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What time is Strictly Come Dancing 2016 on this weekend and how do I vote?

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THE fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday night at 6.55pm and Sunday night at 7.15pm with brand new celebrities and dancers.

Nine couples will dance in this weekend's show, following Anastacia and Brendan's exit from the show last week.

 There are fifteen celebrities competing for this year's Glitterball Trophy
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There are fifteen celebrities competing for this year's Glitterball TrophyCredit: BBC

WHAT TIME IS IT ON?

Strictly Come Dancing will continue Saturday at 6.55pm and Sunday at 7.15pm.

The second show will take place on Sunday night and hosts Tess Daley and Claudia Winkleman will be revealing which couple will be leaving the contest this week.

Judges Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood, Darcy Bussell and Len Goodman scores will be combined with the public votes.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK?

Last week we said goodbye to Anastacia and Brendan, after six weeks in the competition.

Claudia and AJ topped the leaderboard, earning a respectable score of 36 points from the judges.

 Pocket rocket Claudia and partner AJ have impressed the judges
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Pocket rocket Claudia and partner AJ have impressed the judgesCredit: PA:Press Association

Alongside Laura and Giovanni who also scores 36 points, after being rules out of the competition the previous week due to injury.

Ed and Katya sat above Anastacia and Brendan at the bottom of the leaderboard, who left after scoring 25 points.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND?

This weekend we hit week seven of the series, the nine remaining couples will be taking to the dancefloor and we will see Louise and Kevin perform the first Argentine Tango of the series.

Who's dancing what this weekend?

Claudia and AJ will be dancing the Paso Doble to ‘Shut Up And Dance’ by Walk The Moon

Daisy and Aljaz will be dancing the Viennese Waltz to ‘Daisy Bell’ by Harry Dacre

Danny and Oti will be dancing the Jive to ‘Long Tall Sally’ by Little Richard

Ed and Katya will be dancing the Quickstep to ‘Help!’ by The Beatles

Greg and Natalie will be dancing the Viennese Waltz to ‘You Don’t Own Me’ by Grace

Judge Rinder and Oksana will be dancing the Quickstep to the Chantz Powell version of ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)’

Laura and Giovanni will be dancing the Samba to ‘Bamboleo’ by Gipsy Kings

Louise and Kevin will be dancing the Argentine Tango to 'Tanguera' by Sexteto Mayor

Ore and Joanne will be dancing the Salsa to ‘Turn The Beat Around’ by Vicki Sue Robinson

The two couple with the least votes go head-to-head in a dance before the judges who will then decide who goes in Sunday night's episode.

HOW CAN I VOTE?

To vote by telephone – UK voters can call from their landline using an 11-digit number or from their mobile using a 7-digit number.

The numbers for each couple will be given out during the live shows.

To vote online - Fans will need to sign in or register a new BBC ID here which they then use every week.

They will then have access to the voting page where the couples are listed in alphabetical order and viewers can choose which couple to vote for by clicking a button next to their names before clicking ‘Vote Now’. Fans can vote up to three times online each week!

HOW CAN I KEEP UP?

You can keep up to date with all the latest Strictly gossip from our dedicated page.

You can also stay in the know via the and by following their official and  pages.



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