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Series	Contestants	Episodes	Originally released		Winners	Runners-up
Series	Contestants	Episodes	First released	Last released	Winners	Runners-up
1	8	9	15 May 2004 (2004-05-15)	3 July 2004 (2004-07-03)	Natasha Kaplinsky & Brendan Cole	Christopher Parker & Hanna Karttunen
2	10	16	23 October 2004 (2004-10-23)	11 December 2004 (2004-12-11)	Jill Halfpenny & Darren Bennett	Denise Lewis & Ian Waite
3	12	20	15 October 2005 (2005-10-15)	17 December 2005 (2005-12-17)	Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova	Colin Jackson & Erin Boag
4	14	24	7 October 2006 (2006-10-07)	23 December 2006 (2006-12-23)	Mark Ramprakash & Karen Hardy	Matt Dawson & Lilia Kopylova
5	14	24	6 October 2007 (2007-10-06)	22 December 2007 (2007-12-22)	Alesha Dixon & Matthew Cutler	Matt Di Angelo & Flavia Cacace
6	16	28	20 September 2008 (2008-09-20)	20 December 2008 (2008-12-20)	Tom Chambers & Camilla Dallerup	Rachel Stevens & Vincent Simone
7	16	19	18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)	19 December 2009 (2009-12-19)	Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan	Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe
8	14	26	1 October 2010 (2010-10-01)	18 December 2010 (2010-12-18)	Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev	Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani
9	14	25	30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)	17 December 2011 (2011-12-17)	Harry Judd & Aliona Vilani	Chelsee Healey & Pasha Kovalev
10	14	25	5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)	22 December 2012 (2012-12-22)	Louis Smith & Flavia Cacace	Denise van Outen & James Jordan Kimberley Walsh & Pasha Kovalev
11	15	27	27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)	21 December 2013 (2013-12-21)	Abbey Clancy & Aljaž Škorjanec	Natalie Gumede & Artem Chigvintsev Susanna Reid & Kevin Clifton
12	15	27	26 September 2014 (2014-09-26)	20 December 2014 (2014-12-20)	Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev	Frankie Bridge & Kevin Clifton Simon Webbe & Kristina Rihanoff
13	15	27	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)	19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)	Jay McGuiness & Aliona Vilani	Georgia May Foote & Giovanni Pernice Kellie Bright & Kevin Clifton
14	15	26	23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)	17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)	Ore Oduba & Joanne Clifton	Danny Mac & Oti Mabuse Louise Redknapp & Kevin Clifton
15	15	25	23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)	16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)	Joe McFadden & Katya Jones	Alexandra Burke & Gorka Márquez Debbie McGee & Giovanni Pernice Gemma Atkinson & Aljaž Škorjanec
16	15	25	22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)	15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)	Stacey Dooley & Kevin Clifton	Ashley Roberts & Pasha Kovalev Faye Tozer & Giovanni Pernice Joe Sugg & Dianne Buswell
17	15	25	21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)	14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)	Kelvin Fletcher & Oti Mabuse	Emma Barton & Anton Du Beke Karim Zeroual & Amy Dowden
18	12	17	24 October 2020 (2020-10-24)	19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)	Bill Bailey & Oti Mabuse	HRVY & Janette Manrara Jamie Laing & Karen Hauer Maisie Smith & Gorka Márquez
19	15	25	25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)	18 December 2021 (2021-12-18)	Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice	John Whaite & Johannes Radebe
20	15	25	24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)	17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)	Hamza Yassin & Jowita Przystał	Fleur East & Vito Coppola Helen Skelton & Gorka Márquez Molly Rainford & Carlos Gu
21	15	25	23 September 2023 (2023-09-23)	16 December 2023 (2023-12-16)	Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola	Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin
22	15	25	21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)	14 December 2024 (2024-12-14)	Chris McCausland & Dianne Buswell	Sarah Hadland & Vito Coppola JB Gill & Lauren Oakley Tasha Ghouri & Aljaž Škorjanec

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Series 1 (2004)

In May 2004, Strictly Come Dancing began its first series. This was the only series to air in the spring; all subsequent series aired in the autumn.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Jason Wood	Comedian	Kylie Jones	Eliminated 1st
David Dickinson	Bargain Hunt presenter & antiques expert	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 2nd
Verona Joseph	Holby City actress	Paul Killick	Eliminated 3rd
Claire Sweeney	Actress, singer & television presenter	John Byrnes	Eliminated 4th
Martin Offiah	England rugby player	Erin Boag	Eliminated 5th
Lesley Garrett	Classical singer	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 6th
Christopher Parker	EastEnders actor	Hanna Karttunen	Runners-up
Natasha Kaplinsky	Journalist & television presenter	Brendan Cole	Winners

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Series 2 (2004)

