tango             “Maneater”—Nelly Furtado                                          Safe
  Davood & Nadiya     25 (5,7,6,7)      Rumba             “Wicked Game”—Chris Isaak                                         Safe
  Susan & Kevin       18 (3,5,5,5)      Foxtrot           “Killer Queen”—Queen                                              Safe
  Debbie & Giovanni   39 (9,10,10,10)   Charleston        “Frankie”—Sister Sledge                                           Safe
  Aston & Janette     38 (9,10,9,10)    Paso Doble        “Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana                                 Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Mollie & AJ
-   Bussell: Mollie & AJ
-   Tonioli: Mollie & AJ
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Mollie & AJ_

Week 7

-   Musical guest: Stereophonics—“Caught by the Wind”

Running order

  Couple              Score              Dance             Music                                               Result
  ------------------- ------------------ ----------------- --------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Alexandra & Gorka   39 (9,10,10,10)    Cha-Cha-Cha       “I've Got the Music in Me”—Marcia Hines             Safe
  Mollie & AJ         27 (6,7,7,7)       Foxtrot           “Call Me Irresponsible”—Connie Francis              Bottom two
  Joe & Katya         36 (9,9,9,9)       Charleston        “Alexander's Ragtime Band”—Ella Fitzgerald          Safe
  Gemma & Aljaž       26 (5,7,7,7)       Salsa             “Sun Comes Up”—Rudimental feat. James Arthur        Safe
  Aston & Janette     25 (4,7,7,7)       Viennese Waltz    “Who's Lovin' You”—The Jackson 5                    Eliminated
  Ruth & Anton        22 (4,6,6,6)       Paso Doble        “The Shady Dame from Seville”—Julie Andrews         Safe
  Debbie & Giovanni   40 (10,10,10,10)   Tango             “I Gotta Feeling”—The Black Eyed Peas               Safe
  Jonnie & Oti        27 (6,7,7,7)       Salsa             “Turn Me On”—Kevin Lyttle                           Safe
  Susan & Kevin       29 (6,7,8,8)       Jive              “This Ole House”—Shakin' Stevens                    Safe
  Davood & Nadiya     35 (8,9,9,9)       American Smooth   “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)”—Natalie Cole   Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Mollie & AJ
-   Bussell: Aston & Janette
-   Tonioli: Aston & Janette
-   Ballas: Mollie & AJ

Week 8

-   Musical guest: Seal—“Autumn Leaves”

Running order

  Couple              Score            Dance             Music                                            Result
  ------------------- ---------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------
  Susan & Kevin       27 (5,6,8,8)     Tango             “Firework”—Katy Perry                            Safe
  Joe & Katya         33 (7,8,9,9)     Rumba             “One”—U2 & Mary J. Blige                         Safe
  Ruth & Anton        18 (4,5,4,5)     Foxtrot           “Mack the Knife”—Bobby Darin                     Eliminated
  Davood & Nadiya     38 (9,9,10,10)   Charleston        “The Lambeth Walk”—Pasadena Roof Orchestra       Safe
  Gemma & Aljaž       28 (7,7,7,7)     Viennese Waltz    “You Don't Have to Say You Love Me”—Brenda Lee   Safe
  Alexandra & Gorka   38 (9,9,10,10)   Argentine Tango   “Mi Confesión”—Gotan Project                     Safe
  Mollie & AJ         22 (5,6,6,5)     Paso Doble        “Layla”—Derek and the Dominos                    Safe
  Jonnie & Oti        21 (4,5,6,6)     Foxtrot           “Someone like You”—Adele                         Bottom two
  Debbie & Giovanni   35 (9,9,8,9)     Salsa             “Can't Take My Eyes Off You”—Boys Town Gang      Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Jonnie & Oti
-   Bussell: Jonnie & Oti
-   Tonioli: Jonnie & Oti
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jonnie & Oti_

Week 9: Blackpool Week

-   Musical guest: Tears for Fears—“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and Alfie Boe & Michael Ball—“New York, New York”

Running order

  Couple              Score             Dance             Music                                                              Result
  ------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------
  Mollie & AJ         29 (6,7,8,8)      Charleston        “Wings”—Little Mix                                                 Safe
  Susan & Kevin       25 (5,6,7,7)      Paso Doble        “Scott & Fran's Paso Doble”—from _Strictly Ballroom_               Safe
  Debbie & Giovanni   33 (7,8,9,9)      Samba             “Wannabe/Who Do You Think You Are”—Spice Girls                     Bottom two
  Jonnie & Oti        26 (6,7,6,7)      Tango             “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”—Eurythmics                       Eliminated
  Gemma & Aljaž       38 (9,9,10,10)    American Smooth   “Downtown”—Petula Clark                                            Safe
  Davood & Nadiya     35 (8,9,9,9)      Paso Doble        “Live and Let Die”—Paul McCartney and Wings                        Safe
  Alexandra & Gorka   39 (9,10,10,10)   Quickstep         “The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)”—from _42nd Street_   Safe
  Joe & Katya         34 (8,8,9,9)      Salsa             “Ride on Time”—Black Box                                           Safe

