# Strictly Come Dancing series 10

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its tenth series and began with the launch show on 15 September 2012. The live shows began on 5 October. Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the results show with Daly. Zoe Ball returned to present the spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. Judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli all returned and were joined on the judging panel by series 7 guest judge Darcey Bussell, who replaced Alesha Dixon.
On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Katya Virshilas would not return to the show as a professional. It was later announced that Karen Hauer of Burn the Floor fame would replace her.
The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 17 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need. The show on 10 November was hosted by Daly and Winkleman, while Forsyth took a break before the Wembley Arena show.
Series 10 was the last series of the show to be produced at the studios of the BBC Television Centre in West London. In March 2013 the Television Centre site was closed for redevelopment, with the production of future series moved to Elstree Studios.
Olympic artistic gymnast Louis Smith and Flavia Cacace won the series on 22 December, while Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh and Pasha Kovalev and actress Denise van Outen and James Jordan 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.

## Couples

This series featured fourteen celebrity contestants.
Johnny Ball was originally partnered with Aliona Vilani; however, following an injury sustained in training before the first live show, Iveta Lukosiute was hired as a replacement partner. This was officially intended as a short-term measure until Vilani was able to return; however, it was later confirmed that Lukosiute would be Ball's full-time partner.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
| Johnny Ball | Television presenter | Iveta Lukošiūtė | Eliminated 1st on 14 October 2012 |
| Jerry Hall | Supermodel & actress | Anton Du Beke | Eliminated 2nd on 21 October 2012 |
| Sid Owen | EastEnders actor | Ola Jordan | Eliminated 3rd on 28 October 2012 |
| Colin Salmon | Film & television actor | Kristina Rihanoff | Eliminated 4th on 4 November 2012 |
| Fern Britton | Television presenter | Artem Chigvintsev | Eliminated 5th on 11 November 2012 |
| Richard Arnold | Daybreak presenter | Erin Boag | Eliminated 6th on 18 November 2012 |
| Victoria Pendleton | Olympic track cyclist | Brendan Cole | Eliminated 7th on 25 November 2012 |
| Michael Vaughan | England cricketer | Natalie Lowe | Eliminated 8th on 2 December 2012 |
| Nicky Byrne | Westlife singer | Karen Hauer | Eliminated 9th on 9 December 2012 |
| Lisa Riley | Emmerdale actress | Robin Windsor | Eliminated 10th on 16 December 2012 |
| Dani Harmer | Children's television actress | Vincent Simone | Eliminated 11th on 22 December 2012 |
| Denise van Outen | Actress, singer & presenter | James Jordan | Runners-up on 22 December 2012 |
| Kimberley Walsh | Girls Aloud singer | Pasha Kovalev | Runners-up on 22 December 2012 |
| Louis Smith | Olympic artistic gymnast | Flavia Cacace | Winners on 22 December 2012 |

## Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).
Color key:
Strictly Come Dancing (series 10) – Weekly scores :
| Couple | Pl. | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Show 1 | Show 2 |
| Louis & Flavia | 1st | 27 | 30 | 57† | 30 | 35† | 29 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 37† | 37 | 31+38=69 | 39+40=79† | +39=118‡ |
| Denise & James | 2nd | 25 | 32† | 57† | 32† | 28 | 35† | 36† | 39† | 37† | 32 | 35 | 39+38=77 | 39+40=79† | +40=119† |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 2nd | 28 | 26 | 54 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 40† | 38+40=78† | 39+39=78 | +40=118‡ |
| Dani & Vincent | 4th | 21 | 27 | 48 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 34+38=72 | 36+35=71‡ | |
| Lisa & Robin | 5th | 30† | 25 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 31+32=63‡ | | |
| Nicky & Karen | 6th | 17 | 18 | 35‡ | 27 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 27‡ | | | |
| Michael & Natalie | 7th | 20 | 15‡ | 35‡ | 19 | 31 | 31 | 26‡ | 35 | 26 | 24‡ | | | | |
| Victoria & Brendan | 8th | 16‡ | 26 | 42 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 24‡ | 21‡ | | | | | |
| Richard & Erin | 9th | 22 | 19 | 41 | 25 | 22 | 17‡ | 29 | 24‡ | | | | | | |
| Fern & Artem | 10th | 19 | 24 | 43 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 27 | | | | | | | |
| Colin & Kristina | 11th | 23 | 24 | 47 | 26 | 24 | 27 | | | | | | | | |
| Sid & Ola | 12th | 26 | 22 | 48 | 17‡ | 17‡ | | | | | | | | | |
| Jerry & Anton | 13th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Johnny & Iveta | 14th | 17 | 20 | 37 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Notes

