Strictly
Series 21 - 2023
Final
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1/3 40 Quickstep (Judges’ choice) ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz’ by Gregory Porter 10 10 10 10
39 Show Dance ‘Friend Like Me’ by Ne-Yo 9 10 10 10
40 Argentine Tango (Couple’s favourite) ‘Tattoo’ by Loreen 10 10 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 2/3 39 Samba (Judges’ choice) ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ by Kym Mazelle from
the film ‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet’ 		9 10 10 10
39 Show Dance ‘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
39 Couple’s Choice (Couple’s favourite) ‘This Woman’s Work’ by Maxwell 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola * Winner * 3/3 39 Paso Doble (Judges’ choice) ‘Insomnia’ by Faithless 9 10 10 10
36 Show Dance ‘On the Floor’ by Jennifer Lopez and ‘Dance
Again’ by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull 		9 9 9 9
40 American Smooth (Couple’s favourite) ‘Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?’ by Robbie Williams 10 10 10 10


Why are some of the scores different colours?

If a couple ended up in the “bottom two” (the two lowest
scorers after the judges scores and the public vote have
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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or a dance name to see who danced that dance the best.

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Quarter-Final (Musicals) and Semi-Final
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1/4 40 Paso Doble ‘Backstage Romance’ from the musical ‘Moulin
Rouge! The Musical’ 		10 10 10 10
36 Rumba ‘Lift Me Up’ by Rihanna 9 9 9 9
40 Charleston ‘Fit As a Fiddle’ by Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor 10 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 2/4 36 Quickstep ‘Belle’ from the musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’ 9 9 9 9
37 Cha Cha Cha ‘Mambo Italiano’ by Bette Midler 9 10 9 9
38 Couple’s Choice ‘Blow Your Mind (Mwah)’ by Dua Lipa and
‘Physical’ by Dua Lipa 		9 9 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 3/4 34 Salsa ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’ from the
musical ‘Dirty Dancing’ 		8 8 9 9
38 Quickstep ‘Mack The Knife’ by Bobby Darin 9 9 10 10
35 Paso Doble ‘Run Boy Run’ by Woodkid 8 9 9 9
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe * Out * 4/4 33 Foxtrot ‘For Good’ from the musical ‘Wicked’ 8 8 8 9
32 Salsa ‘You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)’ by Gloria Estefan 8 8 8 8
33 Viennese Waltz ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I
Want’ by Slow Moving Millie 		8 8 8 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones * Withdrew * Charleston ‘Step in Time’ from the musical ‘Mary Poppins’

Quarter-Final: Nigel Harman could not dance due to a rib injury.

Dance-off: Craig voted to save Annabel Croft. Motsi, Anton and Shirley voted to save Bobby Brazier.

Week 10
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 1/6 38 Argentine Tango ‘Bills, Bills Bills’ by Destiny’s Child 9 10 10 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 2/6 37 Couple’s Choice ‘This Woman’s Work’ by Maxwell 8 9 10 10
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 3/6 36 Paso Doble ‘España Cañí’ by Pascual Marquina Narro 8 9 9 10
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 4/6 34 American Smooth ‘It’s Oh So Quiet’ by Björk 8 9 8 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 5/6 33 Rumba ‘It’s All Coming Back to Me Now’ by Celine Dion 8 8 8 9
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu * Out * 6/6 31 Cha Cha Cha ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor 7 7 8 9

Dance-off: Shirley voted to save Angela Scanlon. Craig, Motsi and Anton voted to save Layton Williams.

Week 9 - From Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin =1/7 39 Couple’s Choice ‘Ain’t No Other Man’ by Christina Aguilera 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola =1/7 39 Charleston ‘Love Machine’ by Girls Aloud 9 10 10 10
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 3/7 38 Argentine Tango ‘Back to Black’ by Amy Winehouse 8 10 10 10
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell =4/7 35 Jive ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ by Wham! 8 9 9 9
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe =4/7 35 American Smooth ‘Unchained Melody’ by Benedetta Caretta 8 9 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 6/7 31 Quickstep ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That
Swing)’ by Duke Ellington 		7 8 8 8
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington * Out * 7/7 28 American Smooth ‘Tea for Two’ by Ella Fitzgerald 6 7 7 8

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Bobby Brazier.

