2022 - Series 20

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its twentieth series with a launch show on 23 September 2022 on BBC One, with live shows beginning the following day on 24 September. The launch show was originally scheduled to be broadcast on 17 September, but was postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Rylan Clark and Janette Manrara returned to host Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.

24*

Competitive shows

9.09*

Av. viewers (m)

15

Couples

141

Total scored dances

4,433

Total points scored

7.86

Av. judge score (10)

31.44*

Av. total score (40)

98

Total 10s awarded

5*

Perfect scores (40)

Hamza & Jowita

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Ellie & Nikita	Ellie Simmonds	Nikita Kuzmin	7	7.32	29.29	0	0	205	10th
Ellie & Johannes	Ellie Taylor	Johannes Radebe	10	6.88	27.50	0	0	275	7th
Fleur & Vito	Fleur East	Vito Coppola	16	8.88	35.50	26	3	568	2nd
Hamza & Jowita	Hamza Yassin	Jowita Przystał	16	8.84	35.38	24	1	566	1st
Helen & Gorka	Helen Skelton	Gorka Màrquez	16	8.50	34.00	18	1	544	2nd
James & Amy	James Bye	Amy Dowden	6	6.38	25.50	0	0	153	11th
Jayde & Karen	Jayde Adams	Karen Hauer	5	6.85	27.40	0	0	137	12th
Kaye & Kai	Kaye Adams	Kai Widdrington	2	5.38	21.50	0	0	43	15th
Kym & Graziano	Kym Marsh	Graziano Di Prima	10	7.78	31.10	1	0	311	6th
Matt & Nadiya	Matt Goss	Nadiya Bychkova	4	5.19	20.75	0	0	83	13th
Molly & Carlos	Molly Rainford	Carlos Gu	16	8.86	35.44	15	0	567	2nd
Richie & Giovanni	Richie Anderson	Giovanni Pernice	3	6.83	27.33	0	0	82	14th
Tony & Katya	Tony Adams	Katya Jones	8	5.50	22.00	0	0	176	9th
Tyler & Diane	Tyler West	Dianne Buswell	9	8.06	32.22	5	0	290	8th
Will & Nancy	Will Mellor	Nancy Xu	13	8.33	33.31	9	0	433	5th

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
Hamza & Jowita	Foxtrot 34	Jive 24	Rumba 25	Salsa 39	Quickstep 35	Tango 33	Cha Cha Cha 38	Couple’s Choice 38	American Smooth 38	Argentine Tango 37	Samba 36	Waltz 37 Charleston 39	Couple’s Choice 40 Showdance 34 Salsa 39
Helen & Gorka	American Smooth 26	Cha Cha Cha 27	Viennese Waltz 31	Paso Doble 29	Charleston 35	Foxtrot 32	Jive 37	Salsa 32	Quickstep 39	Samba 29	Couple’s Choice 39	Argentine Tango 37 Waltz 35	Couple’s Choice 40 Showdance 37 Jive 39
Fleur & Vito	Cha Cha Cha 29	Viennese Waltz 28	American Smooth 29	Argentine Tango 38	Jive 32	Salsa 32	Waltz 35	Samba 39	Couple’s Choice 40	Rumba 35	Quickstep 38	Charleston 39 Paso Doble 35	Couple’s Choice 40 Showdance 39 Samba 40
Molly & Carlos	Samba 31	Quickstep 34	Waltz 34	Cha Cha Cha 35	Couple’s Choice 30	Argentine Tango 33	Foxtrot 35	Rumba 37	Jive 35	Tango 35	Charleston 38	Paso Doble 39 American Smooth 36	Rumba 39 Showdance 37 Quickstep 39
Will & Nancy	Jive 34	Salsa 26	American Smooth 33	Rumba 23	Viennese Waltz 32	Cha Cha Cha 32	Quickstep 33	Waltz 38	Samba 35	Charleston 38	Foxtrot 39	Couple’s Choice 38 Paso Doble 32
Kym & Graziano	Jive 23	Viennese Waltz 27	Charleston 33	Samba 32	Quickstep 27	Rumba 34	Argentine Tango 37	American Smooth 31	Paso Doble 33	Did Not Dance	Cha Cha Cha 34
Ellie & Johannes	Quickstep 28	Paso Doble 23	Cha Cha Cha 21	Viennese Waltz 30	Tango 29	Couple’s Choice 35	Rumba 22	Charleston 31	American Smooth 31	Jive 25
Tyler & Dianne	American Smooth 22	Jive 31	Charleston 38	Couple’s Choice 37	Tango 32	Cha Cha Cha 35	Viennese Waltz 29	Paso Doble 31	Salsa 35
Tony & Katya	Tango 15	Charleston 22	Samba 18	American Smooth 26	Cha Cha Cha 19	Quickstep 31	Salsa 21	Jive 24
Ellie & Nikita	Cha Cha Cha 26	Waltz 30	Quickstep 27	Salsa 30	Paso Doble 30	Foxtrot 29	Charleston 33
James & Amy	Jive 22	Tango 24	Cha Cha Cha 22	Quickstep 32	Foxtrot 26	Charleston 27
Jayde & Karen	Samba 23	Tango 26	Cha Cha Cha 29	American Smooth 31	Charleston 28
Matt & Nadiya	Quickstep 20	Samba 22	Viennese Waltz 21	Jive 20
Richie & Giovanni	Cha Cha Cha 23	Quickstep 32	Samba 27
Kaye & Kai	Tango 21	Charleston 22

