It's hard to believe we're almost approaching the halfway mark of Strictly Come Dancing 2025. The beloved BBC competition series has been thrilling audiences with its 23rd series since September and now we're set to enjoy one of the most beloved weeks of the whole competition. Yep, it's time for Halloween Week!
The 10 remaining Strictly couples will be taking on some ghoulish classics as one of the staple theme weeks of the series returns for another year. After Icons Week showed up in a different week than we were expecting last week, some fans worried that we wouldn't get Halloween Week this year. But thankfully, that's not the case, as the frightful routines have returned for another year in tonight's episode.
With that in mind, who put a spell on us - and the judges - with their feisty footwork? Who danced the night away while howling at the moon? And who rose to the occasion? Let's find out!
Strictly spoilers and results: Week 6 Leaderboard
Strictly's Halloween Special was all about redemption from Icons Week. Fans weren't particularly fussed about Icons Week last year and this year's edition didn't give them any reason to feel different, especially when it left a number of fan favorites in jeopardy at the bottom of the Leaderboard. That - and the insane amount of ties on the Leaderboard - resulted in two top-scoring couples ending up in the Dance-Off.
So who bounced back from the questionable night on Halloween Week? Well, this one certainly had some thrills as Amber and Nikita danced a feisty Viennese Waltz, Vicky and Kai took on a bewitching American Smooth, and Ellie and Vito danced a killer Tango to Lady Gaga's 2025 banger "Abracadabra".
On that note, let's dive into the Halloween Week scores that each of the dances were given by the judges, and the Leaderboard that remained at the end of the episode.
- Lewis and Katya danced the Couples Choice - 10, 10, 10, 10 = 40
- Karen and Carlos danced the Argentine Tango - 9, 10, 9, 10 = 38
- Amber and Nikita danced the Viennese Waltz - 9, 9, 8, 9 = 35
- Alex and Johannes danced the Salsa - 8, 9, 9, 9 =35
- La Voix and Aljaž danced the Paso Doble - 8, 9, 9, 9 = 35
- Vicky and Kai danced the American Smooth - 7, 8, 8, 8 = 31
- George and Alexis danced the Cha Cha - 6, 7, 8, 8 = 29
- Balvinder and Julian danced the Rumba - 7, 7, 7, 7 = 28
- Ellie and Vito danced the Tango - 6, 7, 7, 7 = 27
- Harry and Karen danced the American Smooth - 6, 7, 6, 7 = 26
Who is in danger on Strictly Come Dancing 2025 Week 6?
What a Halloween Special that was. Yes, in spite of Halloween being last night, Strictly delivered a thrillingly good time that made us all feel like it was still happening tonight. And boy did we get plenty of tricks and treats along the way. That has resulted in a three-way tie in the top end of the Leaderboard which, as we know, can cause havoc with the Dance-Off results.
Last week, multiple ties left Amber and Nikita in danger as they faced the Dance-Off against Jimmy and Lauren. Both couples had scored highly and yet fell into the Dance-Off due to the amount of ties on the Leaderboard (which allows for less points separating the couples at the top and the bottom of the Leaderboard). Tonight, we have a three way tie, which Amber is involved in, and that could place her in jeopardy again despite being third on the Leaderboard.
This also allows lower scoring couples like Harry and Karen, Ellie and Vito, and Balvinder and Julian the chance to escape as they now have two more points than they would have had if there weren't any ties (without ties, they would have had 1, 2, and 3 points respectively, but now they have 3, 4, and 5). This means the public vote has less heavy-lifting to do and could carry them to safety easier. On the other hand, if a higher-scoring couple isn't polling well with the public this week, there is a chance that the ties could allow them to fall into the Dance-Off.
With that in mind, we are in for a very interesting Dance-Off this week. We're predicting that at least one of Ellie and Vito, or Harry and Karen, could find themselves there, with a chance that a high-scorer like Amber and Nikita could fall back in there again.