It's mince pies at the ready as Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present a very special Christmas spectacular, with six brand new celebrities taking up the ballroom challenge on a festive-themed dance floor. Actress Sheila Hancock, comedian Katy Brand, JB from boyband JLS, Blue Peter's Helen Skelton, comedy performer Bobby Ball and retired footballer Fabrice Muamba all rock around the Strictly dance floor hoping to take home the Christmas Strictly trophy. Some very familiar faces from Strictly's past also join in the festive fun. Plus music legend Rod Stewart wishes everyone a Merry Christmas as he sings in this Christmas cracker.

Christmas Special 2012

Bruce Forsyth

Claudia Winkleman

Tess Daly

Bruno Tonioli

Craig Revel Horwood

Darcey Bussell

Len Goodman

Season 11

Grand Final Results

In this red carpet premiere show, 14 brand new stars discover which professional dancer they will be paired with, and they all take to the dance floor for the very first time. Will it be ballroom bliss, or dance floor disaster?

Premiere

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly are your hosts for a two-night Strictly spectacular. In this live show, six of our sizzling celebrities take to the floor with their professional partners to perform either a waltz or a cha cha cha. The couples face judges Craig, Darcey, Len and Bruno for the first time, but they have two chances to impress you before someone leaves the competition next week. In Saturday's show, you can see how the remaining eight couples get on in the spotlight.

Week 1 - Show 1

Join Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly for the second part of our Strictly weekend special as the remaining eight celebrities all attempt to wow the judges with their professional partners. Each couple performs either a cha cha cha or a waltz. The couples face judges Craig, Darcey, Len and Bruno for the first time, but they have two weeks to impress you before someone leaves the competition next week, with all scores rolling over to the next show.

Week 1 - Show 2

All 14 couples hit the floor to try and impress the Strictly judges and viewers at home.

Week 2

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present a Hollywood-themed episode of the dance contest.

Week 3 - Strictly Does Hollywood

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present a Tinseltown Strictly special.

Week 3 Results

Hubble bubble toil and trouble, it's fright night on Strictly Come Dancing as Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly invite you to join them in their Strictly spooky mansion. Will our 12 remaining couples give a scary performance or can they trick the frightening foursome of Craig, Darcey, Len and Bruno in to giving them a treat of a score?

Week 4

Ghostly greetings from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman who are your hosts for Strictly's spooky Halloween results show. The judges scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest score will dance off against each other before Halloween claims its next victim and 12 couples become 11. It is treats all around as our professional dancers perform a bewitching group routine. It is sure to be a hair-raising night but who will survive Halloween's horrors?

Week 4 Results

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present another evening of glitz and glamour as the 11 remaining couples hit the dance floor for a ballroom battle to stay in the competition. Voting lines open at the end of the show. Once the judges' scores have been added to viewer votes, the two lowest-scoring couples will perform again in the dreaded dance-off during Sunday night's results show.

Week 5

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to another exciting results show full of drama. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined, and the two couples with the lowest score dance off against each other before 11 couples become 10. Our professional male dancers also be wow us with an amazing routine that is not to be missed. Who will survive another week and who will be waltzing off the dance floor?

Week 5 Results

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present another evening of glitz and glamour as the 10 remaining couples hit the dance floor for a ballroom battle to stay in the competition. Voting lines open at the end of the show. Once the judges' scores have been added to viewer votes, the two lowest-scoring couples will perform again in the dreaded dance-off during Sunday night's results show.

Week 6

It's Remembrance Sunday on Strictly Come Dancing as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to another exciting Results Show. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest scores dance off against each other before the ballroom claims another victim. World renowned violinist Andre Rieu performs, plus Vincent and Flavia showcase an Argentine Tango.

Week 6 Results

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly welcome you to a very special Strictly Come Dancing as the show hotfoots to Wembley Arena for a live spectacular as we dance through the decades! Our nine remaining couples perform live in front of 6,000 people, kicking off the show with a bang with an amazing routine from our professionals and celebrities. Then each couple takes to the stage to dance their hearts out to stay in Strictly Come Dancing. As if that's not enough, the princess of pop herself Kylie wows the crowd with 'The Loco-Motion'. Voting lines will open at the end of the show. Once judges' scores have been added to viewer votes the two lowest scoring couples will perform again in the dreaded dance off in Sunday night's Results Show.

Week 7: Wembley - Dancing Through the Decades

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman throw open the doors to Wembley Arena for an action-packed results show. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined, and the two couples with the lowest score dance off against each other before 11 couples become 10. The show opens with a fabulous 50s shindig, followed by an amazing performance from Girls Aloud, singing the 2012 Children in Need single Something New.

Week 7: Results - Dancing Through the Decades

Week 8

Week 8 Results

Week 9

Week 9 Results

Week 10

Week 10 Results

Week 11

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman reveal which four couples have secured a place in next week's final and who will be hanging up their dancing shoes.

Week 11 Results

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly throw open the doors to Television Centre for the first of two spectacular live grand final shows. The four remaining couples each perform two routines. The judges mark all performances but it is down to the viewer vote alone to crown the 2012 Strictly Champion.

Grand Final

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly welcome you to the second exciting show in the Strictly Come Dancing 2012 live final. This is the couples' last chance to win your votes and take home the glitter ball trophy. As well as a performance from chart topping pop icon Robbie Williams, all the couples from the cast of Strictly 2012 are reunited on the dancefloor for one last time. It's been a battle of the ballroom from day 1, but finally the Strictly 2012 Champions are announced.

A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?

Christmas Special 2012

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