The 2016 series launch kicked off with record audience figures and drew in an average of 9.3 million and peaked at over 10 million.
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Fans of the show also blasted Jordan and accused him of being “bitter and “jealous” while another joked that he should try and bag himself an appearance on Who’s Doing the Dishes?”.
Mr Balls said he and his wife – Labour MP Yvette Cooper – found watching his performance “traumatic”. Pairing of celebrities with the professional dancers is based on many factors and created to give the celebrities the best possible experience on the show.
The model says she is also grateful to her Strictly “family” – with Louise Redknapp in particular helping her through the hard time.
The figures beat Strictly’s 8.7 million viewers in 2015, which pipped The X Factor to the top spot in last year’s ratings battle.
Contestants include singers Anastacia and Will Young, actress Lesley Joseph and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls.
The 14th series of the ballroom dancing show, which beat The X Factor in the ratings previous year, goes live in three weeks.
The 14th series of the ballroom dancing show, which beat The X Factor in the ratings a year ago, officially goes live in three weeks.
The ITV singing show’s September 3 episode was up a pretty impressive 1.5 million viewers than its August 27 premiere, which only managed to attract an average of 6.8 million viewers, making it the least watched premiere episode of Simon Cowell’s talent search in a decade.
Daisy revealed he told her of his pride that she was taking part in the hit BBC show before he passed away during her first day of rehearsals.
After live-tweeting the show’s pairings as the professionals discovered who they would be dancing with this year, Jordan claimed that the Strictly bosses had purposefully picked celebs for them that had extensive dance experience.
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ITV said that the figures are up year on year – the third episode last year was watched by 7.7 million (35.3% share).
