The seventeenth season of ''

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'' premiered on 9 February 2020.

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and

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returned to co-host the season while

Craig Revel Horwood Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965) is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor, theatre director, and former drag queen in the United Kingdom. He is also a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Horwood is best k ...

Sharna Burgess Sharna May Burgess (born 21 June 1985) is an Australian ballroom dancer who is best known for being a professional partner and troupe member on the ABC series ''Dancing with the Stars''. She is the winner of season 27 of American television sh ...

and

Tristan MacManus Tristan MacManus (born 23 July 1982) is an Irish dancer and television presenter. He best known for his professional appearances on ''Dancing with the Stars'', ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and '' Dancing with the Stars Australia''. In 2017, he wen ...

returned to the judging panel. Due to the

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, the Grand Final was broadcast on 29 March 2020, one week earlier than planned.

Couples

The full cast was announced on 14 January 2020. Professionals Marco De Angelis, Jeremy Garner, Joshua Keeffe and Siobhan Power did not return. They were replaced by Julian Caillon, Shae Mountain and Violeta Mugica with the number of partnerships reduced from 11 to 10 this season.

Scoring chart

: indicate the lowest score for each week : indicate the highest score for each week : the couple in the bottom two and lost the face-off, resulting in their elimination : the couple in the bottom two and won the face-off, resulting in the competition : the couple earned immunity, and could not be eliminated : the winning couple : the runner-up couple : the third-place couple : the fourth-place couple

Averages

The extra points from the Disco Marathon in Week 5 and scores by guest judge

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during the individual round of week 6 are excluded. *Team dance scores from Week 4 are included in these totals, but dance marathon scores from Week 5 are not.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows (guest judges scores are excluded): *

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a 30-point maximum (team dances and guest judges scores are excluded): *

Weekly scores

''Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right:

.''

Week 1

''Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right:

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, Sharna Burgess, Tristan MacManus'' The couples performed a

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foxtrot The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is in a tim ...

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

Viennese waltz Viennese waltz (german: Wiener Walzer) is a genre of ballroom dance. At least four different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in b ...

. They were guest judged by

, who replaced

for the first episode while he was in The O₂ Arena in

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for the final Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour! show of 2020. ;Running order

Week 2

The couples performed one unlearned routine.

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and

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were introduced. ;Running order Judges' votes to save * Burgess: Ed & Jorja * MacManus: Ed & Jorja * Horwood: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Ed & Jorja''

Week 3: My Most Memorable Year

The couples performed one unlearned dance to celebrate the most memorable year of their lives.

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samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...

quickstep The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal a ...

waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ...

, jive and

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were introduced. ;Running order Judges' votes to save * Burgess: Travis & Violeta * MacManus: Angie & Julian * Horwood: Travis & Violeta

Week 4: Latin Night

The couples performed one unlearned and team Latin routine.

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was introduced. ;Running order Judges' votes to save * Burgess: Chloe & Gustavo * MacManus: Chloe & Gustavo * Horwood: ''Did not vote''

Week 5: Back to school

The couples performed one unlearned dance and a disco marathon. The two couples with the lowest scores participated in an elimination dance-off where the judges chose who would be eliminated. ;Running order ;Disco marathon dance-off In the

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marathon dance-off, the couples danced together. The couples were awarded points depending on when they were voted out by the judges. The first voted out won four points while the winner received ten points, with couples placing indicating the number of points added to their score. Judges' votes to save * Burgess: Dami & Shae * MacManus: Travis & Violeta * Horwood: Dami & Shae

Week 6: Judges' Team Face Off

''Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Sharna Burgess,

, Tristan MacManus'' The couples performed one unlearned dance and also had to perform a team-up dance with another couple and one of the three judges. The judges choreographed and designed their team's dance and performed with them on the night, while the two non-performing judges and guest judge, former contestant

, scored their routine. The 2 couples with the lowest score would participate in an elimination dance-off where the judges chose who would continue to the next week. For the first time in the history of the show, the dancers performed without a live audience. Judges' votes to save * Burgess: Ed & Jorja * MacManus: Ed & Jorja * Horwood: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Chloe and Gustavo''

Week 7: Semi-Finals

The couples performed two unlearned dances to contest their position in the semi-finals. For the second time in the row, the dancers performed without a live audience. Due to his father Richard Wilkins testing positive to

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, Christian and Lily performed on a hotel roof while Christian was in isolation. Judges' votes to save * Burgess: Claudia & Aric * MacManus: Claudia & Aric * Horwood: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Claudia and Aric''

Week 8: Grand Finale

In the first round, the contestants performed a redemption dance. In the second round, the contestants performed a fusion dance of two dance styles dedicated to a meaningful person or event in their life. For the third time, the dancers performed without a live audience. Craig Revel Horwood was not present in the studio, however judged the show live from his home in

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Dance chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week: * Week 1: Cha-cha-cha, Foxtrot, Viennese waltz or Tango * Week 2: One unlearned dance (introducing Salsa and Charleston) * Week 3 (Most Memorable Year Night): One unlearned dance (introducing Contemporary, Samba, Quickstep, Waltz, Jive and Pasodoble) * Week 4 (Latin Night): One unlearned dance (introducing Argentine tango and Rumba) * Week 5 (Back-To-School Night): One unlearned dance and disco marathon dance-off * Week 6 (Judges' Team Face Off): One unlearned dance and one team dance * Week 7 (Semi-Finals): Two unlearned dances * Week 8 (Grand Finale) Redemption and fusion dance : Highest scoring dance : Lowest scoring dance : Not performed or scored : Won Immunity challenge : Won Dance Off : Lost Dance Off

Ratings

; Colour key: : – Highest rating episode and week during the series : – Lowest rating episode and week during the series

References

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