Strictly Come Dancing partners 2019: Who are the Strictly couples? Full list revealed
STRICTLY COME DANCING 2019 week 11 saw 5 remaining celebrity couples whittled down to the final 4. But who are all the couples and which ones remain in the competition?
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Strictly Come Dancing 2019 final kicks off at 7:05pm tonight (Saturday, December 14) on BBC One. There are just three couples still in the final who will be hoping to lift the glitterball trophy. The BBC show launched on September 7 with hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman confirming this year's pairings. So without further ado, here’s a look back at the full list of Strictly couples in 2019.
Who are the Strictly Come Dancing couples?
Each celebrity contestant was paired with a pro on the launch show back on September 7 on BBC One.
Hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, each of the celebs eagerly waited as their respective partners were read aloud.
Jamie Laing was partnered with Oti Mabuse but after pulling out with a foot injury, was replaced by Emmerdale's Kelvin Fletcher.
Starting with the girls here’s who each of them was paired with:
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- Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard - ELIMINATED WEEK 10
- Alex Scott and Neil Jones – ELIMINATED WEEK 11
- Anneka Rice and Kevin Clifton - ELIMINATED WEEK 3
- Emma Barton and Anton du Beke -IN THE FINAL
- Catherine Tyldesley and Johannes Radebe – ELIMINATED WEEK 6
- Emma Weymouth and Aljaž Škorjanec – ELIMINATED WEEK 7
- Michelle Visage and Giovanni Pernice - ELIMINATED WEEK 9
This year sees Neil Jones and Johannes Radebe join the main cast while Graziano di Prima and Gorka Marquez move to reserves.
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There were eight male celebrities originally scheduled to take part prior to Jamie’s foot injury.
After being replaced by Kelvin, the pairing are as follows:
- David James and Nadiya Bychkova - ELIMINATED WEEK 5
- James Cracknell and Luba Mushtuk - ELIMINATED WEEK 2
- Will Bayley and Janette Manrara – PULLED OUT
- Dev Griffin and Dianne Buswell - ELIMINATED WEEK 4
- Mike Bushell and Katya Jones – ELIMINATED WEEK 8
- Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden - IN THE FINAL
- Chris Ramsey and Karen Clifton - ELIMINATED SEMI-FINAL
- Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse - IN THE FINAL
Sadly, James and Luba were the first couple voted off of the contest while Anneka and Kevin said their goodbyes in week three.
Controversially, DJ Dev and Dianne left in the fourth week.
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Week five saw footballer David say his goodbyes alongside partner Nadiya and in Halloween Week, Catherine and Johannes bid farewell.
Ahead of Week Seven, the BBC revealed Will would have to pull out due to injury and a replacement wasn't lined up.
In the same week as Will's exit, it was Emma and Aljaz who said their goodbyes.
Week Eight saw BBC Breakfast host Mike bid farewell alongside pro partner Katya.
Michelle Visage and Giovanni Pernice left in Blackpool Week after a stunning performance with Saffron and AJ the unlucky couple to miss out on the final five following their Week 10 elimination.
Alex and Neil missed out on the semi-final after being voted off in Week 11.
Behind-the-scenes, new girl Nancy Xu joined the cast for each of the big numbers of the show.
This is her first year on the show and, unfortunately, she’s been left without a celeb partner.
She didn’t let the move spoil her excitement at joining the cast, taking to Instagram to say: “I'm thrilled and excited! I can finally announce that this year I'll be one of the STRICTLY COME DANCING pro dancers.
“I cannot wait to start this new journey with all these amazing people and share the magic together.”
Which of the 14 couples will be crowned winners of this year’s Strictly will be decided in the coming weeks.
Strictly Come Dancing 2019 continues on BBC One every Saturday and Sunday.