Strictly Come Dancing series 23

Strictly Come Dancing is expected to return for its twenty-third series with a launch show in September 2025 on BBC One, with live shows expected to begin shortly thereafter. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will return as hosts, whilst Janette Manrara and Fleur East are expected to return to host Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.^[1] Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke will return to the judging panel.^[2][3]

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 23
Presented by	Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman
Judges	Shirley Ballas Anton Du Beke Motsi Mabuse Craig Revel Horwood
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	September 2025 (2025-09)
Series chronology

Professional dancers

In April 2025, the BBC announced that all the professional dancers from the previous series; Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystał, Johannes Radebe, Aljaž Škorjanec, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola; would be returning to this series.^[4] On 27 July, the BBC announced that two new professional dancers, Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon, would join the series.^[5] Warr won the seventeenth season of So You Think You Can Dance and was a troupe member on the American version of Dancing with the Stars.^[5] Caillon appeared as a professional dancer on three series of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars.^[5]

Format

Further information: Strictly Come Dancing § Format

Judges for Strictly Come Dancing Series 23

Craig Revel Horwood

Motsi Mabuse

Shirley Ballas

Anton Du Beke