Just me that never gets the logic of this whole "they should rest it for a year" thing?
What's actually gonna happen if they do so? They'll just give their viewers time to find something else to watch in the fall instead and the viewing figures will have an even bigger drop when it comes back. It's not even like the show would've been gone for 5-10 years for it to have a bit of a "oh, strictly is coming back, lets check it out again" nostalgia effect. I'm not even gonna go in on the shitstorm that the press will create if they do so.
If they want to switch things up, try something new to improve it etc. etc., they don't need 2 years to think about it, they can just do it for the next series, which for me would be the right moment to do so with the new hosts coming it, frame all of it as a "new era" of the show beginning and all that, change the set as well, try out new themes instead of same tired 3-4 ones they've been doing for 10 years or however long it's been (icons week can get in the bin too even if it's a newer one, it doesn't work).
And even if you assume the break between the series is not enough time for them to think properly about what can be done and they need more for some creative ideas to come out, they can just start making plans for a revamp in lets say 2027 while just keeping it the same as usual in the meantime.
And as much as the press bang about the viewing figures going down, that's basically happening to every show bar the Traitors really just because the viewing habits are changing nowadays across the board. Even with those figures going lower, there's still really nothing else to replace it with in the schedule, it's not just the Saturday live show, they still get very good figures even for the results show and you'll also have to replace the ITT slots too. It makes no sense to shelve it for a year in any sense to me.
