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The format has been exported to other countries, under the title '' Dancing With The Stars '' ( United States ) and '' Let's Dance '' ( Germany ). The finals of the third series in December 2005 attracted an audience of over 10 million viewers. 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 a telephone poll, viewers vote who should stay and who should go, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the panel of judges. (The profits from the telephone lines were donated to Sports Relief in series 1, and to Children In Need in series 2 and 3.) The show is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday evenings, presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly . (For some of the second series, Natasha Kaplinsky stood in temporarily for Tess Daly while the latter took maternity leave). The judging panel consists of Bruno Tonioli , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood . The judges mark each performance out of a total of forty. Only on two occasions has a perfect forty out of forty been awarded:
The first series began on May 15 2004 , and was won by newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and her partner Brendan Cole . The second series started in October 2004 and was won by Jill Halfpenny and her partner Darren Bennett . The third series started on 15 October 2005 , and saw the first male celebrity winner, Darren Gough and his partner Lilia Kopylova . A companion fanzine programme (running each weekday, with updates on the dancers) accompanies the main show. During the first series, ''Strictly Come Dancing on Three'' ran on , hosted by Claudia Winkleman . A Christmas special, the "Christmas Champion of Champions", was broadcast on 22 December 2004 , featuring top couples from both of the first two series (with the exception Christopher Parker and Julian Clary, who were not able to appear). The show was won by Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett. A further Christmas special, ''Strictly Ice Dancing'', was broadcast on 26 December 2004 ; with celebrities paired with professional Skaters . This was won by David Seaman (who was a late replacement for Paul Gascoigne ) and his partner Zoia Birmingham. A further one-off special, '''''Strictly African Dancing''''', was broadcast on BBC1 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. DANCES The following dances are performed in Strictly Come Dancing: Ballroom
Latin American There have been a number of new dances added in series three, some as group dances. These are Argentine Tango, Cuban Salsa, American Smooth and the Jitterbug. SERIES 1 May - July 2004, in order of elimination SERIES 2 October - December 2004, in order of elimination SERIES 3 October - December 2005 in order of elimination SPECIAL SHOWS "Christmas Champion of Champions" 22nd December 2004, in order of judges' placing "Strictly Ice Dancing" 26th December 2004, in order of elimination 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. 24 December 2005 , in order of elimination 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. SEE ALSO
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NOTE Bale, Joanna, 'Come Dancing one step ahead of X Factor as 20 million watch finals', ''The Times'', December 19 2005 . |
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