Series 17

## Series Chronology

*Strictly* returned for its seventeenth series with a launch show on 7 September 2019, with the live shows starting on September 21st. 15 celebrities competed in the series.

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the main show, with Zoe Ball returning to present *It Takes Two*. Ball was joined by Rylan Clark-Neal.

Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Bruno Tonioli returned to the judging panel, and were joined by Motsi Mabuse, former *Let's Dance* judge and elder sister of professional Oti Mabuse, who replaced Darcey Bussell.

The series was won by former Emmerdale actor and racing driver Kelvin Fletcher and his professional partner Oti Mabuse.

## Professionals

On 1st March, The BBC announced that Pasha Kovalev would be leaving the show after eight years as a Strictly professional. In July, it was announced that Kovalev would be replaced by Nancy Xu.

Ahead of the live show, it was confirmed that Gorka Márquez and Graziano Di Prima would not have celebrity partners, where Neil Jones, Johannes Radebe and Luba Mushtuk were given a celebrity partner, after not getting one during Series 16.

## Couples

On 31st July, David James, Chris Ramsey and Emma Barton were revealed as the first celebrities joining the celebrity lineup for the series. Celebrity reveals continued throughout the week, with the full celebrity lineup being announced on 7th August.

* *Made in Chelsea* star Jamie Laing was originally announced as a contestant, and appeared in the series Launch Show. However, following the launch show, he sustained a foot injury, so had to withdraw from the competition. Laing was replaced by former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher. Although he withdrew, Laing returned to compete in Series 18.

## Scoring Chart

*Red numbers*  indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers  indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
"-" indicates the couple(s) that did not dance that week.
     indicates the couple that was eliminated that week.
     indicates the couple who was in the bottom two but was not eliminated.
     indicates the couple withdrew from the competition that week.
     indicates the winning couple.
     indicates the runner-up couple.
     indicates the third place couple.
### Average Chart

*This table only counts dances scored on a 40-point scale.*

## Dance Scoring

### Highest and Lowest Scoring Performance

* *The best and worst performances in each dance style, according to the judges' 40-point scale.*

### Couples' Highest and Lowest Scoring Dances

*The highest and lowest performances of each couple during the series.*

## 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, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas, Bruno Tonioli.*

### Launch Show

* *Featuring musical guests, Kylie Minogue, with a performance featuring a medley of her songs, "Love at First Sight", "Better the Devil You Know", "All the Lovers" and "Dancing"; and Mark Ronson feat. Yebba with "Don't Leave Me Lonely".*

### Week 2

* *Featuring musical guest, Lewis Capaldi, with a performance of his song "Someone You Loved".*

**Dance Off:** James & Luba, David & Nadiya

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: David & Nadiya
* Mabuse: David & Nadiya
* Tonioli: David & Nadiya
* Ballas: *did not vote, but would have saved David & Nadiya.*

**Eliminated Couple**: James & Luba

### Week 3: Movies Week

* *Featuring musical guest, Harry Connick Jr, with a performance of "Anything Goes".*

**Dance Off:** Anneka & Kevin, David & Nadiya

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: David & Nadiya
* Mabuse: David & Nadiya
* Tonioli: David & Nadiya
* Ballas: *did not vote, but would have saved David & Nadiya.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Anneka & Kevin

### Week 4

* *Featuring musical guest band, Keith Urban, with a performance of his song, "Never Comin Down".*

**Dance Off:** Dev & Dianne, Emma W. & Aljaž

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Emma W. & Aljaž
* Mabuse: Emma W. & Aljaž
* Tonioli: Emma W. & Aljaž
* Ballas: *did not vote, but would have saved Emma W. & Aljaž.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Dev & Dianne

### Week 5

*Individual judges scores given in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas, Alfonso Ribeiro.*

