Strictly Come Dancing 2025 - Everything you need to know about the new series

Strictly Come Dancing is waltzing its way back onto screens in 2025 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 the nation.

When is Strictly Come Dancing back on TV and BBC iPlayer?

Strictly Come Dancing is back on iPlayer and BBC One from 7pm on Saturday 20 December for the Grand Final.

Find out everything you need to know about the biggest night in the ballroom.

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• Watch Strictly Come Dancing with British Sign Language on BBC iPlayer

Who's top of the Strictly Leaderboard?

Watch Strictly Come Dancing on BBC iPlayer and find out how the leaderboard stood after the latest live show below.

How to vote for your favourite Strictly couples

This year Strictly Come Dancing is moving to online only voting.

Head to the Strictly Come Dancing website for all the details of how to vote for your favourite Strictly couples.

Who left Strictly Come Dancing this week?

SPOILER ALERT! Click below to reveal the results of the dance off.

Strictly Song and Dance List

Semi-Finals

Amber and Nikita

• Dance 1 - Couple's Choice to Fly Me to the Moon by RAYE
• Dance 2 - Tango to Higher by Michael Buble

Balvinder and Julian

• Dance 1 - Waltz to At This Moment by Michael Buble
• Dance 2- Salsa to Rhythm Is Gonna Get You/Get On Your Feet by Gloria Estefan

George and Alexis

• Dance 1 - Charleston to We No Speak Americano to Yolanda Be Cool
• Dance 2 - Samba to Volare by Gipsy Kings

Karen and Carlos

• Dance 1 - Salsa to Turn The Beat Around by Vicki Sue Robinson
• Dance 2 - Waltz to One Moment In Time by Whitney Houston

Who are the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 celebrities?

The confirmed Strictly Come Dancing 2025 celebrity contestants are:

• Olympian and Gladiator Harry Aikines-Aryeetey aka Nitro
• 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
• Performer, presenter and singer La Voix
  
• Former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw
• Trailblazing model, actor and influencer Ellie Goldstein
• TV personality, social media star and businessman Thomas Skinner
• TV star and broadcaster Vicky Pattison
• Actor and Neighbours star Stefan Dennis
• Hollywood correspondent, author and broadcaster Ross King
• Sports presenter and legendary Lioness Karen Carney
• Actor Lewis Cope
• Actor Amber Davies

Game of Thrones star and DJ Kristian Nairn was originally announced as part of the line-up but had to withdraw for medical reasons.

TV personality, broadcaster and author Dani Dyer was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Strictly Come Dancing 2025 Professional Dancers

Professional Dancers Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Aljaž Škorjanec, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola will all take to the floor once more, alongside two brand new professional dancers!

Who are the new Strictly Professional Dancers?

Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon are your new Strictly pro dancers!

American-born Alexis is best known for winning US dance series So You Think You Can Dance in 2022 and was crowned as ‘America’s Favourite Dancer’, becoming the first female Ballroom and Latin dancer to claim the title. She has performed as a guest Professional Dancer and in the dance troupe on the US version of Strictly, Dancing With The Stars, and has been part of the series' accompanying US tour for the past three years. Alexis has also danced on America's Got Talent, World of Dance, and on national tours across the States - including three with Dancing With The Stars judge Derek Hough, in addition to his Las Vegas residency.

Australian-born Julian has been dancing since the age of 10, specialising in Ballroom and Latin American, and going on to represent Australia on the international stage. He appeared as a Professional Dancer on three seasons of Australia’s Dancing With The Stars, has toured the globe with hit dance show Burn The Floor, and also competed on So You Think You Can Dance in Australia. Julian has a degree in Exercise Physiology from UNSW Sydney and, alongside his dance career, has worked as a Personal Trainer and Exercise Physiologist. Julian is a keen athlete, and 2025 has so far seen him complete two triathlons.

• Read more: Strictly Come Dancing announces two new Professional Dancers

As well as taking part in the competition itself, all of the Professional Dancers will be taking to the floor each week in unforgettable group routines, which alongside world class music acts, theme weeks and of course the much-anticipated annual trip to the iconic and much-loved Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, promises audiences another spectacular series of the nation’s favourite dance show.

Strictly 2025 Couples

Meet your Strictly Come Dancing 2025 celebrity and professional dancer pairings!

As Dani Dyer has withdrawn from the competition, Amber Davies is dancing with Nikita Kuzmin.

Strictly Judges and Hosts

Our hosts - and recent MBE recipients - Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are back to oversee ballroom proceedings alongside our FAB-U-LOUS Strictly Judges - Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas.

And they've already been teasing exciting changes and new twists and turns in the ballroom!

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