Strictly Come Dancing series 15
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Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fifteenth series in 2017 with a launch show on 9 September on BBC One, and live shows starting on 23 September. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoe Ball returned to host Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two.
Strictly Come Dancing | |
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Series 15 | |
Presented by | Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman |
Judges | Shirley Ballas Darcey Bussell Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli |
Celebrity winner | Joe McFadden |
Professional winner | Katya Jones |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 9 September (2017-09-09) – 16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) |
Series chronology | |
Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges. On 9 May 2017, it was announced that Len Goodman, who had retired from the show at the end of the previous series, would be replaced by Shirley Ballas.[1] Tonioli missed the week 5 episode due to a scheduling conflict, but was not replaced by a guest judge.[2]
Holby City actor Joe McFadden and Katya Jones were announced as the winners on 16 December; while Gemma Atkinson and Aljaž Škorjanec, Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice, and Alexandra Burke and Gorka Márquez were the runners-up.