Strictly Come Dancing returned for its thirteenth series on BBC One with a launch show on 5 September 2015, and the live shows beginning on 25 September 2015. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the launch show and the live shows while Zoe Ball returned to present Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges.
The Wanted singer Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani were announced as the winners on 19 December, while Kellie Bright and Kevin Clifton, and Georgia May Foote and Giovanni Pernice were the runners-up.
Format
The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten. The couples are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the lowest scored couple receiving one point, and the highest scored couple receiving the most points (the maximum number of points available depends on the number of couples remaining in the competition). The public are also invited to vote for their favourite couples, and the couples are ranked again according to the number of votes they receive, again receiving points; the couple with the fewest votes receiving one point, and the couple with the most votes receiving the most points.
The points for judges' score and public vote are then added together, and the two couples with the fewest points are placed in the bottom two. If two couples have equal points, the points from the public vote are given precedence. As with the previous series, the bottom two couples have to perform a dance-off on the results show. Based on that performance alone, each judge then votes on which couple should stay and which couple should leave, with Len Goodman, as head judge, having the last and deciding vote.
Professional dancers On 23 April 2015, the list of professionals who were returning for the thirteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the previous series who did not return included Trent Whiddon and Iveta Lukošiūtė. Robin Windsor, who had not taken part in the previous series due to an injury, did not return for this series, though he would be involved in the spin-off show It Takes Two. Joanne Clifton was also involved in It Takes Two and appeared in the 2015 Children in Need and Christmas specials. Three new professional dancers were introduced: Russian dancer Gleb Savchenko, Italian dancer Giovanni Pernice, and South African dancer Oti Mabuse.
Couples This series featured fifteen celebrity contestants. On 10 August 2015, broadcaster Jeremy Vine was the first celebrity announced for the series, with more celebrities revealed throughout the month. The lineup was fully announced on 27 August 2015 on The One Show. Celebrity Notability Professional partner Status Iwan Thomas Olympic sprinter & sports pundit Ola Jordan Eliminated 1ston 4 October 2015 Anthony Ogogo Olympic boxer Oti Mabuse Eliminated 2ndon 11 October 2015 Daniel O'Donnell Singer-songwriter Kristina Rihanoff Eliminated 3rdon 18 October 2015 Ainsley Harriott Chef & Ready Steady Cook presenter Natalie Lowe Eliminated 4thon 25 October 2015 Kirsty Gallacher Television presenter Brendan Cole Eliminated 5thon 1 November 2015 Carol Kirkwood BBC Breakfast weather presenter Pasha Kovalev Eliminated 6thon 8 November 2015 Jeremy Vine BBC Radio 2 presenter & journalist Karen Clifton Eliminated 7thon 15 November 2015 Jamelia Singer & Loose Women panellist Tristan MacManus Eliminated 8thon 22 November 2015 Peter Andre Singer & television personality Janette Manrara Eliminated 9th Helen George Call the Midwife actress Aljaž Škorjanec Eliminated 10thon 6 December 2015 Anita Rani Television presenter Gleb Savchenko Eliminated 11thon 13 December 2015 Katie Derham BBC Proms & BBC Radio 3 presenter Anton Du Beke Fourth placeon 19 December 2015 Coronation Street actress Giovanni Pernice Runners-upon 19 December 2015 Kellie Bright EastEnders actress Kevin Clifton Jay McGuiness The Wanted singer Aliona Vilani Winnerson 19 December 2015
Scoring chart The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger (), while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger ().