The second series began in October 2004. A new spin-off show — Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, presented by Claudia Winkleman — was created and has continued to air alongside each subsequent series on BBC Two.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Quentin Willson	Motoring journalist & television presenter	Hazel Newberry	Eliminated 1st
Carol Vorderman	Countdown presenter	Paul Killick	Eliminated 2nd
Esther Rantzen	Journalist & television presenter	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 3rd
Diarmuid Gavin	Garden designer & television presenter	Nicole Cutler	Eliminated 4th
Sarah Manners	Casualty actress	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 5th
Roger Black	Olympic sprinter & sports presenter	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 6th
Aled Jones	Singer & television presenter	Lilia Kopylova	Eliminated 7th
Julian Clary	Stand-up comedian	Erin Boag	Third place
Denise Lewis	Olympic heptathlete	Ian Waite	Runners-up
Jill Halfpenny	EastEnders actress	Darren Bennett	Winners

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Series 3 (2005)

The third series began in October 2005.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Siobhan Hayes	My Family actress	Matthew Cutler	Eliminated 1st
Jaye Jacobs	Holby City actress	Andrew Cuerden	Eliminated 2nd
Gloria Hunniford	Television & radio presenter	Darren Bennett	Eliminated 3rd
Fiona Phillips	GMTV presenter	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 4th
Dennis Taylor	Snooker player	Izabela Hannah	Eliminated 5th
Will Thorp	Casualty actor	Hanna Haarala	Eliminated 6th
Bill Turnbull	BBC Breakfast presenter & journalist	Karen Hardy	Eliminated 7th
Patsy Palmer	EastEnders actress	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 8th
James Martin	Chef & television presenter	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 9th
Zoe Ball	Television & radio presenter	Ian Waite	Third place
Colin Jackson	Olympic hurdler	Erin Boag	Runners-up
Darren Gough	England cricketer	Lilia Kopylova	Winners

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Series 4 (2006)

The fourth series began in October 2006.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Nicholas Owen	ITV News presenter & journalist	Nicole Cutler	Eliminated 1st
Mica Paris	Singer & television presenter	Ian Waite	Eliminated 2nd
Jimmy Tarbuck	Comedian	Flavia Cacace	Withdrew
DJ Spoony	DJ & BBC Radio 1 presenter	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 3rd
Georgina Bouzova	Casualty actress	James Jordan	Eliminated 4th
Jan Ravens	Actress & impressionist	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 5th
Ray Fearon	Stage & screen actor	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 6th
Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United goalkeeper	Erin Boag	Eliminated 7th
Claire King	Emmerdale actress	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 8th
Carol Smillie	Television presenter	Matthew Cutler	Eliminated 9th
Louisa Lytton	EastEnders actress	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 10th
Emma Bunton	Spice Girls singer	Darren Bennett	Third place
Matt Dawson	England rugby player	Lilia Kopylova	Runners-up
Mark Ramprakash	England cricketer	Karen Hardy	Winners

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Series 5 (2007)

The fifth series began in September 2007. The first programme was a preview of the new series before the competition began. In a change to the previous format, the results show was recorded on Saturday and broadcast on Sunday, rather than shown live later on Saturday. Additionally, the two couples at the bottom of the table after the public vote were subject to a dance-off, where they performed their routine again for the judges, who decided which couple would leave the competition.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Brian Capron	Coronation Street actor	Karen Hardy	Eliminated 1st
Stephanie Beacham	Stage & screen actress	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 2nd
Willie Thorne	Snooker player	Erin Boag	Eliminated 3rd
Gabby Logan	BBC Sport presenter	James Jordan	Eliminated 4th
Dominic Littlewood	Journalist & television presenter	Lilia Kopylova	Eliminated 5th
Penny Lancaster-Stewart	Model & photographer	Ian Waite	Eliminated 6th
Kate Garraway	GMTV presenter	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 7th
John Barnes	England footballer	Nicole Cutler	Eliminated 8th
Kelly Brook	Model & actress	Brendan Cole	Withdrew
Kenny Logan	Scotland rugby player	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 9th
Letitia Dean	EastEnders actress	Darren Bennett	Eliminated 10th
Gethin Jones	Blue Peter presenter	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 11th
Matt Di Angelo	EastEnders actor	Flavia Cacace	Runners-up
Alesha Dixon	Mis-Teeq singer	Matthew Cutler	Winners

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Series 6 (2008)

