Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (commonly referred to as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly Ballroom dance, ballroom and Latin dance, Latin dance. Each couple is ...

'' returned for its thirteenth series on

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with a launch show on 5 September 2015, and the live shows beginning on 25 September 2015.

Tess Daly Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 29 March 1969) is an English television presenter and former model. Since 2004, she has co-presented the BBC One dancing competition show '' Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Helen Elizabeth Daly was born o ...

and

Claudia Winkleman Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English broadcaster and writer. She has been nominated three times for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for co-presenting the BBC One dancing compet ...

returned to present the launch show and the live shows while

Zoe Ball Zoe Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970) is a British broadcaster and presenter. She was the first female host of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows for the BBC, and in 2024 was confirmed as the second-highest paid BBC presenter after G ...

returned to present '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...

Darcey Bussell Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle; 27 April 1969) is a retired English ballet dancer, ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Trained at the Arts Educ ...

Len Goodman Leonard Gordon Goodman (25 April 1944 – 22 April 2023) was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the UK television programme ''Strictly Come Dancing'' – in w ...

Craig Revel Horwood Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965) is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor, theatre director, and former drag queen in the United Kingdom. He is also a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Horwood is a jud ...

, and

Bruno Tonioli Bruno Tonioli (; born 25 November 1955) is a British-Italian television personality, choreographer and dancer. He has judged on the British television talent shows ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (2004–2019), ''DanceX'' (2007) and ''Britain's Got Ta ...

all returned as judges.

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singer

Jay McGuiness James "Jay" McGuiness (born 24 July 1990) is a British singer, songwriter, actor and author best known as a vocalist with boy band The Wanted. In 2015, partnered with Aliona Vilani, he won the 13th series of BBC's '' Strictly Come Dancing''. ...

and

Aliona Vilani Aliona Valeriya Kavanagh (''née'' Vilani on 1 May 1984; ), also known by her stage name Aliona Vilani, is a Russian-Kazakh TV personality and was a professional dancer in the BBC series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Biography Vilani started ...

were announced as the winners on 19 December, while

Kellie Bright Kellie Denise Bright (born 1 July 1976) is an English actress. Her roles include Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', for which she won the 2015 British Soap Award for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance, Julie in '' Ali G ...

and

Kevin Clifton Kevin James Clifton (born 13 October 1982) is an English professional dancer and actor, who was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series ''Strictly Come Dancing'', having previously worked as an assistant choreographer. He has also featured on ...

, and

Georgia May Foote Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series ''Grange Hill'' from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation St ...

and

Giovanni Pernice Giovanni Pernice (born 5 September 1990) is an Italian professional dancer based in the United Kingdom, best known for his appearances on the British television show ''Strictly Come Dancing''. He is also an Italian Open Latin Dance Champion (2012 ...

were the runners-up.

Format

The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten. The couples are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the lowest scored couple receiving one point, and the highest scored couple receiving the most points (the maximum number of points available depends on the number of couples remaining in the competition). The public are also invited to vote for their favourite couples, and the couples are ranked again according to the number of votes they receive, again receiving points; the couple with the fewest votes receiving one point, and the couple with the most votes receiving the most points. The points for judges' score and public vote are then added together, and the two couples with the fewest points are placed in the bottom two. If two couples have equal points, the points from the public vote are given precedence. As with the previous series, the bottom two couples have to perform a dance-off on the results show. Based on that performance alone, each judge then votes on which couple should stay and which couple should leave, with

, as head judge, having the last and deciding vote.

Professional dancers

On 23 April 2015, the list of professionals who were returning for the thirteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the previous series who did not return included

Trent Whiddon Trent Whiddon is an Australian dancer and choreographer, best known for his professional appearances on the BBC One dance series ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Whiddon started dancing at the age of seven. His mother encouraged him and he ...

and

Iveta Lukošiūtė Iveta Lukošiūtė (born 29 June 1980) is a Lithuanian dancer and choreographer. 2 time World Professional Ten Dance Champion. 5 time US National Professional Ten Dance Champion. 4 time US National Classical Showdance Champion. She is best known ...

Robin Windsor Robin Jamie Windsor (15 September 1979 – 19 February 2024) was an English professional Latin and ballroom dancer, best known for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC television series ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Robin Jam ...

, who had not taken part in the previous series due to an injury, did not return for this series, though he would be involved in the spin-off show ''It Takes Two''.

Joanne Clifton Joanne Kirsty Clifton (born 24 October 1983) is an English professional dancer, presenter, actress, and singer. She won the World Ballroom Showdance Championship in 2014, and won the European Professional Ballroom Championship and World Dancespor ...

was also involved in ''It Takes Two'' and appeared in the 2015

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and Christmas specials. Three new professional dancers were introduced: Russian dancer

Gleb Savchenko Gleb Savchenko (; born 16 September 1983) is a Russian dancer and choreographer, who is currently a professional dancer on the Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series), U.S. version of ''Dancing with the Stars''. He previously appeared on the UK ...

, Italian dancer

, and South African dancer

Oti Mabuse Otlile "Oti" Mabuse (born 8 August 1990) is a South African talent show judge, presenter, dancer and Latin dance champion currently based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television serie ...

Couples

This series featured fifteen celebrity contestants. On 10 August 2015, broadcaster

Jeremy Vine Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests, consumer issues and popu ...

was the first celebrity announced for the series, with more celebrities revealed throughout the month. The lineup was fully announced on 27 August 2015 on ''

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''.

