Saturday nights are even more fab-u-lous thanks to the 20th series of the multi-award-winning Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, once again bringing glitter, glamour and glorious dancing to homes across the nation.
Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome our celebrity contestants to the ballroom, where the judges are watching their every move.
Here's everything you need to know about Strictly Come Dancing 2022...
Strictly Grand Final
When is Strictly Come Dancing on next?
After 12 weeks of competition, we have our finalists and one of them will lift the Glitterball Trophy on Saturday 17 December on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 7.05pm.
Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as our remaining couples perform 3 incredible routines in a bid to be your Strictly Champion. Florence and the Machine will be performing and the cast of 2022 will return for one more epic routine. In the Final, the Judges scores are for guidance only, the winner lies entirely in your hands. Who will you crown Strictly Come Dancing Champions 2022?
What will the Strictly Grand Final dances be?
Fleur & Vito will be dancing...
- Judges’ Pick: Samba to Hot Hot Hot by Arrow
- Favourite Dance: Couple's Choice to Destiny’s Child Megamix by Destiny’s Child
- Show Dance: Find Me by Sigma featuring Birdy
Helen & Gorka will be dancing...
- Judges’ Pick: Jive to Tightrope by Janelle Monáe
- Favourite Dance: Couple's Choice to Mein Herr by Liza Minnelli (from Cabaret)
- Show Dance: Shine by Emeli Sandé
Molly & Carlos will be dancing...
- Judges’ Pick: Quickstep to Love On Top by Beyoncé
- Favourite Dance: Rumba to All The Man That I Need by Whitney Houston
- Show Dance: Kiss/1999 by Prince
Hamza & Jowita will be dancing...
- Judges’ Pick: Salsa to Ecuador by Sash! featuring Rodriguez
- Favourite Dance: Couple's Choice to Jerusalema - Remix by Master KG featuring Burna Boy and Nomcebo Zikode
- Show Dance: Let’s Face The Music And Dance by Irving Berlin
Meet The Strictly 2022 Celebrity Contestants
Waltzing onto our screens this year are Ellie Simmonds, Ellie Taylor, Fleur East, Hamza Yassin, Helen Skelton, James Bye, Jayde Adams, Kaye Adams, Kym Marsh, Matt Goss, Molly Rainford, Richie Anderson, Tony Adams, Tyler West and Will Mellor.
- Find out more: Strictly Come Dancing 2022 celebrity contestants talk first dances, fake tan and facing off for Glitterball glory
Meet the Strictly 2022 professional dancers
Four world-class new professional dancers are stepping into the Strictly ballroom this year. They are: European cup winner Vito Coppola, Chinese National Champion Carlos Gu, former Under 21 British National Champion Lauren Oakley and Latin dance champion Michelle Tsiakkas.
They join the dazzling Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Cameron Lombard, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Giovanni Pernice, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Kai Widdrington and Nancy Xu.
Meet The Strictly Couples
The Strictly Come Dancing 2022 couples are...
- Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Kuzmin
- Tyler West and Dianne Buswell
- Kym Marsh and Graziano di Prima
- Will Mellor and Nancy Xiu
- Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez
- James Bye and Amy Dowden
- Fleur East and Vito Coppola
- Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystał
- Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova
- Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe
- Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu
- Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice
- Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer
- Tony Adams and Katya Jones
- Kaye Adams and Kai Widdrington
Who's top of the Strictly leaderboard?
Week 1
Will & Nancy and Hamza & Jowita with 34 points each
Week 2
Molly & Carlos with 34 points and a combined 65 points across weeks 1&2
Week 3 (Movie Week)
Tyler and Dianne with 38 points
Week 4
Hamza & Jowita with 39 points
Week 5 (BBC 100 Week)
Hamza & Jowita and Helen & Gorka with 35 points each
Week 6 (Halloween Week)
Tyler & Dianne and Ellie T & Johannes with 35 points each
Week 7
Hamza & Jowita with 38 points
Week 8
Fleur & Vito with 39 points
Week 9 (Blackpool Week)
Fleur & Vito with 40 points
Week 10
Will & Nancy with 38 points
Week 11 (Musicals Week)
Will & Nancy and Helen & Gorka with 39 points
Week 12 (Semi-Final)
Hamza & Jowita with 39 points for their Charleston and 37 points for their Waltz
Who's left Strictly Come Dancing?
It's always sad to say goodbye to our fabulous Strictly couples after the dreaded dance off. Here's who's gone home so far:
Week 2
Kaye Adams and Matt Goss were in the dance off. Kaye went home.
Week 3 (Movie Week)
Richie Anderson and Fleur East were in the dance off. Richie went home.
Week 4
Matt Goss and Kym Marsh were in the dance off. Matt went home.
Week 5 (BBC 100 Week)
Jayde Adams and Molly Rainford were in the dance off. Jayde went home.
Week 6 (Halloween Week)
James Bye and Fleur East were in the dance off. James went home.
Week 7
Ellie Simmonds and Molly Rainford were in the dance off. Ellie went home.
Week 8
Tony Adams and Tyler West were due to take part in the dance off but, due to an injury, Tony made the decision to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing.
Week 9 (Blackpool Week)
Molly Rainford and Tyler West were in the dance off. Tyler went home.
Week 10
Fleur East and Elle Taylor were in the dance off. Ellie went home.
Week 11 (Musicals Week)
Kym Marsh and Molly Rainford were in the dance off. Kym went home.
Week 12 (Semi-Final)
Will Mellor and Fleur East were in the dance off. Will went home.
Meet the Strictly judges
Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas are back in the ballroom for series 20 and they're very excited.
Theme Weeks & Blackpool
Watch out for a new Strictly theme week in 2022
This year’s series includes viewer favourites, Movie Week, Halloween Week and Musicals Week. Plus, there was a very special new BBC 100 themed week.
Celebrating 100 years of the BBC, the fun-filled new themed episode saw each of the couples take to the Strictly ballroom floor, either dancing to a theme tune from an iconic BBC programme or in tribute to one of the BBC’s most loved services. There were also be two dazzling professional routines, one dedicated to the BBC’s natural history programming and another saw our professional dancers “crashing” some of the BBC’s flagship shows.
And yes - you heard it here first - Strictly Come Dancing will be returning to the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom for Blackpool Week in 2022.
It Takes Two is back
It Takes Two is back on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer with hosts Janette Manrara and Rylan at the helm once again.
Listen to the official Strictly podcast
Joe Sugg and Kim Winston return to BBC Sounds to celebrate Strictly Come Dancing’s 20th series and Strictly Come Dancing: The Official Podcast promises to provide even more access-all-areas content than ever before.
Episodes of Strictly Come Dancing: The Official Podcast are released on Sunday evenings following the Strictly results show.