The third series of Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

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...

started on 15 October 2005 and ended on 17 December 2005. It was presented by Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth

Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson, CBE , commonly known as Bruce Forsyth, or Brucie, is an English TV personality...

 and Tess Daly

Tess Daly

Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...

, and the winner was Darren Gough

Darren Gough

Darren Gough is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him...

 along with his dancing partner Lilia Kopylova

Lilia Kopylova

Lilia Andreyevna Kopylova , born 18 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a professional dancer.With her husband Darren Bennett she has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional since May 2003...

.

The show

The show works by having four judges: Craig Revel Horwood

Craig Revel Horwood

Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian-British dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom.-Biography:...

, Arlene Phillips

Arlene Phillips

Arlene Phillips OBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, TV presenter, TV judge and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment...

, Len Goodman

Len Goodman

Leonard Gordon 'Len' Goodman is a British professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He is a leading personality on television dance programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars and runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent.-Early life and career:Goodman was...

 and Bruno Tonioli

Bruno Tonioli

Bruno Tonioli is an Italian choreographer and TV personality who appears as a judge on the television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing for BBC TV in the UK, and its American adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US, Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX...

, 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.

The Couples

In the third series there were 12 celebrity dancers, 6 men and 6 women. In order of elimination they were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Result
Siobhan Hayes Siobhan Hayes Siobhan Hayes is an actress best known for her role as Abi Harper in the British television series My Family.Hayes portrayed Abi Harper as a dimwitted and clumsy student in the British sitcom My Family, a role she has reprised since 2002 to 2008 when the character was written out of the programme...	My Family star	Matthew Cutler Matthew Cutler Matthew David Cutler is an English dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. He was a professional dancer on the BBC dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.-Early life:...	Eliminated 1st on 15 October 2005
Jaye Jacobs Jaye Jacobs Jaye Jacobs is a British actress.-Career:She is most famous for her role as fun loving nurse, turned Ward Sister, Donna Jackson in the BBC medical drama series Holby City from 2004 to 2011...	Actress	Andrew Cuerden Andrew Cuerden Andrew Cuerden is a Latin dancer. Born in Zimbabwe, and growing up in South Africa, Cuerden moved to England to further his dance career in 1996. Dancing with partner Hanna Haarala they reached 4th place in the UK amateur Latin rankings, before turning pro on February 5...	Eliminated 2nd on 22 October 2005
Gloria Hunniford Gloria Hunniford Gloria Hunniford is a Northern Irish TV and radio presenter, and formerly a singer.-Biography:...	TV and radio presenter	Darren Bennett Darren Bennett (dancer) Darren Lee Bennett is a professional dancer, as were his parents. With his wife Lilia Kopylova he has a successful career in professional Latin dancing, competing nationally and internationally. Darren's favourite dances are the Samba and the Foxtrot.They teach private lessons in their own studio...	Eliminated 3rd on 29 October 2005
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter.-Early life:Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub in Church Street St. Paul's. Phillips attended Kingsmead Primary School...	GMTV GMTV GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end... broadcaster	Brendan Cole Brendan Cole Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...	Eliminated 4th on 5 November 2005
Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Winner of two ranking events, he is best known for winning the 1985 World Championship, beating World number one Steve Davis on the final black in one of the sport's most memorable finals...	Retired snooker player	Izabela Hannah Izabela Hannah Izabela Hannah is a Polish-born British ballroom and Latin American dancer. Born in Szczecin, Poland, in 1976, Hannah began dancing jazz and ballet at the age of 9, and started ballroom and Latin American dancing as a teenager...	Eliminated 5th on 12 November 2005
Will Thorp Will Thorp Will Thorp is an English actor.-Early life:Living in Frome as a youngster, Thorp attended a Catholic college in near-by Trowbridge, Wiltshire. He studied at Bath College and joined Musical Youth Theatre Company at an early age. Thorp was also a member of the National Youth Theatre...	Actor	Hanna Haarala Hanna Haarala Hanna Haarala is a professional Latin American dancer. She has represented Finland with Mikko Kaasalainen at the European and World Games. Her current professional partner is Andrew Cuerden. She competed in series 3 of the BBC's successful dance show Strictly Come Dancing in 2005, reaching...	Eliminated 6th on 19 November 2005
Bill Turnbull Bill Turnbull William Robert "Bill" Turnbull is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by the BBC and best known for presenting BBC Breakfast...	TV presenter & journalist	Karen Hardy Karen Hardy Karen Hardy is a professional ballroom dancer, coach, teacher and adjudicator. In 1998 she won the professional International Latin American Dance Championship with Bryan Watson. She also won the United Kingdom Open, British National, European and World Masters championships...	Eliminated 7th on 26 November 2005
Patsy Palmer Patsy Palmer Patsy Palmer is an English actress. Palmer made an early television appearance on the children's drama show Grange Hill, but is best known for playing Bianca Jackson in the popular British television soap opera EastEnders. Originally in the cast from 1993–1999, Palmer returned to EastEnders in...	EastEnders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... badmouth	Anton du Beke Anton du Beke Anton du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.-Family and early life:...	Eliminated 8th on 3 December 2005
James Martin James Martin (chef) James Martin , is an English cook who first appeared on television in 1996.-Television career:...	Celebrity chef	Camilla Dallerup Camilla Dallerup Camilla Dallerup is a British-based Danish ballroom dancer, dance teacher and model.-Dance career:Dallerup started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to her first class in Aalborg. She won the Danish Junior Championships at the age of 12...	Eliminated 9th on 10 December 2005
Zoe Ball Zoë Ball Zoë Louise Ball is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting the 1990s children's show, Live & Kicking.-TV career:The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his...	TV and radio personality	Ian Waite Ian Waite Ian Waite is a professional Latin-American dancer, teacher and choreographer.-Biography:Waite was born in Reading, UK. He started dancing at the age of 10. Mary Richardson, a former Latin American champion put him through a rigorous medallist regime...	Third Place on 17 December 2005
Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...	Former Olympic athlete	Erin Boag Erin Boag Erin Boag is a professional ballroom dancer. She has danced from the age of three, originally starting ballet and later moving into ballroom, Latin and jazz...	Second Place on 17 December 2005
Darren Gough Darren Gough Darren Gough is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him...	Cricketer	Lilia Kopylova Lilia Kopylova Lilia Andreyevna Kopylova , born 18 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a professional dancer.With her husband Darren Bennett she has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional since May 2003...	Series Winners on 17 December 2005