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger (), while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger (). Color key: ;Notes

Weekly scores

''Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right:

''.

Week 1

Six of the couples performed on the first night and the other nine couples performed on the second night. There was no elimination this week; all scores and votes carried over to the following week. Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Night 1 (Friday) ;Night 2 (Saturday)

Week 2

Musical guest:

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time, having sold ...

— "Please" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Jamelia & Tristan *Bussell: Jamelia & Tristan *Tonioli: Jamelia & Tristan *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jamelia & Tristan''

Week 3: Movie Week

Musical guest:

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing " Il mare calmo della sera". Since 1994, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo st ...

— "

Don't Cry for Me Argentina "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album '' Evita'', later included in the 1978 musical of the same name. The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they wer ...

" ''(from Evita)'' Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Ainsley & Natalie *Bussell: Ainsley & Natalie *Tonioli: Ainsley & Natalie *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Ainsley & Natalie''

Week 4

Musical guest:

Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest '' Pop Idol'', making him the first winner of the worldwide '' Ido ...

— "Joy" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Kirsty & Brendan *Bussell: Kirsty & Brendan *Tonioli: Kirsty & Brendan *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Kirsty & Brendan''

Week 5

Musical guest:

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...

— "Brand New Day" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Jamelia & Tristan *Bussell: Jamelia & Tristan *Tonioli: Jamelia & Tristan *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jamelia & Tristan''

Week 6: Halloween Week

Musical guest: James Morrison — "

Demons A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, occultism, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in media including fiction, comics, film, t ...

" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Jamelia & Tristan *Bussell: Jamelia & Tristan *Tonioli: Jamelia & Tristan *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jamelia & Tristan''

Week 7

Musical guest:

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— "Every Time I'm With You" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Kellie & Kevin *Bussell: Kellie & Kevin *Tonioli: Kellie & Kevin *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Kellie & Kevin''

Week 8

Musical guests: * Years & Years — "

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" *

Brandon Flowers Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American musician. He serves as the co-founder, lead vocalist, primary songwriter, keyboardist, and occasional bassist of the Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers, which he formed with Dave Ke ...

— " Still Want You" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Jamelia & Tristan *Bussell: Jamelia & Tristan *Tonioli: Jamelia & Tristan *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jamelia & Tristan''

Week 9: Blackpool Week

Musical guests: *

Anastacia Anastacia Lyn Newkirk ( ; born September 17, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Her first two studio albums, '' Not That Kind'' (2000) and '' Freak of Nature'' (2001), achieved chart success with the singles " I'm Outta Love", " Not That Ki ...

— "

I'm Outta Love "I'm Outta Love" is a song by American singer Anastacia, released as her debut single. Written by Anastacia, Sam Watters, and Louis Biancaniello and produced by the latter two, it was released on February 29, 2000, as the lead single from her d ...

" *

Take That Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer ...

— " Hey Boy" This week's episode was staged in the Tower Ballroom at the

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in Blackpool, Lancashire. Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Peter & Janette *Bussell: Peter & Janette *Tonioli: Peter & Janette *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jamelia & Tristan''

Week 10

Musical guests: *

Adam Lambert Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his dynamic vocal performances that combine his theatrical training with modern and classic genres. Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after ...

— " Another Lonely Night" *

Il Divo Il Divo (; ) are a multinational classical crossover vocal group. Formed in the United Kingdom in 2003, it is a male quartet that was created and then promoted by British media magnate Simon Cowell for Syco Music, a record label that he had ...

— " ¿Quien Será? (Sway)" Each couple performed one routine and then all couples participated in a

quickstep The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal ...

marathon for additional points. Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Kellie & Kevin *Bussell: Kellie & Kevin *Tonioli: Kellie & Kevin *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Kellie & Kevin''

Week 11: Musicals Week (Quarter-final)

Musical guest:

Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, ...

— "

Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'', in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role ...

" Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Georgia & Giovanni *Bussell: Georgia & Giovanni *Tonioli: Georgia & Giovanni *Goodman: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Georgia & Giovanni''

Week 12: Semi-final

Musical guest:

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...

— " I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" Each couple performed two routines, and are listed in the order they performed. ;Judges' votes to save *Horwood: Anita & Gleb *Bussell: Katie & Anton *Tonioli: Katie & Anton *Goodman: Katie & Anton

Week 13: Final

Musical guest:

Ellie Goulding Elena Jane Goulding ( ; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer, songwriter, and activist. Born in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, Goulding began writing songs at the age of 15. She released her debut single " Under the Sheets" through ...

— "

Love Me like You Do "Love Me Like You Do" is a song recorded by English singer Ellie Goulding for the soundtrack to the film '' Fifty Shades of Grey'' (2015). The song was written by Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Tove Lo, Max Martin and Ali Payami; the latt ...

" During the first show, each couple performed two routines, one of which was their showdance routine and the other chosen by the judges. At the beginning of the second show, the couple with the lowest public vote was eliminated. During the second show, each couple performed their favourite dance of the series. Couples are listed in the order they performed. ;Show 1 ;Show 2

Dance chart

The couples performed the following each week: *Weeks 1–9: One unlearned dance *Week 10: One unlearned dance & quickstep marathon *Week 11: One unlearned dance *Week 12: Two unlearned dances *Week 13 (Show 1): Judges' choice & showdance *Week 13 (Show 2): Favourite dance of the series

Ratings

Weekly ratings for each show on

. All ratings are provided by BARB.

References

External links

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