No. of episodes 29 Celebrity winner Abbey Clancy Professional winner Aljaž Škorjanec | Original network BBC One Number of episodes 29 Country of origin United Kingdom | |
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Original release 7 September (2013-09-07) (Launch Show)
27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
– 21 December 2013 (2013-12-21) Winners Aljaž Škorjanec, Abbey Clancy | ||
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eleventh series beginning with a launch show on 7 September 2013, with the live shows starting on 27 and 28 September 2013. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly continued to co-present the main show on BBC One, with Claudia Winkleman returning to present the results show alongside Daly. Zoë Ball returned as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell also returned as judges.
Contents
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
- Weekly scores and songs
- Launch show
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3 Love Week
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6 Halloween Week
- Week 7
- Week 8 Blackpool Week
- Week 9
- Week 10 Musicals Week
- Week 11 Quarter Final
- Week 12 Semi Final
- Week 13 Final
- Dance chart
- Ratings
- References
The shows on 5 October, 9 November and 7 December 2013 were hosted by Daly and Winkleman, with Forsyth taking time off. The show was broadcast live from Blackpool Tower Ballroom on 16 November 2013.
The series was won by Abbey Clancy and Aljaž Skorjanec on 21 December 2013. This was also the last series to feature Forsyth as a main host. The series was also notable due to Brendan Cole becoming the first professional dancer to reach three separate finals.
Couples
On 1 June 2013, it was revealed that Flavia Cacace, Vincent Simone and Erin Boag would be leaving the show. They would be replaced by four new professionals, Aljaž Skorjanec, Janette Manrara, Iveta Lukosiute and Emma Slater. However, on 22 August 2013 it was announced that Slater would move to the US version of the show Dancing with the Stars and that she would be replaced by Anya Garnis. It was also confirmed that Kevin Clifton would be joining the show, bringing the total number of couples to fifteen, one more than the fourteen competing in the previous year. On 2 September 2013 it was reported that professional dancer Natalie Lowe had injured her foot and would be replaced by Aliona Vilani who, however, was eliminated first.
The full line up was revealed on The One Show on 2 September 2013. The celebrities did not know their professional partners until they were introduced to each other on the launch show on 7 September 2013.
This was the first time ever in Strictly history where all the celebrities in the final were women.
Scoring chart
indicates the couple eliminated that week indicates the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated indicates the couple withdrew from the competition that week indicates the winning couple indicates the runner-up couple indicates the third-place couple Red text the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week Green text the couple(s) with the highest score for that week "—" indicates the couple(s) did not dance that weekAverage chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-point scale (the extra points from the Swing-a-Thon in week 11 are not included).
Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
The best and worst performances in each dance style according to the judges' 40-points scale are as follows:
Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
Launch show
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3: Love Week
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6: Halloween Week
Week 7
*Natalie fainted during dress rehearsals and therefore she and Artem were unable to perform on the live show, giving the couple a bye for the week.
Week 8: Blackpool Week
Week 9
Week 10: Musicals Week
Week 11: Quarter-Final
Week 12: Semi-Final
Patrick and Anya chose to dance the Waltz in the Dance Off, while Natalie and Artem chose the Argentine Tango.
Week 13: Final
Dance chart
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance Not performed due to illnessRatings
Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB.