57-642: Dancing with the Stars is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing , which is distributed by BBC Studios , the commercial arm of the BBC . As of 2012 the format has been licensed to 60 territories. Versions have also been produced in dozens of countries across the world. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television programme among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to
114-409: A modern dance -themed spin-off Strictly Dance Fever . The Guinness World Records named Strictly as the world's most successful reality television format in 2010. The series is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman . Bruce Forsyth co-presented the series with Daly until 2014. The series has been broadcast on BBC One since 15 May 2004, typically on Saturday evenings with
171-448: A feature of the show ever since. The Dance-off consists of the two couples who received the lowest totals that week from the combined judges' scores and public vote. The aim of the dance-off is for the couples to convince the judges that they deserve to go through to the following week's competition. Before they attempt their dance a second time, the couples sometimes get advice from the judges. The judges then decide which couple remains in
228-454: A following Sunday night results show. From series 2 onwards, the show has been broadcast in the run up to Christmas. With its high viewing figures, Strictly Come Dancing has become a significant programme for dancing on British television. Eighteen stand-alone Christmas specials and nineteen charity specials have also been produced. Producer Richard Hopkins , who had produced the first British series of Big Brother , unsuccessfully pitched
285-454: A launch show, followed by the live shows starting on 26 and 27 September. 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. It
342-566: A result. Under the rules of the show, the couple with the lowest combined total was eliminated. The second occasion in which the Dance-off was cancelled was in Series 20, again due to an injury sustained by Tony Adams . Tess Daly announced on the results show that Adams had decided to withdraw from the competition as a result of being unable to compete in the Dance-off. During the run of Strictly Come Dancing , Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
399-457: A second live broadcast. For series 7, the Sunday results show was axed and put back to Saturday nights as a result of a revamp of the show. It then reverted to Sundays from series 8. A new system called the Dance-off, which takes place in the results show, was introduced in series 5. It continued until series 7, but did not return in series 8. It was then reinstated in series 10 and has remained
456-747: A stint on the original series of Come Dancing ; following their split in 2004, Cole and Katya Virshilas formed a professional partnership before splitting in November 2009. Other current and former professional partnerships featured on the show include Dallerup and Ian Waite, Paul Killick and Hanna Karttunen, Andrew Cuerden and Hanna Haarala, Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff, Rihanoff and Robin Windsor, Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis, siblings Kevin and Joanne Clifton, AJ Pritchard and Chloe Hewitt, and Gorka Márquez and Karen Hauer. On average, dances last for approximately 90 seconds. Musical accompaniment
513-402: Is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of judges. The title of the show is a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing . The format has been exported to 60 other countries under the title Dancing with the Stars , licensed by BBC Worldwide, and led to
570-551: Is an amalgamation of the titles of the 1992 Australian film Strictly Ballroom and Come Dancing . From series 1 to 11, Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly presented the pro-celebrity ballroom dancing competition. From series 8 to 11, Forsyth only presented the main show and was replaced for the results show by Claudia Winkleman , at which point Daly assumed Forsyth's role as main presenter and Winkleman assumed Daly's role as co-presenter. Winkleman joined Daly as full-time co-presenter for series 12 following Forsyth's departure after
627-488: Is broadcast each weeknight on BBC Two . The series was previously hosted by Claudia Winkleman but, due to her pregnancy in 2011, she had to leave the series, and was replaced by Zoe Ball, who hosted the show from Series 9 to 18. Rylan Clark-Neal joined as co-host in series 17. In May 2021, it was announced that Ball was to leave the show after 10 years, and on 10 June 2021, her replacement was confirmed to be former professional Janette Manrara . The show features reviews of
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#1732787311599684-460: Is provided by The Strictly Come Dancing Band. From series 1 to 4, the results show was shown live on Saturday night one hour after the performances. As of series 5, the results show is recorded on the Saturday night directly after the live show and incorporates the result of the viewers' votes, which are completed by 21:30. This was confirmed by the official BBC website in 2008: The Sunday show
741-413: Is recorded on Saturday night but no element involving the results of the vote will start recording until after lines are closed and votes counted and verified. Throughout the Sunday results show, the presenters refer to 'Saturday night' in reference to the main show due to the timing of the Sunday programme, and the outfits of Tess Daly, Claudia Winkleman and the judges are changed to present an illusion of
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855-407: The 2013 series. Through telephone voting , viewers vote for who they would like to be in the next round, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the judges. For example, with ten contestants left, the judges' favourite would receive ten points, second favourite nine points, and so on, and similarly with the viewers' rankings. The bottom ranked couple gets one point. The profits from
912-460: 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 . 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
969-560: The Floor dancer Gorka Márquez and former Dancing with the Stars US troupe member Oksana Platero . On 26 July 2016, three more new professional dancers — AJ Pritchard , Chloe Hewitt and Neil Jones , husband of new dancer Katya — were announced. 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 . On 4 May 2017, it
