Ian Sharpe & Victoria Lawrence - Strictly Come Dancing Series 23

Strictly Come Dancing Series 23.

Strictly Come Dancing Series 23.
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Series 23 - Winter 2025 - Full Voting Breakdown:

Full voting breakdown for Series Twenty Three will be available here: SERIES 23 VOTING.

"Strictly Come Dancing" Series :

Keep up to date with all the news and information on series 23 of the BBC's hit show Strictly Come Dancing.

Series 23 will air on BBC1 prime time, Saturdays, commencing with the launch show on Saturday 20th September. The show will follow a similar format to previous series, this time with 15 couples taking part (9 male celebrities and 6 female celebrities).
BBC2 continues the "Behind the scenes" programme "Strictly Come Dancing - It takes two" presented by Janette Manrara and Fleur East. This show will air week nights 6.30pm - 7.00pm.

The competition will initially air on Saturday nights starting in September. The first two weeks will see an accumulation of the scores, then the voting lines will be opened. There will once more be a "dance off" where the two couples with the lowest scores after the judges & public votes are combined will have to perform again. The judges will then make the final decision on the couple to leave the competition.

The "Couples choice" dance category continues this year, where the couples are allowed to choose one of three different styles:

Contemporary - Think lyrical/balletic/modern.
Street/Commercial - Think urban/commercial/pop.
Theatre/Jazz - Think Musical theatre/burlesque/tap etc.

The winners of the 22nd Strictly Come Dancing Series - Chris McCauseland & Dianne Buswell.

You can keep up to date with everything "Strictly Come Dancing" on this page. (Note: Please also visit the BBC's official site Here).

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Dancers/Celeb's in series 23
Judges
Gossip & Updates
Voting
Press Article Collection

The Celebrities & their Professional Dance Partners:

Those marked with against their names, indicate that the professional dancer is new to Strictly Come Dancing.
Pro's with "Web" after their name indicate that they have a website - click the link to be taken to their site.

Celebrity Women & Pro Men:

Alex Kingston (Actress) & Johannes Radebe
Amber Davies (Actress) & Nikita Kuzmin Web
Balvinder Sopal (Actress) & Julian Caillon Web *
Ellie Goldstein (Model) & Vito Coppola Web
Karen Carney (Former Footballer) & Carlos Gu Web
Vicky Pattison (Actress) & Kai Widdrington Web
Spare - Neil Jones Web
Spare - Gorka Marquez Web

Celebrity & Pro Men:

La Voix (Performer/Drag Artiste) & Aljaz Skorjanec Web

Celebrity Men & Pro Women:

Chris Robshaw (Former England Rugby) & Nadiya Bychkova Web
George Clarke (Podcaster) & Alexis Warr Web *
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Gladiator) & Karen Hauer
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Former Footballer) & Lauren Oakley Web
Lewis Cope (Actor) & Katya Jones Web
Ross King (broadcaster) & Jowita Prystal Web
Stefan Dennis (Actor) & Dianne Buswell Web
Thomas Skinner (Apprentice Contestant) & Amy Dowden Web (Replaced by Lauren Oakley from Week 7 onwards).
Spare - Michelle Tsiakkas Web
Spare - Luba Mushtuk Web
Spare - Nancy Xu

* 2 new pros this year:
Julian Caillon, born in Australia, former pro "Dancing with the stars" Australia & toured with Burn the Floor.
Alexis Warr, born in USA, winner of the US series "So you think you can dance".

The Judges:

Judge 1 - Craig Revel Horwood (Choreographer)
Craig is a top theatre choreographer and received an Olivier Award for his work on the West End musical Spend, Spend, Spend.
Judge 2 - Motsi Mabuse (Pro Dancer)
German professional Latin Champion. See her dance profile here.
Judge 3 - Shirley Ballas (Pro Dancer/Judge)
Shirley, nicknamed "The queen of latin" is a well respected professional dancer and coach. Multiple times British open, national and US champion.
Judge 4 - Anton Du Beke (Pro Dancer)
Ex- Strictly Professional and nicknamed "Mr Ballroom". See his dance profile here.

Gossip & Updates:

16th November:

The eighth couple to go are Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington, placing 7th= in the judges votes, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon. The judges decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.
Next week is Blackpool week.

9th November:

The seventh couple to go are Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer, placing 7th= in the judges votes, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with La Voix & Aljaz Skorjanec. The judges decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.

