Strictly Come Dancing (series 9)

Strictly Come Dancing returned with 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 for the first since series 2 and was the first episode in 3D, and was shown on BBC HD and 18 cinemas around the country.

As like last year, 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 the show, was a guest judge, replacing Len Goodman while he had a week off. In Goodman's absence, Craig Revel Horwood was head judge.

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.

On 21 December, 2011, McFly drummer Harry Judd and his professional partner, Aliona Vilani were crowned the winners of the series. 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.

Couples

 * Alex Jones & James Jordan
 * Anita Dobson & Robin Windsor
 * Audley Harrison & Natalie Lowe (Eliminated 6th)
 * Chelsee Healey & Pasha Kovalev (Runners-up)
 * Dan Lobb & Katya Virshilas (Eliminated 2nd)
 * Edwina Currie & Vincent Simone (Eliminated 1st)
 * Harry Judd & Aliona Vilani (Winners)
 * Holly Valance & Artem Chigvintsev
 * Jason Donovan & Kristina Rihanoff (3rd place)
 * Lulu & Brendan Cole (Eliminated 5th)
 * Nancy Dell'Olio & Anton du Beke (Eliminated 4th)
 * Robbie Savage & Ola Jordan
 * Rory Bremner & Erin Boag (Eliminated 3rd)
 * Russell Grant & Flavia Cacace