Week 8
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1/8 39 Argentine Tango ‘Tattoo’ by Loreen 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 2/8 35 Rumba ‘True Colours’ by Cyndi Lauper 8 9 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 3/8 34 Couple’s Choice ‘Just the Way You Are’ by Bruno Mars 8 8 9 9
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 4/8 33 Waltz ‘With You I’m Born Again’ by Billy Preston and Syreeta 7 9 8 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell =5/8 32 American Smooth ‘Ghost of You’ by 5 Seconds of Summer 7 8 8 9
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington =5/8 32 Paso Doble ‘Hung Up’ by Madonna 8 8 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 7/8 31 Samba ‘Whenever, Wherever’ by Shakira 7 8 8 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley * Out * 8/8 25 Samba ‘Bamboléo’ by the Gipsy Kings 5 7 6 7

Dance-off: Shirley voted to save Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Craig, Motsi and Anton voted to save Angela Rippon.

Week 7
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 1/9 39 American Smooth ‘Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?’ by Robbie Williams 9 10 10 10
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 2/9 36 Jive ‘Shake Ur Body’ by Shy FX ft.T Power and Di 8 10 10 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 3/9 35 Couple’s Choice ‘Wings’ by Birdy 8 9 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 4/9 33 Tango ‘Nothing Breaks Like a Heart’ by Mark Ronson
ft. Miley Cyrus 		7 9 9 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 5/9 30 Argentine Tango ‘Sail’ by Awolnation 6 8 8 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 6/9 29 Couple’s Choice ‘You Can Call Me Al’ by Paul Simon 6 8 8 7
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 7/9 28 Waltz ‘Fascination’ by Nat King Cole 7 8 6 7
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu =8/9 27 Samba ‘Ain’t It Funny’ by Jennifer Lopez 6 7 7 7
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk * Out * =8/9 27 Rumba ‘Dancing On My Own’ by Calum Scott 6 7 7 7

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Angela Rippon.

Week 6 - Hallowe’en
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 1/10 38 Salsa ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ by Sophie Ellis-Bextor 9 10 10 9
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 2/10 36 Tango ‘Vampire’ by Olivia Rodrigo 9 9 9 9
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu =3/10 33 Paso Doble ‘BLACK swan SWAN lake’ by District 78 8 8 8 9
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington =3/10 33 Charleston Theme from the TV show ‘Murder She Wrote’ by John Addison 9 8 8 8
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 5/10 32 American Smooth ‘Magic Moments’ by Perry Como 7 9 8 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell =6/10 30 Cha Cha Cha ‘Come-On-A-My-House’ by Della Reese 6 9 7 8
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones =6/10 30 Cha Cha Cha ‘I Was Made for Lovin’ You’ by KISS 8 7 7 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 8/10 29 Tango ‘Need U Tonight’ by INXS 7 7 7 8
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 9/10 27 Viennese Waltz ‘Kiss from a Rose’ by Seal 6 7 6 8
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima * Out * 10/10 25 Charleston ‘Jeepers Creepers’ by Al Donahue and his Orchestra 6 6 6 7

Amanda Abbington withdrew from the competition saying, “I did not come to this
decision easily or lightly but for personal reasons I am unable to continue.”

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Adam Thomas.

