2017 - Series 15

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. Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.

24

Number of shows

11.14*

Av. viewers (m)

15

Couples

142

Total scored dances

4,008

Total points scored

7.21

Av. judge score (10)

28.83*

Av. total score (40)

81

Total 10s awarded

6*

Perfect scores (40)

Joe & Katya

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Alexandra & Gorka	Alexandra Burke	Gorka Màrquez	16	9.13	36.42	32	3	575	2nd
Aston & Janette	Aston Merrygold	Janette Manrara	7	8.04	32.14	2	0	217	10th
Brian & Amy	Brian Conley	Amy Dowden	5	4.95	19.87	0	0	94	12th
Charlotte & Brendan	Charlotte Hawkins	Brendan Cole	4	4.38	17.5	0	0	70	13th
Chizzy & Pasha	Chizzy Akudolu	Pasha Kovalev	2	4.63	18.5	0	0	37	15th
Davood & Nadiya	Davood Ghadami	Nadiya Bychkova	11	7.6	30.39	2	0	327	6th
Debbie & Giovanni	Debbie McGee	Giovanni Pernice	16	8.86	35.44	22	2	558	2nd
Gemma & Aljaž	Gemma Atkinson	Aljaž Škorjanec	16	7.75	31	9	0	488	2nd
Joe & Katya	Joe McFadden	Katya Jones	16	8.43	33.73	14	1	531	1st
Jonnie & Oti	Jonnie Peacock	Oti Mabuse	9	6.4	25.78	0	0	224	8th
Mollie & AJ	Mollie King	AJ Pritchard	13	6.9	27.69	0	0	352	5th
Rev Richard & Diane	Rev Richard Coles	Dianne Buswell	3	4	16	0	0	48	14th
Ruth & Anton	Ruth Langsford	Anton du Beke	8	4.94	19.79	0	0	153	9th
Simon & Karen	Simon Rimmer	Karen Hauer	6	4.61	18.56	0	0	106	11th
Susan & Kevin	Susan Calman	Kevin Clifton	10	5.85	23.33	0	0	228	7th

Couples & progress

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
Joe & Katya	Jive 29	Tango 22	Viennese Waltz 32	Cha Cha Cha 24	Paso Doble 26	Foxtrot 32	Charleston 36	Rumba 33	Salsa 34	Paso Doble-thon Quickstep 38	Samba 37	Argentine Tango 35 American Smooth 35	Charleston 40 Showdance 39 Viennese Waltz 39
Gemma & Aljaž	Cha Cha Cha 20	Waltz 26	Charleston 31	Paso Doble 35	Foxtrot 24	Jive 30	Salsa 26	Viennese Waltz 28	American Smooth 38	Paso Doble-thon Samba 25	Quickstep 29	Tango 32 Rumba 30	American Smooth 39 Showdance 37 Paso Doble 38
Debbie & Giovanni	Paso Doble 30	Viennese Waltz 34	Quickstep 29	Cha Cha Cha 27	Rumba 27	Charleston 39	Tango 40	Salsa 35	Samba 33	Paso Doble-thon Argentine Tango 38	American Smooth 39	Jive 34 Foxtrot 36	Argentine Tango 40 Showdance 38 Salsa 39
Alexandra & Gorka	Waltz 24	Paso Doble 36	American Smooth 33	Jive 39	Samba 23	Tango 35	Cha Cha Cha 39	Argentine Tango 38	Quickstep 39	Paso Doble-thon Rumba 32	Charleston 39	Salsa 40 Viennese Waltz 39	Jive 40 Showdance 39 American Smooth 40
Mollie & AJ	Jive 23	Tango 25	American Smooth 30	Salsa 27	Viennese Waltz 24	Cha Cha Cha 27	Foxtrot 27	Paso Doble 22	Charleston 29	Paso Doble-thon Quickstep 31	Rumba 31	Waltz 32 Samba 24
Davood & Nadiya	Cha Cha Cha 27	Quickstep 27	Samba 25	Viennese Waltz 29	Jive 22	Rumba 25	American Smooth 35	Charleston 38	Paso Doble 35	Paso Doble-thon Waltz 35	Argentine Tango 29
Susan & Kevin	Viennese Waltz 20	Charleston 22	Samba 20	Quickstep 30	Cha Cha Cha 16	Foxtrot 18	Jive 29	Tango 27	Paso Doble 25	Paso Doble-thon American Smooth 21
Jonnie & Oti	Waltz 20	Jive 29	Paso Doble 26	American Smooth 31	Quickstep 24	Cha Cha Cha 20	Salsa 27	Foxtrot 21	Tango 26
Ruth & Anton	Waltz 16	Charleston 20	Rumba 15	Tango 24	Samba 16	Quickstep 22	Paso Doble 22	Foxtrot 18
Aston & Janette	Foxtrot 31	Salsa 32	Cha Cha Cha 35	Quickstep 32	Waltz 24	Paso Doble 38	Viennese Waltz 25
Simon & Karen	Paso Doble 17	Waltz 19	Quickstep 19	Samba 19	Charleston 16	American Smooth 16
Brian & Amy	Tango 16	Cha Cha Cha 19	American Smooth 22	Paso Doble 21	Jive 16
Charlotte & Brendan	Foxtrot 22	Cha Cha Cha 12	Tango 17	Jive 19
Rev & Dianne	Cha Cha Cha 17	American Smooth 17	Paso Doble 14
Chizzy & Pasha	Cha Cha Cha 21	Foxtrot 16

Strictly Come Dancing
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
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2017 - Series 15 facts and stats

Series 15, won by Joe & Katya, is the only Series where 6 couples had an average individual score under 5; these were Brian & Amy (4.95), Ruth & Anton (4.94), Chizzy & Pasha (4.63), Simon & Karen (4.61), Charlotte & Brendan (4.38) and Rev Richard & Dianne (4.0). Of recent Series, it is the lowest scoring because of this group and with an overall series average individual score of 7.21, only 4 Series fare worse on this stat and they are all from the early years (S7, S3, S2 and S1)
Despite being lower-scoring, S15 has the highest average viewing figures (according to Wikipedia) with 11.14 million viewers on average tuning in each week; this makes it the show’s most watched Series ever
Debbie McGee becomes the celebrity with the earliest awarded perfect score when she dances a Tango with Giovanni in Week 7; she’ll retain this record for 3 years until HRVY & Janette dance a perfect Couple’s Choice in Week 6 of S18
Debbie, along with Tasha in S22, are the only two celebrities to achieve 7 tens in the first 7 weeks; Debbie danced a 39-scoring Charleston in Halloween Week, followed by her perfect Tango in Week 7 whilst Tasha earned 3 tens for her Week 4 Charleston, 3 for her Week 7 Couple’s Choice and 1 ten for her Halloween Week Samba
Shirley joins as Head Judge, and awards 27 tens in her first year – this is 2 less than Bruno that year. Her first ten went to Alexandra & Gorka for their W4 Jive, and Shirley went on to award every one of S15’s Final dances a ten, as did Bruno
Winning aged 42 makes Joe the oldest champion since Chris Hollins won in S7 aged 38; 3 years later Bill Bailey will win aged 55, making him the oldest winner and when Chris McCausland won in S22 he took the second spot for this stat as the second oldest winner at 47
Runner-up Alexandra is awarded 32 tens which places her first ranked celebrity on this stat, overtaking Ricky Whittle’s longstanding record of 28 tens from S7 back in 2009. The following year she will have to share this top spot with Ashley Roberts, who receives 32 tens in S16; 6 years later Tasha Ghouri will knock them off the top spot as she picks up 33 tens in S22

Last updated on June 22 2025