"Bussell, who replaced Alesha Dixon. On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Katya Virshilas would not be returning to the show as a professional. On 23 June 2012, it was announced that Karen Hauer of ""Burn the Floor"" fame would replace Virshilas. The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 17 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need. The show on 10 November was hosted by Daly and Winkleman while Forsyth took a break before the Wembley Arena show. Olympic gymnast Louis Smith and professional partner Flavia Cacace won the series on 22 December"
"""Strictly Come Dancing"", partnered with Matt Baker. Vilani and Baker then went on to compete and win the 2011 ""Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour."" She returned in 2011 for the 9th series of the show, where she and partner Harry Judd of pop-rock band McFly went on to win the competition, beating Chelsee Healey in the public vote and coming top in the final judges leader-board. Vilani and Judd then went on to compete and win the 2012 ""Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour."" Vilani returned for the 2012 series of ""Strictly Come Dancing"", where she was paired with television presenter"
"Strictly Come Dancing (series 11) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eleventh series beginning with a launch show on 7 September 2013, with the live shows starting on 27 and 28 September 2013. Sir Bruce Forsyth returned for his final series as host with Tess Daly, who continued to co-present the main show on BBC One, with Claudia Winkleman returning to present the results show alongside Daly. Zoë Ball returned as presenter of """" on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell also returned as judges. The shows on 5 October, 9 November and 7"
"2011's ""Strictly Come Dancing"" season 9 Chigvintsev was partnered with Holly Valance. He and Valance made it to Week 11, the Semi-Finals, before being eliminated. Chigvintsev's celebrity partner in the 10th series of ""Strictly Come Dancing"" was television presenter Fern Britton. They were eliminated in Week 6. His celebrity partner in the eleventh series of ""Strictly Come Dancing"" was former ""Coronation Street"" star Natalie Gumede, who played Kirsty Soames. They reached the finals and became one of the runners-up, along with Susanna Reid and Kevin Clifton, losing to model Abbey Clancy. In 2014, after competing on the eleventh series of"
"consecutive ""Strictly"" finals, and the third professional dancer to do so overall after Lilia Kopylova and Aliona Vilani. For the eleventh series, Kovalev was partnered with ""Countdown"" & ""The Gadget Show"" co-presenter, Rachel Riley. During their time at the competition, the couple were never at the top or bottom of the leaderboard, and on Week 5, despite receiving their highest score of the series, they were eliminated after losing out in the dance-off to Abbey Clancy and Aljaž Skorjanec. That couple went on to win Series 11. For the twelfth series of the show in 2014, it was announced that"
"Strictly Come Dancing (series 8) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eighth series on BBC One with a red carpet launch show on 11 September 2010, and the competitive live shows began on 1 October. The series concluded on 18 December when Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev won the competition. According to BARB data, this series was the consistently highest rated of the show to date, peaking at 14.28 million viewers. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Alesha Dixon returned as judges. There are 14 couples in this series and three new male professionals, Artem Chigvintsev, Robin Windsor"
"No. 5 spot in the age 18-49 demographic of viewers, and placed at No. 3 on the rankings of the overall season. Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12) Season twelve of ""Dancing with the Stars"" premiered on March 21, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned to the show as judges, while Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as hosts. Professional football player Hines Ward was the winner of the competition with his partner Kym Johnson. Actress Kirstie Alley and Disney star Chelsea Kane came in second and third, respectively. On the official website, a page"
"during Season 11. In September 2011, Kovalev joined BBC's ""Strictly Come Dancing"" as the new professional dancer of its ninth series, replacing Jared Murillo who had left after only one series with the BBC programme. He has since reached the finals three out of five series, finishing runner-up on his first and second series, and winning on his fourth. As a Strictly professional dancer, Kovalev holds the record for most tens ever awarded, with a total of 93, and the record for most perfect scores, with a total of 13. He was also the first dancer to reach the finals"
