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.

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26

Number of 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 26.5 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 22.6 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 26.2 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 22.5 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
Tango  27 
Cha Cha Cha  27 
Jive  39 
Waltz  36 
Charleston  32 
Salsa  34 
Rumba  35 
Paso Doble  36 
Foxtrot  36 
Quickstep  38 
Jive  40 
Showdance  40 
Cha Cha Cha  31 
Paso Doble  36 
Quickstep  36 
Rumba  35 
Foxtrot  30 
Jive  38 
Charleston  40 
Samba  40 
Tango  38 
Salsa  37 
Samba  40 
Showdance  40 
Quickstep  36 
Jive  31 
Cha Cha Cha  31 
Foxtrot  33 
Rumba  33 
Charleston  35 
Paso Doble  38 
Waltz  39 
Quickstep  37 
Samba  36 
Tango  37 
Showdance  38 
Cha Cha Cha  38 
Cha Cha Cha  26 
Waltz  30 
Charleston  36 
Foxtrot  30 
Samba  32 
Paso Doble  33 
Jive  36 
Salsa  37 
Quickstep  38 
Rumba  35 
Cha Cha Cha  25 
Charleston  27 
Jive  29 
Paso Doble  32 
Quickstep  33 
Foxtrot  33 
Salsa  33 
Rumba  29 
Samba  31 
Waltz  21 
Charleston  23 
Samba  24 
Paso Doble  16 
Cha Cha Cha  26 
Quickstep  27 
Salsa  25 
Jive  23 
Tango  23 
Jive  27 
Tango  26 
Salsa  28 
Cha Cha Cha  24 
Rumba  26 
Paso Doble  31 
Quickstep  32 
Waltz  32 
Cha Cha Cha  30 
Quickstep  31 
Rumba  31 
Charleston  32 
Paso Doble  33 
Salsa  31 
Cha Cha Cha  25 
Waltz  32 
Salsa  30 
Quickstep  33 
Tango  36 
Samba  32 
Cha Cha Cha  28 
Salsa  22 
Rumba  27 
Jive  25 
Quickstep  30 
Waltz  23 
Cha Cha Cha  26 
Quickstep  27 
Charleston  31 
Tango  24 
Waltz  23 
Cha Cha Cha  23 
Tango  25 
Charleston  24 
Paso Doble  26 
Charleston  29 
Tango  28 
Tango  30 
Jive  27 
Salsa  31 
Cha Cha Cha  22 
Tango  23 

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 14
Presented byTess Daly
Claudia Winkleman
JudgesDarcey Bussell
Len Goodman
Craig Revel Horwood
Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winnerOre Oduba
Professional winnerJoanne Clifton
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release3 September (2016-09-03) 
17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
Series chronology
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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, and 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 😢
Last updated on June 18 2025