A sixth series was confirmed after the dancers' pay dispute was called off in June 2008.^[54] The sixth series began in September with a behind-the-scenes look at the new series, while the first live show aired on 20 September.^[55]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Phil Daniels	EastEnders actor	Flavia Cacace	Eliminated 1st
Gillian Taylforth	EastEnders actress	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 2nd
Gary Rhodes	Chef & television presenter	Karen Hardy	Eliminated 3rd
Jessie Wallace	EastEnders actress	Darren Bennett	Eliminated 4th
Don Warrington	Film & television actor	Lilia Kopylova	Eliminated 5th
Mark Foster	Olympic swimmer	Hayley Holt	Eliminated 6th
Andrew Castle	GMTV presenter & tennis player	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 7th
Heather Small	M People singer	Brian Fortuna	Eliminated 8th
Cherie Lunghi	Stage & screen actress	James Jordan	Eliminated 9th
John Sergeant	Chief political correspondent	Kristina Rihanoff	Withdrew
Jodie Kidd	Fashion model	Ian Waite	Eliminated 10th
Christine Bleakley	The One Show presenter	Matthew Cutler	Eliminated 11th
Austin Healey	England rugby player	Erin Boag	Eliminated 12th
Lisa Snowdon	Model & television presenter	Brendan Cole	Third place
Rachel Stevens	S Club 7 singer	Vincent Simone	Runners-up
Tom Chambers	Holby City actor	Camilla Dallerup	Winners

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Series 7 (2009)

The seventh series began in September 2009. Alesha Dixon joined the judging panel, replacing Arlene Phillips, who moved to The One Show.^[56]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Martina Hingis	Professional tennis player	Matthew Cutler	Eliminated 1st
Richard Dunwoody	Jockey	Lilia Kopylova	Eliminated 2nd
Rav Wilding	Crimewatch presenter	Aliona Vilani	Eliminated 3rd
Lynda Bellingham	Actress & Loose Women panellist	Darren Bennett	Eliminated 4th
Joe Calzaghe	Professional boxer	Kristina Rihanoff	Eliminated 5th
Jo Wood	Model & entrepreneur	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 6th
Zöe Lucker	Footballers' Wives actress	James Jordan	Eliminated 7th
Craig Kelly	Coronation Street actor	Flavia Cacace	Eliminated 8th
Phil Tufnell	England cricketer	Katya Virshilas	Eliminated 9th
Jade Johnson	Olympic long jumper	Ian Waite	Withdrew
Ricky Groves	EastEnders actor	Erin Boag	Eliminated 10th
Natalie Cassidy	EastEnders actress	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 11th
Laila Rouass	Footballers' Wives actress	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 12th
Ali Bastian	The Bill & Hollyoaks actress	Brian Fortuna	Eliminated 13th
Ricky Whittle	Hollyoaks actor	Natalie Lowe	Runners-up
Chris Hollins	BBC Breakfast sports presenter	Ola Jordan	Winners

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Series 8 (2010)

The eighth series began in September 2010.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Goldie	Musician & DJ	Kristina Rihanoff	Eliminated 1st
Paul Daniels	Magician	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 2nd
Peter Shilton	England goalkeeper	Erin Boag	Eliminated 3rd
Tina O'Brien	Coronation Street actress	Jared Murillo	Eliminated 4th
Jimi Mistry	Film & television actor	Flavia Cacace	Eliminated 5th
Michelle Williams	Destiny's Child singer	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 6th
Felicity Kendal	Stage & screen actress	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 7th
Patsy Kensit	Film & television actress	Robin Windsor	Eliminated 8th
Ann Widdecombe	Conservative Party politician	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 9th
Gavin Henson	Wales rugby player	Katya Virshilas	Eliminated 10th
Scott Maslen	EastEnders & The Bill actor	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 11th
Pamela Stephenson	Comedian & psychologist	James Jordan	Third place
Matt Baker	Television presenter	Aliona Vilani	Runners-up
Kara Tointon	EastEnders actress	Artem Chigvintsev	Winners

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Series 9 (2011)

The ninth season began in September 2011. The couples were paired up for the first time on the launch show. This was the last series to feature Alesha Dixon as a judge; she left the show to become a judge on Britain's Got Talent.

Zoë Ball replaced Claudia Winkleman as host of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two due to Winkleman having just given birth.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Edwina Currie	Conservative Party politician	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 1st
Dan Lobb	Daybreak presenter & tennis player	Katya Virshilas	Eliminated 2nd
Rory Bremner	Comedian & impressionist	Erin Boag	Eliminated 3rd
Nancy Dell'Olio	Lawyer & media personality	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 4th
Lulu	Singer-songwriter	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 5th
Audley Harrison	Heavyweight boxer	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 6th
Russell Grant	Astrologer & entertainer	Flavia Cacace	Eliminated 7th
Anita Dobson	EastEnders actress	Robin Windsor	Eliminated 8th
Robbie Savage	Premier League footballer	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 9th
Alex Jones	The One Show presenter	James Jordan	Eliminated 10th & 11th
Holly Valance	Actress, singer & model	Artem Chigvintsev	Eliminated 10th & 11th
Jason Donovan	Actor & singer	Kristina Rihanoff	Third place
Chelsee Healey	Waterloo Road actress	Pasha Kovalev	Runners-up
Harry Judd	McFly drummer	Aliona Vilani	Winners

