Strictly Come Dancing
British television series
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| 2025 | The 23rd series of Strictly Come Dancing is set to be broadcast, continuing the popular BBC dance competition show. |
| February 9 2025 | Strictly Come Dancing Live! 2025 tour concludes. |
| January 30 2025 | Vito Coppola announces his departure from the tour due to injury, with Nikita Kuzmin replacing him as Sarah Hadland's dance partner. |
| January 28 2025 | Wynne Evans leaves the tour following a controversy surrounding an 'inappropriate and unacceptable' remark made before the Birmingham show. |
| January 26 2025 | Wynne Evans does not dance in the Glasgow matinee show due to injury. Sarah Hadland does not dance in the evening show for undisclosed reasons. |
| January 25 2025 | Wynne Evans does not dance in the Glasgow show due to injury. |
| January 22 2025 | Vito Coppola performs his only show of the tour in Newcastle before leaving due to injury. |
| January 17 2025 | Strictly Come Dancing Live! 2025 tour begins, hosted by Janette Manrara with judges Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton du Beke. |
| 2024 | BBC announced a new voting system for Strictly Come Dancing, which involves audience voting combined with head judges' scoring to determine participant elimination. |
| 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing won the British Academy Television Awards for Best Entertainment Programme and the National Television Awards for Talent Show, continuing its remarkable run of success. |
| 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing won the 'Most Popular Talent Show' award at the National Television Awards. |
| 2024 | Pete Wicks and Chris McCausland survived multiple instances of being in the judges' bottom 2, demonstrating strong public support that contradicted the judges' assessments in the Strictly Come Dancing competition. |
| 2024 | Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec finish as runners-up in the competition. |
| 2024 | Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell are crowned winners of Strictly Come Dancing Series 22. |
| 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing launched its Live Tour! 2024, which took the popular television dance competition's format to live arena performances across the United Kingdom. |
| 2024 | Kai Widdrington wins with 15 Cha-cha-cha time steps dance step performance |
| December 25 2024 | The Christmas Special aired, with Tayce and Kai Widdrington emerging as the winners, scoring a perfect 40 points from the judges. |
| December 21 2024 | The Weakest Link Strictly Come Dancing special aired, featuring professional dancers Kai Widdrington, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas, and Joanne Clifton, along with former celebrity contestants James Bye, Zara McDermott, and Kelvin Fletcher. |
| December 14 2024 | Series 22 is scheduled to conclude, maintaining the show's annual winter entertainment format. |
| December 14 2024 | Series 22 of Strictly Come Dancing concluded, representing the show's continued presence in British entertainment. |
| December 8 2024 | Pete Wicks is eliminated, becoming the eleventh contestant to leave the competition. |
| December 1 2024 | Montell Douglas is eliminated, becoming the tenth contestant to leave the competition. |
| November 24 2024 | Jamie Borthwick is eliminated, becoming the ninth contestant to leave the competition. |
| November 21 2024 | The full line-up of celebrities for the 2024 Christmas Special was concluded. |
| November 17 2024 | Wynne Evans is eliminated, becoming the eighth contestant to leave the competition. |
| November 15 2024 | Bluey and several Strictly Come Dancing professionals performed a jive to 'Land Of 1000 Dances' during the Children in Need charity event, featuring simplified dance moves like the Floss and the Mashed Potato. Neil Jones participated in the dance, highlighting the fun and unique performance. |
| November 10 2024 | Shayne Ward is eliminated, becoming the seventh contestant to leave the competition. |
| November 4 2024 | Amy Dowden is forced to withdraw from the series due to a foot injury. Lauren Oakley subsequently steps in to partner with contestant JB Gill, receiving her first celebrity partner of the series. |
| November 3 2024 | Sam Quek is eliminated, becoming the sixth contestant to leave the competition. |
| October 27 2024 | Dr. Punam Krishan is eliminated, becoming the fifth contestant to leave the competition. |
| October 20 2024 | Paul Merson is eliminated, becoming the fourth contestant to leave the competition. |
| October 13 2024 | Nick Knowles is eliminated, becoming the third contestant to leave the competition. |
| October 6 2024 | Toyah Willcox is eliminated, becoming the second contestant to leave the competition. |
| September 29 2024 | Tom Dean becomes the first contestant eliminated from the competition. |
| September 21 2024 | Live shows for Strictly Come Dancing series 22 began, featuring celebrity and professional dance partnerships competing for the title. |
| September 14 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing series 22 launched its show on BBC One, marking the start of the competition season. |
| August 5 2024 | Official contestant announcements begin, with Chris McCausland and JB Gill announced, marking McCausland as the first blind contestant on the show. |
| August 1 2024 | Tom Dean becomes the first participant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing series 22 during an interview at the 2024 Summer Olympics after competing in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. |
| July 2024 | Graziano Di Prima left Strictly Come Dancing after admitting to actions that were reportedly so disturbing they 'reduced those who saw footage to tears'. The BBC announced that future rehearsals will have a production team member present at all times. |
| July 2024 | BBC launched a probe into misconduct involving professional dancers, specifically investigating claims about Graziano Di Prima's behavior towards dance partner Zara McDermott during the 2023 series. |
| July 2024 | Aljaž Škorjanec announces his return to the show after a two-year hiatus. Graziano Di Prima is removed from the series following allegations of misconduct towards Zara McDermott, which he publicly regrets. |
| June 2024 | BBC announces returning professional dancers for series 22, including Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Vito Coppola, and others. Giovanni Pernice is notably not returning due to misconduct allegations, which he denies. |
| June 1 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing Live! 'The Professionals Tour 2024' concluded after a month-long tour featuring performances by twelve professional dancers. |
| May 1 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing Live! 'The Professionals Tour 2024' commenced, featuring twelve professional dancers including Carlos Gu, Dianne Buswell, Gorka Márquez, and others, along with singers Tara McDonald and Patrick Symth. |
| March 2024 | Amanda Abbington, Laura Whitmore, and Ranvir Singh reportedly met to discuss negative experiences with Giovanni Pernice on Strictly Come Dancing. |
| February 11 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing Live! Tour 2024 concludes, with Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola declared the series 21 winners. |
| January 2024 | The Sun reported that Amanda Abbington requested footage of her training with Giovanni Pernice and was seeking legal advice over his training methods. |
| January 31 2024 | Angela Rippon experiences a medical incident in Liverpool, causing her to be unable to perform in subsequent shows. |
| January 19 2024 | Strictly Come Dancing Live! Tour 2024 begins, hosted by Janette Manrara with judges Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, and Anton du Beke. |
| 2023 | In Series 21, Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin competed as an all-male partnership, finishing as one of the two runners-up couples. |
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