No. of episodes 9 Country of origin United Kingdom | Air date May 15, 2004 Number of episodes 9 | |
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Original release 15 May (2004-05-15) – 3 July 2004 (2004-07-03) Winners | ||
Strictly Come Dancing began airing its first series on BBC One from 15 May 2004. The series was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly. The judging panel was Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.
Contents
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
- Weekly scores and songs
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8 Final
- Dance chart
- References
On 3 July 2004, Natasha Kaplinsky and her partner, Brendan Cole were crowned series champions.
Couples
In the first series, there were eight celebrity contestants and in order of elimination, they were:
Scoring chart
Average chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale.
Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' scores are as follows:
Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores are given (in parenthesis) in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 1
Individual judges' scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Bruno Tonioli, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood
Running order
Week 2
Running order
Week 3
This week's show is filmed in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
Running order
Week 4
Running order
Week 5
Running order
Week 6
Running order
Week 7
Week 8: Final
Dance chart
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring danceThe dances performed during Series 1 were as follows: