2015 - Series 13

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its thirteenth series on BBC One with a launch show on 5 September 2015, and the live shows beginning on 25 September 2015. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the launch show and the live shows while Zoe Ball returned to present Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges.

26*

Competitive shows

10.63*

Av. viewers (m)

15

Couples

141

Total scored dances

4,075

Total points scored

7.23

Av. judge score (10)

28.90*

Av. total score (40)

42

Total 10s awarded

3*

Perfect scores (40)

Jay & Aliona

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Ainsley & Natalie	Ainsley Harriott	Natalie Lowe	5	5.65	22.60	0	0	113	12th
Anita & Gleb	Anita Rani	Gleb Savchenko	13	7.69	30.77	1	0	400	5th
Anthony & Oti	Anthony Ogogo	Oti Mabuse	3	4.92	19.67	0	0	59	14th
Carol & Pasha	Carol Kirkwood	Pasha Kovalev	7	4.50	18.00	0	0	126	10th
Daniel & Kristina	Daniel O'Donnell	Kristina Rihanoff	4	5.69	22.75	0	0	91	13th
Georgia & Giovanni	Georgia May Foote	Giovanni Pernice	16	8.44	33.75	11	1	540	2nd
Helen & Aljaž	Helen George	Aljaž Škorjanec	11	8.25	33.00	3	0	363	6th
Iwan & Ola	Iwan Thomas	Ola Jordan	2	3.75	15.00	0	0	30	15th
Jamelia & Tristan	Jamelia	Tristan MacManus	9	6.56	26.22	0	0	236	8th
Jay & Aliona	Jay McGuiness	Aliona Vilani	16	8.52	34.06	10	0	545	1st
Jeremy & Karen	Jeremy Vine	Karen Hauer	8	5.06	20.25	0	0	162	9th
Katie & Anton	Katie Derham	Anton du Beke	15	7.10	28.40	0	0	426	4th
Kellie & Kevin	Kellie Bright	Kevin Clifton	16	8.52	34.06	15	2	545	2nd
Kirsty & Brendan	Kirsty Gallacher	Brendan Cole	6	5.42	21.67	0	0	130	11th
Peter & Janette	Peter Andre	Janette Manrara	10	7.73	30.90	2	0	309	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
Jay & Aliona	Cha Cha Cha 27	Waltz 31	Jive 37	Quickstep 25	Paso Doble 33	American Smooth 34	Argentine Tango 34	Foxtrot 30	Salsa 36	Quickstep-a-thon Tango 38	Rumba 39	Charleston 37 Viennese Waltz 34	Paso Doble 39 Showdance 35 Quickstep 36
Georgia & Giovanni	Jive 27	Waltz 25	Rumba 27	Quickstep 31	Salsa 31	Tango 35	Samba 35	Charleston 39	American Smooth 38	Quickstep-a-thon Paso Doble 33	Foxtrot 36	Viennese Waltz 38 Cha Cha Cha 33	Charleston 40 Showdance 36 Rumba 36
Kellie & Kevin	Tango 27	Cha Cha Cha 27	Charleston 32	Foxtrot 32	Jive 35	Paso Doble 28	Waltz 32	Samba 33	Quickstep 37	Quickstep-a-thon Salsa 34	Viennese Waltz 36	American Smooth 39 Rumba 34	Charleston 39 Showdance 40 Tango 40
Katie & Anton	Jive 26	Tango 28	Cha Cha Cha 20	Viennese Waltz 33	Salsa 21	Paso Doble 21	Quickstep 26	Rumba 31	American Smooth 35	Quickstep-a-thon Argentine Tango 32	Foxtrot 35	Waltz 31 Charleston 25	Showdance 31 Quickstep 31
Anita & Gleb	Cha Cha Cha 27	Charleston 27	American Smooth 29	Samba 27	Tango 32	Waltz 29	Jive 34	Quickstep 32	Paso Doble 37	Quickstep-a-thon Rumba 31	Argentine Tango 31	Salsa 32 Foxtrot 32
Helen & Aljaž	Waltz 29	Cha Cha Cha 29	Foxtrot 32	Salsa 32	Quickstep 35	Samba 34	Rumba 31	Tango 34	Charleston 34	Quickstep-a-thon Viennese Waltz 39	Paso Doble 34
Peter & Janette	Cha Cha Cha 30	Quickstep 30	Paso Doble 28	Tango 32	Rumba 29	Foxtrot 28	Charleston 38	Viennese Waltz 34	Jive 29	Quickstep-a-thon American Smooth 31
Jamelia & Tristan	Waltz 21	Cha Cha Cha 21	Salsa 25	Charleston 32	Foxtrot 26	Jive 26	Viennese Waltz 28	Samba 26	Quickstep 31
Jeremy & Karen	Cha Cha Cha 19	American Smooth 17	Charleston 24	Jive 20	Waltz 18	Salsa 22	Tango 21	Quickstep 21
Carol & Pasha	Cha Cha Cha 16	Foxtrot 20	Quickstep 17	Paso Doble 22	Viennese Waltz 21	Rumba 13	American Smooth 17
Kirsty & Brendan	Waltz 20	Salsa 20	American Smooth 23	Paso Doble 21	Viennese Waltz 29	Charleston 17
Ainsley & Natalie	Tango 20	Salsa 26	Cha Cha Cha 20	Waltz 26	Jive 21
Daniel & Kristina	Waltz 24	Charleston 23	Cha Cha Cha 21	American Smooth 23
Anthony & Oti	Jive 21	Waltz 19	Paso Doble 19
Iwan & Ola	Tango 17	Cha Cha Cha 13