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Debbie & Giovanni
-   Bussell: Debbie & Giovanni
-   Tonioli: Debbie & Giovanni
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Debbie & Giovanni_

Week 10

-   Musical guest: Kelly Clarkson—“Meaning of Life”

Running order

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Couple      | Score       | Dance       | Music       | Result      |
+=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+
| Joe & Katya | 38          | Quickstep   | “Jumpin'    | Safe        |
|             | (9,9,10,10) |             | Jack”—Big   |             |
|             |             |             | Bad Voodoo  |             |
|             |             |             | Daddy       |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Alexandra & | 32          | Rumba       | “Halo”—Beyo | Bottom two  |
| Gorka       | (7,8,8,9)   |             | ncé         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Gemma &     | 25          | Samba       | “The River  | Safe        |
| Aljaž       | (6,6,6,7)   |             | of          |             |
|             |             |             | Dreams”—Bil |             |
|             |             |             | ly          |             |
|             |             |             | Joel        |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Mollie & AJ | 31          | Quickstep   | “Umbrella”— | Safe        |
|             | (7,7,8,9)   |             | The         |             |
|             |             |             | Baseballs   |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Davood &    | 35          | Waltz       | “With You   | Safe        |
| Nadiya      | (8,9,9,9)   |             | I'm Born    |             |
|             |             |             | Again”—Bill |             |
|             |             |             | y           |             |
|             |             |             | Preston &   |             |
|             |             |             | Syreeta     |             |
|             |             |             | Wright      |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Debbie &    | 38          | Argentine   | “Por una    | Safe        |
| Giovanni    | (9,9,10,10) | Tango       | Cabeza”—Car |             |
|             |             |             | los         |             |
|             |             |             | Gardel &    |             |
|             |             |             | Alfredo Le  |             |
|             |             |             | Pera        |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Susan &     | 21          | American    | “Beyond the | Eliminated  |
| Kevin       | (4,6,5,6)   | Smooth      | Sea”—Bobby  |             |
|             |             |             | Darin       |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Susan &     | 1           | Paso        | “España     |
| Kevin       | 2           | Doble-thon  | cañí”—Pascu |
| Mollie & AJ | 3           |             | al          |
| Gemma &     | 4           |             | Marquina    |
| Aljaž       | 5           |             | Narro       |
| Davood &    | 6           |             |             |
| Nadiya      | 7           |             |             |
| Debbie &    |             |             |             |
| Giovanni    |             |             |             |
| Joe & Katya |             |             |             |
| Alexandra & |             |             |             |
| Gorka       |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Alexandra & Gorka
-   Bussell: Alexandra & Gorka
-   Tonioli: Alexandra & Gorka
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Alexandra & Gorka_

Week 11: Musicals Week (Quarter-final)

-   Musical guests: Leading Ladies (Amber Riley, Beverley Knight, and Cassidy Janson)—“I'm Every Woman”

Running order

  Couple              Score             Dance             Music                                                        Result
  ------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------
  Gemma & Aljaž       29 (6,7,8,8)      Quickstep         “Hello, Dolly!”—from _Hello, Dolly!_                         Safe
  Mollie & AJ         31 (6,7,9,9)      Rumba             “Hopelessly Devoted to You”—from _Grease_                    Safe
  Joe & Katya         37 (9,9,9,10)     Samba             “Money, Money”—from _Cabaret_                                Safe
  Debbie & Giovanni   39 (9,10,10,10)   American Smooth   “Memory”—from _Cats_                                         Safe
  Davood & Nadiya     29 (7,8,7,7)      Argentine Tango   “The Phantom of the Opera”—from _The Phantom of the Opera_   Eliminated
  Alexandra & Gorka   39 (9,10,10,10)   Charleston        “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”—from _Mary Poppins_     Bottom two

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Alexandra & Gorka
-   Bussell: Alexandra & Gorka
-   Tonioli: Alexandra & Gorka
-   Ballas: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Alexandra & Gorka ''

Week 12: Semi-Final

-   Musical guest: Craig David and Bastille— “I Know You”

