Strictly Come Dancing (series 16)
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Stacey & Kevin 33 ( 7,8,9,9 ) Salsa Ooh Aah ... Just a Little Bit - Gina G Safe
Lauren & AJ 25 ( 5,6,7,7 ) Argentine Tango River - Bishop Briggs Safe
Graeme & Oti 32 ( 7,8,8,9 ) Jazz The Trolley Song - from Meet Me in St. Louis Bottom two
Faye & Giovanni 38 ( 9,9,10,10 ) Paso Doble Unstoppable - E.S . Posthumus Safe
Kate & Aljaž 30 ( 7,7,8,8 ) American Smooth Everlasting Love - Love Affair Eliminated
Charles & Karen 38 ( 9,9,10,10 ) Samba La Bamba - Connie Francis Safe
Joe & Dianne 38 ( 8,10,10,10 ) Quickstep Dancin ' Fool - from Copacabana Safe
Ashley & Pasha 40 ( 10,10,10,10 ) Jive Shake a Tail Feather - from The Blues Brothers Safe
Weekly scores and songs -- Week 9 : Blackpool Week
Musical guests : Gloria Estefan— '' Dr . Beat '' / '' Conga '' / '' Rhythm Is Gon na Get You '' / '' 1–2–3 '' / '' Get on Your Feet medley '' ; [ 33 ] Take That— '' Out of Our Heads '' [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Running order
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its sixteenth series with a launch show on 8 September 2018 on BBC One, and the first live show on 22 September. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoë Ball returned to host on BBC Two. Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Shirley Ballas returned as judges. On 20 October, actor Alfonso Ribeiro stood in as a guest judge to cover for Tonioli. In this series, three new dance styles were introduced (contemporary, jazz and street) as part of a new category called couple's choice, giving a total of 18 dance styles in the competition. The winners were Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, becoming the seventh pair of winners to have never achieved a perfect score. Runners-up Ashley Roberts and Faye Tozer matched Caroline Flack's record in 2014 of scoring perfect 40s for all three dances in the final. Roberts also set a record of achieving the most 40s during a series, with five. Roberts also matched Alexandra Burkes record of the most 10s during the series, with 32. Tozer also set the record of most consecutive 10 scoring dances, with 11. The series was Bussell's last series as a judge, with Motsi Mabuse later announced as her replacement. It was also the last series to feature Pasha Kovalev who was replaced by Nancy Xu.