Series 9

## Series Chronology

The ninth series of *Strictly* commenced on 10th September 2011, with a launch show before the live shows starting on 30th September. As in Series 8, 14 celebrities competed in the series, with new professional Pasha Kovalev replacing Jared Murillo.

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly continued to present the main show, with Claudia Winkleman joining Daly to present the results show. Former contestant Zoe Ball replaced Winkleman as the regular presenter of Strictly's sister show, *It Takes Two*.

The full lineup of celebrities was revealed on *The One Show* on 6th September, with the celebrities not knowing their professional partner until the Launch Show, in the same setup as the previous series.

The series was won by McFly drummer Harry Judd and his partner Aliona Vilani.

## 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 (in which the scores from the group Swing-a-thon during Week 9 were not included).*

## Dance Scoring

* The best and worst-scoring performances for each dance, according to the judges' scores:

### 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, Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli.*

### Launch Show

* *Featuring a special musical performance of "Together You and I" by Dolly Parton.*

### Week 1

* The celebrities performed over two nights; Friday and Saturday; performing either the Cha-Cha-Cha or the Waltz.
* There was no elimination or public vote this week, the judges scores were combined with the scores in Week 2.

**Night 1 - Friday**

**Night 2 - Saturday**

### Week 2

* *Featuring musical guest, Will Young, with a performance of his song "Come On".*

**Dance Off:** Audley & Natalie, Edwina & Vincent

**Eliminated Couple**: Edwina & Vincent

### Week 3: Broadway Night

* *Featuring musical guests, Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough, with a performance of "Holding Out for a Hero" / "Footloose", and Susan Boyle with a performance of "Unchained Melody".*

**Dance Off:** Dan & Katya, Nancy & Anton

**Eliminated Couple**: Dan & Katya

### Week 4

* *Featuring musical guests, Caro Emerald, with a performance of her song, "That Man".*

**Dance Off:** Nancy & Anton, Rory & Erin

**Eliminated Couple**: Rory & Erin

### Week 5: Halloween Night

* *Featuring musical guest band, The Wanted, with a performance of their song, "Lightning".*

**Dance Off:** Audley & Natalie, Nancy & Anton

**Eliminated Couple**: Nancy & Anton

### Week 6

* *Featuring musical guest band, Westlife, with a performance of their song, "Flying Without Wings", and Bruce Forsyth, with a performance of "Young and Foolish".*
	+ Len Goodman was absent this week, whilst working on Strictly's US version, Dancing With the Stars. Jennifer Grey covered for him , and Craig was Head Judge in his absence.

*Individual judges scores listed from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Jennifer Grey, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli.*

**Dance Off:** Audley & Natalie, Lulu & Brendan

**Eliminated Couple**: Lulu & Brendan

### Week 7

* *Featuring musical guests, Christina Perri, with a performance of their song, "Jar of Hearts", and André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra, with a performance of "We'll Meet Again".*
	+ Artem missed out this week due to a back injury, so Brendan stepped in to partner Holly.

**Dance Off:** Anita & Robin, Audley & Natalie

**Eliminated Couple**: Audley & Natalie

### Week 8: Best of Britain

* This week's show was broadcast live from Wembley Arena.
* *Featuring musical guests, James Morrison & Jessie J, with a performance of their song, "Up", and Il Divo, with a performance of "Time to Say Goodbye".*

**Dance Off:** Holly & Artem, Russell & Flavia

**Eliminated Couple**: Russell & Flavia

### Week 9

* *Featuring musical guests, Cee Lo Green, with a performance of "Anyway".*
* Robin was unable to dance this week, so Brendan stepped in to partner Anita.

**Dance Off:** Anita & Brendan, Holly & Artem

**Eliminated Couple**: Anita & Brendan

### Week 10: Movie Night (Quarter-Final)

* *Featuring musical guest, Alfie Boe, with a performance, featuring a medley of "Live and Let Die / Nobody Does It Better / We Have All the Time in the World".*

**Dance Off:** Jason & Kristina, Robbie & Ola

**Eliminated Couple**:

### Week 11: Semi-Final

* *Featuring musical guests, Aloe Blacc, with a performance of his song, "I Need a Dollar", and Military Wives, with a performance of "Wherever You Are", featuring Gareth Malone.*

**Eliminated Couples**: Alex & James, Holly & Artem

### Week 12: Final (Blackpool)

* The Final was broadcast live at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
* Featuring a Group Dance, starring the full cast of the series to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston.

**Show 1**

**Show 2**

 39(9,10,10,10)

**Strictly Champions**: Harry & Aliona