2016 - Series 14

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fourteenth series with a launch show on 3 September on BBC One, while the live shows began on 23 September 2016. 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, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.

26*

Competitive shows

10.96*

Av. viewers (m)

16

Couples

128

Total scored dances

4,025

Total points scored

7.86

Av. judge score (10)

31.45*

Av. total score (40)

72

Total 10s awarded

7*

Perfect scores (40)

Ore & Joanne

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Anastacia & Brendan	Anastacia	Brendan Cole Gorka Màrquez	6	6.63	26.50	0	0	159	10th
Claudia & AJ	Claudia Fragapane	AJ Pritchard	13	8.48	33.92	3	0	441	4th
Daisy & Aljaž	Daisy Lowe	Aljaž Škorjanec	8	7.94	31.75	0	0	254	8th
Danny & Oti	Danny Mac	Oti Mabuse	16	9.16	36.63	26	4	586	2nd
Ed & Katya	Ed Balls	Katya Jones	10	5.65	22.60	0	0	226	6th
Greg & Natalie	Greg Rutherford	Natalie Lowe	9	7.17	28.67	0	0	258	7th
Judge Rinder & Oksana	Judge Rinder	Oksana Platero	11	7.41	29.64	0	0	326	5th
Laura & Giovanni	Laura Whitmore	Giovanni Pernice	6	7.83	31.33	0	0	188	9th
Lesley & Anton	Lesley Joseph	Anton du Beke	5	6.55	26.20	0	0	131	11th
Louise & Kevin	Louise Redknapp	Kevin Clifton	16	8.97	35.88	19	1	574	2nd
Melvin & Janette	Melvin Odoom	Janette Manrara	2	5.63	22.50	0	0	45	15th
Naga & Pasha	Naga Munchetty	Pasha Kovalev	4	5.94	23.75	0	0	95	12th
Ore & Joanne	Ore Oduba	Joanne Clifton	16	8.92	35.69	24	2	571	1st
Tameka & Gorka	Tameka Empson	Gorka Màrquez	3	6.92	27.67	0	0	83	14th
Will & Karen	Will Young	Karen Hauer	3	7.33	29.33	0	0	88	13th

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
Ore & Joanne	Tango 27	Cha Cha Cha 27	American Smooth 35	Jive 39	Waltz 36	Charleston 32	Salsa 34	Rumba 35	Viennese Waltz 38	Cha Cha Challenge Paso Doble 36	Foxtrot 36	Argentine Tango 39 Quickstep 38	Jive 40 Showdance 40 American Smooth 39
Danny & Oti	Cha Cha Cha 31	Viennese Waltz 32	Paso Doble 36	Quickstep 36	Rumba 35	Foxtrot 30	Jive 38	Argentine Tango 38	Charleston 40	Cha Cha Challenge Samba 40	Tango 38	American Smooth 39 Salsa 37	Samba 40 Showdance 40 Quickstep 36
Louise & Kevin	Jive 31	Viennese Waltz 32	Cha Cha Cha 31	Foxtrot 33	Rumba 33	Charleston 35	Argentine Tango 39	American Smooth 37	Paso Doble 38	Cha Cha Challenge Waltz 39	Quickstep 37	Samba 36 Tango 37	Argentine Tango 40 Showdance 38 Cha Cha Cha 38
Claudia & AJ	Cha Cha Cha 26	Waltz 30	Charleston 36	Foxtrot 30	Samba 32	American Smooth 36	Paso Doble 33	Viennese Waltz 36	Jive 36	Cha Cha Challenge Argentine Tango 36	Salsa 37	Quickstep 38 Rumba 35
Judge & Oksana	Cha Cha Cha 25	American Smooth 27	Charleston 27	Viennese Waltz 27	Jive 29	Paso Doble 32	Quickstep 33	Foxtrot 33	Salsa 33	Cha Cha Challenge Rumba 29	Samba 31
Ed & Katya	Waltz 21	Charleston 23	Samba 24	Paso Doble 16	American Smooth 18	Cha Cha Cha 26	Quickstep 27	Salsa 25	Jive 23	Cha Cha Challenge Tango 23
Greg & Natalie	Jive 27	Tango 26	American Smooth 32	Salsa 28	Cha Cha Cha 24	Rumba 26	Viennese Waltz 32	Paso Doble 31	Quickstep 32
Daisy & Aljaž	Waltz 32	Cha Cha Cha 30	Quickstep 31	Rumba 31	Charleston 32	Paso Doble 33	Viennese Waltz 34	Salsa 31
Laura & Giovanni	Cha Cha Cha 25	Waltz 32	Salsa 30	Quickstep 33	Jive	Tango 36	Samba 32
Anastacia & Brendan	Cha Cha Cha 28	Salsa 22	Viennese Waltz 27	Rumba 27		Jive 25
Anastacia & Gorka					Quickstep 30
Lesley & Anton	Waltz 23	Cha Cha Cha 26	Quickstep 27	Charleston 31	Tango 24
Naga & Pasha	Waltz 23	Cha Cha Cha 23	Tango 25	Charleston 24
Tameka & Gorka	Paso Doble 26	Charleston 29	Tango 28
Will & Karen	Tango 30	Jive 27	Salsa 31
Melvin & Janette	Cha Cha Cha 22	Tango 23

