Strictly Come Dancing

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Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing logo
Format	Talent show
Created by	Fenia Vardanis
Developed by	BBC
Presented by	Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly Natasha Kaplinsky (2004) Claudia Winkleman (2009) Ronnie Corbett (2009)
Judges	Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli Alesha Dixon Darcey Bussell (2009) Arlene Phillips (2004-2008)
Narrated by	Alan Dedicoat
Opening theme	Dan McGrath[1] Josh Phillips[2]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	85 (as of 14 November 2009)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Various lengths
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One BBC HD (2006-present)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) (2006—)
Original run	15 May 2004 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
External links
Official website

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom. The format has been exported to 30 other countries (see Dancing with the Stars), and has also inspired a modern-dance themed spin-off Strictly Dance Fever.

The show has run on BBC One since 15 May 2004, primarily on Saturday evenings. A seventh series began on 18 September 2009 and is currently airing. A further five stand-alone Christmas Specials have also been produced, in consecutive years from 2004 to 2008. Since the fourth series, the show has also aired on the BBC's high definition channel, BBC HD.

Contents 1 Format 1.1 Presenters 1.2 Judges 1.3 Professional dancers 1.4 Coaching 1.5 Dance Off 1.6 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 2 Main series 3 Series 1 3.1 Judges' scoring summary 3.2 Average chart 3.3 Dances performed 3.4 Highest and lowest scoring performances 4 Series 2 4.1 Judges' scoring summary 4.2 Average chart 4.3 Dances performed 4.4 Highest and lowest scoring performances 5 Series 3 6 Series 4 7 Series 5 8 Series 6 9 Series 7 10 Specials 10.1 2004 Christmas Special 10.2 2005 Christmas Special 10.3 2006 Christmas Special 10.4 2007 Christmas Special 10.5 2008 Christmas Special 10.6 The Strictly Come Dancing Story 10.7 Strictly Ice Dancing 10.8 Strictly African Dancing 10.9 The Live Tour! 2008 10.10 Let's Dance for Comic Relief 10.11 The Live Tour! 2009 10.12 Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour 2010 10.13 Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals Tour 2010 10.14 Sport Relief Does Strictly Come Dancing 10.15 Children In Need Special 2008 10.16 Children in Need 2009 10.17 The Weakest Link Special 2008 11 Dances 12 Highest and lowest scoring performances 13 Statistics 13.1 Judges' scores 14 Controversies 14.1 Race row 14.2 Arlene Phillips / Alesha Dixon 14.3 Phone voting 15 Ratings 15.1 Awards 16 See also 17 References 18 External links

[edit] Format

The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through telephone voting, viewers vote who they would like to stay, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the panel of judges. For example, with four contestants left, the judges' favourite would receive four points, second favourite three points, and so on, and similarly with the viewers' rankings.^[3] The profits from the telephone lines were donated to Sport Relief in series 1, and to Children in Need from series 2 to 5.

The show is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday evenings, and it is presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly. For some of the second series, Natasha Kaplinsky stood in temporarily for Tess Daly while she took maternity leave. The judging panel consists of Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood. Goodman and Tonioli commute weekly between Hollywood and London to judge both the American and British versions of the show simultaneously. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty. The voice-over announcer is Alan Dedicoat. During series four, an hour long highlight show was shown on Sundays at 7pm on BBC Two, and during series five, the results show moved to Sunday evenings, although it is filmed on Saturday and then broadcast "as live" each Sunday.

The singers on the show are Priscilla Jones Campbell, Hayley Sanderson, Tommy Blaize , Lance Ellington and Andrea Grant. The music director is David Arch. Lance Ellington and Tommy Blaize have been part of the Strictly since its beginning. In Series 3 Andrea Grant joined the singing team. David Arch and Priscilla Jones Campbell joined in the fourth series, and Hayley Sanderson in the fifth.

The show is broadcast from a specially constructed set at the BBC Television Centre. However, in the first two series, shows were also filmed at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, where the original Come Dancing series was filmed in the 1970s.^[4][5]

In the second series, two shows were filmed at the Tower Ballroom, show five and the Grand Final which was broadcast live on 11 December 2004.^[6][7] In 2005 though the BBC announced that they would not be returning to the venue for the third series due to "logistical problems". ^[8] In October 2008, Craig Revel Horwood called for the series to return to the Tower Ballroom saying, "the atmosphere was electric. It's huge and has so much history. The Tower Ballroom puts a lot of pressure on the professionals and the celebrities to perform to the best of their potential. What a wonderful place to go live to 12 million people. We have got to get the BBC to bring Strictly Come Dancing back to Blackpool."^[9]

[edit] Presenters

Years	Series	Presenter	Show
2004-present	1-present	Bruce Forsyth	Main show
2004-present	1-present	Tess Daly	Main show
2004-present	2-present	Claudia Winkleman	It Takes Two/Live Tour
2004	1	Justin Lee Collins	Strictly Come Dancing on Three
2004	2	Natasha Kaplinsky	Main show
2008-present	5-6	Kate Thornton	Live Tour
2008	6	Fearne Cotton	Children in Need Special
2009	7	Claudia Winkleman	Main show
2009	7	Ronnie Corbett	Main show

[edit] Judges

Years	Series	Judge
2004-present	1-present	Craig Revel Horwood
2004-present	1-present	Len Goodman
2004-present	1-present	Bruno Tonioli
2009-present	7-present	Alesha Dixon
2009-present	7-present	Darcey Bussell (Guest Judge)
2004-2008	1-6	Arlene Phillips