* *Featuring musical guest, Mabel, with a performance of "Don't Call Me Up".*

**Dance Off:** Mike & Katya, David & Nadiya

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Mike & Katya
* Mabuse: Mike & Katya
* Ribeiro: Mike & Katya
* Ballas: *did not vote but would have saved Mike & Katya*

**Eliminated Couple**: David & Nadiya

### Week 6: Halloween Week

* *Featuring musical guest, Adam Lambert, with a performance of "Superpower".*
* Due to a knee injury in rehearsals, Will was unable to perform, and was given a bye for the week, however it was later announced that he had withdrawn from the competition.
* Due to a calf injury in rehearsal, Neil was unable to perform, so Kevin stepped in to partner Alex.

**Dance Off:** Mike & Katya, Catherine & Johannes

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Mike & Katya
* Bussell: Catherine & Johannes
* Mabuse: Catherine & Johannes
* Ballas: Mike & Katya

**Eliminated Couple**: Catherine & Johannes

### Week 7

* *Featuring musical guest, Emeli Sandé, with a performance of "Shine".*

**Dance Off:** Emma W. & Aljaž, Mike & Katya

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Mike & Katya
* Mabuse: Mike & Katya
* Tonioli: Mike & Katya
* Ballas: *did not vote but would have saved Mike & Katya.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Emma W. & Aljaž

### Week 8

* *Featuring musical guest, Luke Evans, with a performance of "Bring Him Home".*

**Dance Off:** Mike & Katya, Michelle & Giovanni

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Michelle & Giovanni
* Mabuse: Michelle & Giovanni
* Tonioli: Michelle & Giovanni
* Ballas: *did not vote but would have saved Michelle & Giovanni*

**Eliminated Couple**: Mike & Katya

### Week 9: Blackpool Week

* *Featuring musical guest band, Westlife, with a medley performance of their songs, "Hello My Love", "Uptown Girl" and "World of Our Own".*

**Dance Off:** Saffron & AJ, Michelle & Giovanni

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Saffron & AJ
* Mabuse: Saffron & AJ
* Tonioli: Saffron & AJ
* Ballas: *did not vote, but would have saved Saffron & AJ.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Michelle & Giovanni

### Week 10

* *Featuring musical guest, Andrea Bocelli, with a performance of "Return to Love"/"Time to Say Goodbye", and dance guest Ellie Ferguson, dancing to"Keeping Your Head Up".*

**Dance Off:** Saffron & AJ, Karim & Amy

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Karim & Amy
* Mabuse: Karim & Amy
* Tonioli: Karim & Amy
* Ballas: *did not vote, but would have saved Karim & Amy.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Saffron & AJ

### Week 11: Musicals Week (Quarter-Final)

* *Featuring an opening professionals dance with musical guest, Beverley Knight, with a performance of "Memory" from Cats, and musical guest Idina Menzel, with a performance of "Seasons of Love" from Rent.*

**Dance Off:** Chris & Karen, Alex & Neil

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Alex & Neil
* Mabuse: Alex & Neil
* Tonioli: Chris & Karen
* Ballas: Chris & Karen

**Eliminated Couple**: Alex & Neil

### Week 12: Semi-Final

* *Featuring an opening professional routine, with dance guest Carlos Acosta, to "Overture" from Carmen, and musical guest, Niall Horan, with a performance of his song, "Nice to Meet Ya".*

**Dance Off:** Chris & Karen, Karim & Amy

* *For the Dance Off, Chris & Karen chose their Rumba, and Karim & Amy chose their American Smooth.*

*Judges' votes to save: (in event of tie, Ballas, as Head Judge, has deciding vote)*

* Horwood: Karim & Amy
* Mabuse: Karim & Amy
* Tonioli: Karim & Amy
* Ballas: *did not vote, but would have saved Karim & Amy*

**Eliminated Couple**: Chris & Karen

### Week 13: Final

* *Featuring musical guest, Taylor Swift, with a performance of her song, "Lover"*

**Strictly Champions**: Kelvin & Oti