Country of origin United Kingdom Original network BBC One Professional winner Aliona Vilani | No. of episodes 30 Celebrity winner Harry Judd | |
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Original release 10 September (2011-09-10) (Launch Show)
30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
– 17 December 2011 (2011-12-17) Winners Harry Judd, Aliona Vilani | ||
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its ninth series on 10 September 2011 with a launch show, with the live shows starting on 30 September and 1 October 2011. The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 19 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need. The final took place at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom and was the first episode in 3D, and was shown on BBC HD and 18 cinemas around the country. As in series 8 there are 14 couples with one new male professional, Pasha Kovalev, replacing Jared Murillo.
Contents
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
- Weekly scores and songs
- Launch show
- Night 1 Friday
- Night 2 Saturday
- Week 2
- Week 3 Broadway Night
- Week 4
- Week 5 Halloween Night
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8 Best of Britain Live At Wembley
- Week 9
- Week 10 Movie Night
- Week 11 Semi Final
- Week 12 Final Blackpool
- Show 1
- Show 2
- Dance chart
- TV Ratings
- References
The Saturday show was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, while the Sunday results show was presented by Daly and Claudia Winkleman. Former contestant Zoë Ball replaced Winkleman as the regular presenter of the spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two due to Winkleman's family commitments. On 5 and 6 November Jennifer Grey, the winner of the eleventh series of Dancing with the Stars, the American version of 'Strictly', was a guest judge, replacing Len Goodman while he had a week off. In Goodman's absence, Craig Revel Horwood was head Judge.
The full lineup of celebrities was revealed on 6 September 2011 on The One Show. As in the previous series, the celebrities did not know who would be their professional partner until they were introduced to each other at the Launch Show. McFly drummer Harry Judd and Aliona Vilani won the show on 17 December 2011. Vilani also became the third female professional to reach two consecutive finals, after Lilia Kopylova and Erin Boag, having come second with Matt Baker in 2010.
This was Alesha Dixon's last series as a judge after three years, which the BBC announced on 2 January 2012, where she left the show as a judge for rival show, Britain's Got Talent. She was replaced by series 7 judge Darcey Bussell for the tenth series.
Average chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale (the scores for the Swing-a-Thon in Week 9 have not been included)
Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Rory Bremner and Holly Valance are the only celebrities not to land on this list.
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, Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli.
Launch show
Night 1 – Friday
Night 2 – Saturday
Week 2
Week 3: Broadway Night
Week 4
Week 5: Halloween Night
Week 6
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Jennifer Grey, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 7
* Due to an injury in his back, Artem missed out this week and Brendan stepped in to partner Holly. However, Artem still choreographed their routine.
Week 8: Best of Britain-Live At Wembley
This week's show was broadcast live from Wembley Arena.
Week 9
*Due to injury, Robin was unable to dance this week, and Anita danced with Brendan instead.
Week 10: Movie Night
Week 11: Semi-Final
Week 12: Final (Blackpool)
Show 1
Show 2
Dance chart
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring danceTV Ratings
Weekly ratings for each show on BBC1. Figures exclude the BBC HD Channel. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB