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Series 21 - 2023

Who danced each dance the best?

Each dance is listed here alphabetically.
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American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Show Dance 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

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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
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola F 40 ‘Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?’ by Robbie Williams 10 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 7 39 ‘Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?’ by Robbie Williams 9 10 10 10
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 9 35 ‘Unchained Melody’ by Benedetta Caretta 8 9 9 9
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 10 34 ‘It’s Oh So Quiet’ by Björk 8 9 8 9
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 6 32 ‘Magic Moments’ by Perry Como 7 9 8 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 8 32 ‘Ghost of You’ by 5 Seconds of Summer 7 8 8 9
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 5 28 ‘Cherish’ by Madonna 6 7 7 8
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima 5 28 ‘Can’t Fight the Moonlight’ by LeAnn Rimes 7 7 7 7
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 9 28 ‘Tea for Two’ by Ella Fitzgerald 6 7 7 8
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 4 24 ‘Sex Bomb’ by Tom Jones 4 7 6 7
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal 3 20 ‘Married Life’ by Michael Giacchino from the film ‘Up’ 4 5 5 6

Argentine Tango
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin F 40 ‘Tattoo’ by Loreen 10 10 10 10
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 8 39 ‘Tattoo’ by Loreen 9 10 10 10
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 9 38 ‘Back to Black’ by Amy Winehouse 8 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 10 38 ‘Bills, Bills Bills’ by Destiny’s Child 9 10 10 9
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 5 34 ‘Tanguera’ by Sexteto Mayor 8 9 8 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 7 30 ‘Sail’ by Awolnation 6 8 8 8

Cha Cha Cha
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 4 37 ‘Million Dollar Bill’ by Whitney Houston 9 10 9 9
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola SF 37 ‘Mambo Italiano’ by Bette Midler 9 10 9 9
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 10 31 ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor 7 7 8 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 6 30 ‘Come-On-A-My-House’ by Della Reese 6 9 7 8
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 6 30 ‘I Was Made for Lovin’ You’ by KISS 8 7 7 8
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 1 28 ‘Get the Party Started’ by Shirley Bassey 7 7 7 7
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 1 28 ‘Uptown Girl’ by Billy Joel 7 7 7 7
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 1 22 ‘Boom Shack-A-Lak’ by Apache Indian 5 6 6 5
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 2 21 ‘Ríe y Llora’ by Celia Cruz 3 6 5 7
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 1 19 ‘Waffle House’ by the Jonas Brothers 4 5 5 5
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima 1 19 ‘Crush’ by Jennifer Paige 3 6 5 5


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

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Charleston
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin SF 40 ‘Fit As a Fiddle’ by Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor 10 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 9 39 ‘Love Machine’ by Girls Aloud 9 10 10 10
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 3 35 ‘Who’s Got the Pain?’ from the film ‘Damn Yankees’ 9 9 8 9
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 6 33 Theme from the TV show ‘Murder She Wrote’ by John Addison 9 8 8 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 3 30 ‘Money, Money’ from the film ‘Cabaret’ 8 8 7 7
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 2 29 ‘Do Your Thing’ by Basement Jaxx 7 7 7 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 5 27 ‘Ladies Night’ by Kool and The Gang 5 7 7 8
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima 6 25 ‘Jeepers Creepers’ by Al Donahue and his Orchestra 6 6 6 7
Nikita Kanda & Gorka Márquez 2 18 ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’ by Beyoncé 3 5 5 5

Couple’s Choice
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 9 39 ‘Ain’t No Other Man’ by Christina Aguilera 9 10 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell F 39 ‘This Woman’s Work’ by Maxwell 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola SF 38 ‘Blow Your Mind (Mwah)’ by Dua Lipa and
‘Physical’ by Dua Lipa 		9 9 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 10 37 ‘This Woman’s Work’ by Maxwell 8 9 10 10
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 7 35 ‘Wings’ by Birdy 8 9 9 9
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 3 34 ‘Men in Black’ by Will Smith from the film
‘Men in Black’ 		8 8 10 8
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 8 34 ‘Just the Way You Are’ by Bruno Mars 8 8 9 9
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 5 32 ‘Backstreet Boys Medley’ by Backstreet Boys 7 8 8 9
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 7 29 ‘You Can Call Me Al’ by Paul Simon 6 8 8 7

