Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Next episode and Results show

Strictly Come Dancing 2025: When the next is episode on, when the first Results show is and who is top of the leaderboard

Natasha Rigler | 11:49am Mon 29 Sep | Updated 12:00pm Mon 29 Sep

Strictly Come Dancing’s 2025 celebrities have shown off their skills in the ballroom for the first time – and fans are already desperate to tune into the Results show and see who goes home first.

Each of this year’s 15 stars took to the dance floor with their pro partners on Saturday night and performed in the first Strictly live show of 2025.

This included last-minute addition Amber Davies. The West End star was drafted in to replace injured Love Islander Dani Dyer with just hours to go. But as it was Week 1, viewers weren’t able to cast their votes.

strictly come dancing judges — Strictly Come Dancing fans are keen to cast their votes and watch the Results show dance-off [Credit: BBC]

Instead, each pair received a score from the judges; Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood. These will be carried over to Week 2.

But when is the first Strictly Come Dancing: The Results show actually on and who is top of the leaderboard? Here, we explain all.

Strictly Come Dancing: Top of the leaderboard

The marks from the judges have given us our first Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard of 2025. Sitting at the top is former Lioness Karen Carney and her dance partner, Carlos Gu. They scored an impressive 31 points.

Emmerdale star Lewis Cope and Katya Jones are in second place, with 28. Joint third is newbie Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin, and football legend Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Lauren Oakley. Both couples scored 27.

Social media star George Clarke and new pro Alexis Warr are in joint fourth with RuPaul’s La Voix and Aljaž Škorjanec. They both have 24 points. Reality star Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington have 23, and Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell have 22.

STRICTLY COME DANCING Week 1 — Ex Lioness Karen Carney wowed the judges in Week 1 and is top of the leaderboard [Credit: BBC]

Next up is Alex Kingston and Johannes Radebe. The ER actress and her pro got 21 points. Gladiator Harry Aikines-Aryeetey – aka Nitro – scored 19 with his partner, Karen Hauer. Model and actress Ellie Goldstein and pro Vito Coppola have 17 points. Also sitting at 17 is EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon.

Apprentice star Thomas Skinner and Amy Dowden are third from the bottom with 16. Rugby ace Chris Robshaw and Nadia Bychkova are next with 14 points. Bottom of the leaderboard is Hollywood reporter Ross King and his partner, Jowita Przystal.

When is the next episode of Strictly on?

Strictly Come Dancing 2025 returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Saturday (October 4, 2025). It will be air at 6.20pm.

You can again expect a bumper episode, as all 15 couples will be performing their Week 2 routines live. The show will last for 2hrs and 20mins, ending at 8.40pm.

Viewers can vote for their favourites as soon as the live show finishes and everyone has performed. This year, Strictly has changed the process for the public vote. The phone lines have been scrapped and viewers will only be able to vote online.

When is the first Strictly Results show?

The first Strictly Come Dancing: The Results show of the year is this Sunday (October 5). The show will feature the first dance-off of the series. The two couples who have the lowest judges’ scores, combined with the lowest votes online, will go head-to-head in the ballroom.

The judges will then decide who goes home – and the first celebrity to be eliminated from Strictly 2025 will be waved off.

Strictly Come Dancing: The Results airs at 7.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The show is pre-recorded (even though the BBC still pretend it is live) and it finishes at 8.05pm.