Running order

  Couple              Score             Dance                              Music                                                 Result
  ------------------- ----------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ------------
  Joe & Katya         35 (8,9,9,9)      American Smooth                    “Have You Met Miss Jones?”—Robbie Williams            Safe
  35 (8,9,9,9)        Argentine Tango   “Human”—Rag'n'Bone Man
  Alexandra & Gorka   39 (9,10,10,10)   Viennese Waltz                     “Everybody Hurts”—R.E.M.                              Safe
  40 (10,10,10,10)    Salsa             “Finally”—CeCe Peniston
  Mollie & AJ         24 (4,7,7,6)      Samba                              “Whenever, Wherever”—Shakira                          Eliminated
  32 (8,8,8,8)        Waltz             “Angel”—Sarah McLachlan
  Gemma & Aljaž       30 (7,8,7,8)      Rumba                              “Beneath Your Beautiful”—Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé   Bottom two
  32 (8,8,8,8)        Tango             “My Sharona”—Royal Blood
  Debbie & Giovanni   34 (7,9,9,9)      Jive                               “I'm So Excited”—The Pointer Sisters                  Safe
  36 (8,9,9,10)       Foxtrot           “Isn't She Lovely”—Stevie Wonder

_For the Dance Off, Mollie & AJ chose to dance their Waltz, while Gemma & Aljaž chose to dance their Tango._

Judges' votes to save

-   Revel Horwood: Gemma & Aljaž
-   Bussell: Gemma & Aljaž
-   Tonioli: Gemma & Aljaž
-   Ballas: _Did not vote, but would have voted to save Gemma & Aljaž_

Week 13: Final

-   Musical guest: Ed Sheeran—“Perfect”

Running order

  Couple              Score              Dance                                                   Music                                          Result
  ------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ------------
  Alexandra & Gorka   40 (10,10,10,10)   American Smooth                                         “Wouldn't It Be Loverly”—from _My Fair Lady_   Runners-up
  39 (9,10,10,10)     Showdance          “There's No Business Like Show Business”—Ethel Merman
  40 (10,10,10,10)    Jive               “Proud Mary”—Tina Turner
  Debbie & Giovanni   39 (9,10,10,10)    Salsa                                                   “Can't Take My Eyes Off You”—Boys Town Gang    Runners-up
  38 (9,9,10,10)      Showdance          “One Day I'll Fly Away”—Vaults
  40 (10,10,10,10)    Argentine Tango    “Por una Cabeza”—Carlos Gardel & Alfredo Le Pera
  Gemma & Aljaž       38 (9,9,10,10)     Paso Doble                                              “Viva la Vida”—Coldplay                        Runners-up
  37 (8,9,10,10)      Showdance          “Show Me How You Burlesque”—Christina Aguilera
  39 (9,10,10,10)     American Smooth    “Downtown”—Petula Clark
  Joe & Katya         39 (9,10,10,10)    Viennese Waltz                                          “Somewhere My Love”—from _Doctor Zhivago_      Winners
  39 (9,10,10,10)     Showdance          “You Make My Dreams”—Hall & Oates
  40 (10,10,10,10)    Charleston         “Alexander's Ragtime Band”—Ella Fitzgerald

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-   WEEK 1: Cha-Cha-Cha, Foxtrot, Jive, Paso Doble, Tango, Viennese Waltz or Waltz
-   WEEK 2: One unlearned dance (introducing American Smooth, Charleston, Quickstep and Salsa)
-   WEEK 3 (Movie Week): One unlearned dance (introducing Rumba and Samba)
-   WEEKS 4 & 5: One unlearned dance
-   WEEK 6 (Halloween Week): One unlearned dance
-   WEEK 7: One unlearned dance
-   WEEK 8: One unlearned dance (introducing Argentine Tango)
-   WEEK 9 (Blackpool Week): One unlearned dance
-   WEEK 10: One unlearned dance and Paso Doble-thon
-   WEEK 11 (Musicals Week): One unlearned dance
-   WEEK 12 (Semi-final): Two unlearned dances
-   WEEK 13 (Final): Judges' choice, showdance and couple's favourite dance

Ratings

Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All ratings are provided by BARB. The series 15 first live show with 11.04 million viewers is the most watched series debut for the show in its history.[21]

