Now the Pro Tour has finished and the new series hype hasn't really started (not yet), we thought it might be a good idea to keep ourselves amused with another game/awards thread.

Voting is open to anyone who has been to the tour or has seen the various videos available. (Depending on how much interest there is, I would suspect the voting will be open for a fortnight or so to give anyone who might be on holiday a chance to vote.)

The full awards list is long so please don't feel you need to nominate for each category. Please feel free to put reasons for votes if you have any (particularly funny ones).

Awards categories

Favourite tour couple overall*
Favourite tour group dance*
Favourite solo dance*

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances
Best pro in the talky bits

Funniest pro
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank)

Favourite female touring pro*
Favourite male touring pro*

Best music choice: solo dances*
Best music choice: group dances*

Favourite female costume
Favourite male costume
Favourite group dance costumes
Best prop in the props dance

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage)

Best prank*
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks)

Best touring pro on Twitter*
Best touring pro tweet*
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc)

Best YT video of the tour

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!)
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* NB: Any categories which are asterisked are those where we will give honourable mentions to the runners up.

And if any of you want to keep your nominations secret, please feel free to PM them to me. Please only vote once - any multi votes will be discounted.

Apologies to eveveryone, it's my fault the category list is so long As penance, I'll go first


Favourite tour couple overall* Vincent and Flavia

Honorable mention: James and Ola

Favourite tour group dance* The Jive/Lindyhop/Swing dance

Favourite solo dance* James and Ola's Rumba

Honorable mention: Vincent and Flavia's Argentine Tango

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances Ian, Matt, James and Ola after the props dance

Best pro in the talky bits James

Funniest pro Ian

Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank) Ian failing to get Natalie's trousers off in the props dance (happened a few times i think, once when I was there)

Favourite female touring pro* Flavia

Honorable mention: Ola

Favourite male touring pro* James

Honorable mention: Matthew

Best music choice: solo dances* Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - James and Ola's Rumba

Best music choice: group dances* Candyman in the group Jive

Favourite female costume Flavia's Viennese Waltz dress

Favourite male costume Matt's pink salsa shirt

Favourite group dance costumes The Foxtrot dresses

Best prop in the props dance The glasses - so many funny moments when the girls threw them offstage, and they all looked hilarious - especially Matt when he wore them on the last night

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) Vincent and Flavia's Quickstep bit

Best prank* Vincent coming on instead of Ola in the sketch after the props dance in the penultimate show

Honorable mention: James flicking off Vincent's hat in the props dance, leaving Flavia to pretend she had one!

Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) Aliona - she was hilarious all day, especially in the evening show!

Best touring pro on Twitter* Aliona - her tweets continually made me laugh!

Honorable mention: Flavia - her tweets may not have been as funny, but they were very informative and sincere

Best touring pro tweet* Aliona: "Hehehe over slept and kind of forgot to check out from the hotel - thank god for Matthew texting me! "

Honorable mention: Aliona again: "finally arrived to Milton Keynes with Matthew and Flavia after missing the stop..going to London and then coming back hehe...good travels!"

Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter The first photo Ola posted of James, Vincent, Flavia and Aliona

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) I know this is probably quite a personal category as everyone who met any or all of the pros had different experiences, so feel free to ignore it if you wish, but it's really just to recognise pros who went out of their way to do something nice for fans e.g. stopping when they really didn't have to/were in a rush/it was raining etc.

For me it was Ola, for being so lovely to me and chatting to me for ages on Saturday night when I'm sure she would have loved to have been heading home!

Best YT video of the tour StrictlyPros video of the props dance from the Saturday matinee - absolutely hilarious

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) Bournemouth - not the greatest of arenas, but the atmosphere in the final show was incredible, and the lax camera police and great access to the front of the stage were also bonuses!

Birmingham had better stage door access, but the pros overcame the steps and barrier hurdles in Bournemouth willingly!

Awards categories

Favourite tour couple overall* - Matt and Aliona
Favourite tour group dance* - Paso
Favourite solo dance* - Matt and Aliona salsa

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances - James, Matt and Ian
Best pro in the talky bits - James/Ian/Matt

Funniest pro - Ian
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank)

Favourite female touring pro* - Aliona/Kristina
Favourite male touring pro* - Matt

Best music choice: solo dances* - DeJa Vu
Best music choice: group dances* - Candyman

Favourite female costume - they all looked beautiful in everything they wore!
Favourite male costume - Matts pin stripe suit in props dance - yummy!!
Favourite group dance costumes - Foxtrot dresses/VW dresses
Best prop in the props dance - hats/glasses in props dance

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage)

Best prank*
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks)