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Series 10 (2012)

The tenth series began in September 2012. Darcey Bussell joined the judging panel, replacing Alesha Dixon.^[57]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Johnny Ball	Television presenter	Iveta Lukošiūtė	Eliminated 1st
Jerry Hall	Supermodel & actress	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 2nd
Sid Owen	EastEnders actor	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 3rd
Colin Salmon	Film & television actor	Kristina Rihanoff	Eliminated 4th
Fern Britton	Television presenter	Artem Chigvintsev	Eliminated 5th
Richard Arnold	Daybreak presenter	Erin Boag	Eliminated 6th
Victoria Pendleton	Olympic track cyclist	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 7th
Michael Vaughan	England cricketer	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 8th
Nicky Byrne	Westlife singer	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 9th
Lisa Riley	Emmerdale actress	Robin Windsor	Eliminated 10th
Dani Harmer	Children's television actress	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 11th
Denise van Outen	Actress, singer & presenter	James Jordan	Runners-up
Kimberley Walsh	Girls Aloud singer	Pasha Kovalev	Runners-up
Louis Smith	Olympic artistic gymnast	Flavia Cacace	Winners

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Series 11 (2013)

The eleventh series began in September 2013.^[58]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Tony Jacklin	Professional golfer	Aliona Vilani	Eliminated 1st
Vanessa Feltz	Television & radio presenter	James Jordan	Eliminated 2nd
Julien Macdonald	Fashion designer	Janette Manrara	Eliminated 3rd
Deborah Meaden	Dragons' Den investor & businesswoman	Robin Windsor	Eliminated 4th
Rachel Riley	Countdown presenter	Pasha Kovalev	Eliminated 5th
Dave Myers	Chef & The Hairy Bikers presenter	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 6th
Fiona Fullerton	Film & television actress	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 7th
Ben Cohen	England rugby player	Kristina Rihanoff	Eliminated 8th
Mark Benton	Stage & screen actor	Iveta Lukošiūtė	Eliminated 9th
Ashley Taylor Dawson	Hollyoaks actor & singer	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 10th
Patrick Robinson	Casualty actor	Anya Garnis	Eliminated 11th
Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Singer-songwriter	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 12th
Natalie Gumede	Coronation Street actress	Artem Chigvintsev	Runners-up
Susanna Reid	BBC Breakfast presenter	Kevin Clifton	Runners-up
Abbey Clancy	Model & television presenter	Aljaž Škorjanec	Winners

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Series 12 (2014)

The series started on 7 September 2014 with a launch show,^[59] followed by the live shows starting on 26 and 27 September.^[60] This series was the first not to be presented by Sir Bruce Forsyth after announcing his departure from the live shows on 4 April (he made his final regular appearance in this series' launch show). However, Forsyth would continue to present special editions of the show, such as Children in Need and Christmas specials.^[61] It was announced on 9 May that Claudia Winkleman would join the main show as co-presenter and that her duties would mirror the existing result show format, with Tess Daly taking over Forsyth's role as main presenter and Winkleman taking Daly's role as co-presenter.^[62]

It was announced on 1 June 2014 that professional dancers Artem Chigvintsev, James Jordan and Anya Garnis would not be returning for the new series, although Garnis would remain on the show's choreography team. It was also announced that Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton would be joining the show's professional line-up.^[63] It was then announced in August that Robin Windsor had pulled out of the competition due to a back injury. Windsor was replaced by new professional Trent Whiddon.^[64] In week three, entertainer Donny Osmond joined the four regular judges, making the maximum score that week 50 points.^[65] Due to Winkleman's absence in weeks 6, 7 and 8, It Takes Two presenter Zoë Ball co-presented with Daly.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Gregg Wallace	MasterChef judge	Aliona Vilani	Eliminated 1st
Jennifer Gibney	Mrs. Brown's Boys actress	Tristan MacManus	Eliminated 2nd
Tim Wonnacott	Bargain Hunt presenter & antiques expert	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 3rd
Thom Evans	Scotland rugby player & model	Iveta Lukošiūtė	Eliminated 4th
Scott Mills	BBC Radio 1 presenter	Joanne Clifton	Eliminated 5th
Alison Hammond	Television presenter	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 6th
Judy Murray	Tennis coach & British Fed Cup captain	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 7th
Steve Backshall	Naturalist, author & television presenter	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 8th
Sunetra Sarker	Casualty actress	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 9th
Pixie Lott	Singer-songwriter	Trent Whiddon	Eliminated 10th
Jake Wood	EastEnders actor	Janette Manrara	Eliminated 11th
Mark Wright	The Only Way Is Essex star	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 12th
Frankie Bridge	The Saturdays singer	Kevin Clifton	Runners-up
Simon Webbe	Blue singer & actor	Kristina Rihanoff	Runners-up
Caroline Flack	Television presenter	Pasha Kovalev	Winners

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Series 13 (2015)

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its thirteenth series with a launch show on 5 September 2015, followed by the live shows starting on 25 and 26 September.

