Series 7

**Series 7** of Strictly Come Dancing aired on BBC One on September 18, 2009 to December 19, 2009. The series was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, with Claudia Winkleman filling in for Forsyth during the ninth week due to illness . The judging panel consisted of Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli, with Darcey Bussell serving as a guest judge beginning with the quarterfinal.

Chris Hollins and his professional partner Ola Jordan 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, Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli.

### Week 1

The musical guest this week was Katherine Jenkins performing "I Believe".

The couples who did not compete this week performed a group Merengue dance.

### Week 2

The musical guest this week was Jamie Cullum performing "I'm All Over It".

The couples who did not compete this week performed a group Merengue dance.

### Week 3

The musical guest this week was Andy Williams performing "Moon River".

### Week 4

The musical guest this week was Dionne Bromfield performing "Mama Said" (with Amy Winehouse providing backing vocals).

### Week 5

The musical guest this week was Spandau Ballet performing "Gold".

### Week 6

The musical guest this week was Harry Connick, Jr. performing "The Way You Look Tonight".

### Week 7

The musical guest this week were Bee Gees performing "You Should Be Dancing".

### Week 8: Blackpool Week

The musical guest this week was Rod Stewart performing "It's the Same Old Song".

### Week 9

The musical guest this week was the cast of Jersey Boys performing "Beggin'".

### Week 10

The musical guest this week was Dame Shirley Bassey performing "This Time".

Jade Johnson chose to withdraw from the competition due to a prior injury.

### Week 11

The musical guests this week were James Morrison and Nelly Furtado performing "Broken Strings".

All couples participated in a group Viennese Waltz dance for individual points.

### Week 12: Quarterfinal

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

The musical guest this week was Bette Midler performing "The Rose".

### Week 13: Semi-final

The musical guest this week was Lily Allen performing "Not Fair".

### Week 14: Final

The musical guests this week were Alesha Dixon and Bruce Forsyth performing "Something's Gotta Give".

#### Night 1

All couples participated in a group Lindy Hop dance for individual points.

 Chris and Ola
 Chris and Ola
 Ricky and Natalie

#### Night 2

 46 (9,9,9,10,9)
 Ricky and Natalie
 49 (10,9,10,10,10)