What Time Is Strictly On Tonight? Strictly Come Dancing 2026 Times and How to Watch

What time is Strictly on tonight?

Strictly Come Dancing times for the next week, from the broadcast listings. The Saturday start moves around live sport, so check the day you want.

What time is the Strictly results show on?

The results show is on Sunday 15 November, from 7.15pm to 8pm, on BBC One. It is where the couple leaving the competition that week is revealed.

Updated every morning; last updated Tuesday 10 November 2026. Checked Tuesday 10 November 2026.

How to watch Strictly Come Dancing 2026

Strictly Come Dancing 2026 is on BBC One and free to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Series 24 launched on Saturday 19 September at 7.25pm, the live shows began on
Saturday 26 September, and it runs weekly until the final before Christmas. You
need a TV Licence, but no subscription.

There is no paid tier and no catch. Strictly is a BBC production, so it does not
appear on Netflix, Disney+, NOW or Prime Video in the UK, and no amount of
searching will turn up a legitimate subscription route — if a site is offering
you one, it is not selling you Strictly.

The TV Licence is £180 a year from 1 April 2026. That is the only cost involved,
and it is the same licence that covers live television on any channel.

When is Strictly on each week?

• Launch show — Saturday 19 September 2026, 7.25pm, BBC One. 110 minutes. No
  public vote; this is the show where the couples are paired up.
• First live show — Saturday 26 September 2026, 6.15pm. No vote and no
  elimination that week; the judges’ scores carry over into week two.
• Weekly thereafter, Saturday nights with a Sunday results show from week
  two, through to the final in the run-up to Christmas.
• It Takes Two — BBC Two on weekday evenings once the live shows begin.

Start times shift week to week around football and other live events, so the
Saturday slot is not fixed at 7.25pm all series. The times table at the top of
this page is rebuilt from the listings every morning, and our Saturday
guide has the rest of the night’s TV.

The 2026 couples

All fifteen couples, confirmed on the launch show on Saturday 19 September.

Two of the five new professionals went straight into a couple: Maddie
Ingoldsby with Cach Mercer and Mark Karmalita with Tabby Stoecker. Neil
Jones, Aleksandra Isaeva, Lethabo Monametsi and Cristian Priori are not paired
with a celebrity this series, which means group numbers rather than the
competition itself.

Johannes Radebe has no celebrity, as you would expect — he is presenting now.

Who has left Strictly 2026?

Updated Monday 9 November 2026, after the week 7 results show.

Six couples have gone so far, each one after a dance-off on the Sunday results show. The latest exit came on Sunday 8 November, when Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu lost the dance-off to Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby. Two judges backed each pair, so Shirley Ballas settled it with her casting vote.

Nine couples are still in after the week 7 results show: Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola, Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin, Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu, Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington, Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley, Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita, Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby, Will Best and Dianne Buswell, and John Nellis and Katya Jones.

How to vote on Strictly Come Dancing

Voting is online only in 2026. There is no phone line, text or red button vote, so it costs nothing beyond your normal data.

1. Sign in to a free BBC account. You need one to vote.
2. Wait until every couple has danced on Saturday’s live show. The hosts say when the vote opens and when it closes.
3. Go to bbc.co.uk/strictly, or scan the QR code shown on screen. You can’t vote in the iPlayer app.
4. Use your five votes. Each account gets five per show, which you can give to one couple or spread between several. A vote can’t be changed once it is sent, and signing in on another device doesn’t add more.

In the final each account gets eight votes instead of five. Voting is open to people in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. If you are watching on catch-up, the vote has probably closed already.

How the votes and the judges’ scores combine

Both are turned into rankings, not added as raw numbers. The couple the judges score highest gets the most points, and so does the couple with the most public votes; the two sets of points are added together. On a tie the public vote decides. The two couples with the lowest combined total dance again on Sunday’s results show, and the judges choose which of them goes home. There was no vote in week one; the first one was on Saturday 3 October.

Three hosts, and no more Tess and Claudia

The biggest change in years: Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe
present series 24 between them. It is the first time Strictly has been regularly
fronted by three people, and they replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. Willis
is leaving The Voice UK on ITV1 after its 2026 series.

Radebe is the interesting one. He spent almost a decade as a professional on the
show before moving to the other side of it, which makes him the only host who has
actually done the thing the contestants are being asked to do.

Because the main run goes out live, there is no edit to smooth over a wobbly
first few weeks — a luxury other revamped formats have had.

The judges

Unchanged for 2026: Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse
and Anton Du Beke.

