Strictly Come Dancing 2025: week 2 scores and leaderboard

Alex Kingston and Joahannes Radebe recorded the highest score on Strictly Come Dancing this week, scoring a 31 for their Samba. <i>(Image: Guy Levy/BBC/PA)</i>
Alex Kingston and Joahannes Radebe recorded the highest score on Strictly Come Dancing this week, scoring a 31 for their Samba. (Image: Guy Levy/BBC/PA)
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All the celebrities and their professional partners have completed their second live performance on Strictly Come Dancing 2025, and the scores are in.

This week it was Alex Kingston and Joahannes Radebe who recorded the highest score with a 31 from the judges for their Samba (to La Bamba by Connie Francis).

While it was Thomas Skinner and Amy Dowden who found themselves with the lowest score from week two, recording a 13 after performing a Salsa to Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden.


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Strictly Come Dancing 2025 week 2 scores and leaderboard

So after two weeks of dancing on Strictly Come Dancing 2025, Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin find themselves top of the leaderboard, followed closely by Lewis Cope and Katya Jones.

While after scores of 10 and 15, Ross King and Jowita Przystal find themselves at the bottom.

Here is a full recap of all the scores from the first two weeks and what the leaderboard looks like heading into the first public vote of the series:

  • Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin: 27 / 29 - 56
  • Lewis Cope and Katya Jones: 28 / 27 - 55
  • George Clarke and Alexis Warr: 24 / 30 - 54
  • Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink and Lauren Oakley: 27 / 25 - 52
  • Alex Kingston and Joahannes Radebe - 21 / 31 - 52
  • Karen Carney and Carlos Gu: 31 / 20 - 51
  • Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington: 23 / 24 - 47
  • Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon: 17 / 30 - 47
  • Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Karen Hauer: 19 / 26 - 45
  • La Voix and Aljaž Škorjanec: 24 / 19 - 43
  • Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola: 17 / 23 - 40
  • Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell: 22 / 17 - 39
  • Chris Robshaw and Nadiya Byckova: 14 / 16 - 30
  • Thomas Skinner and Amy Dowden: 16 / 13 - 29
  • Ross King and Jowita Przystal: 10 / 15 - 25

Every Strictly Come Dancing winner (2004-2024)


How to vote on Strictly Come Dancing in 2025

Public voting for Strictly Come Dancing has changed this year, with all voting taking place online.

To vote, visit the Strictly page on the BBC website or scan the QR code, which will appear during episodes of Strictly (which will take you directly to the voting page).

Before you vote, you will need to create a BBC account. If you already have one, just make sure you are logged in.

To cast your vote, select your favourite dancing duo by clicking the plus (+) icon next to their name.

Once you have finished your voting, click submit.


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The public vote is open until 9.10pm tonight (Saturday, October 4).

Two couples will then face the dreaded dance-off on Sunday's (October 5) results show, followed by the first elimination of the series.

The first results show of Strictly Come Dancing 2025 will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 7.15pm on Sunday (October 5).

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