Best touring pro on Twitter* - Aliona
Best touring pro tweet* - anything Aliona tweeted - esp her tweet about oversleeping!
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter - Olas photos

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) Kristina

Best YT video of the tour - StrictlyPros matinee of the props dance - sooo funny

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) - Bournemouth just because it was the final show

I've not answered all categories, just some

Favourite Tour Couple : Flavia and Vincent
Favourite Tour Group Dance : Jive
Favourite Solo Dance : V & F Argentine Tango

Funniest Pro : Vincent
Funniest Mishap : Matthew 'forgetting' to remove Alionas trousers (Sat matinee Edinburgh)

Favourite Female Pro : Flavia
Favourite Male Pro : Vincent

Best Solo Music Choice : With You I'm Born Again (I & N Waltz)
Best group Music Choice : Use Somebody (Paso)

Favourite Female Costume ; Flavias Lilac VW dress
Favourite Group Dance costumes : Group Foxtrot

Favourite end dance solo : V & F Quickstep

Best Prank ; James bouncing the Coke can off Vincents head
Best Pranking Pro : ALiona

Best YT video : Final matinee Props dance (SCDPros)

Favourite tour couple overall- James and Ola
Favourite tour group dance- Paso (the last two shows james shirtless)
Favourite solo dance- James and Ola rumba (but loved they cha cha cha too)

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances- james and ola when she comes out
Best pro in the talky bits- James

Funniest pro-James
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank)- Ian not getting natailes trousers of in southampton

Favourite female touring pro- Ola
Favourite male touring pro- James

Best music choice: solo dances- James and Ola cha cha cha
Best music choice: group dances- the jive in the mood

Favourite female costume - ola cha cha cha
Favourite male costume - james rumba
Favourite group dance costumes- GI jive (paso last 2 shows lol)
Best prop in the props dance - coke can

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) - james and ola

Best prank- james not coming on with table in jive and ola not taking james jacket in the props dance
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) - james

Best touring pro on Twitter- james
Best touring pro tweet- james- that he will wear a catsuit
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter - matthew photo of james and matthew shirtless (also the photo of james golf clubs after last day but thats only cause i got him the batman and robin lol)

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) - james and ola

Best YT video of the tour - my james and ola cha cha cha

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) - southampton was best but loved the last night in bournemouth

I think Ian deserves a special award for making the best of the last three weeks without Natalie!

Favourite Tour Couple : Flavia and Vincent
Favourite Tour Group Dance : Jive
Favourite Solo Dance : V & F Argentine Tango

Best talky bit:Vincent and Flavia (Edinburgh saturday mat)

Funniest Pro : Vincent
Funniest Mishap : Matthew 'forgetting' to remove Alionas trousers( Edinburgh)

Favourite Female Pro : [b]Flavia[/B
Favourite Male Pro : Vincent

Best Solo Music Choice :With You I'm Born Again
(I & N Waltz)
Best group Music Choice Use Somebody (Paso)

Favourite Female Costume: Flavias A.T dress
Favourite Male Costume: Vincent in A.T
Favourite Group Dance costumes :jive and the boys in their kilts (in edinburgh)

Favourite end dance solo : V & F Quickstep

Best Prank :James bouncing the Coke can off Vincents head
Best Pranking Pro : james

Best YT video : Final matinee Props dance

OK, here goes!

Awards categories

Favourite tour couple overall - Ian and Natalie
Favourite tour group dance - Props dance
Favourite solo dance - Ian and Natalie's Waltz

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances - Ian and Matthew
Best pro in the talky bits - Ian, dear!

Funniest pro - Ian by a country mile. Loved the Alan Carr impression and the broom!
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank) - Ian not getting Natalie's trousers off, then saying he'd not had much practise.

Favourite female touring pro - Natalie (except for the last few weeks )
Favourite male touring pro - hmm, let me think. OK, Ian!

Best music choice: solo dances - With You I'm Born Again (I & N Waltz)

Best music choice: group dances - Disco medley (sad? ), also loved the Paso music.

Favourite female costume - Natalie's waltz dress.
Favourite male costume - Ian in latin costume for the Waltz, comteporary and cool IMO.
Favourite group dance costumes - gotta be the GI jive uniforms.
Best prop in the props dance - Strangely drawn to the bowler hats, lol!

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) - V & F's little QS. A nice surprise (feel disloyal now )

Best prank - Alional leaving Matt on his own to go through the motions.
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) Vincent for coming on in Ola's dressing gown.

Best touring pro on Twitter*
Best touring pro tweet*
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) - Ian, but then we were very lucky.

Best YT video of the tour - so far, the last Sat matinee props dance. May change if we see the trouserless finale!