* ↑ This couple finished in first place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
* 1 2 This couple finished in second place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 This couple was eliminated.

## 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 eight performed on the second night. Couples performed either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz. 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)

| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Fern & Artem | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" — Stevie Wonder |
| Nicky & Karen | 17 (2, 5, 5, 5) | Waltz | "I Wonder Why" — Curtis Stigers |
| Michael & Natalie | 20 (5, 5, 6, 4) | Waltz | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" — Simply Red |
| Victoria & Brendan | 16 (3, 4, 5, 4) | Cha-cha-cha | "Spinning Around" — Kylie Minogue |
| Colin & Kristina | 23 (4, 7, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" — James Brown |
| Denise & James | 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) | Waltz | "With You I'm Born Again" — Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright |

#### Night 2 (Saturday)

| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Domino" — Jessie J |
| Sid & Ola | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Waltz | "I Won't Give Up" — Jason Mraz |
| Johnny & Iveta | 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) | Cha-cha-cha | "Drive My Car" — The Beatles |
| Dani & Vincent | 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) | Waltz | "Open Arms" — Mariah Carey |
| Lisa & Robin | 30 (8, 8, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Think" — Aretha Franklin |
| Richard & Erin | 22 (5, 5, 7, 5) | Waltz | "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" — Barbra Streisand |
| Jerry & Anton | 18 (3, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" — Sam Cooke |
| Louis & Flavia | 27 (6, 8, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Forget You" — Cee Lo Green |

### Week 2

Musical guest: Scissor Sisters — "Let's Have a Kiki"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Nicky & Karen | 18 (4, 5, 4, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Dynamite" — Taio Cruz | Safe |
| Colin & Kristina | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Viennese waltz | "Kiss from a Rose" — Seal | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 27 (7, 6, 7, 7) | Salsa | "Mama Do the Hump" — Rizzle Kicks | Safe |
| Fern & Artem | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Viennese waltz | "She's Always a Woman" — Billy Joel | Safe |
| Richard & Erin | 19 (3, 6, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Love Shack" — The B-52's | Bottom two |
| Victoria & Brendan | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Moondance" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 15 (2, 5, 4, 4) | Jive | "This Ole House" — Shakin' Stevens | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Puppy Love" — Donny Osmond | Safe |
| Denise & James | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Tutti Frutti" — Little Richard | Safe |
| Johnny & Iveta | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Foxtrot | "Everything" — Michael Bublé | Eliminated |
| Sid & Ola | 22 (6, 6, 5, 5) | Salsa | "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 26 (7, 6, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Someone Like You" — Adele | Safe |
| Jerry & Anton | 18 (3, 5, 5, 5) | Foxtrot | "Pennies from Heaven" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 25 (7, 6, 6, 6) | Viennese waltz | "Never Tear Us Apart" — Paloma Faith | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Richard & Erin
* Bussell: Richard & Erin
* Tonioli: Richard & Erin
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Richard & Erin

