Strictly Come Dancing's current leaderboard and the dances and songs for Week 8 we know so far
There's quite an unusual song among the list!Strictly Come Dancing 2025 is over halfway through and the celebrities are busy practicing their next dances and songs, desperate to move up the leaderboard.
The remaining stars will return to the ballroom this weekend for their Week 8 performances – but who will impress the judges?
There are now eight couples left in the show, with them all hoping to get their hands on the Glitterball Trophy. Here’s where they sit in the current Strictly leaderboard, plus all the next dances and songs we know so far for this Saturdays show.
Strictly Come Dancing: Next dances and songs
This weekend Strictly Come Dancing’s doesn’t have a theme. Icons Week and Halloween Week are firmly in the past! But some of the couples’ songs and dances have already been confirmed.
As the competition edges ever closer to the final, however, the BBC appear to be remaining more tight-lipped about spilling the details we all want to know!
Karen Carney and Carlos Gu will be returning to the dance floor to perform an American Smooth. George Clarke and Katya Jones have not revealed their dance yet. But they will be performing their routine to Somewhere Only We Know by Keane.
Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin have let slip both their dance and song for this week’s show. They will be performing a Paso Doble to Devil’s Pie by D’Angelo. Quite an odd song choice, but there we go!
Lewis Cope and Katya Jones will be performing a Tango on Saturday night. They too have not revealed their song choice.
The couples still left to hear from are Alex Kingston and Johannes Radebe, La Voix and Aljaz Škorjanec, and Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon. Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington are also keeping quiet at the moment.
Current leaderboard
Vicky and Kai finished last weekend’s shows at the top of the leaderboard. They scored an impressive 39 from the judges for their Tango. Even Craig Revel Horwood gave them a 10!
Amber and Nikita finished the night in second place. They were one behind with 38 for their Salsa.
It was joint third place for Karen and Carlos. The pair performed a Charleston and scored 35. Also scoring 35 was Lewis and Katya for their Cha-cha-cha.
Fourth place was also joint. George and Alexis did a Viennese Waltz and got 34 marks. Balvinder and Julian also got 34 for their Couples’ Choice.
Alex and Johannes finished the night in joint fifth place. They did a Paso Doble and got 30 marks. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Karen Hauer received the same score for their Samba.
Bottom of the leaderboard went to La Voix and Aljaz. They received a mark of 29 for their Foxtrot.
Who left Strictly?
Harry and Karen ended up in the dance-off with La Voix and Aljaz. during Sunday night’s Strictly Results show. The judges unanimously voted to send Gladiator Harry home.
The star, who is also known as Nitro, has since spoken out. He insists he is glad he “went out on a party” following his Samba with Karen.
What time is Strictly Come Dancing on this weekend?
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 6.25pm this Saturday (November 15, 2025). The show will run for one hour and 35 minutes, finishing at 8pm.
On Sunday, Strictly: The Results starts at 7.15pm. It will feature another dance-off and elimination, as the judges vote to send another celebrity home.
We really are getting down to the nitty gritty now!