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+Strictly Come Dancing (series 13) - Weekly scores Couple Week 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Jay & Aliona 1st 27 58 25 33 34 34 30 3638+3=41 34+37=71 36+35=71 +39= 2nd 27 25 52 27 31 31 35 33+6=39 3633+38=71 36+36=72 +40=112 Kellie & Kevin 27 27 54 32 32 28 32 33 37 34+2=36 36 34+39= 40+40= +39= Katie & Anton 4th 26 28 54 20 21 21 26 31 35 32+5=37 35 25+31= 31+31= Anita & Gleb 5th 27 27 54 29 27 32 29 34 32 37 31+4=35 32+32=64 Helen & Aljaž 6th 29 29 58 32 32 34 31 34 34 39+7= 34 Peter & Janette 7th 30 28 32 29 28 34 31+1= Jamelia & Tristan 8th 21 21 42 25 32 26 26 28 26 31 Jeremy & Karen 9th 19 17 36 24 22 21 Carol & Pasha 10th 20 36 22 21 Kirsty & Brendan 11th 20 20 40 23 21 29 17 Ainsley & Natalie 12th 20 26 46 20 26 21 Daniel & Kristina 13th 24 23 47 21 23 Anthony & Oti 14th 21 19 40 19 Iwan & Ola 15th 17 Notes
Average chart This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-point scale. Couple Rank byaverage Totalpoints Number ofdances Totalaverage Jay & Aliona 1st 545 16 34.1 Kellie & Kevin Georgia & Giovanni 3rd 540 33.8 Helen & Aljaž 4th 363 11 33.0 Peter & Janette 5th 309 10 30.9 Anita & Gleb 6th 400 13 30.8 Katie & Anton 7th 426 15 28.4 Jamelia & Tristan 8th 236 9 26.2 Daniel & Kristina 9th 91 4 22.8 Ainsley & Natalie 10th 113 5 22.6 Kirsty & Brendan 11th 130 6 21.7 Jeremy & Karen 12th 162 8 20.3 Anthony & Oti 13th 59 3 19.7 Carol & Pasha 14th 126 7 18.0 Iwan & Ola 15th 30 2 15.0
Weekly scores Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 1 Six of the couples performed on the first night and the other nine couples performed on the second night. There was no elimination this week; all scores and votes carried over to the following week. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
Night 1 (Friday) CoupleScoresDanceMusic Kellie & Kevin 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Tango "You Really Got Me" — The Kinks Anthony & Oti 21 (4, 5, 6, 6) Jive "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" — Wham! Helen & Aljaž 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Waltz "With You I'm Born Again" — Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright Carol & Pasha 16 (2, 5, 5, 4) Cha-cha-cha "Thunder in My Heart" — Leo Sayer Daniel & Kristina 24 (4, 6, 7, 7) Waltz "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" — Bing Crosby Anita & Gleb 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Rather Be" — Clean Bandit, feat. Jess Glynne Night 2 (Saturday) CoupleScoresDanceMusic Jay & Aliona 27 (5, 8, 7, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Reach Out, I'll Be There" — Human Nature Kirsty & Brendan 20 (4, 5, 6, 5) Waltz "Vincent" — Don McLean Jeremy & Karen 19 (2, 6, 6, 5) Cha-cha-cha "September" — Earth, Wind & Fire Georgia & Giovanni 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Jive "Dear Future Husband" — Meghan Trainor Ainsley & Natalie 20 (4, 5, 6, 5) Tango "Voulez-Vous" — ABBA Katie & Anton 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) Jive "Roll Over Beethoven" — Chuck Berry Iwan & Ola 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) Tango "Keep on Running" — The Spencer Davis Group Jamelia & Tristan 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) Waltz "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" — Aretha Franklin Peter & Janette 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera
Week 2 Musical guest: Rod Stewart — "Please"
Couples are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Jamelia & Tristan 21 (4, 6, 5, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Don't Cha" — The Pussycat Dolls Bottom two Daniel & Kristina 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Charleston "Let's Misbehave" — Cole Porter Safe Kirsty & Brendan 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) Salsa "Can't Touch It" — Ricki-Lee Safe Jay & Aliona 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Waltz "See the Day" — Dee C. Lee Safe Iwan & Ola 13 (2, 4, 4, 3) Cha-cha-cha "Sexy and I Know It" — LMFAO Eliminated Georgia & Giovanni 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) Waltz "Georgia on My Mind" — Ray Charles Safe Ainsley & Natalie 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) Salsa "Don't Touch My Tomatoes" — Josephine Baker Safe Carol & Pasha 20 (4, 6, 5, 5) Foxtrot "It's a Lovely Day Today" — Irving Berlin Safe Kellie & Kevin 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" — Elton John & Kiki Dee Safe