Strictly
Series 23
Semi-Final
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 1/4 39 Waltz ‘One Moment in Time’ by Whitney Houston 9 10 10 10
39 Salsa ‘Turn the Beat Around’ by Vicki Sue Robinson 9 10 10 10
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 2/4 37 Tango ‘Higher’ by Michael Bublé 9 10 9 9
40 Couple’s Choice ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ by Raye 10 10 10 10
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 3/4 35 Samba ‘Volare’ by Gipsy Kings 8 9 9 9
37 Charleston ‘We No Speak Americano’ by Yolanda Be Cool 8 9 10 10
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon * Out * 4/4 35 Salsa ‘Rhythm is Gonna Get You’ by Gloria Estefan
and ‘Get on Your Feet’ by Gloria Estefan 		8 9 9 9
35 Waltz ‘At This Moment’ by Michael Bublé 8 9 9 9

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Amber Davies.


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If a couple ended up in the “bottom two” (the two lowest
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been added together) their place is coloured red.

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

Scores for each couple and dance

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Quarter-Final - Musicals
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 1/5 40 Charleston ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’ by Frank
Loesser from the musical ‘Guys and Dolls’ 		10 10 10 10
George Clarke & Alexis Warr =2/5 35 Argentine Tango ‘The Point of No Return’ by Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Charles Hart from the musical ‘The
Phantom of the Opera’ 		8 9 9 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon =2/5 35 Viennese Waltz ‘Never Enough’ by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
from the musical ‘The Greatest Showman’ 		8 9 9 9
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones * Out * =2/5 35 Salsa ‘The Dance at the Gym’ by Leonard Bernstein
and Stephen Sondheim from the musical ‘West Side Story’ 		8 9 9 9
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 5/5 34 Samba ‘The Rhythm of Life’ by Cy Coleman and Dorothy
Fields from the musical ‘Sweet Charity’ 		8 8 9 9

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Amber Davies.

Weeks 9 (From Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom) and 10
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 1/6 40 Charleston ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ by
Arctic Monkeys 		10 10 10 10
36 Rumba ‘Falling’ by Harry Styles 9 9 9 9
6 Jive (Instant) ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ by Wham! - - 6 -
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu =2/6 39 Paso Doble ‘O Fortuna’ by Carmina Burana 9 10 10 10
40 Couple’s Choice ‘Born This Way’ by Lady Gaga 10 10 10 10
1 Cha Cha Cha (Instant) ‘Beggin’’ by Maneskin 1 - - -
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin =2/6 36 Quickstep ‘Reach’ by S Club 7 9 9 9 9
40 Jive ‘Proud Mary’ by Tina Turner 10 10 10 10
4 Samba (Instant) ‘Whenever, Wherever’ by Shakira 4 - - -
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 4/6 39 Salsa ‘Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)’ by Bob Sinclar 9 10 10 10
34 Quickstep ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ by Frank Sinatra 8 8 9 9
2 Tango (Instant) ‘When Doves Cry’ by Prince 2 - - -
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 5/6 33 Argentine Tango ‘The Logical Song’ by Supertramp 8 8 8 9
28 Jive ‘Right Back Where We Started From’ by Maxine Nightingale 7 7 7 7
5 Paso Doble (Instant) ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’ by The Animals - - 5 -
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe * Out * 6/6 35 Couple’s Choice ‘History Repeating’ by Propellerheads ft. Miss
Shirley Bassey and ‘Look At Me’ by Geri Halliwell 		8 9 9 9
23 Cha Cha Cha ‘Ring My Bell’ by Anita Ward 4 6 6 7
3 Rumba (Instant) ‘Show Me Heaven’ by Maria McKee 3 - - -
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec * Withdrew * Samba ‘Love is in the Air’ by John Paul Young

Week 9: La Voix withdrew due to an injured foot.

Week 10: Instant Dance: The couples each picked a dance style at random from ones they’d already learnt.

Dance-off: Anton voted to save Alex Kingston. Craig, Motsi and Shirley voted to save Balvinder Sopal.

Week 8
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 1/8 38 Paso Doble ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith 9 10 9 10
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 2/8 37 Tango ‘12 to 12’ by Sombr 9 10 9 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 3/8 35 Waltz ‘Weekend in New England’ by Barry Manilow 8 9 9 9
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 4/8 33 Couple’s Choice ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ by Barbra Streisand 7 8 9 9
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 5/8 31 American Smooth ‘You Don’t Own Me’ by Saygrace ft. G-Eazy 7 8 8 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 6/8 29 Rumba ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ by Lily Allen 6 7 8 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon =7/8 27 American Smooth ‘My Guy’ by Mary Wells 6 7 7 7
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington * Out * =7/8 27 Jive ‘Sound of the Underground’ by Girls Aloud 6 7 7 7

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Balvinder Sopal.

