Strictly Come Dancing (series 16)

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 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 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 Burke’s record of the most 10s during the series, with 32.

Couples

 * Ashley Roberts & Pasha Kovalev (Runners-up)
 * Charles Venn & Karen Clifton (Eliminated 10th)
 * Danny John-Jules & Amy Dowden (Eliminated 7th)
 * Dr. Ranj Singh & Janette Manrara (Eliminated 6th)
 * Faye Tozer & Giovanni Pernice (Runners-up)
 * Graeme Swann & Oti Mabuse (Eliminated 9th)
 * Joe Sugg & Dianne Buswell (Runners-up)
 * Kate Silverton & Aljaž Škorjanec (Eliminated 8th)
 * Katie Piper & Gorka Márquez (Eliminated 3rd)
 * Lauren Steadman & AJ Pritchard (Eliminated 11th)
 * Lee Ryan & Nadiya Bychkova (Eliminated 2nd)
 * Seann Walsh & Katya Jones (Eliminated 5th)
 * Stacey Dooley & Kevin Clifton (Winners)
 * Susannah Constantine & Anton du Beke (Eliminated 1st)
 * Vick Hope & Graziano Di Prima (Eliminated 4th)