"""Strictly Come Dancing"" professional dancers James and Ola Jordan, actor Luke Bailey, ""I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!"" 2008 winner and former ""EastEnders"" star Joe Swash, TV presenter Kaye Adams, stand-up comedian and actor Tim Vine, vocal coach and session singer Carrie Grant, soap star Adele Silva, and javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread. The winner was Luke Bailey. In the special Richard Hammond filmed his segments on set in Buenos Aires. The second episode, which aired on 2 January 2010, featured ex-""EastEnders"" star Chris Parker, comedian Joe Pasquale, presenter Dominic Littlewood, actress and former Kenny Everett sidekick Cleo Rocos, ex-Olympic"
"Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12) Season twelve of ""Dancing with the Stars"" premiered on March 21, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned to the show as judges, while Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as hosts. Professional football player Hines Ward was the winner of the competition with his partner Kym Johnson. Actress Kirstie Alley and Disney star Chelsea Kane came in second and third, respectively. On the official website, a page gave people the chance to recommend celebrities they wanted to see on season 12 of the show through comments. Pro-dancer Derek Hough,"
"Aljaž Skorjanec Aljaž Škorjanec (born 19 February 1990) is a Slovenian dancer and choreographer who has appeared on the BBC show ""Strictly Come Dancing"" as a professional dancer. Aljaz Skorjanec was born in Ptuj, Slovenia. He is a 19-time Slovenian champion in Ballroom, Latin and Ten Dance. Between 2000 and 2008 his professional partner was Valerija Rahle Mbanwi. In September 2013, Skorjanec became a professional dancer on the eleventh series of the British television show, ""Strictly Come Dancing"". He was partnered with model Abbey Clancy. On 21 December, they won the series. He was the fourth professional to win in"
"June 20, 2011, and the show will continue to air every Monday and Tuesday at 8pm beginning June 27, 2011. The finale was held on September 11, 2011; for the first time in the show's four-season run, six dancers competed in the finale rather than four. Jordan Clark of Tottenham, Ontario was declared the winner, receiving a 2011 Chevy Cruze and $100,000. Melissa Mitro of Richmond Hill, Ontario was runner-up, also receiving a 2011 Chevy Cruze and $10,000. The remaining four finalists — Lindsay Leuschner of Stouffville, Ontario, Matt Marr of Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Christian Millette of Montreal and Shane"
"by ""Strictly Come Dancing"", which was two weeks away from its final, getting 2 million more viewers than ""The X Factor"" 10.04 million. On 30 July 2012, the trailer for the series premiered. Entitled ""Whose Time Is Now?"", it features six former ""The X Factor"" contestants—winners Lewis, Alexandra Burke and Little Mix, and runners-up JLS, Murs and One Direction—talking about their time on the show and how it changed their lives. Male winners Steve Brookstein, Shayne Ward, Leon Jackson, Joe McElderry and Matt Cardle were not included. Ward blasted this, calling the show ""pathetic"" for leaving him out and saying"
"Dance Troupe have performed: Each week various celebrities perform on the results show, often accompanied by some of the professional couples. Strictly Come Dancing (series 8) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eighth series on BBC One with a red carpet launch show on 11 September 2010, and the competitive live shows began on 1 October. The series concluded on 18 December when Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev won the competition. According to BARB data, this series was the consistently highest rated of the show to date, peaking at 14.28 million viewers. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and"
"Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 11) The eleventh season of ""Dancing with the Stars"" premiered on Sunday 8 May 2011 at 6:30 pm on Channel Seven. Daniel MacPherson and Sonia Kruger returned as hosts, along with judges Todd McKenney and Helen Richey. Australian dancer Joshua Horner joined the judging panel as a replacement for Mark Wilson. ""My Kitchen Rules"" presenter Manu Feildel and his partner, Alana Patience, won the competition over model Haley Bracken. Alana is the first professional to win the competition twice, having won the prior season with Rob Palmer. The cast for the season were revealed"
"The eleventh season premiered on January 24, 2013, featuring 16 designers. Zac Posen replaced Michael Kors as one of the main judges due to scheduling conflicts with Kors. Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Tim Gunn all returned for the eleventh season. Dubbed as ""Teams Edition"", the designers had to work in teams for every challenge this season. Michelle Lesniak Franklin won the competition with her model Lisa Jackson. Patricia Michaels and her model Katrina Topacio placed second, while Stanley Hudson and his model Anna Kanehara placed third. Originally, Michelle would have been eliminated in Episode 11, but the judges gave"
