Series 12

**Series 12** of Strictly Come Dancing aired on BBC One on September 26, 2014 to December 20, 2014. The series was presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, with Zoe Ball filling in for Winkleman during November due to one of her children being involved in an accident. The judging panel consisted of Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli, with Donny Osmond serving as a guest judge for one week.

Caroline Flack and her professional partner Pasha Kovalev 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 Len Goodman, 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, Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

### Week 2

The musical guests this week were Jamie Cullum and Gregory Porter performing "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".

### Week 3: Movie Week

Individual judges scores given in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Donny Osmond, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

The musical guest this week was Donny Osmond performing "Moon River".

### Week 4

The musical guests this week were Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett performing "Anything Goes" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)".

### Week 5

The musical guest this week was Culture Club performing "Karma Chameleon".

### Week 6: Halloween Week

The musical guest this week was Annie Lennox performing "I Put a Spell on You".

### Week 7

The musical guest this week was Katherine Jenkins performing "We'll Gather Lilacs".

### Week 8: Blackpool Week

The musical guests this week were Shirley Bassey performing "Goldfinger" and McBusted performing "Air Guitar".

### Week 9

The musical guest this week was Barry Manilow performing "Copacabana" and "What a Wonderful World".

### Week 10: "Around the World" Week

The musical guests this week were André Rieu and Alfie Boe performing "Volare". The dance guests were Michael Flatley & Lord of the Dance.

### Week 11: Quarterfinal

The musical guest this week was OneRepublic performing "Counting Stars".

### Week 12: Semi-final

The musical guest this week was Paloma Faith performing "Changing".

### Week 13: Final

The musical guest this week was Take That performing "Greatest Day", "These Days" and "Never Forget".

#### Show 2

 Caroline and Pasha
 Simon and Kristina