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| Live Show |           | 11.04     | 1         | 1         | 46.9%[22] |
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| Live Show |           | 10.79     | 1         | 1         | 44.9%[23] |
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| Results 1 |           | 9.33      | 2         | 2         | 37.2%[24] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.15     | 1         | 1         | 48.0%[25] |
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| Results 2 |           | 9.64      | 3         | 3         | 39.5%[26] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.26     | 1         | 1         | 48.4%[27] |
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| Results 3 |           | 10.10     | 2         | 2         | 41.7%[28] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.49     | 1         | 1         | 49.7%[29] |
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| Results 4 |           | 9.83      | 2         | 2         | 38.9%[30] |
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| Live Show |           | 12.28     | 2         | 2         | 51.0%[31] |
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| Results 5 |           | 10.23     | 3         | 3         | 40.2%[32] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.96     | 2         | 2         | 51.3%[33] |
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| Results 6 |           | 10.63     | 3         | 3         | 44.0%[34] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.74     | 2         | 2         | 48.1%[35] |
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| Results 7 |           | 11.46     | 3         | 3         | 44.3%[36] |
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| Live Show |           | 12.05     | 2         | 3         | 49.0%[37] |
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| Results 8 |           | 11.39     | 3         | 4         | 46.0%[38] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.29     | 2         | =2        | 44.2%[39] |
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| Results 9 |           | 11.08     | 3         | 4         | 44.0%[40] |
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| Live Show |           | 11.11     | 2         | 2         | 44.5%[41] |
| 11        |           |           |           |           |           |
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| Results   |           | 10.94     | 3         | 3         | 43.7%[42] |
| 10        |           |           |           |           |           |
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| Live Show |           | 11.73     | 3         | 3         | 48.2%[43] |
| 12        |           |           |           |           |           |
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| Results   |           | 11.76     | 2         | 2         | 46.6%[44] |
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| Live      |           | 13.01     | 1         | 1         | 55.9%[45] |
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| Launch    |           | 10.60     | 1         | 1         | 44.7%[46] |
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| Christmas |           | 8.28      | 4         | 6         |           |
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title: Strictly Come Dancing (series 15)

question: What is Strictly Come Dancing?

answer: Strictly Come Dancing is a tv show on BBC One.

question: Who are the hosts of the show?

answer: Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are the hosts of the show.

question: As of the publication of the post, how many series are there?

answer: 15

question: What "records" did Joe McFadden break?

answer: He was the first Scottish celebrity and the oldest celebrity to win the show.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Strictly Come Dancing is a tv show on BBC One; Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are the hosts of the show.


split: train

text:
Nell sat on the great boardwalk and glanced nervously back. The fires would be coming, she knew this as surly as she knew the sun would rise. But for now all was peaceful, the bog in which she sat was entirely still other than the swarms of biting flies coating the landscape like an ominous and buzzing aura. Nell's face and arms had already been stripped bare by their assault, and teams of flies were working with a level of cooperation rarely seen in creatures of such small-mindedness to tunnel through the woman's flimsy armour to reach the rest of the adventurer’s supple flesh. Nell dibbled a toe in the bog, the splashing pleased her greatly.

Out of the bog walked a man, his features indistinguishable from the thick coating of bog over his being. The bog writhed with flies. It was the middle of fly season. "Thisbe?" Nell asked, hoping her search would finally be at an end. "I am Thisbe", the bog man replied. The flies buzzed, informing other flies in the area that this man was Thisbe. Nell nodded at Thisbe, Thisbe nodded back. Nell nodded at his nod and then they stopped. This was their exact level of agreement.

"You should leave this place" Nell informed the man. "The fires are coming, you know". "I am Thisbe", Thisbe replied. Once again they nodded. The flies had finished their tunnel into Nell's chestplate. It was not a well-made tunnel and none of them were truly proud of it, but for the moment it would have to do. Each fly gave a nod to his companions and then they entered.

The flies consumed Nell, each bite a sweet reward for their effort. They stripped flesh from bone as they each took exactly seven bites each, the number of the Lord. They then left Nell's chest forevermore, leaving only a small brigade behind to work towards adding to the aesthetic appeal of their shoddy tunnel. Since Nell's task was too sacred to be interrupted by such petty annoyances she continued on as a hollow shell of her former self, forever hiding her terrible secret. The flies would go on to be mighty kings among the insects, until they all burned alive when the fires came.  Thisbe's body had been consumed long ago.

"I am Thisbe" said the flies, nodding to one another in apparent agreement.

title: Short attempt at creative writing. May need more proofreading.

question: What do the flies do to Nell?

answer: The flies consume Nell, stripping flesh from bone.

question: What do all the flies say together?

answer: "I am Thisbe"

question: What was Nell nervous about?

answer: Nell was nervous about the fires that would be coming.

question: Who is Thisbe?

answer: Thisbe is the man that walks out from the bog, a bog that writhed with flies.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Nell is afraid of the fires that will be coming. Nell dibbles a toe into the bog and out of the bog comes out a man named Thisbe. Thisbe is covered with flies buzzing around. Nell informs the man to leave this place because the fires are coming. Instead, the flies consume Nell and say to each other, "I am Thisbe."


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_*THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BETTER CALL SAUL SEASON 3 EPISODE 4, 'SABROHITO'*_

If there are two things _Better Call Saul_ loves, it's tiny, blink-and-you-miss-it details, and bringing back characters from _Breaking Bad_ in subtle ways.