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Lucrezia Lando Season 16, 2021 : Arisa & Vito Coppola Season 17, 2022 : Luisella Costamagna & Pasquale La Rocca Season 18, 2023 : Wanda Nara & Pasquale La Rocca Season 1, 2012: Bayan Esentayeva & Euvgeni Moiseyev Season 1, 2007: Lauris Reiniks & Aleksandra Kurusova Season 2, 2008: Raivis Vidzis & Viola Abramova Season 3, 2010: Ainārs Ančevskis & Ieva Kemlere Season 4, 2015: Liene Greifāne & Viktors Haritonovs Season 5, 2022: Maksims Busels & Jelizaveta Manija Iļja Vlasenko (Season 5–) Marta Kalēja-Irbe (Season 5–) Jānis Purviņš (Season 5–) Former Three and then four per week (no fixed jury) Strictly Come Dancing Strictly Come Dancing (commonly referred to as Strictly )
1083-408: The Sunday. The singers on the show are Tommy Blaize , Hayley Sanderson , Lance Ellington , Andrea Grant and, formerly, the well-known British dance music vocalist Tara McDonald . The music director is David Arch . Tommy Blaize has been part of Strictly since its beginning. David Arch joined in the fourth series and Hayley Sanderson in the fifth. The original musical director from series 1 to 3
1140-514: The Tower Ballroom, saying, "The atmosphere was electric. It's huge and has so much history. The Tower Ballroom puts a lot of pressure on the professionals and the celebrities to perform to the best of their potential. What a wonderful place to go live to 12 million people. We have got to get the BBC to bring Strictly Come Dancing back to Blackpool." Eventually, for series 7, the show did return to
1197-413: The Tower Ballroom, where Blackpool-born Craig Kelly was eliminated. The episode was aired live on 7 November 2009. Strictly Come Dancing returned to Blackpool for the 2010 and 2011 series. After series 10, when Strictly Come Dancing did not go to Blackpool, they announced that they would return for series 11. Each season, celebrities are paired with professional dance partners who instruct them in
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#17327873115991254-464: The competition based on the dance-off performances. If three of the judges agree that one of the couples should be saved, that couple is through to the following week's competition and the Head Judge's vote is not counted. If one couple has two votes and the other couple has one vote, then the deciding vote is cast by the head judge, originally Len Goodman and currently Shirley Ballas . Afterwards,
1311-619: The competition. A sixth series was confirmed after the dancers' pay dispute was called off in June 2008. 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. The seventh series began in September 2009. Alesha Dixon joined the judging panel, replacing Arlene Phillips , who moved to The One Show . The eighth series began in September 2010. The ninth season began in September 2011. The couples were paired up for
1368-419: The development of the show and launch the series. Smith was the show-running Executive Producer of the first three series, and of sister show It Takes Two . She then took the role of Creative Director of BBC Entertainment whilst still overseeing series 4 and 5. Hopkins later took the format to America himself when the BBC dismissed the idea of selling it abroad, as they felt it was too British. The title
1425-400: The eliminated couple perform one final dance — sometimes known as "waltzing out of the ballroom". The Monday after their elimination, they appear on It Takes Two to discuss their time on the programme. On two occasions, the dance-off was cancelled; firstly, in series 14, in which one of the celebrity contestants, Anastacia , sustained an injury and was unable to compete in the Dance-off as
1482-505: 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. The tenth series began in September 2012. Darcey Bussell joined the judging panel, replacing Alesha Dixon . The eleventh series began in September 2013. The series started on 7 September 2014 with
1539-405: The four regular judges, making the maximum score that week 50 points. Due to Winkleman's absence in weeks 6, 7 and 8, It Takes Two presenter Zoë Ball co-presented with Daly. 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
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1653-508: The idea of a modern Come Dancing to the BBC under the title of Pro-Celebrity Dancing in 2003. Later, entertainment executive Fenia Vardanis also suggested reviving Come Dancing , so Jane Lush , the then head of BBC Entertainment, put Hopkins and Vardanis together to develop the show. Hopkins then called in Karen Smith, who had just produced Comic Relief Does Fame Academy for BBC One and The Games for Channel 4, to help lead
1710-403: 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
1767-7766: The lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two, three, or four couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion and wins a trophy. 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1824-557: The magazine Television Business International , reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries. The show pairs a number of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that follow the prearranged theme for that particular week. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with
1881-465: 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. 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 . In week three, entertainer Donny Osmond joined
1938-473: The original Come Dancing series was filmed in the 1970s. In the second series, two shows were filmed at the Tower Ballroom — show five and the Grand Final, which was broadcast live on 11 December 2004. In 2005 though the BBC announced that they would not be returning to the venue for the third series due to "logistical problems". In October 2008, Craig Revel Horwood called for the series to return to
1995-448: The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, he could no longer juggle both the UK and US shows - he was not replaced for the 2020 series; but pro dancer Anton Du Beke took his place from the 2021 series, and has now replaced Tonioli full-time on the panel. The current judging panel consists of Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke, making Horwood the only judge to remain with
2052-476: The performances during the previous Saturday's show and interviews with, and training footage of, the couples preparing for the next show. The judges and other celebrities also provide their opinions on how the couples are progressing. It Takes Two replaced Strictly Come Dancing on Three , hosted by Justin Lee Collins , which ran on BBC Three during the first series. Prior to 2010, BBC Two Scotland aired