Week 5
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1/11 39 Salsa ‘Quimbara’ by Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz 9 10 10 10
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 2/11 37 Paso Doble ‘Insomnia’ by Faithless 9 10 9 9
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington 3/11 34 Argentine Tango ‘Tanguera’ by Sexteto Mayor 8 9 8 9
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell =4/11 32 Viennese Waltz ‘golden hour’ by JVKE 7 8 8 9
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk =4/11 32 Couple’s Choice ‘Backstreet Boys Medley’ by Backstreet Boys 7 8 8 9
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley 6/11 30 Quickstep ‘The Lady is a Tramp’ by Frank Sinatra 6 8 8 8
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 7/11 29 Foxtrot ‘I Just Want to Make Love to You’ by Etta James 7 7 7 8
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu =8/11 28 American Smooth ‘Cherish’ by Madonna 6 7 7 8
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima =8/11 28 American Smooth ‘Can’t Fight the Moonlight’ by LeAnn Rimes 7 7 7 7
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 10/11 27 Charleston ‘Ladies Night’ by Kool and The Gang 5 7 7 8
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer * Out * 11/11 24 Samba ‘Calm Down’ by Rema ft. Selena Gomez 5 6 6 7
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice * Withdrew * Cha Cha Cha ‘Canned Heat’ by Jamiroquai

Amanda Abbington could not dance due to medical reasons.

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Zara McDermott.

Week 4
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1/13 37 Cha Cha Cha ‘Million Dollar Bill’ by Whitney Houston 9 10 9 9
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones 2/13 33 Salsa ‘Suavemente’ by Elvis Crespo 8 9 8 8
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk 3/13 32 Waltz ‘I Wonder Why’ by Curtis Stigers 8 8 8 8
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice =4/13 31 Foxtrot ‘Everywhere’ by Fleetwood Mac 7 8 8 8
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington =4/13 31 Rumba ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’ by Conchita Wurst 8 7 8 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 6/13 30 Tango ‘Fashion’ by David Bowie 7 7 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 7/13 29 Jive ‘Feel It Still’ by Portugal. The Man 7 7 7 8
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola =8/13 28 Samba ‘Copacabana’ by Barry Manilow 7 7 7 7
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley =8/13 28 Paso Doble ‘By the Way’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers 6 7 7 8
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima =8/13 28 Viennese Waltz ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me’ by Brenda Lee 7 7 7 7
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu =8/13 28 Viennese Waltz ‘You Are The Reason’ by Calum Scott and Leona Lewis 7 7 7 7
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 12/13 24 American Smooth ‘Sex Bomb’ by Tom Jones 4 7 6 7
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal * Out * 13/13 19 Salsa ‘Samba de Janeiro’ by Bellini 3 5 5 6

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Eddie Kadi.

Week 3 - Movies
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 1/14 35 Charleston ‘Who’s Got the Pain?’ from the film ‘Damn Yankees’ 9 9 8 9
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 2/14 34 Couple’s Choice ‘Men in Black’ by Will Smith from the film
‘Men in Black’ 		8 8 10 8
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 3/14 33 Viennese Waltz ‘Waiting On A Miracle’ by Stephanie Beatriz
from the film ‘Encanto’ 		8 9 8 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 4/14 32 Samba ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ by Kym Mazelle from
the film ‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet’ 		8 8 8 8
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice =5/14 30 Rumba ‘Out of Reach’ by Gabrielle from the film
‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ 		6 8 8 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe =5/14 30 Waltz ‘Moon River’ by Audrey Hepburn from the film
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ 		8 8 7 7
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley =5/14 30 Charleston ‘Money, Money’ from the film ‘Cabaret’ 8 8 7 7
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 8/14 28 Viennese Waltz ‘There Are Worse Things I Could Do’ by
Stockard Channing from the film ‘Grease’ 		7 7 7 7
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington =9/14 26 Quickstep ‘Do-Re-Mi’ by Julie Andrews from the film ‘The
Sound of Music’ 		6 7 6 7
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk =9/14 26 Jive ‘Take On Me’ by a-ha from the film ‘The Super
Mario Bros. Movie’ 		5 7 7 7
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones =11/14 25 Jive ‘The Batman Theme’ by Danny Elfman from the
film ‘Batman’ 		6 6 6 7
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima =11/14 25 Paso Doble ‘The Puss Suite’ by Henry Jackman from the
film ‘Puss in Boots’ 		6 6 6 7
Nikita Kanda & Gorka Márquez * Out * 13/14 21 Jive ‘Kids in America’ by The Muffs from the film ‘Clueless’ 4 6 5 6
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal 14/14 20 American Smooth ‘Married Life’ by Michael Giacchino from the film ‘Up’ 4 5 5 6

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Zara McDermott.