### Week 3: Hollywood Week

Musical guest: Dionne Warwick — "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Film | Result |
| Fern & Artem | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Charleston | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" | Mary Poppins | Safe |
| Victoria & Brendan | 22 (4, 5, 7, 6) | Rumba | "Up Where We Belong" | An Officer and a Gentleman | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 19 (3, 6, 6, 4) | Cha-cha-cha | "Hot Stuff" | The Full Monty | Bottom two |
| Jerry & Anton | 18 (3, 6, 5, 4) | Quickstep | "Mrs. Robinson" | The Graduate | Eliminated |
| Sid & Ola | 17 (4, 4, 5, 4) | Tango | "Here I Go Again" | Rock of Ages | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Quickstep | "Get Happy" | Summer Stock | Safe |
| Denise & James | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "You've Got a Friend in Me" | Toy Story | Safe |
| Colin & Kristina | 26 (7, 7, 6, 6) | Argentine tango | "GoldenEye" | GoldenEye | Safe |
| Richard & Erin | 25 (6, 7, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "9 to 5" | 9 to 5 | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 29 (7, 6, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Over the Rainbow" | The Wizard of Oz | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 29 (8, 6, 7, 8) | Jive | "Hanky Panky" | Dick Tracy | Safe |
| Nicky & Karen | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Hey! Pachuco!" | The Mask | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 30 (8, 8, 6, 8) | Salsa | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Dirty Dancing | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Michael & Natalie
* Bussell: Michael & Natalie
* Tonioli: Jerry & Anton
* Goodman: Michael & Natalie

### Week 4: Halloween Week

Musical guest: Paloma Faith — "Never Tear Us Apart"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Dani & Vincent | 27 (6, 6, 8, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Scooby Doo, Where Are You" — Larry Markes | Safe |
| Richard & Erin | 22 (5, 5, 7, 5) | Paso doble | "O Fortuna" — Carl Orff | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Charleston | "Witch Doctor" — David Seville | Safe |
| Sid & Ola | 17 (2, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Ghostbusters" — Ray Parker Jr. | Eliminated |
| Nicky & Karen | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Tango | "Weird Science" — Oingo Boingo | Safe |
| Fern & Artem | 21 (4, 5, 6, 6) | American Smooth | "Killer Queen" — Queen | Safe |
| Denise & James | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Super Freak" — Rick James | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) | Quickstep | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis, Jr. | Safe |
| Victoria & Brendan | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Tango | "White Wedding" — Billy Idol | Safe |
| Colin & Kristina | 24 (5, 7, 6, 6) | Salsa | "Superstition" — Stevie Wonder | Bottom two |
| Louis & Flavia | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Tango | "Disturbia" — Rihanna | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 31 (8, 8, 7, 8) | Paso doble | "Hungry Like the Wolf" — Duran Duran | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Colin & Kristina
* Bussell: Colin & Kristina
* Tonioli: Colin & Kristina
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Sid & Ola

### Week 5

Musical guests:
* The Wanted — "I Found You"
* Andrea Bocelli — "Nessun dorma"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) | Salsa | "Naughty Girl" — Beyoncé | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) | Tango | "Let's Stick Together" — Bryan Ferry | Safe |
| Richard & Erin | 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) | Foxtrot | "Big Spender" — Shirley Bassey | Bottom two |
| Denise & James | 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "At Last" — Etta James | Safe |
| Victoria & Brendan | 23 (6, 6, 6, 5) | Samba | "It's Not Unusual" — Tom Jones | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) | Samba | "La Bomba" — Ricky Martin | Safe |
| Colin & Kristina | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" — Aretha Franklin | Eliminated |
| Nicky & Karen | 25 (4, 7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" — Aerosmith | Safe |
| Fern & Artem | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Paso doble | "España cañí" — Pascual Marquina Narro | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" — Jackie Wilson | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) | Jive | "Dance with Me Tonight" — Olly Murs | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Richard & Erin
* Bussell: Richard & Erin
* Tonioli: Richard & Erin
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Richard & Erin

