Series 16

**Series 16** of Strictly Come Dancing aired on BBC One on September 22, 2018 to December 15, 2018. The series was presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The judging panel consisted of Shirley Ballas, Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioi, with Alfonso Ribeiro serving as a guest judge for one week.

Stacey Dooley and her professional partner Kevin Clifton 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, Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas, Bruno Tonioli.

### Week 2

The musical guest this week was George Ezra performing "Shotgun".

### Week 3: Movie Week

The musical guest this week was Gladys Knight performing "Licence to Kill".

### Week 4

The musical guest this week was Backstreet Boys performing "Larger than Life", "I Want It That Way" and "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)".

### Week 5

Individual judges' scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas, Alfonso Ribeiro.

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

### Week 6: Halloween Week

The musical guest this week was Rita Ora performing "Let You Love Me".

### Week 7

The musical guests this week were The Kingdom Choir performing an Aretha Franklin medley and Jess Glynne performing "Thursday".

### Week 8

The musical guests this week were RAF Spitfres Choir performing "Rise Up", and Andrea and Matteo Bocelli performing "Fall on Me".

### Week 9: Blackpool Week

The musical guests this week were Gloria Estefan performing "Dr. Beat", "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "1-2-3" and "Get on Your Feet", and Take That performing "Out of Our Heads".

### Week 10

The musical guest this week was Rod Stewart performing "Farewell".

### Week 11: Quarterfinal (Musicals Week)

The musical guests this week were Trevor Dion Nicholas performing "The Rhythm of Life" and Adam Lambert performing "We Are the Champions".

### Week 12: Semi-final

The musical guest this week was Little Mix performing "Woman Like Me".

### Week 13: Final

The musical guest this week was Michael Bublé performing "Such a Night".