[edit] Professional dancers

Years	Professional	Series
2004-present	Brendan Cole	Series 1-
2004-present	Erin Boag	Series 1-
2004-present	Anton Du Beke	Series 1-
2004-present	Darren Bennett	Series 2-
2004-present	Ian Waite	Series 2-
2004-present	Lilia Kopylova	Series 2-
2005-present	Matthew Cutler	Series 3-
2006-present	Vincent Simone	Series 4-
2006-present	James Jordan	Series 4-
2006-present	Ola Jordan	Series 4-
2006-present	Flavia Cacace	Series 4-
2008-present	Kristina Rihanoff	Series 6-
2008-present	Brian Fortuna	Series 6-
2009-present	Katya Virshilas	Series 7-
2009-present	Natalie Lowe	Series 7-
2009-present	Aliona Vilani	Series 7-
2004	Kylie Jones	Series 1
2004-2008	Camilla Dallerup	Series 1-6
2004	Paul Killick	Series 1-2
2004	John Byrnes	Series 1
2004	Hanna Karttunen	Series 1
2004	Hazel Newberry	Series 2
2004, 2006-2007	Nicole Cutler	Series 2, 4-5
2005	Andrew Cuerden	Series 3
2005	Izabella Hannah	Series 3
2005	Hanna Haarala	Series 3
2005-2008	Karen Hardy	Series 3-6
2008	Hayley Holt	Series 6

• Note that Brendan Cole, Erin Boag and Anton Du Beke are the only three professional dancers who have taken part in the show from Series 1 to present.

[edit] Coaching

As of series four, coaches are Jaclyn Spencer and Chris Marques (aka Cuban Groove) for Salsa and Mambo, and Jenny Thomas and Ryan Francois for Swing,Jive, Rock n Roll and The Charleston. The Argentine Tango coaches in Series three were Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone, both of whom have subsequently competed in the show.

[edit] Dance Off

From Series 5, a new system was introduced called the Dance Off. The Dance Off is performed by the two couples with the lowest scores following the judges' scores and public vote. After performing their dance again, the judges are asked one-by-one who they would like to save, and the couple with the most votes remains in the competition. If there is a tie, head judge Len Goodman has the deciding vote.

The results show is recorded on the Saturday night directly after the live show and incorporates the result of the viewers' votes which are completed by 21:30. This was confirmed by the official BBC website in 2008:

"The Sunday show is recorded on Saturday night but no element involving the results of the vote will start recording until after lines are closed and votes counted and verified."^[10]

Throughout the results show the presenters refer to 'last night' in reference to the main show, due to the air date of the Sunday programme, and Tess Daly's dress is changed to present an illusion of a second live broadcast.

From Series 7, the Sunday results show will be axed and put back to Saturday nights as a result of a revamp of the show. ^[11]

[edit] Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

During the run of Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two airs each week night on BBC Two, hosted by Claudia Winkleman. It features reviews of the performances during the previous Saturday show, and interviews with and training footage of the couples preparing for the next show. The judges and other celebrities also provide their opinions on how the couples are doing. It Takes Two replaces Strictly Come Dancing on Three, hosted by Justin Lee Collins, which ran on BBC Three during the first series. BBC Two Scotland airs the programme on four nights only, running their own Gaelic-language programming on Thursdays instead.

[edit] Main series

Series	Premiere date	Winning couple	Runner-up couple	Third place couple	Other contestants (in order of elimination)	Number of couples
1	15 May 2004	Natasha Kaplinsky & Brendan Cole	Christopher Parker & Hanna Karttunen	Lesley Garrett & Anton Du Beke	Jason Wood, David Dickinson, Verona Joseph, Claire Sweeney, Martin Offiah.	8
2	23 October 2004	Jill Halfpenny & Darren Bennett	Denise Lewis & Ian Waite	Julian Clary & Erin Boag	Quentin Willson, Carol Vorderman, Esther Rantzen, Diarmuid Gavin, Sarah Manners, Roger Black, Aled Jones.	10
3	15 October 2005	Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova	Colin Jackson & Erin Boag	Zoe Ball & Ian Waite	Siobhan Hayes, Jaye Jacobs, Gloria Hunniford, Fiona Philips, Dennis Taylor, Will Thorp, Bill Turnbull, Patsy Palmer, James Martin.	12
4	7 October 2006	Mark Ramprakash & Karen Hardy	Matt Dawson & Lilia Kopylova	Emma Bunton & Darren Bennett	Nicolas Owen, Mica Paris, Jimmy Tarbuck (withdrew), DJ Spoony, Georgina Bouzova, Jan Ravens, Ray Fearon, Peter Schmeichel, Claire King, Carol Smillie, Louisa Lytton.	14
5	6 October 2007	Alesha Dixon & Matthew Cutler	Matt Di Angelo & Flavia Cacace	Gethin Jones & Camilla Dallerup	Brian Capron, Stephanie Beecham, Willie Thorne, Gabby Logan, Dominic Littlewood, Penny Lancaster-Stewart, Kate Garraway, John Barnes, Kelly Brook (withdrew), Kenny Logan, Letitia Dean.	14
6	20 September 2008	Tom Chambers & Camilla Dallerup	Rachel Stevens & Vincent Simone	Lisa Snowdon & Brendan Cole	Phil Daniels, Gillian Taylforth, Gary Rhodes, Jessie Wallace, Don Warrington, Mark Foster, Andrew Castle, Heather Small, Cherie Lunghi, John Sergeant (withdrew), Jodie Kidd, Christine Bleakley, Austin Healey.	16
7	18 September 2009				Eliminated: Martina Hingis, Richard Dunwoody, Rav Wilding, Lynda Bellingham, Joe Calzaghe, Jo Wood, Zoe Lucker, Craig Kelly, Phil Tufnell, Jade Johnson (withdrew), Ricky Groves Competing: Ali Bastian, Natalie Cassidy, Chris Hollins, Laila Rouass, Ricky Whittle	16[12]

[edit] Series 1

15 May to 3 July 2004, in order of elimination

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Jason Wood (Comedian)	Kylie Jones	Week 2
David Dickinson (Bargain Hunt presenter)	Camilla Dallerup	Week 3
Verona Joseph (Former Holby City Star)	Paul Killick	Week 4
Claire Sweeney (Actress/TV Presenter)	John Byrnes	Week 5
Martin Offiah (Former Rugby Player)	Erin Boag	Week 6
Lesley Garrett (Singer)	Anton du Beke	Week 7
Christopher Parker (Eastenders Actor)	Hanna Karttunen	Final (second place)
Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader)	Brendan Cole	Series winners

[edit] Judges' scoring summary

Bold scores indicate the highest for that week. Red indicates the lowest score. * indicates that this couple was in the bottom two.

