Strictly
Series 23

Who danced each dance the best?

Each dance is listed here alphabetically.
To jump to a particular dance click one of these links:

American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz


Why are some of the scores a different colour?

Each couple’s best score is coloured green, as are any tens!

Scores for each couple and week

Click the couple names to view the scores for that couple
or a week number to view the leaderboards for that week.

Hover over each couple to see the music, or click here
to show all the music choices before the judges' scores.

Click here to see who danced each dance the best over all series.

American Smooth
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 3 35 ‘Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ by Rodgers and
Hammerstein from the film ‘The Sound of Music’ 		8 9 9 9
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 6 31 ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ by Bonnie Tyler 7 8 8 8
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 8 31 ‘You Don’t Own Me’ by Saygrace ft. G-Eazy 7 8 8 8
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley 5 30 ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince 7 8 7 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 8 27 ‘My Guy’ by Mary Wells 6 7 7 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 6 26 ‘Mystical Magical’ by Benson Boone 6 7 6 7
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 1 24 ‘Stargazing’ by Myles Smith 6 6 6 6
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 1 24 ‘Pink Pony Club’ by Chappell Roan 6 6 6 6

Argentine Tango
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 6 38 ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 9 10 9 10
George Clarke & Alexis Warr QF 35 ‘The Point of No Return’ by Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Charles Hart from the musical ‘The
Phantom of the Opera’ 		8 9 9 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 4 33 ‘Angel of My Dreams’ by Jade Thirlwall 8 9 8 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 9 33 ‘The Logical Song’ by Supertramp 8 8 8 9
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 5 30 ‘Caught Up’ by Usher 6 9 7 8

Cha Cha Cha
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 7 35 ‘I Like It Like That’ by Pete Rodriguez 8 9 9 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 5 33 ‘Break Free’ by Ariana Grande 8 8 8 9
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 6 29 ‘Apple’ by Charli XCX 6 7 8 8
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 10 1 ‘Beggin’’ by Maneskin 1 - - -
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley 2 25 ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ by Santa Esmeralda 6 6 6 7
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 3 25 ‘She’s a Lady’ by Tom Jones from the film
‘Miss Congeniality’ 		4 7 7 7
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 1 23 ‘Best of My Love’ by Ella Eyre 5 6 6 6
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 10 23 ‘Ring My Bell’ by Anita Ward 4 6 6 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 1 19 ‘Push It’ by Salt-N-Pepa 4 5 5 5
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 1 17 ‘Yes, And?’ by Ariana Grande 4 4 4 5
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell 2 17 ‘Give It Up’ by KC and the Sunshine Band 4 4 4 5
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 4 14 ‘Hit Me with Your Best Shot’ by Pat Benatar 3 4 2 5
Ross King & Jowita Przystal 1 10 ‘California Gurls’ by Katy Perry 2 3 2 3


American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz

Click here to see who danced each dance the best over all series.

Charleston
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 9 40 ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ by
Arctic Monkeys 		10 10 10 10
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin QF 40 ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’ by Frank
Loesser from the musical ‘Guys and Dolls’ 		10 10 10 10
George Clarke & Alexis Warr SF 37 ‘We No Speak Americano’ by Yolanda Be Cool 8 9 10 10
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 7 35 ‘Upside Down’ by Diana Ross and ‘Think’ by
Aretha Franklin 		8 10 8 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 2 30 ‘Been Like This’ by Meghan Trainor and T-Pain 7 8 8 7
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell 4 26 ‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones and I 5 7 7 7
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 3 25 ‘A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We
Got)’ by Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock from the
film ‘The Great Gatsby’ 		5 7 6 7

Couple’s Choice
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 6 40 ‘Creep’ by Radiohead 10 10 10 10
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 10 40 ‘Born This Way’ by Lady Gaga 10 10 10 10
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin SF 40 ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ by Raye 10 10 10 10
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 9 35 ‘History Repeating’ by Propellerheads ft. Miss
Shirley Bassey and ‘Look At Me’ by Geri Halliwell 		8 9 9 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 7 34 ‘Sapphire’ by Ed Sheeran 7 9 9 9
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 5 33 ‘Fight For This Love’ by Cheryl Cole 8 8 8 9
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 8 33 ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ by Barbra Streisand 7 8 9 9
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 3 31 ‘Soda Pop’ by Saja Boys from the film ‘KPop
Demon Hunters’ 		6 8 9 8
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 4 31 ‘Golden’ by HUNTR/X 7 8 8 8
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley 4 29 ‘Rock It’ by Merchant and ‘Follow The Leader’
by The Soca Boys 		6 8 7 8