On 23 April 2015, the list of professionals participating in the thirteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who did not return included Trent Whiddon, Iveta Lukošiūtė and Joanne Clifton. Clifton would remain involved in group dances and would feature on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two as a dance expert. Robin Windsor, absent from the previous series because of injury, also did not return for this series. Three new professional dancers were introduced: Russian dancer Gleb Savchenko (from the American, Australian and Russian versions of Dancing with the Stars), South African dancer Oti Mabuse (from Germany's Let's Dance) and Italian dancer Giovanni Pernice.^[66]

On 3 October 2015, the judges performed The Strictly, a signature dance made up of some iconic moves from the show's history for fans to do at home when they hear the theme tune; subsequently, a tutorial for the dance was made available on the show's website and iPlayer hosted by Natalie Lowe and Tristan MacManus.^[67]

Series 13 was the last to feature Tristan MacManus, Kristina Rihanoff, Ola Jordan, Gleb Savchenko and Aliona Vilani as professional dancers. Jordan later announced that she had quit the show, claiming that the results were "fixed". Vilani announced three days after winning that she was leaving the show; however, she participated in the 2016 live tour. Savchenko announced that he was leaving the show on 28 June 2016.^[68]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Iwan Thomas	Olympic sprinter & sports pundit	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 1st
Anthony Ogogo	Olympic boxer	Oti Mabuse	Eliminated 2nd
Daniel O'Donnell	Singer-songwriter	Kristina Rihanoff	Eliminated 3rd
Ainsley Harriott	Chef & Ready Steady Cook presenter	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 4th
Kirsty Gallacher	Television presenter	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 5th
Carol Kirkwood	BBC Breakfast weather presenter	Pasha Kovalev	Eliminated 6th
Jeremy Vine	BBC Radio 2 presenter & journalist	Karen Clifton	Eliminated 7th
Jamelia	Singer & Loose Women panellist	Tristan MacManus	Eliminated 8th
Peter Andre	Singer & television personality	Janette Manrara	Eliminated 9th
Helen George	Call the Midwife actress	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 10th
Anita Rani	Television presenter	Gleb Savchenko	Eliminated 11th
Katie Derham	BBC Proms & BBC Radio 3 presenter	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 12th
Georgia May Foote	Coronation Street actress	Giovanni Pernice	Runners-up
Kellie Bright	EastEnders actress	Kevin Clifton	Runners-up
Jay McGuiness	The Wanted singer	Aliona Vilani	Winners

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Series 14 (2016)

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fourteenth series with a launch show on 3 September 2016 on BBC One. This was Len Goodman's final series as head judge.

On 28 June 2016, the list of professionals who were returning for the fourteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who would not return included the previous series' champion and two-time professional winner of the show Aliona Vilani, former professional winner Ola Jordan and two-time professional finalist Kristina Rihanoff, as well as Gleb Savchenko and Tristan MacManus. Joanne Clifton returned after a one-series hiatus. The leaving professionals were replaced by Katya Jones, Burn the Floor dancer Gorka Márquez and former Dancing with the Stars US troupe member Oksana Platero.^[69] On 26 July 2016, three more new professional dancers — AJ Pritchard, Chloe Hewitt and Neil Jones, husband of new dancer Katya — were announced.^[70] Hewitt and Neil Jones did not partner a celebrity as the professionals outnumbered the celebrities, although they were still in group dances and appeared on It Takes Two.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Melvin Odoom	Television & radio presenter	Janette Manrara	Eliminated 1st
Tameka Empson	EastEnders actress	Gorka Márquez	Eliminated 2nd
Will Young	Singer-songwriter & actor	Karen Clifton	Withdrew
Naga Munchetty	BBC Breakfast newsreader & journalist	Pasha Kovalev	Eliminated 3rd
Lesley Joseph	Stage & screen actress	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 4th
Anastacia	Singer-songwriter	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 5th
Laura Whitmore	Television presenter	Giovanni Pernice	Eliminated 6th
Daisy Lowe	Fashion model	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 7th
Greg Rutherford	Olympic long jumper	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 8th
Ed Balls	Labour Party politician	Katya Jones	Eliminated 9th
Judge Rinder	Criminal law barrister & television judge	Oksana Platero	Eliminated 10th
Claudia Fragapane	Olympic artistic gymnast	AJ Pritchard	Eliminated 11th
Danny Mac	Hollyoaks actor	Oti Mabuse	Runners-up
Louise Redknapp	Eternal singer & television presenter	Kevin Clifton	Runners-up
Ore Oduba	BBC Sport presenter	Joanne Clifton	Winners

