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2025

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2025

The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2025 sees six couples battle it out under the glitterball to be crowned the Strictly Christmas Champion. Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will oversee the festivities for their final time, while Head Judge Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du...


23rd December 2025
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Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman to leave Strictly

Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are to leave the show. “We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time,” the pair wrote in a joint statement...


23rd October 2025
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Stefan Dennis to leave Strictly due to injury

Actor and Neighbours legend Stefan Dennis has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing, due to injury. Stefan Dennis says: “This morning I woke up to the most disappointing day of the time in my Strictly journey. Just when I had finally gained the confidence to do well with my dancing in...


20th October 2025
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Dani Dyer Forced to Withdraw From Strictly

TV personality and broadcaster Dani Dyer will no longer compete in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, due to injury. Dani Dyer says: “I had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed funny. I thought I had rolled my foot but it swelled up badly over the weekend...


23rd September 2025
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Curtain rises on Strictly 2025

Strictly Come Dancing has returned for its 21st season, with the new parings of celebrities and dancers revealed. Apprentice star Thomas Skinner – who has been under the spotlight since his participation in the show was announced – will dance with professional Amy Dowden, who missed the 2023 season after...


21st September 2025
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Strictly 2025 Launch Show First Look Images

Strictly Come Dancing is back, making the autumn and winter months a whole lot more fab-u-lous! The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, returns on Saturday 20 September at 6.40pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and new first look pictures offer a sneak peek at what’s in store!...


20th September 2025
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First Strictly 2025 Cast Picture Revealed

Strictly Come Dancing is back on iPlayer and BBC One from Saturday 20 September and the Class of 2025 are ready to rumba! Olympian and Gladiator Harry Aikines-Aryeetey aka Nitro, TV personality, broadcaster, and author Dani Dyer, award-winning actor Alex Kingston, former professional footballer and football manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, actor and EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal, YouTuber and podcaster George Clarke,...


13th September 2025
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Strictly Come Dancing 2025

The first trailer for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing gives viewers a fresh glimpse at what Strictly has in store when it returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday 20 September. The 30-second clip sees Strictly’s Professional Dancers and Head Judge Shirley Ballas enjoying one last...


5th September 2025
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Strictly Come Dancing 2025

Strictly Come Dancing is waltzing its way back onto screens in 2025 for another series bringing joy, laughter and a serious amount of dance to audiences all across the UK. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment and broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, Strictly continues to capture the hearts of...


10th August 2025
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Strictly announces two new Professional Dancers

The BBC has announced the two brand-new Professional Dancers who will be joining Strictly Come Dancing when the hit series, made by BBC Studios Entertainment, returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this autumn. American-born Alexis Warr is best known for winning US dance series So You Think You Can...


27th July 2025
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2024

Strictly Blackpool Week

Strictly Come Dancing is back at the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom for its dazzling 20th anniversary year! For one unforgettable week, the show’s magic will be even bigger, brighter, and more glamorous, filling the Tower Ballroom with extra sparkle and energy. Blackpool – a legendary landmark in the ballroom dance...


16th November 2024
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Strictly Reignites the Dance-A-Thon

Strictly Come Dancing announces the return of the much-loved Dance-A-Thon. As exclusively revealed on Strictly: It Takes Two, on Saturday November 23 the remaining Strictly couples will take to the Ballroom floor together to impress the judges with their best Samba moves in this series Samba-Thon. Strictly’s first Dance-A-Thon challenge took...


7th November 2024
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Strictly Come Dancing announces brand-new themed week

As exclusively revealed on Strictly It Takes Two this evening on BBC Two and iPlayer, to celebrate twenty iconic years of Strictly Come Dancing, a new special week has been announced: Icons Week will be shimmying onto screens on Saturday 2 November. In this brand-new special week, which will be...


9th October 2024
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Strictly wins TV award after months of allegations

Strictly Come Dancing has been voted the winner of one of the top prizes at the National Television Awards, after a difficult few months for the show following claims about the treatment of some its contestants. The BBC dance contest was named best talent show at the ceremony, where the...