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Cha Cha Cha	13	23.31	0	0
Charleston	13	31.31	13	1
Waltz	12	25.42	0	0
Quickstep	12	29.33	1	0
Tango	11	29.45	6	1
Paso Doble	11	28.64	4	0
Jive	10	27.60	1	0
Salsa	10	27.90	0	0
American Smooth	10	28.60	5	0
Foxtrot	9	30.11	0	0
Rumba	9	30.11	3	0
Viennese Waltz	9	32.44	5	0
Samba	5	31.00	0	0
Showdance	4	35.50	4	1
Argentine Tango	3	32.33	0	0

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 13

Presented by	Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman
Judges	Darcey Bussell Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Jay McGuiness
Professional winner	Aliona Vilani

No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	5 September (2015-09-05) – 19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)
Series chronology
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2015 - Series 13 facts and stats

42 tens awarded across 141 dances makes S13 one of the lowest scoring and its 3 perfect routines place it joint 16th on this stat, with just five series with fewer and every Series since including at least 5 perfect performances
Nonetheless, setting scores aside S13 includes possibly the most memorable dance in Strictly history, and certainly the coolest; Jay & Aliona’s W3 Pulp Fiction Jive (which scored 37 and topped the Movie Week leaderboard) has had 8.3 million YouTube plays and is cited by many fans as the best dance the show has ever seen
Jay & Aliona’s Jive – which only Bruno awarded a ten – remained the highest scoring Movie Week dance until Kelvin & Oti’s Mary Poppins’ Charleston in S17 scored 38 and the current record holder is John & Johannes’ Pirates of the Caribbean Paso Doble in S19 which scored 39
S13 sees the arrival of 3 new pro dancers, including two future champions: Giovanni, Gleb and Oti
Giovanni’s reign as the King of Halloween begins in his first series; he tops the leaderboard with Georgia dancing a Ghostbusters-themed Tango (35), and will top the spooky spectacle for the following four years straight, a dominance interrupted in S18 when the special was omitted, only to be resumed in S19 when he topped again with Rose, achieving the joint earliest Strictly perfect score in Week 6 (matching HRVY & Janette’s in S18)
Jamelia & Tristan endure five dance-offs, the most by any couple ever; they survive four but are eliminated in W9 after dancing a Quickstep at Blackpool, losing out to Peter & Janette
Thankfully, S13 sees the show’s format finally settle into the regular theme week pattern still currently used: with Movie Week in Week 3, Halloween Week in Week 6, Blackpool in Week 8 or 9, and Musicals Week held at the Quarter-Final stage

Last updated on July 12 2025