Week 7
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 1/9 39 Tango ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ by Taylor Swift 9 10 10 10
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 2/9 38 Salsa ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ by Sylvester 9 10 9 10
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones =3/9 35 Cha Cha Cha ‘I Like It Like That’ by Pete Rodriguez 8 9 9 9
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu =3/9 35 Charleston ‘Upside Down’ by Diana Ross and ‘Think’ by
Aretha Franklin 		8 10 8 9
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon =5/9 34 Couple’s Choice ‘Sapphire’ by Ed Sheeran 7 9 9 9
George Clarke & Alexis Warr =5/9 34 Viennese Waltz ‘Somebody to Love’ by Queen 8 8 9 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe =7/9 30 Paso Doble ‘Amparito Roca’ by Jaime Teixidor 7 8 7 8
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer * Out * =7/9 30 Samba ‘Samba’ by Gloria Estefan 7 8 7 8
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 9/9 29 Foxtrot ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music’ by Cass Elliot 6 8 7 8

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save La Voix.

Week 6 - Hallowe’en
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 1/10 40 Couple’s Choice ‘Creep’ by Radiohead 10 10 10 10
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 2/10 38 Argentine Tango ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 9 10 9 10
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec =3/10 35 Paso Doble ‘Symphony No. 5’ by Ludwig van Beethoven 8 9 9 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe =3/10 35 Salsa ‘Horny’ by Mousse T. and Hot ’n’ Juicy 8 9 9 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin =3/10 35 Viennese Waltz ‘I See Red’ by Everybody Loves an Outlaw 9 9 8 9
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington 6/10 31 American Smooth ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ by Bonnie Tyler 7 8 8 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 7/10 29 Cha Cha Cha ‘Apple’ by Charli XCX 6 7 8 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 8/10 28 Rumba ‘Stay’ by Shakespears Sister 7 7 7 7
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola * Out * 9/10 27 Tango ‘Abracadabra’ by Lady Gaga 6 7 7 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 10/10 26 American Smooth ‘Mystical Magical’ by Benson Boone 6 7 6 7

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Balvinder Sopal.

Week 5 - Icons
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 1/11 34 Quickstep ‘Ring Of Fire’ by Johnny Cash 9 9 8 8
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington =2/11 33 Couple’s Choice ‘Fight For This Love’ by Cheryl Cole 8 8 8 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin =2/11 33 Cha Cha Cha ‘Break Free’ by Ariana Grande 8 8 8 9
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 4/11 32 Foxtrot ‘Here You Come Again’ by Dolly Parton 7 8 8 9
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer =5/11 30 Argentine Tango ‘Caught Up’ by Usher 6 9 7 8
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley * Out * =5/11 30 American Smooth ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince 7 8 7 8
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu =7/11 28 Rumba ‘Think Twice’ by Celine Dion 7 7 7 7
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola =7/11 28 Salsa ‘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
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon =7/11 28 Quickstep ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ by Beyoncé 7 7 7 7
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec =7/11 28 Salsa ‘Strong Enough’ by Cher 6 7 7 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 11/11 27 Jive ‘As it Was’ by Harry Styles 6 7 6 8

Stefan Dennis withdrew from the competition due to a torn calf.

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Amber Davies.

Week 4
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 1/13 36 Rumba ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman 8 9 10 9
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 2/13 34 Foxtrot ‘L-O-V-E’ by Nat King Cole 8 9 9 8
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 3/13 33 Argentine Tango ‘Angel of My Dreams’ by Jade Thirlwall 8 9 8 8
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 4/13 31 Couple’s Choice ‘Golden’ by HUNTR/X 7 8 8 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 5/13 30 Tango ‘Viva la Vida’ by Coldplay 7 8 7 8
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington =6/13 29 Samba ‘La Isla Bonita’ by Madonna 7 7 7 8
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley =6/13 29 Couple’s Choice ‘Rock It’ by Merchant and ‘Follow The Leader’
by The Soca Boys 		6 8 7 8
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 8/13 28 Paso Doble ‘Diablo Rojo’ by Rodrigo y Gabriela 7 7 7 7
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 9/13 27 Quickstep ‘Marvellous Party’ by Beverley Knight 6 7 7 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer =10/13 26 Rumba ‘It Must Have Been Love’ by Roxette 6 7 6 7
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell * Withdrew * =10/13 26 Charleston ‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones and I 5 7 7 7
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova * Out * 12/13 24 Salsa ‘María’ by Ricky Martin 4 6 7 7
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 13/13 14 Cha Cha Cha ‘Hit Me with Your Best Shot’ by Pat Benatar 3 4 2 5

Dance-off: Shirley and Anton voted to save Chris Robshaw. Craig (casting vote) and Motsi voted to save Balvinder Sopal.