### Week 6

Musical guest: André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Denise & James | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "Seven Nation Army" — The White Stripes | Safe |
| Richard & Erin | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7) | Charleston | "Pencil Full of Lead" — Paolo Nutini | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 33 (6, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | "Moon River" — Andy Williams | Safe |
| Fern & Artem | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Salsa | "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" — Gloria Estefan | Eliminated |
| Victoria & Brendan | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Luck Be a Lady" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Tango | "Rumour Has It" — Adele | Safe |
| Nicky & Karen | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "The Best Is Yet to Come" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "A Thousand Years" — Christina Perri | Bottom two |
| Michael & Natalie | 26 (5, 7, 7, 7) | Salsa | "I Want You Back" — The Jackson 5 | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" — Natalie Cole | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Kimberley & Pasha
* Bussell: Kimberley & Pasha
* Tonioli: Kimberley & Pasha
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Kimberley & Pasha

### Week 7: Dance Through the Decades

Musical guests:
* Kylie Minogue — "The Loco-Motion"
* Girls Aloud — "Something New"
This week's show was broadcast live from Wembley Arena. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Lisa & Robin | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Car Wash" — Rose Royce | Safe |
| Nicky & Karen | 30 (6, 8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Jailhouse Rock" — Elvis Presley | Bottom two |
| Denise & James | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Charleston | "Walk Like an Egyptian" — The Puppini Sisters | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) | American Smooth | "I Got a Woman" — Ray Charles | Safe |
| Richard & Erin | 24 (5, 6, 7, 6) | Salsa | "Club Tropicana" — Wham! | Eliminated |
| Victoria & Brendan | 24 (5, 6, 7, 6) | Paso doble | "Bicycle Race" — Queen | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "You Can't Hurry Love" — Phil Collins | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Samba | "Livin' la Vida Loca" — Ricky Martin | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 35 (9, 9, 9, 8) | American Smooth | "New York, New York" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Nicky & Karen
* Bussell: Nicky & Karen
* Tonioli: Nicky & Karen
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Nicky & Karen

### Week 8

Musical guest: The Script — "Hall of Fame" Dance guests: Flawless
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Dani & Vincent | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" — Beyoncé | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 34 (8, 9, 8, 9) | Tango | "When Doves Cry" — Prince | Safe |
| Victoria & Brendan | 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) | Salsa | "Candy" — Robbie Williams | Eliminated |
| Louis & Flavia | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Dirty Diana" — Michael Jackson | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 27 (7, 6, 7, 7) | Rumba | "As If We Never Said Goodbye" — Barbra Streisand | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) | Argentine tango | "Bust Your Windows" — Jazmine Sullivan | Bottom two |
| Nicky & Karen | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Charleston | "Doop" — Doop | Safe |
| Denise & James | 37 (9, 9, 9, 10) | American Smooth | "Imagine" — Eva Cassidy | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Michael & Natalie
* Bussell: Michael & Natalie
* Tonioli: Michael & Natalie
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Michael & Natalie

### Week 9

Musical guests:
* JLS — "Hold Me Down"
* Alfie Boe — "Bridge over Troubled Water"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) | Jive | "Land of a Thousand Dances" — Wilson Pickett | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "That's Amore" — Dean Martin | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 24 (5, 7, 6, 6) | Samba | "Tequila" — The Champs | Eliminated |
| Nicky & Karen | 30 (7, 8, 7, 8) | Argentine tango | "Skyfall" — Adele | Bottom two |
| Lisa & Robin | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Bring Me Sunshine" — The Jive Aces | Safe |
| Denise & James | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Rhythm of the Night" — Valeria | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 37 (8, 10, 9, 10) | Charleston | "Dr. Wanna Do" — Caro Emerald | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Nicky & Karen
* Bussell: Nicky & Karen
* Tonioli: Nicky & Karen
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Nicky & Karen