Weeks 1 and 2
Who Place Total Dance Music Craig Motsi Shirley Anton
Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin 1/15 29 Samba ‘Touch’ by Little Mix 7 8 7 7
36 Quickstep ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz’ by Gregory Porter 9 9 9 9
Amanda Abbington & Giovanni Pernice 2/15 29 Viennese Waltz ‘Pointless’ by Lewis Capaldi 7 7 8 7
32 Salsa ‘Oye’ by Gloria Estefan 8 8 8 8
Ellie Leach & Vito Coppola 3/15 29 Jive ‘Can’t Tame Her’ by Zara Larsson 7 8 7 7
31 Foxtrot ‘Perfect’ by Fairground Attraction 8 8 7 8
Nigel Harman & Katya Jones =4/15 32 Paso Doble ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by Nirvana 8 8 8 8
27 Viennese Waltz ‘Until I Found You’ by Stephen Sanchez 7 7 6 7
Angela Rippon & Kai Widdrington =4/15 28 Cha Cha Cha ‘Get the Party Started’ by Shirley Bassey 7 7 7 7
31 Foxtrot ‘You Make Me Feel So Young’ by Frank Sinatra 8 8 7 8
Bobby Brazier & Dianne Buswell 6/15 29 Foxtrot ‘All About You’ by McFly 6 7 8 8
29 Charleston ‘Do Your Thing’ by Basement Jaxx 7 7 7 8
Angela Scanlon & Carlos Gu 7/15 23 Tango ‘Prisoner’ by Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa 6 6 5 6
29 Jive ‘Trouble’ by Shampoo 7 7 7 8
Annabel Croft & Johannes Radebe 8/15 28 Cha Cha Cha ‘Uptown Girl’ by Billy Joel 7 7 7 7
22 Quickstep ‘Walking on Sunshine’ by Katrina and the Waves 4 6 6 6
Eddie Kadi & Karen Hauer 9/15 22 Quickstep ‘Two Hearts’ by Phil Collins 4 6 6 6
21 Cha Cha Cha ‘Ríe y Llora’ by Celia Cruz 3 6 5 7
Adam Thomas & Luba Mushtuk =10/15 19 Cha Cha Cha ‘Waffle House’ by the Jonas Brothers 4 5 5 5
23 Tango ‘Somebody Told Me’ by Måneskin 5 6 5 7
Krishnan Guru-Murthy & Lauren Oakley =10/15 22 Cha Cha Cha ‘Boom Shack-A-Lak’ by Apache Indian 5 6 6 5
20 Foxtrot ‘Love Really Hurts Without You’ by Billy Ocean 4 5 5 6
Zara McDermott & Graziano Di Prima =10/15 19 Cha Cha Cha ‘Crush’ by Jennifer Paige 3 6 5 5
23 Quickstep ‘Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)’ by George Ezra 6 6 5 6
Jody Cundy & Jowita Przystal 13/15 21 Quickstep ‘I’m Sitting on Top of the World’ by Bobby Darin 5 5 6 5
16 Paso Doble ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC 3 4 4 5
Nikita Kanda & Gorka Márquez 14/15 18 Waltz ‘Run To You’ by Whitney Houston 3 5 5 5
18 Charleston ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’ by Beyoncé 3 5 5 5
Les Dennis & Nancy Xu * Out * 15/15 16 Tango ‘Don’t You Want Me’ by The Human League 2 4 5 5
15 Samba ‘Rock the Boat’ by The Hues Corporation 2 4 4 5

Dance-off: Craig, Motsi, Anton and Shirley all voted to save Nikita Kanda.


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