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Natasha/Brendan	27	31	26*	35	37	31+36=67	36+35=71	36+31+35=102
Christopher/Hanna	19	23	19	28	15	22+15=37	21+16=37*	24+17+22=63
Lesley/Anton	29	27	29	30*	27*	34+26=60*	33+29=62*	Eliminated
Martin/Erin	25	21	21	24	22	24+24=48*	Eliminated
Claire/John	27	26	34	31	32*	Eliminated
Verona/Paul	27	24	24	24*	Eliminated
David/Camilla	16	21*	20*	Eliminated
Jason/Kylie	21	19*	Eliminated

[edit] Average chart

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	1	Natasha & Brendan	396	12	33.0
2	5	Claire & John	150	5	30.0
3	3	Lesley & Anton	264	9	29.3
4	6	Verona & Paul	99	4	24.8
5	4	Martin & Erin	161	7	23.0
6	2	Christopher & Hanna	241	12	20.1
7	8	Jason & Kylie	40	2	20.0
8	7	David & Camilla	57	3	19.0

[edit] Dances performed

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Natasha & Brendan	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Tango, Rumba	Waltz, Paso Doble	Quickstep, Samba, Freestyle
Christopher & Hanna	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz, Paso Doble	Tango, Rumba	Waltz, Jive, Freestyle
Lesley & Anton	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Foxtrot, Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep, Jive
Martin & Erin	Waltz	Rumba	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha
Claire & John	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba
Verona & Paul	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Paso Doble
David & Camilla	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango
Jason & Kylie	Waltz	Rumba

     Eliminated        Second place        Winner

The dances performed during Series 1 were as follows:

• Week 1 : Cha Cha Cha / Waltz
• Week 2 : Quickstep / Rumba
• Week 3 : Tango / Jive
• Week 4 : Foxtrot / Paso Doble
• Week 5 : Samba
• Week 6 : 2 dances not yet tackled from previous weeks
• Week 7 : 2 dances not yet tackled from previous weeks
• Week 8 : Favourite Ballroom, Favourite Latin & Freestyle Dance

[edit] Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:

Dance	Best dancer(s)	Best score	Worst dancer(s)	Worst score
Cha Cha Cha	Natasha Kaplinsky/Verona Joseph	27	David Dickinson	16
Jive	Lesley Garrett	29	Christopher Parker	17
Rumba	Natasha Kaplinsky	36	Christopher Parker	16
Paso doble	Natasha Kaplinsky	35	Christopher Parker	15
Samba	Natasha Kaplinsky	37	Christopher Parker	15
Waltz	Natasha Kaplinsky	36	Jason Wood	21
Quickstep	Natasha Kaplinsky	36	David Dickinson	21
Foxtrot	Natasha Kaplinsky	35	Martin Offiah	24
Tango	Claire Sweeney	34	David Dickinson	20

[edit] Series 2

23 October to 11 December 2004, in order of elimination

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Quentin Willson	Hazel Newberry	Week 1
Carol Vorderman	Paul Killick	Week 2
Esther Rantzen	Anton du Beke	Week 3
Diarmuid Gavin	Nicole Cutler	Week 4
Sarah Manners	Brendan Cole	Week 5
Roger Black	Camilla Dallerup	Week 6
Aled Jones	Lilia Kopylova	Week 7
Julian Clary	Erin Boag	Final (third place)
Denise Lewis	Ian Waite	Final (second place)
Jill Halfpenny	Darren Bennett	Series winners

[edit] Judges' scoring summary

Bold scores indicate the highest for that week. Red indicates the lowest score. * indicates they were in the bottom 2 couples.

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Jill/Darren	27	32	35	34	35	32+36=68	29+37=66	34+40=74
Denise/Ian	31	32	25*	30	32	34+33=67	35+36=71*	38+33=71
Julian/Erin	19	27	27	20	24*	28+27=55*	24+21=45	29+23=52
Aled/Lilia	29	27	32	25	30	29+27=56	27+30=57*	Eliminated
Roger/Camilla	25	22	25	29	23	22+19=41*	Eliminated
Sarah/Brendan	28	23	31	29*	23*	Eliminated
Diarmuid/Nicole	12	12	14	17*	Eliminated
Esther/Anton	24	16*	16*	Eliminated
Carol/Paul	22*	20*	Eliminated
Quentin/Hazel	8*	Eliminated

[edit] Average chart

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	1	Jill & Darren	371	11	33.7
2	2	Denise & Ian	359	11	32.6
3	4	Aled & Lilia	256	9	28.4
4	6	Sarah & Brendan	134	5	26.8
5	3	Julian & Erin	269	11	24.5
6	5	Roger & Camilla	165	7	23.6
7	9	Carol & Paul	42	2	21.0
8	8	Esther & Anton	56	3	18.7
9	7	Diarmuid & Nicole	55	4	13.8
10	10	Quentin & Hazel	8	1	8.0

[edit] Dances performed

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Jill/Darren	Waltz	Rumba	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango, Paso Doble	Foxtrot, Jive
Denise/Ian	Waltz	Rumba	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango, Paso Doble	Quickstep, Samba
Julian/Erin	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Waltz, Rumba	Foxtrot, Jive	Quickstep, Samba
Aled/Lilia	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz, Rumba	Tango, Paso Doble
Roger/Camilla	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz, Rumba
Sarah/Brendan	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba
Diarmuid/Nicole	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble
Esther/Anton	Waltz	Rumba	Tango
Carol/Paul	Waltz	Rumba
Quentin/Hazel	Cha-Cha-Cha