Anthony & Oti 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) Waltz "If You Don't Know Me by Now" — Simply Red Safe Anita & Gleb 27 (7, 8, 6, 6) Charleston "Pencil Full of Lead" — Paolo Nutini Safe Jeremy & Karen 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) American Smooth "Happy Together" — The Turtles Safe Katie & Anton 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Tango "Telephone" — Martynas Levickis Safe Peter & Janette 30 (7, 8, 7, 8) Quickstep "Valerie" — Mark Ronson, feat. Amy Winehouse Safe Helen & Aljaž 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Cha-cha-cha "Uptown Girl" — Billy Joel Safe Judges' votes to save Horwood: Jamelia & Tristan Bussell: Jamelia & Tristan Tonioli: Jamelia & Tristan Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Jamelia & Tristan
Week 3: Movie Week Musical guest: Andrea Bocelli — "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (from Evita)
Couples are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicFilmResult Carol & Pasha 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) Quickstep "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" South Pacific Safe Anthony & Oti 19 (4, 6, 5, 4) Paso doble "Eye of the Tiger" Rocky III Eliminated Katie & Anton 20 (4, 6, 5, 5) Cha-cha-cha "Oh, Pretty Woman" Pretty Woman Safe Kellie & Kevin 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Charleston "Cantina Band" Star Wars Safe Ainsley & Natalie 20 (3, 6, 6, 5) Cha-cha-cha "Boogie Wonderland" Happy Feet Bottom two Georgia & Giovanni 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) Rumba "Writing's on the Wall" Spectre Safe Helen & Aljaž 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Foxtrot "I Wanna Be Loved by You" Some Like It Hot Safe Daniel & Kristina 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) Cha-cha-cha "Summer Nights" Grease Safe Kirsty & Brendan 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) American Smooth "He's a Tramp" Lady and the Tramp Safe Peter & Janette 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Paso doble "He's a Pirate" Pirates of the Caribbean:The Curse of the Black Pearl Safe Jamelia & Tristan 25 (6, 7, 6, 6) Salsa "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" Charlie's Angels Safe Jeremy & Karen 24 (3, 7, 7, 7) Charleston "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" Top Hat Safe Anita & Gleb 29 (6, 8, 8, 7) American Smooth "Unchained Melody" Ghost Safe Jay & Aliona Jive "You Never Can Tell" & "Misirlou" Pulp Fiction Safe Judges' votes to save Horwood: Ainsley & Natalie Bussell: Ainsley & Natalie Tonioli: Ainsley & Natalie Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Ainsley & Natalie
Week 4 Musical guest: Will Young — "Joy"
Couples are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Anita & Gleb 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Samba "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira Safe Daniel & Kristina 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) American Smooth "Fly Me to the Moon" — Frank Sinatra Eliminated Kirsty & Brendan 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) Paso doble "Beautiful Day" — U2 Bottom two Georgia & Giovanni 31 (7, 7, 9, 8) Quickstep "Reach" — S Club 7 Safe Jeremy & Karen 20 (3, 6, 6, 5) Jive "Splish Splash" — Bobby Darin Safe Kellie & Kevin 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Foxtrot "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — Mama Cass Safe Jamelia & Tristan 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Charleston "Straight Up" — Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox Safe Jay & Aliona 25 (5, 7, 6, 7) Quickstep "My Generation" — The Who Safe Carol & Pasha 22 (5, 6, 6, 5) Paso doble "España cañí" — Pascual Marquina Narro Safe Ainsley & Natalie 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) Waltz "What a Wonderful World" — Louis Armstrong Safe Helen & Aljaž 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Salsa "Dr. Beat" — Miami Sound Machine Safe Peter & Janette 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Blue Monday" — New Order Safe Katie & Anton 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) Viennese waltz "If I Can Dream" — Elvis Presley Safe Judges' votes to save Horwood: Kirsty & Brendan Bussell: Kirsty & Brendan Tonioli: Kirsty & Brendan Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Kirsty & Brendan
Week 5 Musical guest: Bryan Adams — "Brand New Day"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.