Foxtrot
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe QF 33 ‘For Good’ from the musical ‘Wicked’ 8 8 8 9
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 2 31 ‘Perfect’ by Fairground Attraction 8 8 7 8
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 2 31 ‘You Make Me Feel So Young’ by Frank Sinatra 8 8 7 8
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice 4 31 ‘Everywhere’ by Fleetwood Mac 7 8 8 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 1 29 ‘All About You’ by McFly 6 7 8 8
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 5 29 ‘I Just Want to Make Love to You’ by Etta James 7 7 7 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 2 20 ‘Love Really Hurts Without You’ by Billy Ocean 4 5 5 6


American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Show Dance 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
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 7 36 ‘Shake Ur Body’ by Shy FX ft.T Power and Di 8 10 10 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 9 35 ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ by Wham! 8 9 9 9
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 1 29 ‘Can’t Tame Her’ by Zara Larsson 7 8 7 7
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 2 29 ‘Trouble’ by Shampoo 7 7 7 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 4 29 ‘Feel It Still’ by Portugal. The Man 7 7 7 8
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 3 26 ‘Take On Me’ by a-ha from the film ‘The Super
Mario Bros. Movie’ 		5 7 7 7
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 3 25 ‘The Batman Theme’ by Danny Elfman from the
film ‘Batman’ 		6 6 6 7
Nikita Kanda & Gorka Márquez 3 21 ‘Kids in America’ by The Muffs from the film ‘Clueless’ 4 6 5 6

Paso Doble
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin QF 40 ‘Backstage Romance’ from the musical ‘Moulin
Rouge! The Musical’ 		10 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola F 39 ‘Insomnia’ by Faithless 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 5 37 ‘Insomnia’ by Faithless 9 10 9 9
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 10 36 ‘España Cañí’ by Pascual Marquina Narro 8 9 9 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell SF 35 ‘Run Boy Run’ by Woodkid 8 9 9 9
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 6 33 ‘BLACK swan SWAN lake’ by District 78 8 8 8 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 1 32 ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by Nirvana 8 8 8 8
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 8 32 ‘Hung Up’ by Madonna 8 8 8 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 4 28 ‘By the Way’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers 6 7 7 8
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima 3 25 ‘The Puss Suite’ by Henry Jackman from the
film ‘Puss in Boots’ 		6 6 6 7
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal 2 16 ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC 3 4 4 5

Quickstep
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin F 40 ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz’ by Gregory Porter 10 10 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell SF 38 ‘Mack The Knife’ by Bobby Darin 9 9 10 10
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 2 36 ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz’ by Gregory Porter 9 9 9 9
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola QF 36 ‘Belle’ from the musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’ 9 9 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 9 31 ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That
Swing)’ by Duke Ellington 		7 8 8 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 5 30 ‘The Lady is a Tramp’ by Frank Sinatra 6 8 8 8
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 3 26 ‘Do-Re-Mi’ by Julie Andrews from the film ‘The
Sound of Music’ 		6 7 6 7
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima 2 23 ‘Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)’ by George Ezra 6 6 5 6
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 1 22 ‘Two Hearts’ by Phil Collins 4 6 6 6
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 2 22 ‘Walking on Sunshine’ by Katrina and the Waves 4 6 6 6
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal 1 21 ‘I’m Sitting on Top of the World’ by Bobby Darin 5 5 6 5


American Smooth Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Charleston Couple’s Choice
Foxtrot Jive Paso Doble Quickstep Rumba
Salsa Samba Show Dance 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
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin SF 36 ‘Lift Me Up’ by Rihanna 9 9 9 9
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 8 35 ‘True Colours’ by Cyndi Lauper 8 9 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 10 33 ‘It’s All Coming Back to Me Now’ by Celine Dion 8 8 8 9
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 4 31 ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’ by Conchita Wurst 8 7 8 8
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice 3 30 ‘Out of Reach’ by Gabrielle from the film
‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ 		6 8 8 8
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 7 27 ‘Dancing On My Own’ by Calum Scott 6 7 7 7

