Overview

• Strictly's 2025 series will be online-only, with the launch on 20 September and the first live show on 27 September.
• Voting now requires logging into a BBC account through the show's website when lines open.
• The BBC says the overwhelming majority of ballots in last year's Strictly were cast online, calling phone lines outdated and costly to run.
• Eurovision in Basel earlier this year was the last major BBC broadcast to offer premium-rate phone voting after BT moved to end the service in 2025.
• The broadcaster will air instructions to help viewers set up accounts, as Silver Voices and Age UK warn the change could exclude some older audiences.