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Series 15 (2017)

On 4 May 2017, it was announced that series 7 finalist Natalie Lowe would be departing the show. Five days later, on 9 May, Shirley Ballas announced that she would be replacing Len Goodman as head judge.^[71] On 21 June 2017, Oksana Platero and the previous series' professional champion, Joanne Clifton, announced that they would also be leaving. The new professionals replacing them were Australian Open champion Dianne Buswell, Welsh dancer Amy Dowden, and Ukrainian two-time world champion Nadiya Bychkova. On 7 August, Nick Grimshaw announced that Mollie King was the first celebrity known to be taking part in the series. This was the first series to be broadcast since Sir Bruce Forsyth's death in August that year.^[72]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Chizzy Akudolu	Holby City actress & comedian	Pasha Kovalev	Eliminated 1st
Rev. Richard Coles	Broadcaster, musician & Church of England priest	Dianne Buswell	Eliminated 2nd
Charlotte Hawkins	Good Morning Britain presenter & journalist	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 3rd
Brian Conley	Comedian, singer & actor	Amy Dowden	Eliminated 4th
Simon Rimmer	Chef & Sunday Brunch presenter	Karen Clifton	Eliminated 5th
Aston Merrygold	JLS singer	Janette Manrara	Eliminated 6th
Ruth Langsford	Television presenter	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 7th
Jonnie Peacock	Paralympic sprinter	Oti Mabuse	Eliminated 8th
Susan Calman	Stand-up comedian & television presenter	Kevin Clifton	Eliminated 9th
Davood Ghadami	EastEnders actor	Nadiya Bychkova	Eliminated 10th
Mollie King	The Saturdays singer	AJ Pritchard	Eliminated 11th
Alexandra Burke	Singer-songwriter	Gorka Márquez	Runners-up
Debbie McGee	Radio presenter & magician's assistant	Giovanni Pernice
Gemma Atkinson	Actress & model	Aljaž Škorjanec
Joe McFadden	Holby City actor	Katya Jones	Winners

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Series 16 (2018)

On 30 January 2018, it was announced that Brendan Cole would no longer appear on the show.^[73] On 30 May 2018, the full lineup of professional dancers was announced. Chloe Hewitt left the series and three new professional dancers — Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe and Luba Mushtuk — were announced to be joining the show. This meant that there were 18 professional dancers, the most in the show's history.^[74]

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Susannah Constantine	Television presenter & fashion journalist	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 1st
Lee Ryan	Blue singer & EastEnders actor	Nadiya Bychkova	Eliminated 2nd
Katie Piper	Philanthropist & television presenter	Gorka Márquez	Eliminated 3rd
Vick Hope	Capital FM presenter	Graziano Di Prima	Eliminated 4th
Seann Walsh	Stand-up comedian	Katya Jones	Eliminated 5th
Dr. Ranj Singh	This Morning presenter & author	Janette Manrara	Eliminated 6th
Danny John-Jules	Stage & screen actor	Amy Dowden	Eliminated 7th
Kate Silverton	BBC News presenter & journalist	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 8th
Graeme Swann	England cricketer	Oti Mabuse	Eliminated 9th
Charles Venn	Casualty actor	Karen Clifton	Eliminated 10th
Lauren Steadman	Paralympic swimmer & paratriathlete	AJ Pritchard	Eliminated 11th
Ashley Roberts	The Pussycat Dolls singer	Pasha Kovalev	Runners-up
Faye Tozer	Steps singer	Giovanni Pernice
Joe Sugg	YouTube personality	Dianne Buswell
Stacey Dooley	Investigative journalist	Kevin Clifton	Winners

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Series 17 (2019)

On 13 February 2019, professional dancer Pasha Kovalev announced that he was leaving the show after competing on it for eight years.^[75] On 10 April 2019, it was announced that judge Darcey Bussell had left the show after seven years.^[76] On 22 July 2019, Motsi Mabuse was announced as the replacement for Bussell. On 30 July 2019, it was announced that Nancy Xu would be joining the cast of professional dancers.^[77] On 5 September 2019, it was announced that Jamie Laing had withdrawn from the show due to a foot injury. He was later replaced by Kelvin Fletcher. In late October, Will Bayley left the competition due to a sustained leg injury.^[78]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
James Cracknell	Olympic rower	Luba Mushtuk	Eliminated 1st
Anneka Rice	Television & radio presenter	Kevin Clifton	Eliminated 2nd
Dev Griffin	BBC Radio 1 presenter	Dianne Buswell	Eliminated 3rd
David James	England goalkeeper	Nadiya Bychkova	Eliminated 4th
Catherine Tyldesley	Coronation Street actress	Johannes Radebe	Eliminated 5th
Will Bayley	Paralympic table tennis player	Janette Manrara	Withdrew
Emma Weymouth	Fashion model & socialite	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 6th
Mike Bushell	BBC Breakfast sports presenter	Katya Jones	Eliminated 7th
Michelle Visage	RuPaul's Drag Race judge & singer	Giovanni Pernice	Eliminated 8th
Saffron Barker	YouTube personality	AJ Pritchard	Eliminated 9th
Alex Scott	England footballer	Neil Jones	Eliminated 10th
Chris Ramsey	Stand-up comedian	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 11th
Emma Barton	EastEnders actress	Anton Du Beke	Runners-up
Karim Zeroual	CBBC presenter & actor	Amy Dowden	Runners-up
Kelvin Fletcher	Emmerdale actor & racing driver	Oti Mabuse	Winners

