Strictly Come Dancing 2025: What date does the series start?
Between plenty of buzz about who this year's celebrity contestants will be and new additions to the team of professional dancers, there's so much to stick our teeth into when it comes to the 23rd series of Strictly Come Dancing. But, when does the 2025 series actually arrive on our TV screens?
While there's no *official* start date for this year's Strictly Come Dancing (yet!), the BBC has confirmed the series will "return to iPlayer and BBC One in autumn 2025."
To get a better idea of when exactly that might be, we can take a look back at the launch dates of the previous seasons – which all started airing in September:
As well as intel based on seasons of years gone by, rumours swirling in TV land suggest the 2025 edition of Strictly Come Dancing will premiere on 20 September.
"FYI – this year's #Strictly is a week later than recent series, with the show launching on 20th September," entertainment news site, TV Zone, posted on X on 9 August. To that, one Strictly Come Dancing fan queried if the speculative date referred to the launch show or the first live show. "Launch show," TV Zone replied. "First live show [is] on Saturday 27th we believe."
BRB, we're off to camp outside the iconic Blackpool Tower until further notice...
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