You'll Never Guess Who Won Strictly.

In the UK the BBC has a show called; "Strictly Come Dancing." In the US you may know this as; "Dancing With The Stars" or in France as; "Danse Avec Les Stars."

Regardless of the country or the name the format always remains more or less the same. Celebrity contestants are partnered with a professional dancer who over the course of the show teaches them different forms of ballroom dancing. But always Strictly Ballroom. Every week one contestant leaves the show until eventually a winner is crowned.

In the UK this is one of the big entertainment shows that everybody watches and everybody talks about. So it can be helpful to the producers to cast contestants that reflect social issues that are relevant in their viewers lives.

For example in the 2016 series they cast Laura Whitmore. A model and sometimes TV presenter her main job seems to be to get paid to attend parties a look pretty.

Then there was Daisy Lowe who was also a model. If you search for her on the Internet her 2011 Playboy shoot is one of the first things that will pop up. However Daisy Lowe has since given up her life as a sexy and sultry party girl to become a mother.

Motherhood has certainly changed Ms Lowe. It would be easier to say that she's put on weight but the truth is more complicated then that. Her body shape has changed and she now has the demeanor of someone who spends their entire life crouched over telling toddlers their crayon drawings are the most amazing piece of artwork ever seen. And loving every minute of it.

Next there is Louise Redknapp. She was considered the sexy one in 1990's girl band "Eternal" before leaving to get married and having children. Now her babies have grown into teenagers her appearance on the show is part of her rediscovering her sexuality and remembering how to talk to adults.

Also amongst the female contestants there is Anastasia - another 1990's popstar. However older than Louise Redknapp Anastasia is around the age that women tend to go through the menopause. She is also recovering from breast cancer having undergone a mastectomy. The is a very obvious loss of one of the outward signs of female sexuality.

Finally there is Leslie Joseph. although the term hadn't been invented the she played a 'Cougar' in the 1980/90's sitcom;"Birds of Feather." Now in her 70's she seems to be in the autumn of her life.

So amongst the 2016 female contestants you've sort of had a cross section of the various stages of a woman's life.

The producers have also clearly been heavily influenced by the; "Oscars So White Campaign" and the entertainment industry's long standing obsession with diversity.

So this year there have been three black contestants - the most ever. That is alongside professional dancer Oti Mabuse who is not only black but a black South African.

The problem was that two of the black contestants Melvin Odoom and Tameka Empson were the first to be voted off by the public. This led to a social media campaign accusing the show of racism.

That sent the producers into something into a blind panic. They started doing everything to keep the last remaining black guy - Ori Oduba - in the show. So where the judges would be honest and constructive in their criticism suddenly every week became; "10 Points to the Black Guy!"

The big star of the show though was former UK Home Secretary (interior minister) Ed Balls. Knowing full well that he can't dance Ed Balls entered the show thinking he'd follow in a long tradition of giving everybody a good laugh before being voted out early.

However the public disagreed constantly voting to keep Ed Balls in. I like to think people were doing this to punish the producers for wrecking the show to force through their politically correct agenda. I would certainly make an interesting talking point about the Donald Trump/Brexit wave of populism.

By the time of the semifinals it had looked as if the show had learned to laugh at itself.  Ori Oduba was partnered with Joanne Clifton who is white. Oti Mabuse was partnered with Danny Mac who is also white making them both examples of a mixed race couple.

The show also featured Caudia Fragapane who actually is mixed race. Also as an Olympic gymnast she is pretty tiny. Almost child sized in comparison to the other contestants.

To see who would be voted off in the semifinal it came down to Ori Oduba, Danny Mac and Claudia Fragapane. It was almost a test of who the audience hated the most; black men with white women, black women with white men or mixed race kids.

Sadly though hopes of the producers finally gaining a sense of humour were dashed. Fragapane was voted off with the black man and the black woman going through to the final.

Then to the surprise of absolutely no-one the final was won by ..... THE LAST REMAINING BLACK GUY!

On Christmas Day (25/12/16) they did a special one off show. That was won by Melvin Odoom - the other black guy who was voted off in the first week.

Well that's what I was going to write before I finally looked up Daisy Lowe on Wikipedia and discovered she's not a new mum. Apparently she's just put on weight and is a bit dim.

In fact I'm only writing this now to test out a new word processing app and because even I was getting bored of looking at the last thing I wrote.

18:25 on 27/12/16 (UK date).