What else changed in 2026

• Phone voting is gone. Voting is online only from this series.
• The couples were paired live on the floor. No pre-recorded introductions:
  the fifteen celebrities and fifteen professionals danced in three groups of
  five, with the hosts calling “change partners!” at unpredictable intervals
  anywhere between five and thirty seconds. Emma Willis described it as speed
  dancing.
• Five professionals left: Karen Hauer after fourteen years, along with Gorka
  Márquez, Nadiya Bychkova, Luba Mushtuk and Michelle Tsiakkas.
• Five joined: Aleksandra Isaeva, Maddie Ingoldsby, Mark Karmalita, Lethabo
  Monametsi and Cristian Priori.
• It Takes Two has a new host — Ellie Taylor, replacing Fleur East and
  Janette Manrara.
• The logo changed for the first time since series 8.

Is there a Strictly Christmas special in 2026?

Yes. The BBC confirmed on 2 November that the special is back on BBC One and
iPlayer in December. This year six couples take part, and every celebrity is a
former Strictly contestant rather than a new face. It is the first time in seven
years the festive show has used only returning stars. The names haven’t been
announced, so treat any you see in the papers as rumour until the BBC confirms them.

There’s no date or time yet either. The special is recorded in advance and has
gone out on Christmas Day afternoon in recent years. The series final comes first,
on Saturday 19 December. Our Christmas TV guide adds the slot
as soon as the BBC publishes its Christmas schedule.

Watching from abroad

BBC iPlayer is geo-blocked outside the UK, and there is no official portability
for licence-fee payers who happen to be travelling. At the time of writing no
international broadcaster has been confirmed for series 24 in the United States,
Canada or Australia.

The common workaround is a VPN set to a UK server with a UK BBC account, but
iPlayer’s terms of use prohibit it, so that is information rather than a
recommendation. If you are abroad for the series, the honest answer is that there
is no sanctioned route.

Frequently asked questions

What time is Strictly on tonight?

Strictly’s main show is not on tonight, Tuesday 10 November. The next live show is on Saturday 14 November at 6.25pm on BBC One. The next results show is on Sunday 15 November at 7.15pm. Start times move around live sport, so this page is rebuilt from the listings every morning.

What time is the Strictly results show on tonight?

This week’s results show is on Sunday 15 November, from 7.15pm to 8pm, on BBC One. It is where the couple leaving the competition is revealed. Start times move around live sport, so this page is rebuilt from the listings every morning.

What channel is Strictly Come Dancing on?

BBC One for the live show and results, BBC Two for It Takes Two, and all of it
on BBC iPlayer.

How can I watch Strictly Come Dancing 2026?

Strictly airs on BBC One and streams free on BBC iPlayer, live and on demand.
There is no subscription — you need a valid UK TV Licence, £180 a year from 1
April 2026.

Is Strictly Come Dancing free to watch?

Yes. It is a BBC programme, so no subscription and no adverts. It is not on
Netflix, Disney+, NOW or Prime Video in the UK.

When does Strictly Come Dancing 2026 start?

The launch show aired Saturday 19 September 2026 at 7.25pm on BBC One. The live
shows began on Saturday 26 September 2026, and the series runs weekly to the final
before Christmas.

Who are the Strictly Come Dancing 2026 hosts?

Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe — the first time three hosts have
regularly fronted the show. They replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.

How do you vote on Strictly Come Dancing?

Online only, at bbc.co.uk/strictly or through the QR code shown on screen, once every couple has danced on Saturday night. You need a free BBC account, and each account gets five free votes per show (eight in the final), which you can give to one couple or split. There is no phone or text vote, and you can’t vote in the iPlayer app.

Can you still vote by phone on Strictly?

No. Phone voting was scrapped for series 24; voting is online only. There was no
public vote on the launch show or in week one — the first vote comes in week two.

Who are the Strictly Come Dancing 2026 judges?

Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke — unchanged.

How do I watch Strictly Come Dancing from abroad?

iPlayer is geo-blocked and there is no official portability. No international
broadcaster has been confirmed for series 24. A UK-server VPN is the usual
workaround, but iPlayer’s terms prohibit it.

Who is partnered with who on Strictly 2026?

Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola, Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin, Jaime Winstone and
Carlos Gu, Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu, Melanie Walters and Aljaž Škorjanec,
Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystał, Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington, Chris
Appleton and Amy Dowden, Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley, Tabby Stoecker and Mark
Karmalita, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr, Cach Mercer and Maddie
Ingoldsby, Will Best and Dianne Buswell, Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon,
and John Nellis and Katya Jones.

Where can I watch Strictly It Takes Two?

BBC Two on weekday evenings during the series, and on BBC iPlayer. Ellie Taylor
hosts for 2026.

Who left Strictly this week?

Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu left on Sunday 8 November, after losing a dance-off to Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby. The judges split two votes each, and Shirley Ballas used her casting vote to keep Cach and Maddie. Bethany and Nancy are the sixth couple out, after Chris Appleton and Amy Dowden, Melanie Walters and Aljaž Škorjanec, Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr, and Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystał. Nine couples remain.

Is there a Strictly Christmas special this year?

Yes, on BBC One and iPlayer in December. Six former contestants return, each
with a professional partner. No names, date or time have been announced yet.

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