This tends to lead to the fan pursuit of numerous red herrings, but this latest might just be a real a one, a bonafide, 200-pound beauty, yee-haw!, as the character it concerns would say.

The opening of S03E03, 'Sabrohito', picks up where the last episode left off - one of Hector's distribution trucks getting pounced on by the DEA as Mike, who engineered the bust, watches from a nearby parking lot.

Who works for the DEA? None other than ASAC Hank Schrader.

At around 8:10 in the episode, if you're watching on Netflix, an agent is heard saying something along the lines of "Did he get out the truck yet?", and that agent sounds a hell of a lot like Hank.

First off, it would make total sense for Hank to be present at the bust, and we have no reason to believe he wasn't working at the agency at the time Better Call Saul is set.

Second, it would have been very easy for actor Dean Norris to make the cameo, as his line would have been ADR added remotely in post.

Unlike Gus Fring's dramatic windshield post-it note return, this return wouldn't add anything to the plot, but does it sound like the kind of thing creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould would do just for fun and to be authentic with their universe? Absolutely.

question: What is "Sabrosito"?

answer: Better Call Saul's season 3, episode 4.

question: In the series, who works for the DEA?

answer: Hank Schrader

question: Where do characters from "Better Call Saul" come from?

answer: Characters also come from "Breaking Bad"

question: What does the article contain?

answer: Soilers for Better Call Saul's Sabrosito episode

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A review of "Better Call Saul" season 3 episode 4, "Sabrohito".


text:
It was 1:30am after a grueling Day 3 on the Inca trail. I haven't pooped since day 1. I had hoped to hold it until we returned to the hotel the following night.  But I knew when I crawled into my bag that this night might have other plans.  It was such a strange mixture of feelings.  On the one hand, there was almost an inevitability that pooping would happen this night.  I was afraid if I stayed in the tent there might be an extremely embarrassing situation. On the other hand, I was freezing and I didn't want to leave the tent.  I didn't want to wake up my travel companion.  I was afraid that the poop might be a messy affair, and just maybe I could hold it for another day.

After hours of tossing and turning, I decided I must get up.  I put my freezing FiveFingers on my already freezing feet.  Upon exiting the tent, I'm greeted by the most haunting, beautiful gift of a vista.  It was a clear night, the first since we had started hiking.  Machu Picchu Mountain was visible bathed in silvery moonlight.  In the distance were the snow capped peaks of the Andes, also reflecting the brilliance of June's supermoon.   I saw constellations I've always read about but never seen: the Crab, Pegasus and his Great Square--even Orion was here!  I didn't expect to see him in the Southern Hemisphere!  The Big Dipper, low on the horizon and upside down, pointing towards home.  And Cruz, the beautiful Southern Cross.  CSN kept repeating in my head--"When you see the Southern Cross for the first time.  You understand now why you came this way.  The truth that you've been running from is so small, but it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day!"  The truth is that I'm a worthwhile person.

I could've stood mesmerized there for hours, except that I had a job to do, a biological imperative.

I walked up a lonely trail to the restroom.  My experience with the free restrooms on the trail was that they were nasty.  This one proved to be no exception.  I open the door and look in.  There's shit all over the floor, but it doesn't matter.  This is my destiny.  There's no toilet, just a porcelain hole in the ground.  I drop trou, being as careful as I can not to let my hiking pants touch the turdy tile floor.  I squat slightly, with no idea what's going to happen.  I'm afraid it's going to be a drawn out watery affair, and I will have to stay in this tiring squatting position a long time while my insides flush out.   I'm afraid I might slip on the floor, damp with piss and excrement.  I'm afraid I might miss the hole and make the room even more unsanitary.  Was I standing in exactly the right position?

It was the moment of truth.  In less than a minute, there was a solid compact mass of well-formed shit.  It felt like a beautiful black birth.  I knew in an instant that that was going to be all, and it was enough.  It seemed to fall towards the porcelain hole for an eternity.  And…

Bullseye.

My job done, I wipe (though I hardly had to).  I open the door and walk to the hand washing station.  When I'm done, I turn to revel in the light of the moon, the stars, and the promise of a coming day.

title: Pooping On The Inca Trail [500 words, OC]

question: Describe the restroom the narrator used.

answer: The restroom was one of the free restrooms found on hiking trails. It was dirty, with piss and excrement all over the floor. It did not have a toilet but rather a porcelain hole in the ground.

question: Describe the author's plan for the next day.

question: Summarize the source of the author's dilemma.

answer: The author is hiking but hasn't pooped in 3 days. She feels like going to the bathroom but hopes she can hold it in another day. If she stays in the tent, she is afraid it would cause an embarrassing situation. On the other hand, she didn't want to get us and leave the tent because it was freezing outside and she didn't want to wake up her travel companion.