Salsa
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 5 39 ‘Quimbara’ by Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 6 38 ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ by Sophie Ellis-Bextor 9 10 10 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell QF 34 ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’ from the
musical ‘Dirty Dancing’ 		8 8 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 4 33 ‘Suavemente’ by Elvis Crespo 8 9 8 8
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice 2 32 ‘Oye’ by Gloria Estefan 8 8 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe SF 32 ‘You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)’ by Gloria Estefan 8 8 8 8
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal 4 19 ‘Samba de Janeiro’ by Bellini 3 5 5 6

Samba
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell F 39 ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ by Kym Mazelle from
the film ‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet’ 		9 10 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 3 32 ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ by Kym Mazelle from
the film ‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet’ 		8 8 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 8 31 ‘Whenever, Wherever’ by Shakira 7 8 8 8
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1 29 ‘Touch’ by Little Mix 7 8 7 7
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 4 28 ‘Copacabana’ by Barry Manilow 7 7 7 7
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 7 27 ‘Ain’t It Funny’ by Jennifer Lopez 6 7 7 7
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 8 25 ‘Bamboléo’ by the Gipsy Kings 5 7 6 7
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 5 24 ‘Calm Down’ by Rema ft. Selena Gomez 5 6 6 7
Les Dennis & Nancy Xu 2 15 ‘Rock the Boat’ by The Hues Corporation 2 4 4 5


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

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

Show Dance
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin F 39 ‘Friend Like Me’ by Ne-Yo 9 10 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell F 39 ‘Someone in the Crowd’ by Justin Hurwitz from
the film ‘La La Land’ and ‘Another Day of Sun’
by Justin Hurwitz from the film ‘La La Land’ 		9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola F 36 ‘On the Floor’ by Jennifer Lopez and ‘Dance
Again’ by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull 		9 9 9 9

Tango
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 6 36 ‘Vampire’ by Olivia Rodrigo 9 9 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 7 33 ‘Nothing Breaks Like a Heart’ by Mark Ronson
ft. Miley Cyrus 		7 9 9 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 4 30 ‘Fashion’ by David Bowie 7 7 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 6 29 ‘Need U Tonight’ by INXS 7 7 7 8
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 1 23 ‘Prisoner’ by Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa 6 6 5 6
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 2 23 ‘Somebody Told Me’ by Måneskin 5 6 5 7
Les Dennis & Nancy Xu 1 16 ‘Don’t You Want Me’ by The Human League 2 4 5 5

Viennese Waltz
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 3 33 ‘Waiting On A Miracle’ by Stephanie Beatriz
from the film ‘Encanto’ 		8 9 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe SF 33 ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I
Want’ by Slow Moving Millie 		8 8 8 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 5 32 ‘golden hour’ by JVKE 7 8 8 9
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice 1 29 ‘Pointless’ by Lewis Capaldi 7 7 8 7
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 3 28 ‘There Are Worse Things I Could Do’ by
Stockard Channing from the film ‘Grease’ 		7 7 7 7
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima 4 28 ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me’ by Brenda Lee 7 7 7 7
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 4 28 ‘You Are The Reason’ by Calum Scott and Leona Lewis 7 7 7 7
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 2 27 ‘Until I Found You’ by Stephen Sanchez 7 7 6 7
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 6 27 ‘Kiss from a Rose’ by Seal 6 7 6 8


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

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

Waltz
Who Week Total Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 8 33 ‘With You I’m Born Again’ by Billy Preston and Syreeta 7 9 8 9
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 4 32 ‘I Wonder Why’ by Curtis Stigers 8 8 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 3 30 ‘Moon River’ by Audrey Hepburn from the film
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ 		8 8 7 7
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 7 28 ‘Fascination’ by Nat King Cole 7 8 6 7
Nikita Kanda & Gorka Márquez 1 18 ‘Run To You’ by Whitney Houston 3 5 5 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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