Foxtrot
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 4 34 ‘L-O-V-E’ by Nat King Cole 8 9 9 8
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 5 32 ‘Here You Come Again’ by Dolly Parton 7 8 8 9
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 7 29 ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music’ by Cass Elliot 6 8 7 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 3 26 ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ by Fred Astaire
from the film ‘Swing Time’ 		7 7 6 6
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 2 24 ‘Rein Me In’ by Sam Fender ft. Olivia Dean 6 6 6 6
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell 1 22 Theme from the TV show ‘Neighbours’ by Barry Crocker 4 6 6 6


American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz

Click here to see who danced each dance the best over all series.

Jive
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 10 40 ‘Proud Mary’ by Tina Turner 10 10 10 10
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 10 6 ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ by Wham! - - 6 -
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 1 31 ‘One Way or Another’ by Blondie 7 8 8 8
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 1 28 ‘Get Ready’ by The Temptations 7 7 7 7
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 10 28 ‘Right Back Where We Started From’ by Maxine Nightingale 7 7 7 7
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 5 27 ‘As it Was’ by Harry Styles 6 7 6 8
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 8 27 ‘Sound of the Underground’ by Girls Aloud 6 7 7 7
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 2 19 ‘Objection (Tango)’ by Shakira 4 5 5 5

Paso Doble
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 9 39 ‘O Fortuna’ by Carmina Burana 9 10 10 10
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 8 38 ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith 9 10 9 10
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 3 37 ‘The Plaza of Execution’ by James Horner from
the film ‘The Mask of Zorro’ 		9 10 9 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 10 5 ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’ by The Animals - - 5 -
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 6 35 ‘Symphony No. 5’ by Ludwig van Beethoven 8 9 9 9
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 2 30 ‘Game of Survival’ by Ruelle 7 7 8 8
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 7 30 ‘Amparito Roca’ by Jaime Teixidor 7 8 7 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 4 28 ‘Diablo Rojo’ by Rodrigo y Gabriela 7 7 7 7
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova 3 22 ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’ by Guns N’ Roses from
the film ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ 		4 6 6 6
Ross King & Jowita Przystal 3 19 Theme from the film ‘Thunderbirds’ by Barry Gray 4 5 5 5
Thomas Skinner & Amy Dowden 1 16 ‘Battle Without Honor or Humanity’ by Hotei 2 4 5 5

Quickstep
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 9 36 ‘Reach’ by S Club 7 9 9 9 9
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 5 34 ‘Ring Of Fire’ by Johnny Cash 9 9 8 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 10 34 ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ by Frank Sinatra 8 8 9 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 3 30 ‘Suddenly I See’ by KT Tunstall from the film
‘The Devil Wears Prada’ 		7 8 7 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 5 28 ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ by Beyoncé 7 7 7 7
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley 1 27 ‘Chelsea Dagger’ by The Fratellis 6 7 7 7
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 4 27 ‘Marvellous Party’ by Beverley Knight 6 7 7 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 2 26 ‘Everybody Needs Somebody to Love’ by The
Blues Brothers 		6 7 6 7


American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz

Click here to see who danced each dance the best over all series.

Rumba
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 4 36 ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman 8 9 10 9
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 10 36 ‘Falling’ by Harry Styles 9 9 9 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 10 3 ‘Show Me Heaven’ by Maria McKee 3 - - -
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 8 29 ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ by Lily Allen 6 7 8 8
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley 3 28 Theme from the film ‘No Time to Die’ by Billie Eilish 7 7 6 8
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 5 28 ‘Think Twice’ by Celine Dion 7 7 7 7
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 6 28 ‘Stay’ by Shakespears Sister 7 7 7 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 4 26 ‘It Must Have Been Love’ by Roxette 6 7 6 7