Dances performed

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10 Final
Darren & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Jive	Foxtrot	American Smooth & Rumba	Waltz & Samba	&
Colin & Erin	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Foxtrot	Viennese Waltz	&	&	&
Zoe & Ian		Rumba	Jive					American Smooth &	& Paso Doble	&
James & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Jive	Waltz	&	Foxtrot & Rumba
Patsy & Anton	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Foxtrot	Samba	Quickstep	Cha Cha Cha	American Smooth & Jive
Bill & Karen	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep		Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Rumba	Waltz
Will & Hanna		Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot		Tango
Dennis & Izabella	Cha Cha Cha		Jive		Samba
Fiona & Brendan
Gloria & Darren	Waltz	Rumba	Jive
Jaye & Andrew	Waltz	Rumba
Siobhan & Matthew	Waltz

The dances performed during Series 3 were as follows:

• Week 1 : Cha Cha Cha / Waltz
• Week 2 : Quickstep / Rumba
• Week 3 : Tango / Jive
• Week 4 : Foxtrot / Paso Doble
• Week 5 : Viennese Waltz / Samba
• Week 6 : Jive, Foxtrot or Quickstep not tackled in the previous weeks
• Week 7 : A dance not tackled in the previous weeks
• Week 8 : American Smooth + a Latin not tackled in the previous weeks
• Week 9 : A Latin and a Ballroom not tackled in the previous weeks
• Week 10 : Favourite Ballroom & Favourite Latin

Judges' scoring summary

Team	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Darren & Lilia	1	19	30	33	34	28	30	34	32+30=62	35+29=64	+=
Colin & Erin	2	32		26	31	32	32	34	+=	+30=67	+=75
Zoe & Ian	3		32	29					36+32=68	36+=	38+=
James & Camilla	4	22	29	28	29	29	20	32	+=	+=
Patsy & Anton	5	19	26		31	26	31		31+27=58
Bill & Karen	6	29	23	20	25	27		25
Will & Hanna	7	18	29	25	34		28
Dennis & Izabela	8	20	18	22
Fiona & Brendan	9				20
Gloria & Darren	10	22	17	19
Jaye & Andrew	11	25	21
Siobhan & Matthew	12	15