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Series 18 (2020)

On 6 March 2020, Kevin Clifton announced that he was leaving the show after seven years.^[79] On 26 March 2020, AJ Pritchard also announced that he was leaving the show after four years.^[80] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed that the series would be slightly shorter than planned.^[81]^[82]^[83] Before the series began, the professional dancers and some of the crew isolated and tested for COVID-19 to then become a household. Strictly took over a hotel near the studios and the pro dancers learnt and filmed all the group routines for the series at once.^[84] This allowed for the show to still include the professional group dances each week. On 21 August 2020, it was announced that Bruno Tonioli would not be on the judging panel but would appear virtually while he filmed Dancing with the Stars in the US. It was the first series since 2012 to begin in October.^[85] On 12 November 2020, Nicola Adams and Katya Jones were forced to withdraw from the competition after Jones tested positive for COVID-19.^[86] On 19 December 2020, Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse were crowned the winners of the series, making Mabuse the second professional dancer to win the show twice and the first to win it consecutively, following her 2019 victory. This series featured the first all-female and same-sex partnership of Nicola Adams and Katya Jones.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Jacqui Smith	Labour Party politician	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 1st
Jason Bell	NFL player & pundit	Luba Mushtuk	Eliminated 2nd
Nicola Adams	Olympic boxer	Katya Jones	Withdrew
Max George	The Wanted singer	Dianne Buswell	Eliminated 3rd
Caroline Quentin	Actress & television presenter	Johannes Radebe	Eliminated 4th
Clara Amfo	BBC Radio 1 presenter	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 5th
JJ Chalmers	Television presenter & Invictus Games medallist	Amy Dowden	Eliminated 6th
Ranvir Singh	Good Morning Britain presenter & journalist	Giovanni Pernice	Eliminated 7th
HRVY	Singer & television presenter	Janette Manrara	Runners-up
Jamie Laing	Made in Chelsea star	Karen Hauer
Maisie Smith	EastEnders actress	Gorka Márquez
Bill Bailey	Comedian, musician & actor	Oti Mabuse	Winners

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Series 19 (2021)

On 10 June 2021, it was announced that Janette Manrara would leave the show as a professional dancer and replace Zoe Ball as a new It Takes Two presenter. On 24 June, Anton Du Beke was announced as having joined the judging panel for this series instead of returning as a professional dancer, replacing Bruno Tonioli, who missed a second year due to continuing travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the remaining fourteen professional dancers from Series 18, all of whom returned for this series, four new professional dancers joined the show: Cameron Lombard, Jowita Przystał, Kai Widdrington and Nikita Kuzmin.^[87]

This series marked the first time that two contestants withdrew from the competition. On 13 October 2021, Robert Webb withdrew from the competition for health reasons.^[88] On 17 December 2021, AJ Odudu was forced to pull out of the final after tearing a ligament in her right ankle.^[89]

The series saw the first couple with a deaf contestant, actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and the first all-male partnership of John Whaite and Johannes Radebe.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Nina Wadia	Stage & screen actress	Neil Jones	Eliminated 1st
Katie McGlynn	Coronation Street actress	Gorka Márquez	Eliminated 2nd
Robert Webb	Comedian & actor	Dianne Buswell	Withdrew
Greg Wise	Film & television actor	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 3rd
Ugo Monye	England rugby player & pundit	Oti Mabuse	Eliminated 4th
Judi Love	Comedian & Loose Women panellist	Graziano Di Prima	Eliminated 5th
Adam Peaty	Olympic swimmer	Katya Jones	Eliminated 6th
Sara Davies	Dragons' Den investor & businesswoman	Aljaž Škorjanec	Eliminated 7th
Tom Fletcher	McFly singer	Amy Dowden	Eliminated 8th
Tilly Ramsay	Chef & television presenter	Nikita Kuzmin	Eliminated 9th
Dan Walker	BBC Breakfast presenter & journalist	Nadiya Bychkova	Eliminated 10th
Rhys Stephenson	CBBC presenter	Nancy Xu	Eliminated 11th
AJ Odudu	Television presenter	Kai Widdrington	Withdrew
John Whaite	Baker & television presenter	Johannes Radebe	Runners-up
Rose Ayling-Ellis	EastEnders actress	Giovanni Pernice	Winners