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Cha Cha Cha	13	28.46	4	0
Quickstep	13	31.92	8	0
Charleston	13	32.54	12	0
Jive	12	28.83	4	0
Samba	11	30.18	7	1
American Smooth	10	30.30	3	0
Couple's Choice	10	37.70	26	4
Tango	8	26.88	0	0
Paso Doble	8	31.50	4	0
Salsa	8	31.75	6	0
Viennese Waltz	7	28.29	0	0
Rumba	7	30.71	4	0
Foxtrot	6	32.50	3	0
Waltz	6	34.83	3	0
Argentine Tango	5	36.40	7	0
Showdance	4	36.75	7	-

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 20

Presented by	Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman
Judges	Shirley Ballas Anton Du Beke Motsi Mabuse Craig Revel Horwood
Celebrity winner	Hamza Yassin
Professional winner	Jowita Przystał

No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	23 September (2022-09-23) – 17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)
Series chronology
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2022 - Series 20 facts and stats

S20 is the joint highest scoring Series in terms of highest average judge score (7.86) and second highest in terms of average total score (31.44); it also saw the second highest number of 10s awarded ever (98), beaten only by S22 (104 tens)
7 celebrities received at least one 10 for the first time in this Series (Kym, Tyler, Will, Molly, Helen, Hamza and Fleur); this has since been matched in S22 where Pete, Jamie, Montell, Chris, Sarah, JB and Tasha all received at least one perfect paddle
The traditional Series format (S13 onwards) is wholly restored with Movie Week in W3, Halloween Week in W6, Blackpool in W9 and Musicals Week for the Quarter-Final (W11). An additional special (BBC 100) in honour of the BBC’s 100th birthday is held in W5 where couples danced to iconic BBC theme tunes
33 of the 98 tens are awarded by Anton, more than the other judges (Motsi – 32, Shirley – 28 and Craig – 5), however it is not a record for Anton who goes on to give out 34 tens in S22, the highest number by one judge in a Series (and matched by Bruno during S16)
Hamza & Jowita win, making Jowita the fifth pro to win on her first attempt (she had joined in 2021 but did not have a partner that year); others who achieved this are Brendan, Darren, Aljaž and Artem
Aljaž and Oti don’t return for S20, but the pros are joined by Vito, Carlos, Lauren and Michelle; neither female pro receives a partner, but Carlos and Vito do and both reach the Final in their first ever Series
Fleur & Vito achieve significant milestones; their Couple’s Choice routine to a ‘Destiny’s Child’ mix becomes the fifth ‘double-40’ dance and in the Final she becomes the first female celebrity to dance a perfect Samba
3 of the 4 Finalists perform their Couple’s Choice routine, and all score 40. This is the only time three couples have performed the same style and each received a perfect score in a single show. With the exception of the Showdance, it is also only the 2nd time ever that 3 couples perform the same routine in a Final. The first was back in 2008 when all 3 couples danced a Foxtrot (S6)
Hamza & Jowita’s 34-scoring Showdance is the lowest score awarded to a winning couple for this style, contributing to a lower Series average this year for Showdances (36.75) than Couple’s Choice dances (37.70)

Last updated on July 12 2025