12th September 2024
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Strictly 2024 celebrity contestants confirmed

Get set to shimmy on your sofa as Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in autumn 2024, marking 20 years of the nation’s favourite dancing show. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, Strictly Come Dancing, which recently won in the Best Entertainment category at the 2024...


7th August 2024
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Strictly 2024 – Everything you need to know

Strictly Come Dancing is returning to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in autumn 2024 with another spectacular series of glitz, glamour and unforgettable performances with the brand new series promising to be extra special as Strictly turns 20! Made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, Strictly Come Dancing, which recently won...


10th July 2024
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Strictly Celebrates 20 years of Dance Magic

Strictly Come Dancing, the iconic BBC Entertainment series and one of the UK’s most cherished programmes, is gearing up to celebrate two decades of glitz, glamour and memorable moves with a special episode coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, an...


15th May 2024
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2023

Strictly 2023 Grand Final | Everything you need to know

After 12 weeks of competition, we have our Strictly Come Dancing 2023 finalists, and one of them will lift the Glitterball Trophy on Saturday 16 December. Here’s everything you need to know about the big night… When is the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final? Join Tess and Claudia for the Strictly...


12th December 2023
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Strictly 2023 Professional Dancers Share Blackpool Memories

Strictly Blackpool Special Strictly Come Dancing is live from the iconic Blackpool Tower on Saturday 18 November and the annual trip to Blackpool will be celebrated with an incredible opening routine from our Strictly cast before our remaining couples take to the most famous sprung dancefloor in the country and...


18th November 2023
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Strictly 2023 Judges Celebrate the 21st Series

Saturday nights are even more fab-u-lous thanks to the 21st series of the multi-award-winning Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, once again bringing plenty of glitz and glamour to homes across the nation. As the Judges return to put our celebrity contestants to the test, we caught up with Shirley Ballas, Anton Du...


19th September 2023
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Strictly 2023 | Everything You Need to Know

Strictly Come Dancing will return to screens in 2023, marking the 21st series of the nation’s favourite dancing show. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, the multi award-winning series promises to entertain the nation once again, with presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman back in the ballroom to oversee proceedings each...


11th August 2023
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Strictly 2023 Celebrity Contestants Confirmed

Strictly Come Dancing returns to screens in autumn 2023, marking the 21st series of the nation’s favourite dancing show. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, the multi award-winning series promises to entertain the nation once again, with presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman back in the ballroom to oversee proceedings...


11th August 2023
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The Big Build teams up with Strictly Come Dancing

Anton Du Beke, Katya Jones and Graziano Di Prima will all be swapping their dancing shoes for hard hats and tool belts as they join Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS Big Build team in Newcastle to take on the next big project. Performing Arts school True Colours, situated in...


28th June 2023
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Fleur East | New Co-Host for Strictly: It Takes Two

Fleur East will be joining Janette Manrara as the new co-host for BBC’s Strictly It Takes Two. Speaking on her appointment – announced on The One Show tonight – Fleur comments: “I’m so excited to officially join the Strictly family! I had such an amazing time on the show last...


17th June 2023
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Strictly 2023 Professional Dancers, Judges, Presenters Confirmed

Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in Autumn 2023 as the Presenters, Judges, Professional Dancers and much more besides are confirmed for the 21st series of the nation’s favourite dancing show. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, the multi award winning Strictly Come Dancing promises...


21st April 2023
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2022

Strictly Wins Christmas Day Ratings

**10,000th Post** BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing was the most popular show on Christmas Day with 5.4 million viewers (excluding The King’s Christmas broadcast). BBC secured the top six most watched programmes, and seven out of the top ten as audiences turned to the BBC across the day for an outstanding...


26th December 2022
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Strictly Christmas 2022’s Alexandra Mardell and Kai Widdrington

Before they take to the ballroom floor in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special on Christmas Day on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, we catch up with Alexandra Mardell and Kai Widdrington to find out how they’re feeling about being Strictlified and hitting the dance floor on Christmas night. How...


20th December 2022
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