2nd November:

The sixth couple to go are Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola, placing 9th in the judges votes, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon. The judges decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.

26th October:

Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell withdraw from the competition due to injury.
The fifth couple to go are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley, placing 5th= in the judges votes, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin. The judges decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.
Next week is Halloween week.

19th October:

The third couple to go are Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova, placing 12th in the judges votes, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon. The judges had a split decision, but decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.
Next week is Icons week.

12th October:

The second couple to go are Ross King & Jowita Prystal, placing 13th in the judges votes, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon. The judges decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell do not dance, due to illness and receive a bye to next week.

5th October:

The first couple to go are Thomas Skinner & Amy Dowden, placing 14th in the judges votes over the first two weeks, and coming in the bottom 2 after the public vote along with Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova. The judges decided that they were the weakest and were voted off.
Next week is Movie week.

27th September:

The first week is over and all celebrities have danced one discipline. Next week they are all back to dance the opposite discipline. Their scores will be added together over the two weeks and they will go to the public vote to see who is the first to go.
SCD 23 Page Updated with confirmed professionals and celebrities.
Page Updated with the pro/ celebrity pairings.

Voting:

You will find the current Leader Board below.
Click Here to view the Judges Individual Votes from each week. Week 1 onwards

Notes:
Star indicates winner.
W1 to 11 Grey Shaded Cell shows that couples were dancing the Pro's specialist discipline.
W3: ~ Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell did not dance due to illness, receive a bye to following week.
W5: ~ Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell withdraw, due to injury.
W12 to W13: Grey "dance" letter indicates couples were dancing the Pro's specialist discipline.
Note final placings may not reflect by the points, but indicate actual placings given on results show.
Current Leader Board:

Dancers/Dance

W10

W11
Quarter

W12
Semi

W13
Final

Total

Place

Left

Lewis Cope &
Katya Jones

28
J

27
V

37
P

34
F

34
Q

40
CC

35
C

37
T

272

1st

Amber Davies &
Nikita Kuzmin

27
W

29
S

35
AS

33
AT

33
C

35
V

38
SL

38
P

268

2nd

Alex Kingson &
Johannes Radebe

21
V

31
S

30
Q

36
R

32
F

35
SL

30
P

35
W

250

3rd

Karen Carney
& Carlos Gu

31
J

20
T

25
C

27
Q

28
R

38
AT

35
CL

31
AS

235

4th

George Clarke
& Alexis Warr

24
AS

30
P

31
CC

30
T

27
J

29
C

34
V

29
R

234

5th

Bavinder Sopal
& Julian Caillon

17
S

30
CL

26
F

28
P

28
Q

28
R

34
CC

27
AS

218

6th

La Voix &
Aljaz Skorjanec

24
AS

19
J

28
W

14
C

28
SL

35
P

29
F

33
CC

210

7th

Vicky Pattison &
Kai Widdrington

23
C

24
F

25
CL

29
S

33
CC

31
AS

39
T

27
AS

231

8th

8th
Off

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
& Karen Hauer

19
C

26
Q

32
SL

26
R

30
AT

26
AS

30
S

189

9th

7th
Off

Ellie Goldstein &
Vito Coppola

17
C

23
W

27
S

31
CC

28
SL

27
T

153

10th

6th
Off

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
& Lauren Oakley

27
Q

25
C

28
R

29
CC

30
AS

139

11th

5th
Off

Stefan Dennis &
Dianne Buswell

22
F

17
C

26
CL

12th

4th Off
Withdrawn

Chris Robshaw &
Nadia Bychkova

14
S

16
V

22
P

24
SL

13th

3rd
Off

Ross King &
Jowita Przystal

10
C

15
W

19
P

14th

2nd
Off

Thomas Skinner
& Amy Dowden

16
P

13
SL

15th

1st
Off

Key To Dances:
W-Waltz, T-Tango, F-Foxtrot, Q-Quickstep, V-Viennese Waltz
C-CCC, S-Samba, R-Rumba, P-Paso Doble, J-Jive
SD-Showdance, SL-Salsa, AT-Argentine Tango, AS-American Smooth, CL-Charleston, SW-Swing
Couples choice(CC): TJ-Theatre/Jazz, SC-Street/Commercial, CT-Contemporary, D-Disco.

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