Strictly Come Dancing (series 4)

Strictly Come Dancing (Series 4)
Country	United Kingdom
Network	BBC One
Original run	7 October 2006 – 23 December 2006
No. of episodes	22
Celebrity winner	Mark Ramprakash
Professional winner	Karen Hardy
Previous series	Series 3
Next series	Series 5

The fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing started on 7 October 2006 and ended on 23 December 2006. It was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, and the winner was Mark Ramprakash along with his dancing partner Karen Hardy.

The show

For more information, see the main article.

The show works by having four judges: Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli, judging each couple out of ten after each performance. When all the couples have danced, they are inserted onto the leaderboard, where the highest ranked couple will get the highest amount of points available, and the lowest ranked couple getting one point.

On the second show of the night, once the viewers' votes are in, the points from the leaderboard are added to those created by the viewer votes to find the two lowest ranked couples, and the lowest ranked couple go home.

Contestants

This year there were 14 couples: 7 male celebrities and 7 female celebrities. They were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Nicholas Owen	Broadcaster	Nicole Cutler	Eliminated 1st on 7 October 2006
Mica Paris	Singer and presenter	Ian Waite	Eliminated 2nd on 14 October 2006
Jimmy Tarbuck	Comedian	Flavia Cacace	Withdrew on 14 October 2006
DJ Spoony	Radio presenter & DJ	Ola Jordan	Eliminated 3rd on 21 October 2006
Georgina Bouzova	Actress	James Jordan	Eliminated 4th on 28 October 2006
Jan Ravens	Impressionist	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 5th on 4 November 2006
Ray Fearon	Actor	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 6th on 11 November 2006
Peter Schmeichel	England goalkeeper	Erin Boag	Eliminated 7th on 18 November 2006
Claire King	Emmerdale star	Brendan Cole	Eliminated 8th on 25 November 2006
Carol Smillie	TV presenter	Matthew Cutler	Eliminated 9th on 2 December 2006
Louisa Lytton	EastEnders star	Vincent Simone	Eliminated 10th on 9 December 2006
Emma Bunton	Spice Girls singer	Darren Bennett	Third Place on 23 December 2006
Matt Dawson	Rugby union player	Lilia Kopylova	Second Place on 23 December 2006
Mark Ramprakash	Cricketer	Karen Hardy	Winners on 23 December 2006

Judges' scoring summary

     the couple eliminated that week.

     the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated.

     the couple withdrew from the competition that week.

     the winning couple.

     the runner-up couple.

     the third-place couple.

Red text the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week.

Green text the couple(s) with the highest score for that week.

"—" indicates the couple(s) did not dance that week.

Team	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Mark & Karen	1	27	—	32	35	36	33	27	36	28+36=64	36+27=63	34+39=73	34+40+36=110
Matt & Lilia	2	19	—	30	28	25	34	37	28	34+27=61	29+32=61	35+30=65	38+31+36=105
Emma & Darren	3	—	33	33	30	34	36	30	34	37+37=74	35+34=69	36+33=69
Louisa & Vincent	4	—	28	36	26	29	32	35	34	33+36=69	31+28=59
Carol & Matthew	5	—	25	27	29	29	27	30	30	34+34=68
Claire & Brendan	6	—	21	22	24	21	32	29	25
Peter & Erin	7	25	—	31	19	28	19	26
Ray & Camilla	8	27	—	29	30	35	26
Jan & Anton	9	—	24	18	24	25
Georgina & James	10	—	14	18	26
Spoony & Ola	11	27	—	27
Jimmy & Flavia	12	17	WD
Mica & Ian	13	—	20
Nicholas & Nicole	14	14

Additional information

• This Series saw the addition of 2 new competitive dances to Strictly Come Dancing, the Salsa danced in Week 5 and the Argentine Tango danced only by the semi-finalists
• In week one, the male celebrity couples danced for the judges and the public vote, while the female celebrity couples performed a group dance. This was reversed in week two. Jimmy Tarbuck did not take part in the male celebrities' group dance due to health reasons, and officially withdrew from the competition the following week. From week three, all couples were marked against each other
• Mark and Karen made Strictly Come Dancing history in week five by being the first couple who had to re-start a routine. They were forced to stop after Mark's microphone was caught in Karen's dress. In spite of this, they received another go and went on to receive the highest score of the night
• In the results show of week 10, the two couples with the lowest combined score had to perform a "dance-off" for survival. However, it was possible for viewers to calculate the points combination that each couple received beforehand, which indicated that the result was actually unaffected by the dance-off

• Lilia Kopylova made Strictly history by becoming the first professional winner to reach a second final
• Mark Ramprakash's victory meant that this was the second consecutive series which had been won by a cricketer

