Strictly Come Dancing Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (Full Details/Photos/Videos)

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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. An eigth series began on 18 September 2009 and ended on 19 December 2009. A further six stand-alone Christmas Specials have also been produced, in consecutive years from 2004 to 2009. Since the fourth series, the show has also aired on the BBC's high definition channel, BBC HD.




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. 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 and six, the results show moved to Sunday evenings, although it was filmed on Saturday and then broadcast "as live" on the 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.

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.In 2005 though the BBC announced that they would not be returning to the venue for the third series due to "logistical problems". 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." Eventually, the show did return to the Tower Ballroom, for series 7, where ironically Craig Kelly (who was born in Blackpool) was eliminated. The episode aired live on 7 November 2009

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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/Main Results Show (from 2010)
2004	1	Justin Lee Collins	Strictly Come Dancing on Three
2004	2	Natasha Kaplinsky	Main show
2008–2010	5-7	Kate Thornton	Live Tour
2008	6	Fearne Cotton	Children in Need Special
2009	7	Ronnie Corbett	Main show
2010–present	7-present	Amanda Byram	Live Tour

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The Judging Panel

Years	Series	Judge
2004–present	1-present	Craig Revel Horwood
2004–present	1-present	Len Goodman (Head Judge)
2004–present	1-present	Bruno Tonioli
2009–present	7-present	Alesha Dixon
2009–present	7-present	Darcey Bussell (Guest Judge)
2004–2008,2010	1-6 & 2010 tour	Arlene Phillips

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Professional dancers

Years	Series	Professionals
2004–present	1-present	Anton du Beke, Brendan Cole, Erin Boag
2006–present	4-present	Flavia Cacace, James Jordan, Ola Jordan, Vincent Simone
2008–present	6-present	Kristina Rihanoff
2009–present	7-present	Aliona Vilani, Katya Virshilas, Natalie Lowe
2010–present	8-present	Artem Chigvintsev, Jared Murillo, Robin Windsor
2004	1	Hanna Karttunen, John Byrnes, Kylie Jones
2004	1-2	Paul ****ick
2004-2008	1-6	Camilla Dallerup
2004	2	Hazel Newberry
2004, 2006-2007	2, 4-5	Nicole Cutler
2004-2009	2-7	Darren Bennett, Ian Waite, Lilia Kopylova
2005	3	Andrew Cuerden, Izabela Hannah, Hanna Haarala
2005-2008	3-6	Karen Hardy
2005-2009	3-7	Matthew Cutler
2008	6	Hayley Holt
2008-2009	6-7	Brian Fortuna

Professional	Country of Nationality	Years	Best Placing
Anton du Beke	England	2004–present	3rd with Lesley Garrett
Brendan Cole	New Zealand	2004–present	1st with Natasha Kaplinsky
Erin Boag	New Zealand	2004-present	2nd with Colin Jackson
Hanna Karttunen	Finland	2004	2nd with Christopher Parker
John Byrnes		2004	5th with Claire Sweeney
Kylie Jones	England	2004	8th with Jason Wood

Brendan Cole, Erin Boag and Anton Du Beke are the only professional dancers who have taken part in all eight series of the show. Erin and Anton have never won the competition; Brendan won the first series with Natasha Kaplinsky.

Winning Professionals

Year	Series	Professional	Celebrity Partner
2004	1	Brendan Cole	Natasha Kaplinsky
2004	2	Darren Bennett	Jill Halfpenny
2005	3	Lilia Kopylova	Darren Gough
2006	4	Karen Hardy	Mark Ramprakash
2007	5	Matthew Cutler	Alesha Dixon
2008	6	Camilla Dallerup	Tom Chambers
2009	7	Ola Jordan	Chris Hollins
2010	8	TBA	TBA

Professional Pairs

As of September 2010 the professional pairs are:

Male	Female
Brendan Cole	Natalie Lowe
Artem Chigvintsev	Katya Virshilas
Jared Murillo	Aliona Vilani
Robin Windsor	Kristina Rihanoff
Anton du Beke	Erin Boag
James Jordan	Ola Jordan
Vincent Simone	Flavia Cacace

Many of the dancers form professional partnerships, dancing competitively or for show. Several, such as James & Ola Jordan and Matthew & Nicole Cutler, are or were married couples. Anton du Beke & Erin Boag, and Darren Bennet & Lilia Kopylova, who are also married, have danced as professional couples since 1997; Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace are a former Argentine Tango world champion couple. Ian Waite & Camilla Dallerup also form a professional partnership, while Brendan Cole & Katya Virshilas danced professionally for several years before parting in November 2009.

The Dances

Years	Series	Dance
2004–present	1-present	Cha Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Jive, Paso Doble,Quickstep, Rumba, Samba, Tango, Waltz, Freestyle Showdance
2005–present	3-present	American Smooth, Viennese Waltz
2006–present	4-present	Argentine Tango, Salsa
2009–present	7-present	Charleston, Rock N' Roll, Lindyhop

• The Waltz, Cha Cha Cha, Quickstep, Rumba, Tango, Jive, Foxtrot, Paso Doble and Samba have all been danced since Series 1

• The American Smooth and the Viennese Waltz were added in Series 3

• The Salsa and the Argentine Tango were added in Series 4

• No more dances were added until Series 7 week 11 when couples performed either a Charleston (which winner Chris Hollins chose to perform again in the final) or a Rock N' Roll routine. The final also featured a head-to-head Lindyhop

• A Showdance (Freestyle) has always been performed in series final as couples' last chance to impress the public

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.

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The first series of Strictly Come Dancing. It was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, and the winner was Natasha Kaplinsky along with her dancing partner Brendan Cole.

15 May to 3 July 2004, in order of elimination

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

Dances performed

– 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 lowest-scoring dance of the series.

Green text the hightest-scoring dance of the series.

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

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

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 & Showdance

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 hightest score for that week.

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

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

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