2013 - Series 11

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eleventh series beginning with a launch show on 7 September 2013, and the live shows beginning on 27 and 28 September 2013. Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to co-present the main show on BBC One, with Claudia Winkleman presenting the results show alongside Daly. Zoe Ball returned as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two.

26*

Competitive shows

10.71*

Av. viewers (m)

15

Couples

140

Total scored dances

4,242

Total points scored

7.58

Av. judge score (10)

30.30*

Av. total score (40)

65

Total 10s awarded

5*

Perfect scores (40)

Abbey & Aljaž

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Abbey & Aljaž	Abbey Clancy	Aljaž Škorjanec	16	8.91	35.63	22	2	570	1st
Ashley & Ola	Ashley Taylor Dawson	Ola Jordan	11	8.14	32.55	0	0	358	6th
Ben & Kristina	Ben Cohen	Kristina Rihanoff	9	6.86	27.44	0	0	247	8th
Dave & Karen	Dave Myers	Karen Hauer	7	4.57	18.29	0	0	128	10th
Deborah & Robin	Deborah Meaden	Robin Windsor	5	6.30	25.20	0	0	126	12th
Fiona & Anton	Fiona Fullerton	Anton du Beke	8	6.53	26.13	0	0	209	9th
Julien & Janette	Julien Macdonald	Janette Manrara	4	5.19	20.75	0	0	83	13th
Mark & Iveta	Mark Benton	Iveta Lukošiūtė	10	6.50	26.00	0	0	260	7th
Natalie & Artem	Natalie Gumede	Artem Chigvintsev	15	9.22	36.87	24	3	553	2nd
Patrick & Anya	Patrick Robinson	Anya Garnis	13	8.15	32.62	5	0	424	5th
Rachel & Pasha	Rachel Riley	Pasha Kovalev	6	6.33	25.33	0	0	152	11th
Sophie & Brendan	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Brendan Cole	15	8.33	33.33	4	0	500	4th
Susanna & Kevin	Susanna Reid	Kevin Clifton	16	8.45	33.81	10	0	541	2nd
Tony & Aliona	Tony Jacklin	Aliona Vilani	2	3.63	14.50	0	0	29	15th
Vanessa & James	Vanessa Feltz	James Jordan	3	5.17	20.67	0	0	62	14th

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
Abbey & Aljaž	Waltz 32	Cha Cha Cha 30	Jive 28	Tango 35	Foxtrot 35	Rumba 34	Charleston 36	Quickstep 37	Paso Doble 32	Salsa 40	Swing-a-thon Viennese Waltz 37	American Smooth 39 Samba 39	Quickstep 38 Showdance 38 Waltz 40
Natalie & Artem	Cha Cha Cha 31	Waltz 34	Rumba 36	Quickstep 35	Samba 35	Viennese Waltz 38	Jive	Charleston 39	Tango 37	American Smooth 36	Swing-a-thon Paso Doble 35	Argentine Tango 38 Salsa 40	American Smooth 40 Showdance 40 Cha Cha Cha 39
Susanna & Kevin	Jive 28	Tango 31	Viennese Waltz 34	Samba 29	American Smooth 32	Charleston 34	Waltz 36	Paso Doble 39	Cha Cha Cha 31	Quickstep 33	Swing-a-thon Argentine Tango 32	Salsa 32 Foxtrot 38	Paso Doble 39 Showdance 36 Quickstep 37
Sophie & Brendan	Waltz 28	Charleston 36	Samba 31	Foxtrot 35	Cha Cha Cha 30	Jive 28	Argentine Tango 32	Quickstep 34	Rumba 31	Viennese Waltz 36	Swing-a-thon Tango 34	American Smooth 36 Paso Doble 35	Showdance 35 Viennese Waltz 39
Patrick & Anya	Jive 28	Tango 27	Foxtrot 27	Cha Cha Cha 33	Salsa 28	Quickstep 34	American Smooth 37	Samba 35	Viennese Waltz 32	Charleston 38	Swing-a-thon Rumba 36	Paso Doble 33 Waltz 36
Ashley & Ola	Cha Cha Cha 25	American Smooth 32	Samba 31	Viennese waltz 31	Jive 31	Tango 33	Quickstep 35	Paso Doble 35	Waltz 35	Rumba 35	Swing-a-thon Salsa 35
Mark & Iveta	Tango 24	Salsa 22	American Smooth 26	Cha Cha Cha 26	Waltz 28	Paso Doble 25	Rumba 23	Jive 29	Foxtrot 28	Samba 29
Ben & Kristina	Cha Cha Cha 19	Waltz 25	Rumba 28	Salsa 31	Quickstep 27	Paso Doble 32	Jive 26	American Smooth 32	Charleston 27
Fiona & Anton	Tango 24	Cha Cha Cha 22	Waltz 28	Rumba 22	Quickstep 30	Charleston 28	Paso Doble 26	American Smooth 29
Dave & Karen	Cha Cha Cha 16	American Smooth 17	Paso Doble 16	Waltz 23	Salsa 17	Jive 19	Tango 20
Rachel & Pasha	Waltz 27	Salsa 20	Cha Cha Cha 27	Quickstep 26	Paso Doble 22	American Smooth 30
Deborah & Robin	Tango 24	Cha Cha Cha 24	Quickstep 28	Jive 23	Viennese Waltz 27
Julien & Janette	Cha Cha Cha 20	Tango 18	Jive 22	Salsa 23
Vanessa & James	Cha Cha Cha 19	Waltz 23	Tango 20
Tony & Aliona	Waltz 16	Charleston 13

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Cha Cha Cha	15	26.13	3	0
Waltz	14	29.36	4	1
Tango	12	27.25	1	0
American Smooth	12	32.17	10	1
Paso Doble	12	30.75	6	0
Quickstep	12	32.83	7	0
Jive	10	26.20	0	0
Salsa	10	28.80	8	2
Charleston	8	31.38	6	0
Rumba	8	30.63	1	0
Viennese Waltz	8	34.25	6	0
Samba	7	32.71	3	0
Foxtrot	5	32.60	2	0
Showdance	4	37.25	6	1
Argentine Tango	3	34.00	2	0

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 11

Presented by	Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman
Judges	Darcey Bussell Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Abbey Clancy
Professional winner	Aljaž Škorjanec

No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	7 September (2013-09-07) (Launch Show) 27 September 2013 (2013-09-27) – 21 December 2013 (2013-12-21)
Series chronology
← Previous Series 10 Next → Series 12

2013 - Series 11 facts and stats

5 pros joined in S11 (Iveta, Anya, Janette, Kevin & Aljaž) and 2 of these (Kevin and Aljaž) made the final with Aljaž becoming the fourth male pro to win on his debut series
The first perfect Salsa danced by a female celebrity was performed in Musicals Week (W10) by Abbey & Aljaž, to ‘You Should be Dancing’ by The Bee Gees from Saturday Night Fever. 2 weeks later, Natalie & Artem perform another perfect Salsa routine to Michael Jackson’s ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Something’
The show was broadcast live from Blackpool in Week 8, with a particularly memorable Paso Doble from Susanna & Kevin; Blackpool becomes a regular Week 8 or 9 fixture from now, with the exception of S18 and 19 during Covid restrictions
In his first Series, Kevin makes the Final with Susanna; he will repeat this achievement for the next 3 Series straight with Frankie, Kellie and Louise but he will have to wait until his fifth Final with Stacey in 2016 before lifting the glitterball. No other pro has reached four Finals on the trot or five in total
In a one-off format change Love Week replaces the previous Hollywood Week in week 3, with couples all performing Love-themed routines

Last updated on July 12 2025