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Cha Cha Cha	14	27.29	2	0
Quickstep	12	33.17	6	0
Tango	11	28.82	3	0
Jive	10	31.50	9	1
Charleston	10	30.90	4	1
Salsa	10	30.80	2	0
Paso Doble	9	31.22	3	0
Waltz	8	29.50	3	0
Viennese Waltz	8	32.25	3	0
American Smooth	8	32.88	7	0
Rumba	8	31.38	0	0
Samba	7	33.57	8	2
Foxtrot	5	32.40	0	0
Argentine Tango	5	38.40	12	1
Showdance	3	39.33	10	2

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 14

Presented by	Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman
Judges	Darcey Bussell Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Ore Oduba
Professional winner	Joanne Clifton

No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	3 September (2016-09-03) – 17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
Series chronology
← Previous Series 13 Next → Series 15

2016 - Series 14 facts and stats

It’s official – S14 just pips every other year in terms of the highest average total score (31.45), and is also joint first for the highest average judge score (7.86, joint with S20) – so in terms of average scores it’s currently the best Series ever (though it’s not top for 10s or perfect scores)
S14 owes this high average dance score to the fact that all 3 finalists (Ore, Louise and Danny) are in the Top 20 rankings for celebrities with the highest average total score; in no other Series, do all the Finalists make this Top 20 list
39 awarded to Ore & Joanne for their Week 4 Jive is the highest score awarded to a Week 4 dance in 13 years, but in following years it is matched as a W4 score by Alexandra & Gorka (S15), Hamza & Jowita (S20) and Tasha & Aljaž (S22). In the Final, Ore & Joanne go on to score 40 for this dance – the first perfect Jive since Jill & Darren all the way back in S2 (2004)
Runner-up Danny Mac has the 5th highest average individual judge score of all celebrities (9.16); the only male celebrity with a higher individual average score is Layton Williams (9.19)
Newcomer pro, AJ makes it to the Semi-Final but loses out with Claudia in the dance-off to Danny & Oti; this will be his fate for the next two Series (15 & 16) where he will go home after a Semi-Final dance-off in which all the judges vote unanimously to save the other couple
Danny & Oti achieve the first 40 for a Samba in W10 dancing to ‘Magalenha’, and repeat the feat to achieve a double-40 dance when they redance it in the Series Final; this was the 3rd double-40 routine in Strictly history after Rachel & Vincent in S6 and Pamela & James in S8. Danny was the first male celebrity to achieve this; the only other male celebrity with a double-40 dance is Karim Zeroual’s S17 Jive with Amy
Politician Ed Balls follows in the footsteps of predecessors, Ann Widdecombe (S8) and Edwina Currie (S9) who swapped the halls of Westminster for the dance floor; he was the first male politician to take part in the main show, and none of us will ever forget his Week 8 Salsa to Gangnam Style
Sadly, this would be Len’s last Series as Head Judge; he left the show having judged 1570 competitive couple dances over 13 years and is still very much missed 😢

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