2109-682: The programme on four nights only, running its own Gaelic-language programming on Thursdays instead. 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. 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. The third series began in October 2005. The fourth series began in October 2006. The fifth series began in September 2007. The first programme
2166-402: The programme since its inception. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty. The voice-over announcer is Alan Dedicoat . During series four, an hour-long highlights show was shown on Sundays at 19:00 on BBC Two, and during series five and six, the results show moved to Sunday evenings, although it was filmed on Saturday and then broadcast "as live" on
2223-436: The programme to judge Britain's Got Talent which led retired ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell to replace her. Goodman left the show after the 2016 series and was replaced by Shirley Ballas . Bussell remained as judge until 2018, and was replaced by Motsi Mabuse in 2019. Up until 2020, Tonioli commuted weekly between Hollywood and London to judge both the American and British versions of the show simultaneously - however, due
2280-514: The show in 2013 and were married prior to the 2015 series, before divorcing in 2018, while Neil and Katya Jones entered the show as a married couple before separating in 2019. Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag have danced as a professional couple since 1997, while Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace are former Argentine tango world champions as a duo and have done multiple tours together. Brendan Cole and Camilla Dallerup danced together for many years, including
2337-546: 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. On 12 November 2020, Nicola Adams and Katya Jones were forced to withdraw from the competition after Jones tested positive for COVID-19 . On 19 December 2020, Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse were crowned
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2394-431: The show. This meant that there were 18 professional dancers, the most in the show's history. On 13 February 2019, professional dancer Pasha Kovalev announced that he was leaving the show after competing on it for eight years. On 10 April 2019, it was announced that judge Darcey Bussell had left the show after seven years. On 22 July 2019, Motsi Mabuse was announced as the replacement for Bussell. On 30 July 2019, it
2451-415: The show; however, she participated in the 2016 live tour. Savchenko announced that he was leaving the show on 28 June 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
2508-460: The telephone lines were donated to Sport Relief in series 1, to Children in Need from series 2, until series 8 when donations to charity stopped. The show is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday evenings, and is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman (with Zoe Ball covering for Winkleman for a number of weeks in 2014). Sir Bruce Forsyth presented the live shows alongside Daly from 2004 to 2013, announcing his departure in 2014. He
2565-472: The thirteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who did not return included Trent Whiddon , Iveta Lukosiute 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
2622-581: The various dance styles, design their choreography, and perform with them each week in the competition. Many of the dancers from the show have formed both professional and personal partnerships. Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova are married, as are James and Ola Jordan. Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara, who became engaged after joining the show in 2013, were married in 2017. Matthew and Nicole Cutler are divorced, but remain professional partners; Karen Hauer and Kevin Clifton were engaged when Clifton entered
2679-452: 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. 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
2736-546: Was Laurie Holloway . In the seventeenth series , the singers were joined by Mitchell. The show was broadcast from a specially constructed set at BBC Television Centre (primarily in the largest studio, TC1 ) until its closure in 2013, with the show moving to Elstree Studios ' George Lucas Stage 2 from 2013 onwards. However, in the first two series, shows were also filmed at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool , where
2793-407: 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 againfor the judges, who decided which couple would leave
2850-576: 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 . Nicol%C3%A1s Occhiato From Misplaced Pages,
2907-408: 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. It was announced on 1 June 2014 that professional dancers Artem Chigvintsev , James Jordan and Anya Garnis would not be returning for
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#17327873115992964-520: Was announced that Nancy Xu would be joining the cast of professional dancers. 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. On 6 March 2020, Kevin Clifton announced that he was leaving the show after seven years. On 26 March 2020, AJ Pritchard also announced that he
3021-561: 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. 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
3078-482: Was leaving the show after four years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed that the series would be slightly shorter than planned. 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. This allowed for
3135-399: Was made available on the show's website and iPlayer hosted by Natalie Lowe and Tristan MacManus . 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
3192-482: 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. On 30 January 2018, it was announced that Brendan Cole would no longer appear on the show. 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
3249-467: Was to continue to present special editions of the show. For most of the second series, Natasha Kaplinsky stood in temporarily for Daly while she took maternity leave; Claudia Winkleman hosted the results show and editions that Forsyth had missed between 2010 and 2013. The judging panel initially consisted of Bruno Tonioli , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood . Alesha Dixon took Phillips' place from series 7 to 9, after which she left
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