Take our ultimate Strictly Come Dancing quiz 💃

Test your knowledge of the popular show!

Author: Alex RossPublished 20th Dec 2025

To celebrate the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing, which ended on Saturday 20th December, with Karen Carney and Carlos Gu winning the series, we've pulled together a little fun quiz about the popular BBC entertainment show!

Fancy yourself as a Strictly super fan? Test you knowledge below...

Take our ultimate Strictly Come Dancing quiz below:

1) What year did Strictly first hit our TV screens?


2) Which reality star was confirmed for the 2020 series after injuring himself in 2019?


3) What year did Arlene Phillips leave her role on the Strictly judging panel?


4) Who was the first male celebrity to win Strictly?


5) Which two female presenters host Strictly?


6) What is the American version of Strictly called?


7) Who was the first female celebrity to win Strictly?


8) Which former professional dancer is now a judge?


9) Who was the first ever celebrity contestant to score the perfect 40 out of 40?


10) Which former female contestant is Gorka Márquez now engaged to?


Check your answers below...


1) 2004


2) Jamie Laing


3) 2009


4) Darren Gough


5) Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly


6) Dancing with the Stars


7) Natasha Kaplinsky


8) Anton du Beke


9) Jill Halfpenny


10) Gemma Atkinson


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