"Strictly Come Dancing (series 12) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its twelfth series beginning from 7 September 2014 with a launch show, with the live shows starting on 26 and 27 September. Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One alongside Claudia Winkleman, who has been promoted to co-presenter in addition to the results show after Sir Bruce Forsyth decided to leave the show (He made his final regular appearance on this series' launch show) after the eleventh series; however, Forsyth continued to host the Christmas and Children in Need specials. Zoë Ball returned as presenter of"
"2010. Robbie White was injured, and could not perform. Lizzie Gough finished third, Tommy Franzén was the season runner-up, but female jazz dancer Charlie Bruce ended up as the winner. Judge Nigel Lythgoe said that Bruce absolutely was the best contestant of the season, and to watch ""small"" dancers Bruce and Franzén grow across the series was fabulous, and Lythgoe was so happy that he could show how brilliant Bruce was for the US version of the show. Former Strictly Come Dancing judge and choreographer Arlene Phillips and executive producer and creator of the show Nigel Lythgoe made up the"
"11 with Julia Kamińska and took second place in the Season 2 with Małgorzata Foremniak and in Season 3 with Aleksandra Kwaśniewska. Terrazzino won Season 4 and Season 8 and took second place in the Season 6 with Justyna Steczkowska and in the Season 11 with Katarzyna Glinka. The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows: According to the traditional 40-point scale: ""Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Andrzej Grabowski, Iwona Szymańska-Pavlović, Beata Tyszkiewicz and"
"below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli."" <nowiki>*</nowiki>Natalie fainted during dress rehearsals and therefore she and Artem were unable to perform on the live show, giving the couple a bye for the week. ""Patrick and Anya chose to dance the Waltz in the Dance Off, while Natalie and Artem chose the Argentine Tango."" Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB. Strictly Come Dancing (series 11) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eleventh series beginning with"
"Joanne Clifton Joanne Kirsty Clifton (born 24 October 1983 in Waltham, North East Lincolnshire), also known as Jo, is a British professional dancer, presenter, actress, and singer. She won the World Ballroom Showdance Championship in 2013, and won the European Professional Ballroom Championship and World Dancesport Games. She has been a professional dancer on the BBC TV series ""Strictly Come Dancing"" since 2014, winning the Christmas Special in 2015 with Harry Judd who was series 9 champion and the fourteenth series in 2016 with Ore Oduba. She also appeared as an expert presenter on """" in 2015. Clifton is also"
"Strictly Come Dancing (series 2) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its second series on 23 October 2004 on BBC One. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One, while Claudia Winkleman presented a new spin-off show called """" on BBC Two. Series 1 winner Natasha Kaplinsky filled in for Daly during the first five weeks due to maternity leave. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Arlene Phillips returned to the judging panel. The winner was actress Jill Halfpenny along with her dancing partner Darren Bennett. The ten professionals and celebrities that competed"
"learn Paso doble, Jacoby Jones did not learn Samba, Kellie Pickler did not learn Salsa, and Zendaya did not learn Rumba. Each of the four finalists also did not dance one of the two new dance styles introduced this season. Raisman and Zendaya did not dance Jazz while Pickler and Jones did not dance Contemporary (although Pickler danced a Contemporary freestyle in the finals and Raisman did an Afro-Jazz routine picked from Twitter). Pickler and her partner Derek Hough won the competition, marking his fourth of six wins and increasing his lead on the show as the professional dancer who"
"Strictly Come Dancing (series 13) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its thirteenth series on BBC One with a launch show on 5 September 2015, with the live shows starting on 25 September 2015. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the launch show and the live shows while Zoë Ball returned to present """" on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood returned as judges for their thirteenth series, along with Darcey Bussell who returned for her fourth series as a judge. The series was won by The Wanted band member Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani"
"She was partnered with dancer and newcomer to the series Pasha Kovalev. Healey became the first contestant in Series 9 to earn a perfect 40 out of 40 for her Paso Doble, in Week 11 of the competition. She finished the series as runner-up. On 23 March 2012, Chelsee and Pasha took part in an underwater special of ""Strictly Come Dancing"" in aid of Sport Relief, competing against Strictly Come Dancing 2011 winners Harry Judd and Aliona Vilani. After resulting in a tie with the judges' scores, they won the show after a decision being made by Head judge Len"