     Eliminated        Third place        Second place        Winner

The dances performed during Series 2 were as follows:

• Week 1 : Cha Cha Cha / Waltz
• Week 2 : Quickstep / Rumba
• Week 3 : Tango / Jive
• Week 4 : Foxtrot / Paso Doble
• Week 5 : Samba
• Week 6 : 2 dances not yet tackled from previous weeks
• Week 7 : 2 dances not yet tackled from previous weeks
• Week 8 : Favourite Ballroom & Favourite Latin

[edit] Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:

Dance	Best dancer(s)	Best score	Worst dancer(s)	Worst score
Cha Cha Cha	Jill Halfpenny	36	Quentin Willson	8
Jive	Jill Halfpenny	40	Julian Clary	21
Rumba	Denise Lewis / Jill Halfpenny	32	Esther Rantzen	16
Paso doble	Jill Halfpenny	37	Diarmuid Gavin	17
Samba	Jill Halfpenny	35	Roger Black/Sarah Manners/Julian Clary	23
Waltz	Denise Lewis	31	Carol Vorderman	22
Quickstep	Denise Lewis	38	Diarmuid Gavin	12
Foxtrot	Jill Halfpenny	34	Julian Clary	24
Tango	Denise Lewis	35	Diarmuid Gavin	14

[edit] Series 3

This series ran from 15 October to 17 December 2005. Over five million votes were cast, approximately three million of which were for the eventual champions, Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova.^[13] Over ten and a half million viewers tuned in to the final show, and the whole series raised £1.5 million for Children in Need.^[14]

The celebrities that took part in this series were as follows:

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Siobhan Hayes	Matthew Cutler	Week 1
Jaye Jacobs	Andrew Cuerden	Week 2
Gloria Hunniford	Darren Bennett	Week 3
Fiona Phillips	Brendan Cole	Week 4
Dennis Taylor	Izabela Hannah	Week 5
Will Thorp	Hanna Haarala	Week 6
Bill Turnbull	Karen Hardy	Week 7
Patsy Palmer	Anton du Beke	Week 8
James Martin	Camilla Dallerup	Week 9
Zoë Ball	Ian Waite	Final (third place)
Colin Jackson	Erin Boag	Final (second place)
Darren Gough	Lilia Kopylova	Series winners

[edit] Series 4

The show ran from 7 October to 23 December 2006. Over 12 million votes were cast, raising £1.5 million for Children in Need. A peak of 13 million viewers tuned in to the final show of series four to see Mark and Karen crowned 2006 Strictly Come Dancing champions.

The couples in order of elimination:

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Nicholas Owen	Nicole Cutler	Week 1
Jimmy Tarbuck	Flavia Cacace	Forced to withdraw for health reasons[15]
Mica Paris	Ian Waite	Week 2
DJ Spoony	Ola Jordan	Week 3
Georgina Bouzova	James Jordan	Week 4
Jan Ravens	Anton du Beke	Week 5
Ray Fearon	Camilla Dallerup	Week 6
Peter Schmeichel	Erin Boag	Week 7
Claire King	Brendan Cole	Week 8
Carol Smillie	Matthew Cutler	Week 9
Louisa Lytton	Vincent Simone	Week 10
Emma Bunton	Darren Bennett	Week 11 (third place)
Matt Dawson	Lilia Kopylova	Final (second place)
Mark Ramprakash	Karen Hardy	Series winners

[edit] Series 5

The fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing began on BBC One on 29 September 2007, with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returning as presenters. For the first time, the line up of professionals was unchanged from the previous series. The first programme was a catch-up show and preview to the new series, before the start of the competition on 6 October, which ran for 12 weeks. The show featured 14 new celebrities, who were paired with 14 professional dancers. In a change to the previous format, the results show was recorded on Saturday and broadcast on Sunday, rather than shown live later on Saturday. In addition to this, the two couples who were at the bottom of the table after the viewers' vote were subject to a dance-off, where they reprised their routine, for the judges to decide who left. Head Judge Len Goodman had the casting vote in case of a tie. The series raised just over a million pounds for Children in Need ^[16]

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Brian Capron	Karen Hardy	Week 1
Stephanie Beacham	Vincent Simone	Week 2
Willie Thorne	Erin Boag	Week 3
Gabby Logan	James Jordan	Week 4
Dominic Littlewood	Lilia Kopylova	Week 5
Penny Lancaster Stewart	Ian Waite	Week 6
Kate Garraway	Anton du Beke	Week 7
John Barnes	Nicole Cutler	Week 8
Kelly Brook	Brendan Cole	Withdrew due to bereavement[17]
Kenny Logan	Ola Jordan	Week 9
Letitia Dean	Darren Bennett	Week 10
Gethin Jones	Camilla Dallerup	Week 11 (third place)
Matt Di Angelo	Flavia Cacace	Final (second place)
Alesha Dixon	Matthew Cutler	Series winners

[edit] Series 6

A sixth series of the show was confirmed after the dancers' pay dispute was called off in late June 2008.^[18] The series lasted for 14 weeks, which is the longest series so far.^[18] The series involved three new professional dancers, Brian Fortuna, Hayley Holt and Kristina Rihanoff.^[19]

In July 2008 it was reported that current EastEnders cast members were banned from taking part in the competition due to the length of the series. ^[20]

The sixth series began on 13 September with a behind-the-scenes look at the new series, followed by the first live show on 20 September.^[21]

On 19 November 2008, John Sergeant announced that he would be leaving the show because he believed he may "win it".^[22]

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Phil Daniels	Flavia Cacace	Week 1
Gillian Taylforth	Anton du Beke	Week 2
Gary Rhodes	Karen Hardy	Week 3
Jessie Wallace	Darren Bennett	Week 4
Don Warrington	Lilia Kopylova	Week 5
Mark Foster	Hayley Holt	Week 6
Andrew Castle	Ola Jordan	Week 7
Heather Small	Brian Fortuna	Week 8
Cherie Lunghi	James Jordan	Week 9
John Sergeant	Kristina Rihanoff	Withdrew[22]
Jodie Kidd	Ian Waite	Week 10
Christine Bleakley	Matthew Cutler	Week 11
Austin Healey	Erin Boag	Week 12
Lisa Snowdon	Brendan Cole	Final (third place)
Rachel Stevens	Vincent Simone	Final (second place)
Tom Chambers	Camilla Dallerup	Series winners

[edit] Series 7

The seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing will start of Friday 18 September and will run until December 2009^[23]. Tess Daly has signed a two year deal to continue presenting Strictly Come Dancing for at least the 2009 and 2010 series'^[24].