question: Describe the view the author saw once she got out of the tent.

answer: Once the author exists the tent she sees a clear sky and on it the June supermoon along with a couple of constellations. She also clearly saw the Machu Picchu Mountains and the snow-capped peaks of the Andes.


text:
ERNIE ADAMS (born March 31, 1953) is an American football coach and administrator for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is a longtime friend of head coach Bill Belichick. With Adams, the Patriots have won six Super Bowls. Adams is known for his eccentric personality and low profile, as well as his extremely thorough analysis of the game.[1]

Early years

Adams attended the Dexter School which is located near Boston in Brookline, Massachusetts. Given his knowledge of football for his age, Adams was asked to coach the school's intramural football team as an eighth grader.[2]

He later attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts for high school. While there, he had read _Football Scouting Methods_ written by Steve Belichick, who was then a football scout for the United States Naval Academy. In 1970, Steve Belichick's son Bill enrolled at Phillips Academy for a post-graduate year after graduating from Annapolis High School. Adams, a senior, recognized Belichick's name and the two quickly became friends.[3] At one point, they snuck into a Boston College football practice together to practice scouting.[4]

Beginning in 1971, Adams attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. As a freshman, Adams sought a student assistant position for the Wildcats' football team and secured it after impressing an assistant coach with a report on a football formation.[5] He would serve as a scout for Northwestern until his graduation in 1975 with a degree in education.[6]

Professional career

First stint with Patriots

After his graduation from college, Adams pursued an unpaid position with the New England Patriots in 1975. After contacting then-head coach Chuck Fairbanks numerous times, Adams received a playbook from assistant coach Hank Bullough to learn; Adams learned it in two days, and was presented with another playbook, which he again learned in two days.[7] Adams was hired as an offensive and administrative assistant, and eventually prepared scouting reports for the team, which Fairbanks said were the most thorough he had received in his career.[8]

New York Giants

In 1979, Patriots assistant Ray Perkins was hired to be the head coach of the New York Giants. He promptly hired Adams as an offensive assistant, working with the quarterbacks and receivers. Adams then convinced Perkins to hire Bill Belichick as a special teams coach; Belichick had spent the previous eight years as a student at Wesleyan University and then as an assistant coach for three NFL teams. Adams spent three seasons as the Giants' offensive assistant before moving to their scouting department as their pro personnel director.[9] By 1985, he had become frustrated with that job,[10] and took a lucrative job offer as a municipal bonds trader on Wall Street.[11]

Cleveland Browns

Adams left Wall Street to join the Cleveland Browns in 1991, who had just given Belichick his first NFL head coaching position. Adams was again an offensive assistant, working with tight ends and running backs.[12] However, Belichick was fired by the franchise after the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens in 1996, and Adams returned to Wall Street, starting his own investment business.[13]

Second stint with Patriots

Belichick got his next head coaching opportunity with the Patriots in 2000. This time, Adams joined the team not as a coach, but as “Football Research Director.” Adams fills a variety of roles for the team. On gamedays, he assists the coaching staff from the press box, advising Belichick on which plays to issue a replay challenge.[14] He also assists the scouting department in preparing for the NFL Draft in the spring, and builds the team's player value chart for the draft.[15] Finally, Adams works on special assignments for the coaching and scouting staffs, which typically involve breaking down game tape.[16] In 2007, as part of Spygate, it was revealed that Adams received tapes from a “third camera” that recorded opponents' defensive signals from a location on the sideline, in violation of a league memo issued by commissioner Roger Goodell. Belichick confirmed this was the case, but said that they were only a small part of the “mosaic” that were the Patriots' offensive game plans at the time.[17]

Adams and Belichick have also been known to have an interest in mathematical analyses of football; Adams once contacted Rutgers University statistics professor Harold Sackrowitz, asking him to evaluate the Patriots' two-point conversion chart following a study by Sackrowitz on the decision.[18][19] Adams also presented Belichick with a study concluding teams punt too often on fourth down.[20]

With the Patriots and throughout his career, Adams is known for keeping a low profile. Former Browns owner Art Modell notably quipped “I'll pay anyone here $10,000 if they can tell me what Ernie Adams does.”[21]

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title: Ernie Adams (American football)

question: What does the story say about Ernie Adams's professional career?

answer: Ernie Adams works as an offensive and administrative assistant with the New England Patriots in 1975. He spends three seasons as the Giants' offensive assistant. Then he moves to their scouting department as their pro personnel director.

question: What does the story say about Ernie Adams's education?

answer: Adams attended the Dexter School which is located near Boston in Brookline, Massachusetts. Then he attended high school Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Later, he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Adams is interested in mathematical analyses of football.