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) - Don't know. Went to Brum and Southampton, Brum had great stage door access, but atmosphere at S'ton was brill.

Biased? Moi?

I think that could be arranged - special category .....

He deserves his own tiny glitterball! for being a trouper and a real good sport - it couldnt have been easy for him, not dancing and Natalie being injured but he definately made the best of a bad situation

well done Ian

Here goes!


Favourite tour couple overall* James and Ola

Favourite tour group dance* The GI Jive

Favourite solo dance*
Vincent and Flavia's AT was mesmerising.
But also loved James and Ola's cheeky Cha Cha Cha!

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances The lads at the start, mostly picking on Vincent!

Best pro in the talky bits James

Funniest pro Ian

Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank)
I didn't see the trousers problem, and I know it's mean, but Aliona falling on her bum in the Jive, she's fine folks! Plus all the other mishaps on the last day were all prank-related!

Favourite female touring pro* Ola and Flavia!

Favourite male touring pro* James

Best music choice: solo dances* Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - James and Ola's Rumba

Best music choice: group dances* Candyman in the group Jive

Favourite female costume Ola's Rumba catsuit

Favourite male costume The Jive GI uniforms!

Favourite group dance costumes The Jive dresses

Best prop in the props dance Flavia's missing hat and the Coke cans

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) Vincent and Flavia's Quickstep

Best prank* James flicking off Vincent's hat in the props dance, then hitting him on the head with the coke can

Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) James

Best touring pro on Twitter*

Best touring pro tweet*

Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) We couldn't hang around very long after the show in Bournemouth, we just saw Kristina race past us and dive into Joe Calzage's 4x4, with obviously no intenton of speaking to the fans.

We weren't sure where the pros were going to come out anyway, we stood at the other side of the building from the visitor car park for 10 mins and just saw Kristina. Plus there weren't many other fans around at the time, and I didn't want to be a sad, solitary fan if they did come out

Best YT video of the tour StrictlyPros video of the props dance from the Saturday matinee - absolutely hilarious - Agreed, although I was at that show I had missed some of the 'finer details', being at a bit more of an angle to the stage, so that one was great to see!

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!)

Favourite tour couple overall* - James and Ola
HM - Vincent and Flavia

Favourite tour group dance* - GI Jive
HM - Paso Doble

Favourite solo dance* - Both of James and Ola's
HM - Matthew and Aliona's Jive, Vincent and Flavia's Argentine Tango

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances - James, Ian & Matthew ' "she's looking rrrough!"

Best pro in the talky bits - James

Funniest pro - Has to be Matthew for that classic line!

Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank) - Ian nearly landing in the audience in Southampton (I don't think it was deliberate...)

Favourite female touring pro* - Ola
HM - Flavia and Kristina

Favourite male touring pro* - James
HM - Matthew

Best music choice: solo dances* - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (J & O) and Deja Vu (M & A)

Best music choice: group dances* - Use Somebody (Paso) and Candyman (Jive)

Favourite female costume - Kristina and Ola's Rumba oufits and the VW dresses

Favourite male costume - Topless paso - yummy!

Favourite group dance costumes - GI Jive outfits

Best prop in the props dance - Hats and glasses with all the pranks and swapping over!

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) - Tough choice but think Vincent and Flavia's quickstep bit - loved them all though

Best prank* - Vincent coming on instead of Ola
HM - The boys coming out with no trousers on in Bournemouth!

Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) - Maybe James, Matthew and Aliona - difficult to pick!

Best touring pro on Twitter* - Ola, especially for getting the others to join
HM - All the others!

Best touring pro tweet* - James forgetting where they were going and everyone correcting him
HM - Aliona telling us they missed their stop on the train

Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter - Ola's photos of them in Plymouth having dinner

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) - Bournemouth - just amazing, still on a high!

Best YT video of the tour - All of Strictly Pros!

Best venue of the tour - Bournemouth for the memories and for being such a special end to the tour. Southampton was more intimate though!

Awards categories

Favourite tour couple overall* James & Ola
Favourite tour group dance* Props Dance - loved it!
Favourite solo dance* Ian & Natalie's Waltz - made me cry!

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances Ian, Matt & James - hilarious
Best pro in the talky bits Ian - dear!

