Strictly And X Factor To Continue Competing

Strictly Come Dancing is set to continue it's Saturday night showdown with The X Factor.

According to The Sun, the BBC will continue to schedule Strictly against the ITV karaoke show. A BBC 'insider' told the paper: "ITV expect us to back off this year but that's not going to happen. We aren't just going to roll over and do want they want us to. We have been running Strictly on Saturday for as long as The X Factor."

This is indeed correct, although they never overlapped quite as much as they did last year, and this level of ratings-chasing by BBC is a little unnecessary perhaps. And a fight that Strictly sadly can't win, even though it pains me to admit it.