question: What does the story say about Adams' personal life?


text: I never properly understood exponential growth until I fell in love. I remember coming to this realization a few months in. I thought about how some mathematicians call formulas and equations beautiful and lovely. I understood. Love helped me to understand financial bubbles too. After being coaxed into making that first, somewhat reluctant investment and then seeing it pay off. Seeing that little investment swell, go up and up and up.... and then that late night phone call... “I don’t love you anymore” “What do you mean the money is gone?” “It’s just gone”. That sinking feeling, despair, all that stuff. The high highs and low lows. In the end, either way, I guess you can’t win if you don’t play the game but sometimes it’s hard to have fun when you aren’t winning.

title: Love and Money

question: Is the story allegory?

answer: This story may be likening love to financial investment. When love disappears, you lose everything.

question: Ws his investment in another person rather than financial?

answer: This is quite possible. Perhaps the despair he feels is at the loss of the love and not of money

question: How does is the idea of exponential growth explained by love?

answer: The author has not clearly explained how love made him understand exponential growth. Perhaps the love he felt grew exponentially but this isn't clear.

question: Why was he a reluctant investor?

answer: Perhaps he feared the loss of love.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer:
The narrator never properly understood exponential growth until he fell in love. He understood how some mathematicians call formulas and equations beautiful and lovely.

Love helped me to understand financial bubbles too. After being coaxed into making that first, reluctant investment and then seeing it pay off. Seeing that little investment swell and then that late night phone call...
“I don’t love you anymore”
“What do you mean the money is gone?”
“It’s just gone”.

That sinking feeling, despair, all that stuff. The high highs and low lows. In the end, either way, I guess you can’t win if you don’t play the game but sometimes it’s hard to have fun when you aren’t winning.


text:
Thinking of Hawaii typically brings to mind pristine white-sand beaches and crystal-clear seas. In contrast to these picturesque scenes, however, is the Kilauea Volcano, situated on the state’s Big Island, which saw a major explosion this week and has some reports warning of a volcanic smog (or “vog”).

Since it started continuously erupting in 1983, Kilauea has each day pumped out at least 300 metric tons of sulfur dioxide gas, a pollutant also produced by power plants and industrial manufacturing operations. Over the course of a year, Kilauea’s sulfur dioxide production is equivalent to somewhere between 5% and 10% of that emitted by all of China, according to a 2016 paper published in _Environment International_. And after a major eruption like the one that occurred last week, production kicks into overdrive.

Geologists near the volcano are currently measuring sulfur dioxide levels above 100 parts per million — levels that are dangerous and perhaps even deadly, says Dr. Elizabeth Tam, a professor of medicine and respiratory health at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine and the lead author of the _Environment International_ paper.

“These are really high levels, and that’s why [people near the volcano had to] evacuate,” Tam says. “But I have to say that, periodically, many places on the Big Island actually see levels that are way over what [the Environmental Protection Agency] considers safe.”

Sulfur dioxide is toxic on its own, but it also reacts with moisture, oxygen, dust and sunlight in the atmosphere to create volcanic smog, or “vog,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Vog, which is a constant reality on the Big Island, can exacerbate asthma and other respiratory conditions; irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs; and cause symptoms ranging from flu- and pneumonia-like illness to headaches and extreme fatigue.

When there’s lots of moisture in the atmosphere, sulfur dioxide emissions can also result in acid rain, which can damage property and taint drinking water — and with rain in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, that possibility looks likely on the Big Island, CNN reports.

Public health officials have ordered people who live in the immediate vicinity of Kilauea, such as the nearby Leilani Estates area, to evacuate because of the immediate threat posed by eruptions and heightened sulfur dioxide levels. Tam also points out that, as lava burns homes and property, other pollutants are likely to appear in the air, alongside sulfur dioxide and vog.

But, according to real-time data from the Hawaii Department of Public Health, air quality elsewhere on the Big Island is currently considered either “good” or “moderate.” That’s because, while concentrations of sulfur dioxide are dangerously high around Kilauea and its fissures, trade winds disperse the gas, mainly to the backside of the island. “Wherever the vents are, yes, it’s bad right there,” Tam says. “But it’s usually blown away by these prevailing trade winds.”

Those winds do disperse pollution, keeping air quality largely acceptable, but Victoria Avery, an associate program coordinator at the USGS’ Volcano Hazards Program, says that means it can sometimes affect residents who live off the Big Island. “The wind can disperse it even to other islands, like Oahu, and cause people respiratory distress,” Avery says. “Vog is something that can be a pretty far-flung health hazard in the Hawaiian islands.”