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Series 20 (2022)

The twentieth series began in September 2022.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Kaye Adams	Loose Women panellist & journalist	Kai Widdrington	Eliminated 1st
Richie Anderson	Television & radio presenter	Giovanni Pernice	Eliminated 2nd
Matt Goss	Singer-songwriter	Nadiya Bychkova	Eliminated 3rd
Jayde Adams	Comedian & actress	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 4th
James Bye	EastEnders actor	Amy Dowden	Eliminated 5th
Ellie Simmonds	Paralympic swimmer	Nikita Kuzmin	Eliminated 6th
Tony Adams	England footballer & manager	Katya Jones	Withdrew
Tyler West	Kiss FM presenter	Dianne Buswell	Eliminated 7th
Ellie Taylor	Comedian, actress & television presenter	Johannes Radebe	Eliminated 8th
Kym Marsh	Actress, singer & Morning Live presenter	Graziano Di Prima	Eliminated 9th
Will Mellor	Stage & screen actor	Nancy Xu	Eliminated 10th
Fleur East	Singer-songwriter & radio presenter	Vito Coppola	Runners-up
Helen Skelton	Television presenter	Gorka Márquez
Molly Rainford	Nova Jones actress & singer	Carlos Gu
Hamza Yassin	Wildlife presenter & cameraman	Jowita Przystał	Winners

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Series 21 (2023)

The twenty-first series began in September 2023.

In April 2023, Rylan Clark announced that he was stepping down as co-host of It Takes Two. Fleur East, who was one of the finalists in series 20, was later announced as his replacement.^[90]

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Les Dennis	Comedian, actor & television presenter	Nancy Xu	Eliminated 1st
Nikita Kanda	BBC Asian Network presenter	Gorka Márquez	Eliminated 2nd
Jody Cundy	Paralympic cyclist & swimmer	Jowita Przystał	Eliminated 3rd
Eddie Kadi	Comedian & BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 4th
Amanda Abbington	Stage & screen actress	Giovanni Pernice	Withdrew
Zara McDermott	Media personality & television presenter	Graziano Di Prima	Eliminated 5th
Adam Thomas	Waterloo Road & Emmerdale actor	Luba Mushtuk	Eliminated 6th
Krishnan Guru-Murthy	Channel 4 News presenter & journalist	Lauren Oakley	Eliminated 7th
Angela Rippon	Television presenter, journalist & newsreader	Kai Widdrington	Eliminated 8th
Angela Scanlon	Television presenter	Carlos Gu	Eliminated 9th
Nigel Harman	Stage & screen actor	Katya Jones	Withdrew
Annabel Croft	Professional tennis player & pundit	Johannes Radebe	Eliminated 10th
Bobby Brazier	EastEnders actor & model	Dianne Buswell	Runners-up
Layton Williams	Bad Education actor & West End performer	Nikita Kuzmin	Runners-up
Ellie Leach	Coronation Street actress	Vito Coppola	Winners

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Series 22 (2024)

The twenty-second series began in September 2024.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Tom Dean	Olympic swimmer	Nadiya Bychkova	Eliminated 1st
Toyah Willcox	Singer, actress & television presenter	Neil Jones	Eliminated 2nd
Nick Knowles	Television presenter	Luba Mushtuk	Eliminated 3rd
Paul Merson	England footballer & pundit	Karen Hauer	Eliminated 4th
Dr. Punam Krishan	Morning Live doctor & author	Gorka Márquez	Eliminated 5th
Sam Quek	Olympic field hockey player & television presenter	Nikita Kuzmin	Eliminated 6th
Shayne Ward	Singer & actor	Nancy Xu	Eliminated 7th
Wynne Evans	Opera singer & BBC Radio Wales presenter	Katya Jones	Eliminated 8th
Jamie Borthwick	EastEnders actor	Michelle Tsiakkas	Eliminated 9th
Montell Douglas	Olympic sprinter, bobsledder & Gladiators star	Johannes Radebe	Eliminated 10th
Pete Wicks	Television personality	Jowita Przystał	Eliminated 11th
Tasha Ghouri	Love Island finalist & model	Aljaž Škorjanec	Runners up
JB Gill	JLS singer & television presenter	Amy Dowden (weeks 1–6) Lauren Oakley (weeks 7–13)
Sarah Hadland	Stage & screen actress	Vito Coppola
Chris McCausland	Stand-up comedian & actor	Dianne Buswell	Winners

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Specials

Since the inception of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, several special editions of the show have been transmitted by the BBC each year. These have included seasonal specials, charity specials, and variations of the Strictly Come Dancing format.