Week 3 - Movies
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 1/13 37 Paso Doble ‘The Plaza of Execution’ by James Horner from
the film ‘The Mask of Zorro’ 		9 10 9 9
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 2/13 35 American Smooth ‘Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ by Rodgers and
Hammerstein from the film ‘The Sound of Music’ 		8 9 9 9
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 3/13 32 Salsa ‘I Always Wanted a Brother’ by Lin-Manuel
Miranda and Nicholas Britell from the film
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ 		8 8 8 8
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 4/13 31 Couple’s Choice ‘Soda Pop’ by Saja Boys from the film ‘KPop
Demon Hunters’ 		6 8 9 8
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe 5/13 30 Quickstep ‘Suddenly I See’ by KT Tunstall from the film
‘The Devil Wears Prada’ 		7 8 7 8
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec =6/13 28 Waltz ‘Feed the Birds (Tuppence A Bag)’ by Richard
M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman from the film
‘Mary Poppins’ 		7 7 7 7
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley =6/13 28 Rumba Theme from the film ‘No Time to Die’ by Billie Eilish 7 7 6 8
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 8/13 27 Samba ‘Dance the Night’ by Dua Lipa from the film ‘Barbie’ 6 7 7 7
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon 9/13 26 Foxtrot ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ by Fred Astaire
from the film ‘Swing Time’ 		7 7 6 6
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu =10/13 25 Cha Cha Cha ‘She’s a Lady’ by Tom Jones from the film
‘Miss Congeniality’ 		4 7 7 7
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington =10/13 25 Charleston ‘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
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova 12/13 22 Paso Doble ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’ by Guns N’ Roses from
the film ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ 		4 6 6 6
Ross King & Jowita Przystal * Out * 13/13 19 Paso Doble Theme from the film ‘Thunderbirds’ by Barry Gray 4 5 5 5
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell Waltz ‘It Is You (I Have Loved)’ by Harry
Gregson-Williams from the film ‘Shrek’

Stefan Dennis could not dance due to medical reasons.

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Balvinder Sopal.

Weeks 1 and 2
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Amber Davies & Nikita Kuzmin 1/15 27 Waltz ‘When We Were Young’ by Adele 7 7 7 6
29 Samba ‘Bam Bam’ by Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran 8 7 7 7
Lewis Cope & Katya Jones 2/15 28 Jive ‘Get Ready’ by The Temptations 7 7 7 7
27 Viennese Waltz ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims 7 7 6 7
George Clarke & Alexis Warr 3/15 24 American Smooth ‘Stargazing’ by Myles Smith 6 6 6 6
30 Paso Doble ‘Game of Survival’ by Ruelle 7 7 8 8
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Lauren Oakley =4/15 27 Quickstep ‘Chelsea Dagger’ by The Fratellis 6 7 7 7
25 Cha Cha Cha ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ by Santa Esmeralda 6 6 6 7
Alex Kingston & Johannes Radebe =4/15 21 Viennese Waltz ‘Cry Me a River’ by Michael Bublé 4 6 5 6
31 Samba ‘La Bamba’ by Connie Francis 7 8 8 8
Karen Carney & Carlos Gu 6/15 31 Jive ‘One Way or Another’ by Blondie 7 8 8 8
20 Tango ‘Training Season’ by Dua Lipa 4 5 5 6
Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington =7/15 23 Cha Cha Cha ‘Best of My Love’ by Ella Eyre 5 6 6 6
24 Foxtrot ‘Rein Me In’ by Sam Fender ft. Olivia Dean 6 6 6 6
Balvinder Sopal & Julian Caillon =7/15 17 Samba ‘(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty’ by KC
and the Sunshine Band 		4 4 4 5
30 Charleston ‘Been Like This’ by Meghan Trainor and T-Pain 7 8 8 7
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey & Karen Hauer 9/15 19 Cha Cha Cha ‘Push It’ by Salt-N-Pepa 4 5 5 5
26 Quickstep ‘Everybody Needs Somebody to Love’ by The
Blues Brothers 		6 7 6 7
La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec 10/15 24 American Smooth ‘Pink Pony Club’ by Chappell Roan 6 6 6 6
19 Jive ‘Objection (Tango)’ by Shakira 4 5 5 5
Ellie Goldstein & Vito Coppola 11/15 17 Cha Cha Cha ‘Yes, And?’ by Ariana Grande 4 4 4 5
23 Waltz ‘Your Song’ by Ellie Goulding 5 6 6 6
Stefan Dennis & Dianne Buswell 12/15 22 Foxtrot Theme from the TV show ‘Neighbours’ by Barry Crocker 4 6 6 6
17 Cha Cha Cha ‘Give It Up’ by KC and the Sunshine Band 4 4 4 5
Chris Robshaw & Nadiya Bychkova 13/15 14 Samba ‘Unbelievable’ by EMF 3 4 3 4
16 Viennese Waltz ‘Die with a Smile’ by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars 3 4 4 5
Thomas Skinner & Amy Dowden * Out * 14/15 16 Paso Doble ‘Battle Without Honor or Humanity’ by Hotei 2 4 5 5
13 Salsa ‘Bonkers’ by Dizzee Rascal and Armand van Helden 2 3 4 4
Ross King & Jowita Przystal 15/15 10 Cha Cha Cha ‘California Gurls’ by Katy Perry 2 3 2 3
15 Waltz ‘Sunshine on Leith’ by The Proclaimers 2 4 4 5

Dance-off: All the judges voted to save Chris Robshaw.


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