### Week 10: Dance Fusion Week (Quarter-final)

Musical guest: Michael Bublé — "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
Each couple performed one routine that demonstrated a fusion of two distinct dance styles. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Denise & James | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Jive & Quickstep | "Reet Petite" — Jackie Wilson | Bottom two |
| Lisa & Robin | 30 (7, 8, 7, 8) | Cha-cha-cha & Tango | "Voulez-Vous" — ABBA | Safe |
| Nicky & Karen | 27 (5, 7, 8, 7) | American Smooth & Samba | "Troublemaker" — Olly Murs | Eliminated |
| Dani & Vincent | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Charleston & Quickstep | "Happy Feet" — from King of Jazz | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 37 (9, 9, 9, 10) | Rumba & Tango | "With or Without You" — U2 | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha & Tango | "It's Raining Men" — The Weather Girls | Safe |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Denise & James
* Bussell: Denise & James
* Tonioli: Denise & James
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Denise & James

### Week 11: Semi-final

Musical guest: Katherine Jenkins — "Santa Baby"
Dance guests: Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas
Each couple performed two routines, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Dani & Vincent | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | American Smooth | "Haven't Met You Yet" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 38 (9, 9, 10, 10) | Argentine tango | "Libertango" — Astor Piazzolla | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" — Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Foxtrot | "Somebody That I Used to Know" — Gotye | Safe |
| Denise & James | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Tango | "Roxanne" — The Police | Bottom two |
| Denise & James | 38 (9, 9, 10, 10) | Rumba | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" — Roberta Flack | Bottom two |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | American Smooth | "Fever" — Peggy Lee | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Charleston | "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" — Ron Goodwin | Safe |
| Lisa & Robin | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Best Years of Our Lives" — Modern Romance | Eliminated |
| Lisa & Robin | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | American Smooth | "All That Jazz" — from Chicago | Eliminated |

#### Judges' votes to save

* Horwood: Denise & James
* Bussell: Denise & James
* Tonioli: Denise & James
* Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Denise & James

### Week 12: Final

Musical guest: Robbie Williams — "Different"
During the first show, each couple performed two routines, one of which was their showdance routine and the other chosen by the judges. At the end of the first show, the couple was the lowest combined scores was eliminated. During the second show, each couple performed their favourite dance of the series. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

#### Show 1

| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Denise & James | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Jive | "Tutti Frutti" — Little Richard | Safe |
| Denise & James | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Showdance | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" — Irene Cara | Safe |
| Dani & Vincent | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Tango | "Rumour Has It" — Adele | Eliminated |
| Dani & Vincent | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Showdance | "Bohemian Rhapsody" — Queen | Eliminated |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Viennese waltz | "A Thousand Years" — Christina Perri | Safe |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Showdance | "Crazy in Love" — Beyoncé | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Salsa | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" — from Dirty Dancing | Safe |
| Louis & Flavia | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Showdance | "Rule the World" — Take That | Safe |

#### Show 2

| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Denise & James | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Charleston | "Walk Like an Egyptian" — The Puppini Sisters | Runners-up |
| Kimberley & Pasha | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Tango | "When Doves Cry" — Prince | Runners-up |
| Louis & Flavia | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Charleston | "Dr. Wanna Do" — Caro Emerald | Winners |

