Series 17

**Series 17** of Strictly Come Dancing aired on BBC One on September 21, 2019 to December 14, 2019. The series was presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The judging panel consisted of Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli, with Alfonso Ribeiro serving as a guest judge for one week.

Kelvin Fletcher and his professional partner Oti Mabuse were announced as the winners.

## 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 Shirley Ballas, as head judge, having the last and deciding vote.

## 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.

### Week 2

The musical guest this week was Lewis Capaldi performing "Someone You Loved".

### Week 3: Movie Week

The musical guest this week was Harry Connick Jr. performing "Anything Goes".

### Week 4

The musical guest this week was Keith Urban performing "Never Comin Down".

### Week 5

Individual judges' scores 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.

The musical guest this week was Mabel performing "Don't Call Me Up".

### Week 6: Halloween Week

The musical guest this week was Adam Lambert performing "Superpower".

Will Bayley chose to withdraw from the competition due to a knee injury.

Kevin Clifton filled in for Neil Jones, who had an injury.

### Week 7

The musical guest this week was Emeli Sandé performing "Shine".

Kevin Clifton filled in for Neil Jones again.

### Week 8

The musical guest this week was Luke Evans performing "Bring Him Home".

### Week 9: Blackpool Week

The musical guest this week was Westlife performing "Hello My Love", "Uptown Girl" and "World of Our Own".

### Week 10

The musical guest this week was Andrea Bocelli performing "Return to Love" and "Time to Say Goodbye". The dance guest was Ellie Fergusson.

### Week 11: Quarterfinal (Musicals Week)

The musical guests this week were Beverley Knight performing "Memory" and Idina Menzel performing "Seasons of Love".

### Week 12: Semi-final

The musical guests this week were Niall Horan performing "Nice to Meet Ya" and Carlos Acosta performing "Overture from Carmen".

### Week 13: Final

The musical guest this week was Taylor Swift performing "Lover".