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 Cha-cha-cha (dance) The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...	Zoe Ball/Colin Jackson	32	Will Thorp	18
Jive Jive (dance) In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance...	Darren Gough/Colin Jackson	30	Fiona Phillips	16
Rumba Rumba (dance) Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.In some contexts, "rumba" is used as shorthand for Afro-Cuban rumba, a group of dances related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The most common Afro-Cuban rumba is the guaguancó...	Colin Jackson	36	Fiona Phillips	13
Paso doble	Darren Gough	36	Dennis Taylor	15
Samba Samba (ballroom) Among ballroom dances, samba is a lively, rhythmical one. It is related to the traditional samba styles of Brazil, but differs from them considerably. Its music is in 2/4 or 4/4 time.-Origins:...	Zoe Ball	38	James Martin	20
Waltz Waltz The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...	Colin Jackson	37	Fiona Phillips	11
Quickstep Quickstep The quickstep is a light-hearted member of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events...	Colin Jackson	39	Dennis Taylor	18
Foxtrot	Zoe Ball/Darren Gough	36	Fiona Phillips	20
Tango Tango (dance) Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....	Zoe Ball	38	Bill Turnbull	20
Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese Waltz.What is now called...	Zoe Ball	36	Will Thorp	23
American Smooth	Colin Jackson	37	James Martin	28

Number of tens

Couple	Total No. of Tens	Week	Judge(s) who gave a ten	Dance Performed	Score
Zoe/Ian	9
		6	Bruno Tonioli	Quickstep	36
		7	Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli	Tango	38
		Final	Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli	Samba	38
		Final	Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli	Tango	38
		Christmas Special	Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli	Foxtrot	38
Colin/Erin	5
		8	Arlene Phillips	American Smooth	37
		9	Len Goodman	Waltz	37
		Final	Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli	Quickstep	39
Darren/Lilia	2
		Final	Len Goodman	Foxtrot	36

Notes

• Darren & Lilia achieved 40/40 for their Quickstep in the 2005, Christmas Special, which they won.
• Darren & Lilia achieved 40/40 for their American Smooth in the 2007 Christmas Special, which they won.
• Colin & Erin scored 40/40 for their Quickstep in the 2006 Christmas special, which they went onto win.
• Zoe & Ian scored 38/40 for their Rumba in the 2006 Christmas special, with their two 10s coming from Arlene and Bruno.

Additional information

• Darren and Lilia's win made them the first male celebrity/female professional couple to win the competition.
• They also became the first winners never to have had the week's highest score, or held the best score average.
• The series saw the introduction of Matthew Cutler
  Matthew Cutler
  Matthew David Cutler is an English dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. He was a professional dancer on the BBC dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.-Early life:...
  
  , Karen Hardy
  Karen Hardy
  Karen Hardy is a professional ballroom dancer, coach, teacher and adjudicator. In 1998 she won the professional International Latin American Dance Championship with Bryan Watson. She also won the United Kingdom Open, British National, European and World Masters championships...
  
  , Hanna Haarala
  Hanna Haarala
  Hanna Haarala is a professional Latin American dancer. She has represented Finland with Mikko Kaasalainen at the European and World Games. Her current professional partner is Andrew Cuerden. She competed in series 3 of the BBC's successful dance show Strictly Come Dancing in 2005, reaching...
  
  , Izabela Hannah
  Izabela Hannah
  Izabela Hannah is a Polish-born British ballroom and Latin American dancer. Born in Szczecin, Poland, in 1976, Hannah began dancing jazz and ballet at the age of 9, and started ballroom and Latin American dancing as a teenager...
  
   and Andrew Cuerden
  Andrew Cuerden
  Andrew Cuerden is a Latin dancer. Born in Zimbabwe, and growing up in South Africa, Cuerden moved to England to further his dance career in 1996. Dancing with partner Hanna Haarala they reached 4th place in the UK amateur Latin rankings, before turning pro on February 5...
  
   to the competition. Whilst the last three would compete for this series only, Cutler and Hardy would both go on to win the competition in subsequent series.
• Three professional dancers did not return from Series 2, but Nicole Cutler
  Nicole Cutler
  Nicole Cutler is a professional ballroom dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. She was born Nicole Westdyk in Durban, South Africa and after taking up ballet at the age of four, first tried out ballroom and Latin-American dancing at the age of twelve.In South Africa she danced...
  
  returned in the following series.