On 9 July, former competitor Alesha Dixon was confirmed to be joining the judging panel for this series, and that Darcey Bussell would be a guest judge towards the end of the series run. Dixon replaces Arlene Phillips who is moving to The One Show as a Strictly Come Dancing expert^[23]. It has been reported in the media that many of the show's professional dancers are furious at Phillips being replaced by Dixon. They apparently feel that they "will be judged by someone who knows less than they do about dancing"^[25]. Bosses at the BBC have also been accused of sexism, as none of the male judges on the show have been replaced. Dixon's fans are also unhappy as she has had to cancel a number of dates on her autumn tour in order to do the programme.^[26]

The official line-up was revealed on 25 August 2009^[27]:

Celebrity	Professional	Voted out
Martina Hingis	Matthew Cutler	Week 1
Richard Dunwoody	Lilia Kopylova	Week 2
Rav Wilding	Aliona Vilani	Week 3
Lynda Bellingham	Darren Bennett	Week 4
Joe Calzaghe	Kristina Rihanoff	Week 5
Jo Wood	Brendan Cole	Week 6
Zöe Lucker	James Jordan	Week 7
Craig Kelly	Flavia Cacace	Week 8
Phil Tufnell	Katya Virshilas	Week 9
Jade Johnson	Ian Waite	Withdrew due to injury
Ricky Groves	Erin Boag	Week 10
Ricky Whittle	Natalie Lowe
Ali Bastian	Brian Fortuna
Natalie Cassidy	Vincent Simone
Chris Hollins	Ola Jordan
Laila Rouass	Anton du Beke

[edit] Specials

[edit] 2004 Christmas Special

This Christmas special was broadcast live on 22 December 2004, featuring top couples from both of the first two series (with the exception of Christopher Parker and Julian Clary, who were not able to appear). The show was won by Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett.

In order of judges' placing

Celebrity	Professional	Place	Judges' scores	Dance
Martin Offiah	Erin Boag	6th	6+6+7+7=26	Jive
Aled Jones	Lilia Kopylova	5th	7+7+8+8=30	Samba
Lesley Garrett	Anton du Beke	4th	7+8+8+8=31	Waltz
Natasha Kaplinsky	Brendan Cole	3rd	7+8+9+9=33	Foxtrot
Denise Lewis	Ian Waite	2nd	9+9+9+10=37	Quickstep
Jill Halfpenny	Darren Bennett	1st	9+9+9+9=36	Jive

[edit] 2005 Christmas Special

The Christmas special in 2005 featured the top four couples (Gough/Kopylova, Jackson/Boag, Ball/Waite, Martin/Dallerup) from the 2005 series competing against two competitors from the US version, Dancing with the Stars, who danced with two professionals from the British series. The two competitors from the US series were Rachel Hunter, who was teamed with Brendan Cole, and Evander Holyfield, who danced with Karen Hardy. Season 2 winner Jill Halfpenny was scheduled to appear with her partner Darren Bennett, but pulled out due to a break down in fee negotiations.

24 December 2005, in order of elimination

Celebrity	Professional	Place	Judges' scores	Dance
Evander Holyfield	Karen Hardy	6th	3+5+7+7=22	Jive
Rachel Hunter	Brendan Cole	5th	9+9+9+9=36	Rumba
Colin Jackson	Erin Boag	4th	9+8+9+9=35	Cha-Cha-Cha
James Martin	Camilla Dallerup	3rd	8+10+10+9=37	Foxtrot
Zoe Ball	Ian Waite	2nd	9+9+10+10=38	Foxtrot
Darren Gough	Lilia Kopylova	1st	10+10+10+10=40	Quickstep

As well as winning the 2005 series, Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova won this Christmas Special, after receiving the full 40 marks from the judges.

[edit] 2006 Christmas Special

The Christmas special in 2006 featured stars from the third and fourth series going head to head to perform their highest-scoring dances. The theme of the programme was black and white, so whether it was wintry white gowns, the little black dress or top hat and tails, the dancers and the dance floor were decked in black and white, setting the stage for some show-stopping performances.

It was a pre-recorded show shown on Christmas Day on BBC One. The couples who took part were:

Celebrity	Professional	Place	Judges' Scores	Dance
Matt Dawson	Lilia Kopylova	-	9+9+10+9=37	Waltz
Louisa Lytton	Vincent Simone	-	9+9+9+9=36	Jive
Mark Ramprakash	Karen Hardy	-	9+9+9+9=36	Salsa
Emma Bunton	Darren Bennett	-	9+9+9+9=36	Samba
Zoe Ball	Ian Waite	2nd	9+10+9+10=38	Rumba
Colin Jackson	Erin Boag	1st	10+10+10+10=40	Quickstep

After the combined scores of the judges' marks and the votes of the studio audience, Colin Jackson and Erin Boag won the competition, after getting the full 40 marks from the judges, with Zoe Ball and Ian Waite being runners up. The final places of the bottom four couples was not announced - they were eliminated from the competition in a random order.

