The BEST episodes of Strictly Come Dancing season 12
Every episode of Strictly Come Dancing season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Strictly Come Dancing season 12!
Dazzling routines, outrageous sets, flamboyant costumes and the occasional dance dis-aaa-ster.
#1 - Week 1 - Show 2
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2014
Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman for the weekend's second live show full of Strictly sparkle as nine more celebrities take to the dance floor for their debut. The judges can't wait to critique the talent, and by the end of tonight viewers will know who has the potential to go far in the competition and who will be worried that their time on Strictly could be a short-lived dream. The viewers' vote doesn't start for another week but the judges' scores will give us our first leader board and, as the nation's favourite dance show takes to the floor for another series of glitz and glamour, it's all to dance for.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Week 8 Results
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/16/2014
Grab your donkeys and hold on to your Kiss Me Quick hats as Strictly welcomes you to another exciting results show, set in the magical Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest score dance off against each other, after which nine couples become eight. Showbusiness legend Shirley Bassey sings one of her classics and supergroup McBusted perform a number too. Plus our professionals deliver another spectacular routine to a Jackson Five medley.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Week 2
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2014
Grab your glitterballs and join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman for a sparkling spectacular as all 15 couples hit the dance floor. Every step counts as the judges' scores from last week are combined with those from tonight's show. The celebrities are now dancing for survival, as the two lowest-scoring couples will have to face the dreaded dance-off in Sunday's results show. The pressure is on, as no-one wants to be the first to leave the competition.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Week 9
Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/22/2014
It's another action-packed Strictly Come Dancing as the competition for the glitterball intensifies. The atmosphere is at fever pitch as our remaining eight couples kick, spin and dance their hearts out to stay in the competition. Voting lines will 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 in Sunday night's results show.
Watch Now:Amazon
#5 - The Launch Show
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman launch the new series of Strictly, with glitz and glamour all the way. The journey begins as the red carpet is rolled out to greet the 15 stars before the nail-biting moment when they discover who their dancing partners will be. The couples then take to the dance floor to perform together for the very first time. Will it be ballroom bliss or murder on the dance floor? Plus, music performances from soul legend Smokey Robinson, Imelda May and hot new band Five Seconds of Summer.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Week 2 Results
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman return as your hosts for an unforgettable evening of Strictly drama, in the first results show of the series. The judges' scores and public votes are in and the two couples with the lowest scores dance off against each other, and one of them will chassé out of the competition for good. Plus, our professional dancers treat us to a spectacular routine to Jamie Cullum and Gregory Porter with Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Week 4
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman invite you to join them for another evening of sequins and sparkles as our 13 remaining couples hit the dance floor for a ballroom battle to stay in Strictly Come Dancing. So far we've had plenty of surprises and even some shocks but, as the competition intensifies, who's going to wow the judges and win the viewers' hearts? Voting lines will 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 in Sunday night's results show.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Week 6
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/1/2014
Strictly does Halloween! Get ready for the fright of your life and join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as our 11 remaining couples hit the dance floor for a spooktacular ballroom battle. Voting lines open at the end of the show and once the judges' scores have been added to viewer votes, the two lowest-scoring couples will perform again in the deadly dance-off in Sunday night's results show.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Week 5
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman invite you to join them for an evening of glittery gorgeousness. The competition intensifies as the 12 remaining couples hit the dance floor for a ballroom battle to stay in Strictly Come Dancing. Voting lines will 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 in Sunday night's results show.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Week 6 Results
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/2/2014
Pumpkins at the ready as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to a results show full of freaky Halloween delights. 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 11 couples become 10. Annie Lennox will be awakening the werewolves inside us and don't miss our professionals as they deliver a bewitching group routine. So which couples will be treated to another week on Strictly and who will be spirited away from the competition for good?
#11 - Week 1 - Show 1
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2014
Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman for the first night in a live dancing double bill as six couples take to the floor for the very first time. There'll be no public vote this week, but the couples still have to impress the Strictly judges, whose scores will be carried through to next week. Will all those hours in the training room pay off? Whose nerves will get the better of them? And who will be cha cha cha-ing their way to the top of the leader board? Let's start dancing!
#12 - Week 11
Season 12 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/6/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman invite you to join them for a night to remember on the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom floor. The competition is at melting point as our six surviving couples pivot, twist and turn to keep the glitter ball trophy in their sights. Voting lines will 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 on Sunday night's Results Show.