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	Louisa Lytton	36	Matt Dawson	19
Jive	Louisa Lytton	36	Jan Ravens Georgina Bouzova	18
Rumba	Emma Bunton	34	Georgina Bouzova	14
Paso doble	Emma Bunton	37	Peter Schmeichel	19
Samba	Emma Bunton Mark Ramprakash	36	Peter Schmeichel	19
Waltz	Matt Dawson	38	Nicholas Owen	14
Quickstep	Matt Dawson	36	Jan Ravens	24
Foxtrot	Matt Dawson	35	Jan Ravens Claire King	24
Tango	Louisa Lytton Emma Bunton	35	DJ Spoony	27
Viennese Waltz	Mark Ramprakash	36	Jan Ravens	25
American Smooth	Matt Dawson Emma Bunton	34	Carol Smillie	27
Salsa	Mark Ramprakash	40	Claire King	21
Argentine Tango	Mark Ramprakash	39	Matt Dawson	30

Number of Tens

Team	Total No. of Tens	Week	Judge(s) who gave a ten	Dance Performed	Score
Mark/Karen	7
		11	Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli	Argentine Tango	39
		12	Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli	Salsa	40
Matt/Lilia	4
		7	Len Goodman	Waltz	37
		12	Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli	Waltz	38
		2006 Christmas Special	Len Goodman	Waltz	37
Emma/Darren	3
		9	Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli	Waltz	37
			Bruno Tonioli	Paso Doble	37
Louisa/Vincent	1
		3	Bruno Tonioli	Jive	36

Mark and Karen received two additional tens from Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli when they performed a Jive on the series five Christmas Special in 2007.

Guide to Dances

The following table shows which dance each couple does and the order of elimination:

     the couple eliminated that week.

     the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated.

     the couple withdrew from the competition that week.

     the winning couple.

     the runner-up couple.

     the third-place couple.

Red text the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week.

Green text the couple(s) with the highest score for that week.

"—" indicates the couple(s) did not dance that week.

Contestants	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11 Final
Mark & Karen	Cha Cha Cha	Group Swing	Tango	Paso Doble	Salsa	American Smooth	Rumba	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot, Samba	Waltz, Jive	Quickstep, Argentine Tango	Tango, Salsa, Samba
Matt & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha	Group Swing	Tango	Paso Doble	Salsa	American Smooth	Waltz	Jive	Quickstep, Rumba	Viennese Waltz, Samba	Foxtrot, Argentine Tango	Waltz, Samba, Quickstep
Emma & Darren	Group Mambo	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Viennese Waltz	Samba	Cha Cha Cha	American Smooth	Waltz, Paso Doble	Tango, Rumba	Third Place<br"|Argentine Tango, Salsa
Louisa & Vincent	Group Mambo	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Salsa	Samba	Tango	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha Cha	American Smooth, Rumba
Carol & Matthew	Group Mambo	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Salsa	American Smooth	Cha Cha Cha	Waltz	Viennese Waltz, Samba
Claire & Brendan	Group Mambo	Rumba	Jive	Foxtrot	Salsa	American Smooth	Tango	Samba
Peter & Erin	Waltz	Group Swing	Tango	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Samba	Foxtrot
Ray & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha	Group Swing	Tango	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Samba
Jan & Anton	Group Mambo	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Viennese Waltz
Georgina & James	Group Mambo	Rumba	Jive	Foxtrot
Spoony & Ola	Cha Cha Cha	Group Swing	Tango
Mica & Ian	Group Mambo	Rumba
Jimmy & Flavia	Waltz	Withdrew
Nicholas & Nicole	Waltz

Couples' Highest Scored Performances

Contestants	Week(s)	Dance(s)	Score	Best Mark
Mark & Karen	12	Salsa	40	10
Matt & Lilia	12	Waltz	38	10
Emma & Darren	9	Waltz, Paso Doble	37	10
Louisa & Vincent	3, 9, Christmas Special	Jive, Cha Cha Cha, Jive	36	10
Carol & Matthew	9	Viennese Waltz, Samba	34	9
Claire & Brendan	6	American Smooth	32	9
Peter & Erin	3	Tango	31	9
Ray & Camilla	5	Viennese Waltz	35	9
Jan & Anton	5	Viennese Waltz	25	7
Georgina & James	4	Foxtrot	26	8
Spoony & Ola	1, 3	Cha Cha Cha, Tango	27	8
Jimmy & Flavia	1	Waltz	17	5
Mica & Ian	2	Rumba	20	6
Nicholas & Nicole	1	Waltz	14	5

Average Chart

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	3	Emma & Darren	442	13	34.0
2	1	Mark & Karen	536	16	33.5
3	4	Louisa & Vincent	348	11	31.6
4	2	Matt & Lilia	493	16	30.8
5	5	Carol & Matthew	265	9	29.4
5	8	Ray & Camilla	147	5	29.4
7	11	Spoony & Ola	54	2	27.0
8	6	Claire & Brendan	174	7	24.9
9	7	Peter & Erin	148	6	24.7
10	9	Jan & Anton	91	4	22.8
11	13	Mica & Ian	20	1	20.0
12	10	Georgina & James	58	3	19.3
13	12	Jimmy & Flavia	17	1	17.0
14	14	Nicholas & Nicole	14	1	14.0