Strictly Come Dancing series 16
| Strictly Come Dancing | |
|---|---|
| Series 16 | |
| Presented by | Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman |
| Judges | Shirley Ballas Darcey Bussell Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli Alfonso Ribeiro (guest) |
| Celebrity winner | Stacey Dooley |
| Professional winner | Kevin Clifton |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 8 September (Launch show) 22 September 2018 – 15 December 2018 (Live shows) |
| Series chronology | |
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 Zoe Ball returned to host Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Shirley Ballas, Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli 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, theatre/jazz, and street/commercial — as part of a new category called "couple's choice".
Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton were announced as the winners on 15 December 2018, while Joe Sugg and Diane Buswell, Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice, and Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev were the runners-up.