Salsa
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 9 39 ‘Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)’ by Bob Sinclar 9 10 10 10
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu SF 39 ‘Turn the Beat Around’ by Vicki Sue Robinson 9 10 10 10
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 7 38 ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ by Sylvester 9 10 9 10
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 6 35 ‘Horny’ by Mousse T. and Hot ’n’ Juicy 8 9 9 9
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones QF 35 ‘The Dance at the Gym’ by Leonard Bernstein
and Stephen Sondheim from the musical ‘West Side Story’ 		8 9 9 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon SF 35 ‘Rhythm is Gonna Get You’ by Gloria Estefan
and ‘Get on Your Feet’ by Gloria Estefan 		8 9 9 9
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 3 32 ‘I Always Wanted a Brother’ by Lin-Manuel
Miranda and Nicholas Britell from the film
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ 		8 8 8 8
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 5 28 ‘Wannabe’ by the Spice Girls, ‘Who Do You
Think You Are’ by the Spice Girls and ‘Spice
Up Your Life’ by the Spice Girls 		6 8 7 7
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 5 28 ‘Strong Enough’ by Cher 6 7 7 8
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova 4 24 ‘María’ by Ricky Martin 4 6 7 7
Thomas Skinner & Amy Dowden 2 13 ‘Bonkers’ by Dizzee Rascal and Armand van Helden 2 3 4 4

Samba
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
George Clarke & Alexis Warr SF 35 ‘Volare’ by Gipsy Kings 8 9 9 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 10 4 ‘Whenever, Wherever’ by Shakira 4 - - -
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu QF 34 ‘The Rhythm of Life’ by Cy Coleman and Dorothy
Fields from the musical ‘Sweet Charity’ 		8 8 9 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 2 31 ‘La Bamba’ by Connie Francis 7 8 8 8
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 7 30 ‘Samba’ by Gloria Estefan 7 8 7 8
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 2 29 ‘Bam Bam’ by Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran 8 7 7 7
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 4 29 ‘La Isla Bonita’ by Madonna 7 7 7 8
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 3 27 ‘Dance the Night’ by Dua Lipa from the film ‘Barbie’ 6 7 7 7
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 1 17 ‘(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty’ by KC
and the Sunshine Band 		4 4 4 5
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova 1 14 ‘Unbelievable’ by EMF 3 4 3 4


American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz

Click here to see who danced each dance the best over all series.

Tango
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 7 39 ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ by Taylor Swift 9 10 10 10
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 8 37 ‘12 to 12’ by Sombr 9 10 9 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin SF 37 ‘Higher’ by Michael Bublé 9 10 9 9
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 4 30 ‘Viva la Vida’ by Coldplay 7 8 7 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 10 2 ‘When Doves Cry’ by Prince 2 - - -
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 6 27 ‘Abracadabra’ by Lady Gaga 6 7 7 7
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 2 20 ‘Training Season’ by Dua Lipa 4 5 5 6

Viennese Waltz
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 6 35 ‘I See Red’ by Everybody Loves an Outlaw 9 9 8 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon QF 35 ‘Never Enough’ by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
from the musical ‘The Greatest Showman’ 		8 9 9 9
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 7 34 ‘Somebody to Love’ by Queen 8 8 9 9
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 2 27 ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims 7 7 6 7
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 1 21 ‘Cry Me a River’ by Michael Bublé 4 6 5 6
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova 2 16 ‘Die with a Smile’ by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars 3 4 4 5

Waltz
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu SF 39 ‘One Moment in Time’ by Whitney Houston 9 10 10 10
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 8 35 ‘Weekend in New England’ by Barry Manilow 8 9 9 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon SF 35 ‘At This Moment’ by Michael Bublé 8 9 9 9
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 3 28 ‘Feed the Birds (Tuppence A Bag)’ by Richard
M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman from the film
‘Mary Poppins’ 		7 7 7 7
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 1 27 ‘When We Were Young’ by Adele 7 7 7 6
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 2 23 ‘Your Song’ by Ellie Goulding 5 6 6 6
Ross King & Jowita Przystal 2 15 ‘Sunshine on Leith’ by The Proclaimers 2 4 4 5


Click the couple names to view the scores for that couple
or a week number to view the leaderboards for that week.

Hover over each couple to see the music, or click here
to show all the music choices before the judges' scores.

Click here to see who danced each dance the best over all series.

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