Strictly Come Dancing

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18x1
Launch Show
Episode overview
This year's contestants make their grand entrance into the famous Strictly ballroom for the very first time, and we find out which professionals they will be paired with.
18x2
Week 1
Episode overview
The 12 celebrity and professional dancer pairings take to the dancefloor for their debut performances.
18x3
Week 2
Episode overview
The competition gets into gear as the couples compete for viewers' votes for the first time. Anyone whose performance is not up to scratch may face the dreaded dance-off.
18x4
Week 2 Results
Episode overview
The couples face elimination for the first time. Which two must brave the dreaded dance-off, and who will be going home? With a performance from pop superstar Sam Smith.
18x5
Week 3
Episode overview
Lights, camera, glamour! It’s movie week, so prepare to be shaken and stirred by an all-action James Bond opening performance from our Strictly professionals, before we roll the red carpet out for our Strictly stars.
18x6
Week 3 Results
Episode overview
Featuring a musical performance by the Kanneh-Masons and a very special Remembrance Day performance from our Strictly professionals in tribute to Dame Vera Lynn.
18x7
Week 4
Episode overview
Nine celebrity couples remain in the race to be crowned Strictly champion. They take to the floor in another bid to impress judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke.
18x8
Week 4 Results
Episode overview
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman reveal which two couple will face this week's dance-off. With a musical performance by The Vamps.
18x9
Week 5
Episode overview
In what would have been Blackpool week, the eight remaining celebrities and their partners try once again to impress the judges with their latest routines.
18x10
Week 5 Results
Episode overview
Tess and Claudia put another two couples through a tense dance-off. Featuring a musical performance from Billy Ocean and a dance debrief from Bruno in LA.
18x11
Week 6
Episode overview
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman introduce the latest round of dances as the battle in the ballroom intensifies. Place in next week’s musicals special are up for grabs.
18x12
Week 6 Results
Episode overview
Another two couples face a tense dance-off as they try to make it through to next week's musicals special. Featuring a special performance by pop superstar Gary Barlow.
18x13
Week 7
Episode overview
This year's musicals special opens with a Priscilla-themed routine before the six remaining couples attempt new routines based on some of the most popular musicals of all time.
18x14
Week 7 Results
Episode overview
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman reveal the two couples who must face each other in the dreaded dance-off, and there’s a performance of Climb Ev’ry Mountain by musical theatre star Marisha Wallace.
18x15
Week 8
Episode overview
In the series semi-final, the five remaining Strictly couples each perform two routines, as they hope the judges and viewers will grant them a place in the grand final.
18x16
Week 8 Results
Episode overview
Tess and Claudia reveal which couples have made it through to the grand final. Featuring a guest performance by Little Mix.
18x17
The Final
Episode overview
After nine sensational weeks of sparkle, glamour and show-stopping performances, the remaining four couples take to television’s most prestigious dance floor for the final time.

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