## Dance chart

The couples performed the following each week:
* Week 1: One unlearned dance (cha-cha-cha or waltz)
* Weeks 2–9: One unlearned dance
* Week 10: One fusion dance
* Week 11: Two unlearned dances
* Week 12 (Show 1): Judges' choice & showdance
* Week 12 (Show 2): Favourite dance of the series
Strictly Come Dancing (series 10) – Dance chart :
| Couple | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Louis & Flavia | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Salsa | Tango | Samba | Waltz | American Smooth | Paso doble | Charleston | Rumba & Tango | Jive | Foxtrot | Salsa | Showdance | Charleston |
| Denise & James | Waltz | Jive | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Paso doble | Charleston | American Smooth | Salsa | Jive & Quickstep | Tango | Rumba | Jive | Showdance | Charleston |
| Kimberley & Pasha | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Quickstep | Paso doble | Salsa | Viennese waltz | Samba | Tango | Jive | Cha-cha-cha & Tango | American Smooth | Charleston | Viennese waltz | Showdance | Tango |
| Dani & Vincent | Waltz | Salsa | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Jive | Tango | Quickstep | Samba | Viennese waltz | Charleston & Quickstep | American Smooth | Argentine tango | Tango | Showdance | |
| Lisa & Robin | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Jive | Charleston | Tango | Foxtrot | Samba | Rumba | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha & Tango | Salsa | American Smooth | | | |
| Nicky & Karen | Waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Tango | Rumba | Foxtrot | Jive | Charleston | Argentine tango | American Smooth & Samba | | | | | |
| Michael & Natalie | Waltz | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Foxtrot | Salsa | American Smooth | Argentine tango | Samba | | | | | | |
| Victoria & Brendan | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Rumba | Tango | Samba | Quickstep | Paso doble | Salsa | | | | | | | |
| Richard & Erin | Waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Paso doble | Foxtrot | Charleston | Salsa | | | | | | | | |
| Fern & Artem | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Charleston | American Smooth | Paso doble | Salsa | | | | | | | | | |
| Colin & Kristina | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Argentine tango | Salsa | Foxtrot | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sid & Ola | Waltz | Salsa | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jerry & Anton | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Quickstep | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Johnny & Iveta | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Ratings

Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All ratings are provided by BARB.
| Episode | Date | Official rating (millions) | Weekly rank for BBC One | Weekly rank for all UK TV | Share |
| Launch show | 15 September | 8.96 | 1 | 3 | 40.2% |
| Week 1 (Night 1) | 5 October | 9.22 | 2 | 3 | 34.0% |
| Week 1 (Night 2) | 6 October | 9.97 | 1 | 2 | 40.7% |
| Week 2 | 13 October | 10.83 | 1 | 1 | 43.5% |
| Week 2 results | 14 October | 8.53 | 2 | 6 | 32.5% |
| Week 3 | 20 October | 10.97 | 1 | 1 | 44.2% |
| Week 3 results | 21 October | 9.70 | 2 | 3 | 36.6% |
| Week 4 | 27 October | 10.59 | 1 | 1 | 43.5% |
| Week 4 results | 28 October | 9.79 | 2 | 3 | 36.4% |
| Week 5 | 3 November | 10.95 | 1 | 1 | 43.7% |
| Week 5 results | 4 November | 9.94 | 2 | 3 | 37.4% |
| Week 6 | 10 November | 11.38 | 1 | 1 | 42.6% |
| Week 6 results | 11 November | 10.90 | 2 | 2 | 40.7% |
| Week 7 | 17 November | 11.41 | 1 | 1 | 43.9% |
| Week 7 results | 18 November | 10.47 | 2 | 2 | 36.2% |
| Week 8 | 24 November | 11.19 | 1 | 1 | 42.3% |
| Week 8 results | 25 November | 10.45 | 2 | 2 | 39.0% |
| Week 9 | 1 December | 10.93 | 1 | 1 | 41.7% |
| Week 9 results | 2 December | 9.81 | 2 | 2 | 34.0% |
| Week 10 | 8 December | 12.04 | 1 | 1 | 45.3% |
| Week 10 results | 9 December | 10.54 | 2 | 2 | 37.7% |
| Week 11 | 15 December | 11.52 | 1 | 1 | 43.8% |
| Week 11 results | 16 December | 11.40 | 2 | 2 | 42.5% |
| Week 12 | 22 December | 13.37 | 1 | 1 | 49.1% |
| Week 12 results | 22 December | 13.35 | 2 | 2 | 46.4% |
| Series average (excl. launch show) | 2012 | 10.80 | — | — | 40.7% |