#13 - Week 10 Results
Season 12 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/30/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to the Around the World Strictly Results show. Opening with a spectacular performance celebrating Irish dancing, the pros are joined by Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance troupe. The competition to reach the final intensifies as the judges' scores and public votes are combined to reveal which two couples will dance off against each other. One couple leaves tonight, whilst the quarter-final awaits the remaining couples.
#14 - Week 3
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/2014
It's Saturday night at the movies as Strictly celebrates some of the biggest films in history. We are now down to 14 couples and every one of them has to deliver an amazing routine to a classic movie track to stay in the competition. Plus, we have a surprise judge - for one night only, pop legend Donny Osmond will be joining the panel. Donny is a winner of Strictly in the US, so who better to analyse our celebrities' moves and give them words of wisdom? Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host an evening full of sparkling moves, iconic songs and plenty of surprises.
#15 - Week 7
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/8/2014
It's Saturday night and that can only mean - it's Strictly time! Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman invite you to indulge in an evening of sequins and sparkles as our 10 remaining couples hit the dance floor for a ballroom battle to stay in Strictly Come Dancing. Voting lines will 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, in Sunday night's results show.
#16 - Week 9 Results
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/23/2014
It's another nailbiting results show, which kicks off with a comic caper of a cop chase dance routine from our pros. Plus international superstar Barry Manilow performs a classic duet and one of his most popular iconic songs. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest scores will dance off against each other, before eight couples become seven.
#17 - Week 3 Results
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/2014
It's time for another couple to leave the floor as our movie weekend builds to its finale. Plus, Donny Osmond joins the cast and performs a classic movie track before joining the judging panel to decide who stays and who goes in the dreaded dance-off. There are no sequels in Strictly, so sadly one of our celebrities will leave tonight.
#18 - Week 8
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/15/2014
Strictly is packing its bags and relocating to the home of ballroom! Our nine remaining Strictly couples invite you to join them for a truly memorable show at the historic Blackpool Tower Ballroom as they battle it out on the world-famous dance floor, desperately dancing their best to stay in the competition. Voting lines will 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, in Sunday night's results show.
#19 - Week 10
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/29/2014
Pack your bags, grab your passports and climb on board for Around the World week on Strictly Come Dancing. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman invite you to join them for an international night to remember on the ballroom floor. To set the scene, the show opens with the pros performing a Bollywood extravaganza group routine. Then each of the remaining seven couples battle it out, each dancing a routine from a different part of the globe to stay in Strictly. Voting lines will 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, in Sunday night's results show.
#20 - Week 4 Results
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to another exciting results show full of dance drama. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest scores will dance off against each other before 13 couples become 12. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett will be performing and our professional dancers will be wowing us with a spectacular routine that's not to be missed. Who will survive another week and who will be twirling off the dance floor?
#21 - Grand Final Results
Season 12 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/20/2014
Sequins at the ready as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to the second nail-biting show in the Strictly Come Dancing 2014 live final. At the start of the show four couples become three as the couple with the lowest number of votes is eliminated. The voting lines will then reopen as the three remaining couples perform their favourite dance of the series in their final bid to take home the glitter ball trophy. All the celebrities of 2014 are reunited to perform together one last time in a stunning group spectacular. It's been a battle of the ballroom from day one, but finally the Strictly 2014 champions will be crowned.
#22 - Week 7 Results
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/9/2014
To mark Remembrance Sunday, Katherine Jenkins sings a 1940s classic and the Strictly pro dancers perform a spectacular routine to honour the wartime effort by those left at home.
#23 - Semi-Final
Season 12 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/13/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman invite you to join them for the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing! Fifteen couples started the competition back in September but, three months on and hundreds of dances later they have been whittled down to just five. Tonight it will be heartbreak for one couple because only four can make it through to the grand final. The five remaining couples must each perform two dances for a chance to win a place in the final. Voting lines will 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, in Sunday night's Results Show. Who is within touching distance of the glitterball and who will be waltzing out of the competition at the last hurdle?
#24 - Week 11 Results
Season 12 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/7/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to another nail-biting Strictly results show. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest scores will dance off against each other, before six couples become five. Pop superstars OneRepublic entertain you and prepare to be stunned as our professional dancers perform another amazing group routine.
#25 - Week 5 Results
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/26/2014
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome you to another exciting results show full of dance drama. The judges' scores and public votes have been combined and the two couples with the lowest scores will dance off against each other before 12 couples become 11. Culture Club perform one of their greatest hits and the professional dancers kick the show off with a barn dance that will blow your cotton socks off. Who will survive another week and who will be cha-cha-cha-ing off the dance floor?