[edit] 2007 Christmas Special

The 2007 Christmas Special featured the top four couples from Series Five (Alesha Dixon, Matt Di Angelo, Gethin Jones and Letitia Dean), as well as Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash (champions of Series Three and Four respectively). The winner was Series Three champion Darren Gough, who received a perfect 40 for his American Smooth, and had the highest score overall when the judges' points were combined with the studio audience vote. Series Five semi-finalist Gethin Jones, who also received a perfect 40 for his Waltz, was runner up. The final place of the bottom four couples was not announced.

It was broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day (25 December 2007).

Celebrity	Professional	Place	Judges' score	Dance
Alesha Dixon	Matthew Cutler	-	9+9+9+9=36	Cha-cha-cha
Letitia Dean	Darren Bennett	-	9+9+9+9=36	Foxtrot
Mark Ramprakash	Karen Hardy	-	9+9+10+10=38	Jive
Matt Di Angelo	Flavia Cacace	-	9+10+10+10=39	Rumba
Gethin Jones	Camilla Dallerup	2nd	10+10+10+10=40	Waltz
Darren Gough	Lilia Kopylova	1st	10+10+10+10=40	American Smooth

[edit] 2008 Christmas Special

The 2008 Christmas Special aired on 25 December 2008. Tom Chambers, Rachel Stevens and Lisa Snowdon took on former contestants Jill Halfpenny, Alesha Dixon and Kelly Brook. Brian Fortuna partnered Brook due to her original partner Brendan Cole dancing with his more recent partner Lisa Snowdon. Russell Watson made a special guest appearance.^[28] The celebrities, their professional partners and dance were announced on 17 December 2008.^[29] Due to 4 couples coming top of the leader's board with 39 points, head judge Len was given casting vote on how to break the tie. Therefore points from the judge were awarded as follows before the audience vote: Alesha 6, Jill 5, Rachel 4, Kelly 3, Tom 2, Lisa 1. Jill Halfpenny was named the 2008 Christmas Champion with Kelly Brook in second place, meaning that Jill joined Darren Gough in having won two Christmas specials, and her partner Darren Bennett equalled his professional partner and wife Lilia Kopylova's two Christmas special victories.

Celebrity	Professional	Place	Judges' score	Dance
Lisa Snowdon	Brendan Cole	—	8+9+9+10=36	Quickstep
Tom Chambers	Camilla Dallerup	—	9+10+9+9=37	Foxtrot
Rachel Stevens	Vincent Simone	—	9+10+10+10=39	Rumba
Alesha Dixon	Matthew Cutler	—	9+10+10+10=39	Viennese Waltz
Kelly Brook	Brian Fortuna	2nd	10+9+10+10=39	Jive
Jill Halfpenny	Darren Bennett	1st	9+10+10+10=39	American Smooth

[edit] The Strictly Come Dancing Story

The Strictly Come Dancing Story was shown on 28 December 2007. While looking back at the last five series of Strictly Come Dancing, it also explained how it came about, showed clips of the original Come Dancing show, highlights from the series one to five, and how the show has transferred to other countries around the world.

[edit] Strictly Ice Dancing

Strictly Ice Dancing was broadcast as a one-off special on 26 December 2004; with Carol Smillie, Jessica Taylor, Scarlett Johnson, Marcus Patric, David Seaman, and Rowland Rivron paired with professional skaters. This was won by David Seaman (who was a late replacement for Paul Gascoigne) and his partner Zoia Birmingham.

In order of elimination, the competitors were:

Celebrity	Professional	Score
Rowland Rivron	Charlotte Clements	10
Marcus Patric	Leigh Mack	12
Carol Smillie	Oula Jääskeläinen	21
Scarlett Johnson	Daniel Whiston	22
Jessica Taylor	Robert Burgerman	34
David Seaman	Zoia Birmingham	33

Strictly Ice Dancing was identical to the Granada format Dancing On Ice, although details of Dancing on Ice were revealed before Strictly Ice Dancing was commissioned.

[edit] Strictly African Dancing

A further one-off special was broadcast on BBC One on 9 July 2005 as part of the BBC's Africa Lives season. It featured six celebrities of African descent performing traditional African dances with a professional troupe. The contestants were Tunde Baiyewu, Tupele Dorgu, Robbie Earle, Antonia Okonma, Louis Emerick, and Tessa Sanderson. The programme was presented by Natasha Kaplinsky and Martin Offiah, and the winner was Robbie Earle. Professional dancers Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova, who have appeared on Strictly Come Dancing since the second series, also appeared on this special to perform a traditional African Samba.

In order of elimination:

• Tunde Baiyewu
• Louis Emerick
• Tupele Dorgu
• Tessa Sanderson
• Antonia Okonma
• Robbie Earle

[edit] The Live Tour! 2008

Strictly Come Dancing went on tour at the beginning of 2008 for the first time.^[30] The tour was hosted by Kate Thornton, and judged by Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, & Len Goodman.^[31] Bruno Tonioli was not a judge in this competition^[30] due to him being in Los Angeles.^[32] The tour began on 18 January 2008 in Glasgow and finished on 19 February 2008 in Birmingham.^[33]

Celebrity dancers taking part were:^[34]

• Christopher Parker (dancing with Nicole Cutler)
• Denise Lewis (dancing with Matthew Cutler)
• Darren Gough (dancing with Lilia Kopylova)^[35]
• James Martin (dancing with Camilla Dallerup)
• Letitia Dean (dancing with Darren Bennett)
• Louisa Lytton (dancing with Vincent Simone)
• Matt Di Angelo (dancing with Flavia Cacace) ^[36]
• Zoe Ball (dancing with Ian Waite)^[35]

The results of the tour are as follows:^[37]

Couple	Series	Number of times as winners	Number of times as runners up
Matt Di Angelo and Flavia Cacace	5	16	10
Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone	4	10	3
Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova	3	8	10
Zoe Ball and Ian Waite	3	5	14
Letitia Dean and Darren Bennett	5	1	2

Denise Lewis, Christopher Parker, James Martin were not winners or runners up at any stage of the tour .^[37]

[edit] Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Let's Dance for Comic Relief aired in February and March 2009 in aid for Comic Relief 2009.