Still, while high levels of sulfur dioxide and vog are concerning enough to require an evacuation of the Leilani Estates area, Tam says evidence suggests that residents’ day-to-day exposure to vog actually isn’t as harmful as breathing in other types of pollution, such as that created by cars. Man-made air pollution has been linked to everything from worsened cardiovascular and respiratory health to premature death, and a January 2018 report from Yale University researchers even called air quality the “leading environmental threat to public health.” The side effects of vog exposure, however, are not as clear.

“There are a number of studies that seem to indicate that, compared to the respiratory and cardiovascular effects of traffic-related air pollution, the effects of pure vog that hasn’t mixed with burning houses and cars and car exhaust is relatively mild,” Tam says. Her study, for one, found that, while vog can worsen asthma symptoms for current sufferers, it didn’t seem to cause new cases of asthma among children living near Kilauea. Hawaii does, however, have higher-than-average asthma rates.

So while sulfur dioxide is present in man-made sources of air pollution, other substances that make up smog and fumes — such as byproducts from burning coal and gasoline — may be to blame for its health hazards, Tam says.

Some people are also simply more susceptible to vog than others, Tam says, adding that everything from the shape of an individual’s upper airway to his or her levels of congestion could influence reactions to vog. People with asthma and other respiratory conditions should steer clear, but others may be able to breathe vog in with few noticeable symptoms. “If you take 100 people, there’s going to be a range of susceptibility,” she says. “Some will be very symptomatic, and some will not.”

All in all, Tam says, vog is something to avoid if possible, but likely not a cause for significant alarm.

“We certainly shouldn’t go wallow in it,” Tam says, “but there are worse things.”

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question: What negative effects has the continual eruption of the Kilauea Volcano had on the locals with regards to the tourism industry?

answer: One unsavory possibility is that because locals had to evacuate, they are left to seek housing in areas in which the prices are hiked because of the tourist flow. Another possible way in which they have been affected is that local businesses that garner a revenue flow from tourist-adjacent products and services have been rendered functionally obsolete due to their proximity to the volcanic areas. An additional possibility is that the prices of imports may rise, making some foods and goods such as milk and petrol beyond reach of your average person.


text:
The DAMANI is a thin tail, meat and wool breed which is found in the Dera Ismail Khan district and part of Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1]

Characteristics

They are small to medium with a white body coat with a black or tan head and camel colored legs. The wool yield is with coarse fiber (44 micrometres diameter). They have small ears. The udder and teats are well developed.[2]

At maturity, rams grow to at the withers and weigh while ewes grow to at the withers and weigh . On average and at birth, rams weigh and ewes weigh . Average litter size is one. Average milk production during lactation is over about 120 days with 5.8% fat. The number of members of the Damani has decreased from over one million in 1986 to approximately 600,000 in 2006.[3]

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title: Damani sheep

question: What are the Damani?

answer: They are a breed of sheep that has a thin tail and produced meat and wool.

question: Where are the Damani normally found?

answer: In the Dera Ismail Khan district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

question: What do the Damani look like?

answer: They are small to medium size with a white coat, a black or tan head, and camel-colored legs.

question: How has the Damani population fared in the past 20 years?

answer: Their population has decreased from over a million to 600,000 in 20 years.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Damani are a small to medium breed of sheep found in the Banni district in Pakistan. Their average litter is one. The Damani's numbers have been steadily decreasing for the past 20 yeears.


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[San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis stands on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. Houston won the game 24-13. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)]

Tony Avelar/Associated Press

Right guard Anthony Davis has informed the San Francisco 49ers he has retired from the NFL.

Davis tweeted about his decision:

Davis had returned to the NFL this summer following an extended hiatus that started in June 2015. He remained with the team and was active for Week 1 against the Los Angeles Rams this season.

When asked whether he wanted to address retirement buzz Sept. 14, Davis said, "No, just leave it and let it fester," per Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group. Davis attributed the rumors to miscommunication, per Inman.

Inman reported Sept. 10 Davis, 26, "might retire again." According to Inman, Davis did not reply to a text message that asked him to comment.

In June 2015, the former Rutgers standout announced he was stepping away from football for a year to give his "brain and body time to heal and recoup."

"I hope you too have the courage to live your life how you planned it when day dreaming to yourself growing up," he said in a statement at the time, per CBSSports.com's Ryan Wilson. "Your life is your dream, and you have the power to control that dream. I'm simply doing what's best for my body as well as my mental health at this time in my life."

question: Who is Anthony Davis?

answer: He's an NFL player who is an offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers.

question: What did Davis do?

answer: He retires from the NFL for the second time.

question: What was the reason for his first retirement?

answer: To give his brain and body time to heal.

question: What university did Davis attend?

answer: Rutgers University

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis retires from the NFL again and Tweets about it. The former Rutgers standout previously retired in June 2015, saying that his brain and body needed time to heal and recoup.