Funniest pro Ian
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank)

Favourite female touring pro* Ola
Favourite male touring pro* Matthew

Best music choice: solo dances* Matthew & Aliona's Jive
Best music choice: group dances* (first finale song) H.A.P.P.Y radio, because that's what the pros make you feel. x

Favourite female costume Natalie's waltz dress - beautiful
Favourite male costume Pin strip suits - yummy!!
Favourite group dance costumes GI Jive
Best prop in the props dance hats

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) Matt & Aliona

Best prank* Vincent replacing Ola
HM: Aliona leaving Matt in the Props dance
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) James

Best touring pro on Twitter* Ola - she got the others to join in the fun of Twitter
HM: Aliona for all her crazy tweets and stealing everyone's phone to tweet!
Best touring pro tweet* Matt - Just arrived in Milton Keynes.. After missing our stop and having to catch a train back from London! Doh!
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter Matt - him and James topless!!!!

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) Matt - for all the lovely hugs, cuddles and kisses he gives. love him
HM James, he spent ages chatting and was never really in a rush to leave .

Best YT video of the tour Matt, Ian, James, Ola & Vincent talk bit.

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) Loved Birmingham & Liverpool.
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Favourite tour couple overall* - Vincent and Flavia
Favourite tour group dance* - Props dance
Favourite solo dance* - V & F's AT

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances - Vincent and Flavia's bit
Best pro in the talky bits - Vincent

Funniest pro Vincent

Favourite female touring pro* - Flavia
Favourite male touring pro* - Vincent

Best music choice: solo dances* - Old time Rock 'n' Roll
Best music choice: group dances* - Last Dance

Favourite female costume - Flavia's VW dress (Loved her AT one too though )
Favourite male costume - Army outfits
Favourite group dance costumes - Foxtrot dresses
Best prop in the props dance - Girls glasses

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) - Vincent and Flavia's Quickstep

Best prank* - Vincent coming on as Ola
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) - I can't chose just one, it was a team effort that made the last two shows so funny


Best YT video of the tour - The final day Props dance by StrctlyPros - BRILLIANT

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) - I really liked Brighton and I think it was the only venue where the pros came onto the floor with the audience at the beginning of the group Salsa which makes it special

*cough* not biased in any way *cough*

Favourite tour couple overall* Vincent + Flavia

*Matt + Aliona

Favourite tour group dance* Army Jive

*VW

Favourite solo dance* Vincent + Flavia's AT

*Vincent + Flavia's Foxtrot-Tango

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances Matt and Ian
Best pro in the talky bits Ian

Funniest pro Matt (not sure I can do this, but not from the show but at the stage door afterwards, he was hilarious!
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank) Unfortunately I didn't spot any mishaps at all

Favourite female touring pro* Flavia

*Aliona

Favourite male touring pro* Matt

*Vincent

Best music choice: solo dances* sorry, I can't really remember the music
Best music choice: group dances* Candyman!! woopwoop

Favourite female costume Flav's VW dress (my fav dress EVER!)
Favourite male costume Army Uniform
Favourite group dance costumes Army Jive
Best prop in the props dance The rip-off trousers! They were pretty cool - do they count as a prop?

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) Vincent + Flavia

Best prank* Didn't see any
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) N/A

Best touring pro on Twitter* Either Matt or Ola - can't choose
Best touring pro tweet* The whole convo between Aliona and Matt!
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter the one of the guys shopping topless in Bristol

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) Matt for the comedy value and loveliness

Best YT video of the tour SCDKev's prank filled prop dance!

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) Unfortunately I wasn't able to go more than once.

I actually can't quite believe I forgot about this, but please can I change my answer to one question...

Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter - Has to be a topless James and Matthew out shopping - my two favourite pro men - that photo made me very happy!

Awards categories

Favourite tour couple overall James & Ola
Favourite tour group dance Paso
Favourite solo dance James & Ola ChaChaCha

Best talky bit/sketch in between dances James/Ian/Matthew & Ola
Best pro in the talky bits James

Funniest pro James
Funniest mishap in a dance (not deliberate prank) Matthew forgetting to remove Aliona trousers in prop dance (Edinburgh)

Favourite female touring pro Ola
Favourite male touring pro James

Best music choice: solo dances Old Time RocknRoll - J&O Rumba
Best music choice: group dances Use Somebody - Paso

Favourite female costume Ola's rumba catsuit
Favourite male costume James' rumba catsuit
Favourite group dance costumes Topless Paso
Best prop in the props dance Coke can

Favourite end of Last Dance mini-solo (when their names are announced and they dance to the front of the stage) James & Ola

Best prank Vincent being Ola
Best pranking pro (funniest pranker/greatest number of amusing pranks) James

Best touring pro on Twitter Ola
Best touring pro tweet James saying he would wear a catsuit if he got more followers than Ola
Best photograph by a touring pro on Twitter Ola concentrating on her new laptop

Best touring pro during meet and greets/stage door (walking to or from venues etc) Bournemouth

Best YT video of the tour love all of them

Best venue of the tour (for those who went multiple times or can compare from videos!) Bournemouth