Series 14

## Series Chronology

The eleventh series of *Strictly* commenced on 3rd September 2016 with a launch show, followed by the main series commencing on 23rd September.

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to host the main show, while Zoe Ball returned to host *It Takes Two*.

Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges.

As per the previous series, 15 celebrities competed.

The series was won by BBC Sport presenter Ore Oduba and his partner, Joanne Clifton.

## Professionals

In June 2016, the professional lineup was revealed. It was announced that Aliona Vilani, Ola Jordan, Kristina Rihanoff, Gleb Savchenko and Tristan MacManus were to leave the show.

They were replaced by five new professionals; Katya Jones and her husband Neil Jones, *Burn the Floor* dancer Gorka Márquez, former DWTS US troupe member Oksana Platero and ex-*Britain’s Got Talent* Dance contestants AJ Pritchard and Chloe Hewitt.

As there were more professionals than celebrities, Hewitt and Neil Jones did not have a celebrity, although they were on standby to cover for the other professionals, and still appeared in professional group dances.

## Couples

Throughout August 2016, the BBC revealed the celebrity lineup for the series with former Labour Party politician, Ed Balls, revealed as the first celebrity joining the series on 8th August.

The lineup was completed on *The One Show* on 22nd August.

## 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 (where the additional points from the Cha-Cha-Cha-Challenge were not included).*

## Dance Scoring

### Highest and Lowest Scoring Performances

* The best and worst performances in each dance style, according to the judges' 40-point scale (scores by guest judges were deducted):

## 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.*

### Launch Show

* *Featuring musical guests, Olly Murs, with a performance of his song, "You Don’t Know Love", and Rebecca Ferguson, with a performance of her version of "Bones".*

### Week 1

**Night 1 - Friday**

**Night 2 - Saturday**

### Week 2

* *Featuring musical guest, Barry Gibb, with a performance of "In the Now".*

**Dance Off:** Melvin & Janette, Anastacia & Brendan

* Due to injury, Anastacia & Brendan could not perform during the Dance-Off. Therefore, the couples with the fewest public vote were eliminated

**Eliminated Couple**: Melvin & Janette

### Week 3: Movie Week

* *Featuring musical guests, Alfie Boe and Michael Ball, with a performance of "Somewhere", from West Side Story.*

**Dance Off:** Laura & Giovanni, Tameka & Gorka

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

* Horwood: Laura & Giovanni
* Bussell: Tameka & Gorka
* Tonioli: Laura & Giovanni
* Goodman: Laura & Giovanni

**Eliminated Couple**: Tameka & Gorka

### Week 4

* Ahead of this week’s show, Will Young withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons.
* *Featuring musical guest band, Madness, with a performance of "Mr. Apples".*

**Dance Off:** Anastacia & Brendan, Naga & Pasha

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

* Horwood: Anastacia & Brendan
* Bussell: Anastacia & Brendan
* Tonioli: Anastacia & Brendan
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Anastacia & Brendan*

**Eliminated Couple**: Naga & Pasha

### Week 5

* *Featuring musical guest, LeAnn Rimes, with a performance of "How to Kiss a Boy".*

* Gorka stepped in to partner Anastacia this week, as Cole was unwell with illness.
* Laura suffered an injury during rehearsals, and therefore couldn’t perform this week. The producers gave her and Giovanni a bye for the week.

**Dance Off:** Lesley & Anton, Daisy & Aljaž

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

* Horwood: Daisy & Aljaž
* Bussell: Daisy & Aljaž
* Tonioli: Daisy & Aljaž
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Daisy & Aljaž*

**Eliminated Couple**: Lesley & Anton

### Week 6: Halloween Week

* *Featuring musical guest, Laura Mvula, with a performance of "Ready or Not".*

**Dance Off:** Anastasia & Brendan, Daisy & Aljaž

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

* Horwood: Daisy & Aljaž
* Bussell: Daisy & Aljaž
* Tonioli: Daisy & Aljaž
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Daisy & Aljaž*

**Eliminated Couple**: Anastacia & Brendan

### Week 7

* *Featuring musical guest, Gary Barlow, with a performance of "Dare".*

**Dance Off:** Ore & Joanne, Laura & Giovanni

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

* Horwood: Ore & Joanne
* Bussell: Ore & Joanne
* Tonioli: Ore & Joanne
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Ore & Joanne*

**Eliminated Couple**: Laura & Giovanni

### Week 8

* *Featuring musical guest, André Rieu and his Orchestra, with a performance of "Hallelujah".*

**Dance Off:** Daisy & Aljaž, Greg & Natalie

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

* Horwood: Greg & Natalie
* Bussell: Greg & Natalie
* Tonioli: Daisy & Aljaž
* Goodman: Greg & Natalie

**Eliminated Couple**: Daisy & Aljaž

### Week 9: Blackpool Week

* *Featuring musical guests, Simple Minds, with a performance of "Don’t You (Forget About Me)", and Rick Astley, with a performance of "Dance".*

**Dance Off:** Claudia & AJ, Greg & Natalie

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

* Horwood: Claudia & AJ
* Bussell: Claudia & AJ
* Tonioli: Claudia & AJ
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Claudia & AJ.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Greg & Natalie

### Week 10

* *Featuring musical guest, Ellie Goulding, with a performance of her song, "Still Falling for You".*

**Dance Off:** Judge Rinder & Oksana, Ed & Katya

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

* Horwood: Judge Rinder & Oksana
* Bussell: Judge Rinder & Oksana
* Tonioli: Judge Rinder & Oksana
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Judge Rinder & Oksana.*

**Eliminated Couple**: Ed & Katya

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

* *Featuring musical guest, Elaine Paige, with a performance of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita.*

**Dance Off:** Ore & Joanne, Judge Rinder & Oksana

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

* Horwood: Ore & Joanne
* Bussell: Ore & Joanne
* Tonioli: Ore & Joanne
* Goodman: *did not vote but would have saved Ore & Joanne*

**Eliminated Couple**: Judge Rinder & Oksana

### Week 12: Semi-Final

* *Featuring musical guest, Sting, with a performance of "One Fine Day".*

**Dance Off:** Danny & Oti, Claudia & AJ

* *Due to performing two dances on Saturday night, the two couples chose one of their routines to perform again in the Dance Off; Danny & Oti chose their American Smooth routine, and Claudia & AJ chose their Quickstep routine.*

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

* Horwood: Danny & Oti
* Bussell: Danny & Oti
* Tonioli: Danny & Oti
* Goodman: *did not vote, but would have saved Danny & Oti*

**Eliminated Couple**: Claudia & AJ

### Week 13: Final

* *Featuring musical guest, Emeli Sandé, with a performance of "Highs and Lows"*

**Strictly Champions**: Ore & Joanne