Strictly Come Dancing (series 16)
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its sixteenth series with a launch show on 8 September 2018 on BBC One, and the first live show on 22 September. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoe Ball returned to host "" on BBC Two. Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Shirley Ballas returned as judges. On 20 October, actor Alfonso Ribeiro stood in as a guest judge to cover for Tonioli. In this series, three new dance styles were introduced (contemporary, theatre/jazz and street/commercial) as part of a new category called  couple's choice, giving a total of 18 dance styles in the competition. The winners were Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, becoming the seventh pair of winners to have never achieved a perfect score. Runners-up Ashley Roberts and Faye Tozer matched Caroline Flack's record in 2014 of scoring perfect 40s for all three dances in the final. Roberts also set a record of achieving the most 40s during a series, with five. Roberts also matched Alexandra Burke’s record of the most 10s during the series, with 32. Roberts and Kovalev are also the highest-scoring couple of  all time. Tozer also set the record of most consecutive ‘10’ scoring dances, with 11. The series was Bussell's last series as a judge, with Motsi Mabuse later announced as her replacement. It was also the last series to feature Pasha Kovalev as a professional. Professional dancers. On 30 May 2018, the list of professionals returning for the sixteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who did not return included Series 1 winner Brendan Cole and Chloe Hewitt. Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe and Luba Mushtuk replaced them. As in the last two series, Neil Jones did  not have a celebrity partner. Mushtuk and Radebe also did not have celebrity partners, however, Di Prima did. Couples. On 13 August 2018, the first three celebrities announced to be participating in the series were Katie Piper, Faye Tozer and Danny John-Jules. Celebrity reveals continued across that month, before concluding on 21 August on "Good Morning Britain". Scoring chart. Average scores table. This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale. The extra points from the Lindy-Hop-a-Thon in Week 10 have been omitted. Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series. The  highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' scale are as follows. Vick Hope & Danny John-Jules are the only celebrities not to land on this list Weekly scores and songs. "Unless indicated otherwise, individual judge's scores in the charts below (given in round brackets) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas, Bruno Tonioli". Week 5. "Individual judge's scores given 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". Week  12: Semi-Final. "For the Dance Off, Ashley & Pasha chose to dance their American Smooth, while Lauren & AJ chose to dance their Tango." Viewership. Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All ratings are provided by BARB.