Strictly Come Dancing: How to vote and who has already left the competition?

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by Lorna White |
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With the 2022 series of Strictly now finished, you may be interested in a reminder of which celebrities were eliminated from this year's competition and when.

It's never nice to see your favourites go, so it's understandable that you might want to know how to vote for your favourite couple in the future to give them the best possible chance of dancing their way into the next week of Strictly Come Dancing.

Strictly voting: How to vote for your favourite couple

There are a number of ways you can vote for your favourite dancing duo from Strictly, and we've listed all the ways below.

Online voting

  1. Head to bbc.co.uk/strictly to find all the information on online voting. This page will only show you how to vote for your favourite couple once voting is open. In the meantime, you'll find lots of information about Strictly and all this year's dancing stars.
  1. Once you've reached this page and voting is open, you'll need to make sure you're registered to vote online. This is just your BBC account information, so if you've already voted previously or have an account to watch BBC iPlayer, you can simply use these login credentials.
  1. When you're all signed in, you'll see a list of all the couples in alphabetical order and next to their names is a button reading 'vote now'. You'll be able to vote up to three times, giving you the option to vote for three different couples or the same couple three times.

Voting by phone

Once all the couples have performed, the phone line voting numbers will appear on the screen.

Costs to vote by phone can be found on the BBC website. It's also worth reading the T&Cs on the BBC website before voting by phone.

Who has been voted off Strictly 2022 so far?

Week one: Kaye Adams became the first contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing after she faced Matt Goss in the dreaded dance-off. Kaye and her dance partner Kai performed their Charleston to Music! Music! Music! by Dorothy Provine.

Kaye Adams

Week two: Richie Anderson was the second contestant to leave the show along with his dance partner Giovanni following movie week. They performed their Samba to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King against Fleur East and her dance partner Vito who performed their American Smooth to Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid.

Richie Anderson

Week three: Matt Goss became the third contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing as he faced Kym Marsh in the dance-off. Matt and his dance partner Nadiya performed their Jive to All Shook Up by Paul McCartney, in a bid to impress the judges and remain in the competition.

matt goss

Week four: After taking to the Ballroom floor to celebrate 100 years of the BBC, Jayde Adams and her dance partner Karen Hauer became the fourth contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing. They performed their Charleston to The Ballad Of Barry and Freda (Let’s Do It).

Jayde Adams

Week five: James Bye became the fifth contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing as James faced Fleur East in the ghastly Halloween-themed dance-off. James and his dance partner Amy Dowden performed their Charleston to Bumble Bee by LaVern Baker.

James Bye

Week six: Ellie Simmonds became the sixth contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing after facing Molly Rainford in the dance-off. She and her dance partner Nikita Kuzmin performed their Charleston to Too Darn Hot from Kiss Me Kate.

Ellie Simmonds

Week seven: Tony Adams was the seventh celebrity to exit the competition, with his time coming to an end due to an injury. When he and Katya found themselves in the dance-off with Tyler West and his partner Diane, Tony chose to withdraw himself from the competition due to what is believed to be a hamstring injury he picked up in Saturday night's show.

Tony Adams

Week eight: Tyler West became the eighth contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing as he faced Molly Rainford in the dance-off. Tyler and his dance partner Dianne Buswell performed their Salsa to a KC and the sunshine band mega mix.

Tyler West

Week nine: 38-year-old comedian Ellie Taylor and her professional partner Johannes Radebe were knocked out of the show this week after facing Fleur East and Vito Coppola in the dance-off.

After being eliminated, she said, "It has and it’s been, I’m going to be a cliché machine now, buts it’s been everything and more. I never in a million years expected to be in for this long and to experience it so fully."

ellie taylor

Week ten: Kym Marsh became the tenth contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing after facing Molly in the dance off. Kym and dance partner Graziano Di Prima performed their Cha Cha to Fame from the musical Fame.

Kym Marsh

Week 11: Will Mellor and his dance partner Nancy Xu were the next couple to depart Strictly Come Dancing after they found themselves in the dance off with Fleur East but the judges chose to save Fleur and her partner Vito.

will mellor

Week 12: In a nail-biting final, Hamza Yassin was announced the winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2022, as voted for by the public. He beat fellow dancers Molly Rainford, Fleur East and Helen Skelton to the coveted prize.

Hamza
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