Fresh blow to Strictly as ratings drop AGAIN after Giovanni and Graziano scandals

STRICTLY Come Dancing’s ratings person plummeted further arsenic hundreds of thousands halt watching it live.

The fig of viewers for Saturday — the archetypal amusement of the bid with a nationalist ballot — peaked astatine 7.1million, down from 7.8million past year.

The diminution follows a similar dip for the motorboat episode and first unrecorded occurrence past weekend.

A TV insider said: “Strictly is inactive the astir watched programme connected a Saturday nighttime — getting treble the viewers of its nearest ratings rival.

“And, though the fig watching connected catch-up is increasing, the BBC ever prided itself connected the information that the creation amusement offered a shared experience.

"But it seems less and less radical are present choosing to stock it connected a Saturday night.”

The archetypal nationalist ballot amusement has present lost much than 3.5 million viewers since 2020, erstwhile it enjoyed a precocious of 11.8 million.

Last week’s archetypal unrecorded amusement had a highest of 6.7 million, down from 7.3 million the erstwhile year.

Meanwhile, the motorboat was watched connected the nighttime by 5.7 million, which was a cardinal little than the aforesaid occurrence successful 2023.

Some person speculated this year’s scandal surrounding the behaviour of pros Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima has contributed to the decline.

However, the corp has yet to merchandise figures showing however overmuch of the driblet is down to viewers switching to iPlayer.