"of SCD, which was broadcast on 10 September, Simone was revealed to be the professional dance partner to former MP, author and broadcaster, Edwina Currie. However, the couple were eliminated first on 9 October 2011, and came in last place. In 2012, Simone partnered ""Tracy Beaker"" actress, Dani Harmer. They reached the final and came fourth. Cacace won the series with her partner Louis Smith. On 1 June 2013, Cacace announced that she and Simone would not be competing in ""Strictly Come Dancing"" that year so they could work on other shows. Simone competed in the thirteenth series of ITV's"
"""Strictly Come Dancing"" show. Nick graces the viewers and the audience with a ""Chicago"" number. Pablo and Dani dance together, while Kojo does a breakdance. After votes from the panel and the viewers at home, Kojo is the winner of ""Strictly Come Dancing"" and receives a gold tracksuit for his prize. Meanwhile, on Reggie's Week, Reggie and Kojo have to spend some time in a haunted house in order to get some prizes for the truck. With ""Big Brother"" returning to Channel 4 there was a parody of the programme throughout involving the packers called 'Big Depot'. During the show"
"appearance in the final show. Cacace featured in the eighth series of the show, where her celebrity partner was Jimi Mistry. In the first week, their dance was given a score of 26 and they went on to make it to week 6 when they finished bottom of the leader board, a result that was widely seen as surprising. In the ninth series, Cacace's partner was astrologer Russell Grant and they were the seventh couple to be eliminated. Louis Smith was Cacace's partner in the tenth season of the programme. They won the series on 22 December 2012. On 1"
"contestant. Pitsillidis was replaced by the actor Costas Sxiniou On October 28, 2012, at the end of the fifth live, Constantia Paulou withdrew from the competition due to injury and on December 2, 2012, right after their appearance at the tenth live, the professional dancer Aggela Georgiou and partner of Marinos Konsolos announced that she had to leave the show due to pregnancy. Konsolos continued his appearances with his new partner, Eirini Konsolou. The show ended on December 16, 2012 and the winners were Andri Karantoni on the singing part of the competition and Marinos Konsolos on the dancing part."
"judges, Lowe and Whittle were described by head judge Len Goodman as maybe the most formidable couple ""Strictly Come Dancing"" had ever seen. Even so, Lowe and Whittle finished second. Lowe competed in the 2010 series partnering Scott Maslen. Lowe and Maslen were eliminated in the semi-final of the competition along with Gavin Henson and Katya Virshilas. On 15 June 2011, the BBC announced that Lowe would again be one of the professional dancers in the 2011 series of ""Strictly Come Dancing"". She was partnered by Audley Harrison (champion boxer) and they were the sixth couple to leave. In the"
"Harry Judd Harry Mark Christopher Judd (born 23 December 1985) is a British musician, dancer and author. He is a member of the band Mcfly, and for the band, he plays the drums. Judd won the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Judd published his first book in 2017, Get Fit Get Happy. Judd was born in Chelmsford, Essex in southern England, the youngest of three children. He is the son of Emma and Christopher Judd. He was educated at Old Buckenham Hall, a preparatory school in the village of Brettenham, Suffolk, at Dame Bradbury's School, a preparatory school in"
"the season would turn their respective coach into winner. On December 29, 2012, actress & TV host Karen Dejo and Oreykel Hidalgo were declared the winners, singer & actress Micheille Soifer and Christian Navarro finished second, while former MDO singer Alexis Grullón and Stephanie Palacios were third. For this season 8 celebrities were announced, including Karen Dejo, Miguel ""Conejo"" Rebosio, Pierina Carcelén and Delly Madrid. Alexis Grullón, who was a judge last season, competed as a celebrity. For this season Maricielo Effio and Belén Estévez returned, playing as coaches. Sergio Lois was the only professional dancer who returned from last"
"points for her Viennese Waltz, making it the lowest score of the week. Aneta & Stefano won the competition. This is the 8th time the winner was not on the first place according to the judges' scoreboard. In Season 11 Rafał Maserak and Stefano Terrazzino also danced in the finale. In Season 11 Rafał Maserak won the competition. Stefano Terrazzino won the competititon for the third time since he won the 4th and 8th season with Kinga Rusin and Agata Kulesza. It was the fifth final for both Maserak and Terrazzino. Maserak won Season 10 with Anna Mucha and Season"