[edit] The Live Tour! 2009

The Strictly Come Dancing Tour returned in January and February 2009.^[38] Kate Thornton returned to host, and all four judges from the TV series took part.

The couples and results of the tour were as follows:^[39]

Couple	Series	Number of times as winners	Number of times as runners up
Rachel Stevens and Vincent Simone	6	26	14
Gethin Jones and Flavia Cacace	5	6	6
Kenny Logan and Ola Jordan	5	6	0
Julian Clary and Lilia Kopylova	2	3	13
Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett	2	3	9
Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup	6	1	2
Cherie Lunghi and James Jordan	6	0	1
Jodie Kidd and Ian Waite	6	0	0

Gethin Jones and Julian Clary were paired with new professional partners - Jones' partner Camilla Dallerup danced with her series six celebrity Tom Chambers, whilst Clary's partner (Erin Boag) did not take part in the tour, as she and her professional partner Anton Du Beke were on their own 'Cheek To Cheek' tour of the UK.

Strictly Come Dancing professionals Matthew Cutler and Kristina Rihanoff also performed a routine together.

The DVD will be released on the 9th November 2009.

[edit] Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour 2010

The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour will be on the road in January and February 2010. Claudia Winkleman will be the new presenter as Kate Thornton stepped down after being appointed a job on Loose Women.

The Judging Panel will consist of 6 members ;

• Craig Revel Horwood
• Len Goodman
• Arlene Phillips
• Bruno Tonioli

When Len is absent from the panel (check tour website for dates), the judges will be;

• Craig Revel Horwood
• Ian Waite
• Arlene Phillips
• Bruno Tonioli

When Arlene is absent from the panel(check tour website for dates), the judges will be;

• Craig Revel Horwood
• Len Goodman
• Darcey Bussell
• Bruno Tonioli

The tour has already had problems because the professional dancers are not signing for the tour because they are not getting paid enough while their celebrity partners are receiving double the salary.

[edit] Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals Tour 2010

It was anounced that

• Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace,
• Ian Waite & Natalie Lowe
• Matthew Cutler & Aliona Vilani
• James Jordan & Ola Jordan,
• Brian Fortuna & Kristina Rihanoff

These will take the road for their first own personal tour.

[edit] Sport Relief Does Strictly Come Dancing

A Strictly Come Dancing one-off special for Sport Relief aired on 14 March 2008, with Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips and Craig Revel Horwood judging.^[40]

The results were as follows:

Ex-Strictly Contestant	Celebrity	Place	Judges' scores	Dance
Denise Lewis	David Ginola	-	7+7+7=21	Waltz
Roger Black	Jade Johnson	-	8+6+8=22	Cha Cha Cha
Darren Gough	Gemma Bissix	-	7+7+8=22	American Smooth
Matt Dawson	Elaine Paige	2nd	8+9+8=25	Tango
Mark Ramprakash	Kara Tointon	1st	9+9+9=27	Samba

The ranking of the bottom three couples was not announced - they were eliminated from the competition in a random order.

A BBC spokesperson commented: "Sport Relief features Strictly Come Dancing with a difference."

[edit] Children In Need Special 2008

A Strictly Come Dancing one-off special for Children In Need aired on 14 November 2008, with Fearne Cotton presenting and Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Arlene Phillips and Craig Revel Horwood judging.

The results were as follows:

Professional Dancer	Children In Need Host	Place	Judges' scores[41]	Dance
Anton Du Beke	Tess Daly	1st	9+9+9+9=36	American Smooth
Flavia Cacace	Terry Wogan	2nd	7+8+7+7=29	Waltz

[edit] Children in Need 2009

To air during Children in Need 2009 on November 20th, 2009.

[edit] The Weakest Link Special 2008

On 27 December 2008, a special episode of The Weakest Link aired on BBC1 featuring participants of Strictly Come Dancing. The game was won by series 6 celebrity Mark Foster, who beat professional dancer Anton Du Beke in the final. Participants in order of elimination were:

• Craig Revel Horwood
• Arlene Phillips
• Kristina Rihanoff
• Camilla Dallerup
• Mark Ramprakash
• Brendan Cole
• Heather Small
• Anton du Beke
• Mark Foster

[edit] Dances

• Waltz (Series 1- ) always week one.

• Cha Cha (Series 1- ) always week one.

• Charleston (Series 7- ) performed in week 11 as of series 7.

• Rumba (Series 1- ) always week two apart from series six it was week 4.

• Quickstep (Series 1- ) always week 2, apart from in Series 6, it was Week 4, and Series 7, it was week three.

• Tango (Series 1- ) always week three, apart from series 7 it was week one and two.

• Jive (Series 1- ) always week three, apart from Series 7 it was 5.

• Foxtrot (Series 1- ) series 1 to 4 it was week four, series 5, it was week five, series 6, it was week two, Series 7, it was week four.

• Paso Doble (Series 1- ) series 1 to 4 it was week four, series 5, it was week five, series 6, it was week six, series 7, it was week three.

• Rock N' Roll (Series 7- ) performed in week 11 as of series 7.

• Samba (Series 1- ) series 1 to 3 it was week five, series 4, it was week six, series 5, it was week four, series 6, it was week five, series 7, it was 6.

• American Smooth (Series 3- ) series 3, it was week five, series 4, it was week six, series 5, it was week four, series 6, it was week five, series 7, it was 6.

• Viennese Waltz (Series 3- ) series 3, it was week six, series 4 it was week five, series 5 to 6, it was week six, series 7, it was 5.

• Salsa (Series 4- ) series 4, it was week five, series 5, it was week six, series 6, it was week two, series 7, it was week four.

• Argentine Tango (Series 4- [incase a couple withdraw]) series 4 to 5, it was week eleven, series 6 to 7, it was week 13.

