| Strictly Come Dancing | |
|---|---|
| Series 17 | |
| Presented by | Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman |
| Judges | Shirley Ballas Motsi Mabuse Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli Alfonso Ribeiro (guest) |
| Celebrity winner | Kelvin Fletcher |
| Professional winner | Oti Mabuse |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 7 September (Launch) 21 September 2019 – 14 December 2019 (Live shows) |
| Series chronology | |
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its seventeenth series with a launch show on 7 September 2019 on BBC One, and the live shows beginning on 21 September. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoe Ball returned to host Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two alongside new addition Rylan Clark.[1]
Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned to the judging panel. After seven years, Darcey Bussell did not return to the series.[2] Motsi Mabuse, elder sister of professional dancer Oti Mabuse, was announced as Bussell's replacement on 22 July.[3] On 19 October, actor Alfonso Ribeiro returned as a guest judge.[4]
Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse were announced as the winners on 14 December, while EastEnders actress Emma Barton and Anton Du Beke, and CBBC presenter Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden were the runners-up.[5]