No. of episodes 30 Celebrity winner Tom Chambers Professional winner Camilla Dallerup Country of origin United Kingdom | Original network BBC One Air date September 20, 2008 Number of episodes 30 | |
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Original release 20 September – 20 December 2008 Winners Tom Chambers, Camilla Dallerup | ||
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its sixth series on 20 September 2008 on BBC One. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned as co-presenters of the main show on BBC One, whilst Claudia Winkleman returned to present spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.
Contents
- Format
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances
- Weekly scores and songs
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Week 11
- Week 12
- Week 13
- Week 14 The Final
- Dance chart
- Ratings
- References
The show featured 16 celebrities (two more than the previous series) who were paired with 16 professional dancers. The new professionals were Brian Fortuna and Hayley Holt, who had previously appeared in the American and New Zealand versions of the show respectively, and Russian dancer Kristina Rihanoff, who had taken part in the Dancing with the Stars tour. Nicole Cutler was the only professional from the previous series not to return.
Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup were crowned the winners on 20 December 2008.
This was the last series to feature Phillips on the judging panel, as she was controversially replaced by series 5 winner Alesha Dixon for the seventh series.
Format
The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten (with four judges giving a maximum score of forty). The couples are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the lowest scored couple receiving one point, and the highest scored couple receiving the most points (the maximum number of points available depends on the number of couples remaining in the competition). The public are also invited to vote for their favourite couples, and the couples are ranked again according to the number of votes they receive, again receiving points- the couple with the fewest votes receiving one point, and the couple with the most votes receiving the most points.
The points for judges' score and public vote are then added together, and the two couples with the fewest points are placed in the bottom two (if two couples have equal points, the points from the public vote are given precedence). As with the previous series, the bottom two couples will have to perform a dance-off on the results show. Based on that performance alone, each judge then votes on which couple should stay and which couple should leave, with Goodman (as head judge) having the last and casting vote.
However, the situation was different on 13 December 2008, the semi final, when it was announced in the live results show that all three remaining couples would be going through to the final, regardless of the judges' scores and the public vote. This was due to a tie at the top of the leaderboard, which made it mathematically impossible for Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup to avoid the dance-off. Despite this, viewers were encouraged to vote, although the problem was noticed by the start of the results show, which was shortened by 10 minutes. All phone votes cast were carried on to the following Saturday, the final. Since then, the system has been modified, so instead of having a traditional tie structure for points, such as 3-3-1 (as was the case here), the system 3-3-2 is now used. This therefore ensures that each couple can mathematically avoid the bottom two.
Couples
This year there were 16 couples: 8 male celebrities and 8 female celebrities.
Scoring chart
indicates the couple eliminated that week indicates the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated indicates the couple withdrew from the competition that week indicates the winning couple indicates the runner-up couple indicates the third-place couple Red text the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week Green text the couple(s) with the highest score for that week "—" indicates the couple(s) did not dance that weekAverage chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale
Highest and lowest scoring performances
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 in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 1
Musical guest: Bette Midler—"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Week 2
Musical guest: Sugababes—"Girls"
Week 3
Musical guest: Andrea Bocelli—"Canto della Terra"
Week 4
Musical guest: Simply Red—"Something Got Me Started"
Week 5
Musical guests: Alesha Dixon—"The Boy Does Nothing"; Katherine Jenkins and Darcey Bussell—"Viva Tonight"
Week 6
Musical guests: Enrique Iglesias—"Hero"
Week 7
Musical guest: Stereophonics—"Handbags and Gladrags"
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
*John & Kristina withdrew from the show earlier in the week, and therefore only appeared on the show to say farewell.
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14: The Final
Dance chart
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring danceRatings
Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB. Series average excludes the launch show.