[edit] Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows (not including Chrstmas Specials):

Dance	Celebrity	Highest score	Celebrity	Lowest score
American Smooth	Gethin Jones	38	Andrew Castle	17
Argentine Tango	Mark Ramprakash Rachel Stevens	39	Matt Dawson	30
Cha Cha Cha	Lisa Snowdon	40	Quentin Wilson	8
Charleston	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Foxtrot	Lisa Snowdon Rachel Stevens	40	Craig Kelly	17
Jive	Jill Halfpenny	40	Fiona Phillips	16
Paso Doble	Austin Healey	38	Christopher Parker Dennis Taylor	15
Quickstep	Colin Jackson Lisa Snowdon	40	Diarmuid Gavin	12
Rock 'n' Roll	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Rumba	Rachel Stevens	39	Fiona Phillips	13
Salsa	Mark Ramprakash	40	Kate Garraway	18
Samba	Zoe Ball	38	Jo Wood	14
Tango	Rachel Stevens	39	Diarmuid Gavin	14
Viennese Waltz	Ali Bastian	40	Jo Wood Will Thorpe	23
Waltz	Matt DiAngelo	40	Fiona Phillips	11

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Judges' scores

On nine occasions, a perfect 40 out of 40 has been awarded inside the main series, with series six being the only series to have more than one perfect forty within, including Lisa Snowdon and Brendan Cole who hold the record for most perfect scores with three in the series and Rachel Stevens and Vincent Simone with two perfect scores. All others only received one, usually in the semi-final or final. On another four occasions, a couple scored 40/40 on a Christmas Special. On further fourteen occasions during the main series, couples have received 39. On five occasions in the Christmas Specials, couples were awarded 39/40. There was one special case when three of the judges (Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli) all gave a ten but head judge Len Goodman gave an nine.

The lowest that the judges have ever awarded was 8/40 to Quentin Wilson and Hazel Newberry for their Cha Cha Cha.

In addition to the nine perfect scores listed above, judges have awarded perfect tens on a number of other occasions. Rachel Stevens and her partner Vincent Simone hold a record for the most with 28 followed by Alesha Dixon and Matthew Cutler with 22 and Lisa Snowdon and Brendan Cole with 21.

[edit] Controversies

[edit] Race row

The show regularly draws attention to itself through negative press. The most recent scandal to embroil the show involved professional dancer Anton du Beke, who in an off air conversation, made a joke with racial imagery to his dance partner of Moroccan descent Laila Rouass for which he has subsequently unreservedly apologised. This followed an earlier incident, when he is alleged to have asked her if she is a 'Terrorist'. Whilst both of the people involved insisted that the comments had been intended as humerous banter, the news nevertheless prompted numerous complaints filed by viewers calling for Du Beke to be removed from his position.

[edit] Arlene Phillips / Alesha Dixon

The decision to drop Arlene Phillips from the judging line-up for the 2009 series of Strictly Come Dancing led to much criticism being directed at the BBC for its handling of older female television personalities. Accusations resurfaced that the BBC routinely discriminates against women in television based on their age. The most notable examples of purported age discrimination in the BBC include the release of newsreader Moira Stewart in 2007 and the retirement of Anna Ford in 2006. Other high profile BBC personalities such as Selina Scott and Kate Adie have also accused the BBC of age discrimination towards women.^[42] The axing of Arlene Phillips has led to an unprecedented intervention from the government's Minister for Women and Equality, Harriet Harman. During a session in the House of Commons, Harman responded to questions stating that she believed the decision to drop Arlene Phillips was motivated by age discrimination and called on the BBC to ensure that she would be taking part in the new series. The BBC has not formally responded to this request, but has repeated its comments that the decision was not due to age.^[43] The appointment of Alesha Dixon to the judging panel prompted 5000 complaints to the BBC, and her judging debut was met with hostility amongst viewers and tabloids alike.

[edit] Phone voting

In December 2008 the show hit the headlines when viewers were able to register telephone votes for a couple that effectively they could not save from the dance off irrespective of how many public votes were cast in their favour. Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup could not mathematically survive given the scoring system, however viewers were invited to call in to save their favourites at a cost of 35p per vote. The BBC did not offer a refund service. The same problem emerged later on in the series' Christmas special.

Further doubts were raised about the telephone voting system, when 2009 contestant Rav Wilding was eliminated from the competition in week 3. Despite having already been in the dance off the previous week, Rav Wilding claimed that a problem with the phone lines meant that he lost votes that could have saved him from having to compete again in the dance-off. Despite the claims, both the BBC and the telephone company strongly denied that there were any problems with the phone lines.

[edit] Ratings

Series	Series Première		Series Finale
	Date	Viewers	Date	Viewers
1	15 May 2004	4.61m[44]	3 July 2004	9.28m[45]
2	23 October 2004	6.54m[46]	11 December 2004	11.60m[47]
3	15 October 2005	7.23m[48]	17 December 2005	10.55m[49]
4	7 October 2006	9.23m[50]	23 December 2006	12.11m[51]
5	6 October 2007	7.68m[52]	22 December 2007	12.09m[53]
6	20 September 2008	8.48m[54]	20 December 2008	12.21m[55]
7	18 September 2009	8.44m[56]	19 December 2009	TBA

[edit] Awards

The show has won a highly prestigious Rose D'Or award for 'Best Variety Show', beating off competition from reality shows from twelve other different countries. It has also won two awards for 'Best Reality Show' at the TRIC Awards and two at the TV Quick Awards for 'Best Talent Show'. It has also received three BAFTA nominations.

The show won the award of 'Most Popular Talent Show' at the 2008 National Television Awards.

[edit] See also

• Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two - its companion show on BBC Two.
• Strictly Dance Fever
• Dancing on Ice - a similar show on ITV, swapping dancing with skating.
• Just the Two of Us - the same format, with singing instead of dancing.
• Dancing with the Stars - versions of the show produced in other countries.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Strictly Come Dancing at BBC Online
• Strictly Come Dancing at the Internet Movie Database
• Strictly Come Dancing at TV.com
• Strictly Come Dancing at UKGameshows.com

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