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Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Emmerdale’s Lewis Cope tops leaderboard with perfect 10

Lewis Cope and his professional partner Katya Jones scored 37 for their Paso Double to The Plaza of Execution from the film The Mask of Zorro

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Strictly Come Dancing: Karen Carney says she joined show to ‘rebuild’ her confidence

Former England footballer opens up about her reasons for joining Strictly after facing criticism in the punditry world

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Amber Davies tops Strictly leaderboard after replacing Dani Dyer-Bowen

The contestants’ scores from the first live show of the series were combined with this week’s.

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Karen Carney becomes first footballer to top Strictly leaderboard for 18 years

The 38-year-old and her professional partner Carlos Gu scored 31 for their jive to Blondie’s One Way Or Another.

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Strictly judges get into costume and hit the dance floor

Images of the first live show see the judges – Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabus and Anton Du Beke – dancing through the decades.

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First look: Strictly judges to hit the dance floor on Saturday’s show

The images were released ahead of the first live show of the new series of Strictly Come Dancing

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Chris Robshaw says Strictly Come Dancing is out of his ‘comfort zone’

Robshaw opened up about the challenges of retiring as a sportsperson and his decision to compete on Strictly.

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First photos from Strictly Come Dancing launch show revealed

The BBC One dance series will return to screens on Saturday for its 23rd series.

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Chris McCausland says Strictly ‘ahead of the curve’ with representation

The comedian was the first blind contestant on the BBC dance competition and he went on to take home the glitterball trophy with Dianne Buswell.

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Strictly Come Dancing star arrested on suspicion of rape

The unnamed man was also questioned over a separate offence of ‘non-consensual intimate image abuse’.

The Independent UK

Two ‘incredible’ new professional dancers join Strictly Come Dancing cast

The hit BBC dance competition series will see American-born Alexis Warr and Australian-born Julian Caillon join the program this autumn.

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Vicky Pattison 'set to join Strictly Come Dancing line-up after wowing bosses'

The Geordie star was reportedly noticed by BBC bosses after supporting pal Pete Wicks from the audience last season

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'It took me into the darkest spot of my life': Wynne Evans opens up on Strictly controversy in first TV interview

The Welsh opera singer says he has been left ‘shocked and horrified’ by everything that has transpired over the last six months

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Strictly Come Dancing 2025: release date, celeb line-up, trailer, professional dancers, judges, hosts and everything we know

Strictly Come Dancing 2025 is waltzing back to our screens with a stellar celebrity line-up.

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Chris McCausland says he understands how some contestants ‘struggle’ on Strictly

The stand-up became the first blind person to win the popular BBC One dancing competition last year.

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Katya Jones breaks silence after Wynne Evans Strictly tour departure

Professional dancer was partnered with under-fire opera singer

The Independent UK

Strictly’s Amy Dowden to return for live tour after withdrawing from show

The Welsh dancer had made a return to competing on the BBC One show this year after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

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Strictly's Amy Dowden to return for live tour after withdrawing from show

The Welsh dancer had made a return to competing on the BBC One show this year after undergoing treatment for breast cancer

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Idris Elba to launch run of festive episodes for CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Singers Perrie Edwards and Kylie Minogue return to the show to read from Christmas-themed books.

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Chris McCausland ‘feeling quite worn down’ after Strictly win

The 47-year-old comedian described the three-and-a-half months he had been on the BBC show as ‘consuming, physically and mentally’.

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Chris McCausland’s dance partner Diane Buswell ‘overwhelmed by kindness’ after Strictly win

Dianne Buswell’s travelled from Australia to watch her in the studio, and she said them seeing her lift the glitterball trophy was ‘just magical’.

The Independent UK

Chris McCausland’s dance partner ‘overwhelmed by kindness’ after Strictly win

Dianne Buswell’s travelled from Australia to watch her in the studio, and she said them seeing her lift the glitterball trophy was ‘just magical’.

Evening Standard

More than eight million viewers watch Chris McCausland win Strictly Come Dancing

There is no significant change to the live viewership compared with 2023.

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First blind Strictly winner Chris McCausland says ‘anything can happen’

He said his win was ‘for everyone out there that thought and got told they couldn’t do something’.

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Comedian Chris McCausland becomes first blind Strictly winner

The BBC One celebrity dancing show saw McCausland and partner Dianne Buswell lift the glitterball trophy.

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