No. of episodes 19 Celebrity winner Jill Halfpenny Number of episodes 19 | Original network BBC One Professional winner Darren Bennett Country of origin United Kingdom | |
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Original release 23 October – 11 December 2004 Winners Jill Halfpenny, Darren Bennett | ||
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 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 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.
Contents
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5 Blackpool Week
- Week 7 Semi Final
- Week 8 Final At Blackpool
- Dance chart
- References
The winner was actress Jill Halfpenny along with her dancing partner Darren Bennett.
Couples
The ten professionals and celebrities that competed were:
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-point scale.
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' scores are as follows:
Aled Jones is the only celebrity not to land on this list.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5: Blackpool Week
Week 7: Semi-Final
Week 8: Final (At Blackpool)
Dance chart
The dances performed during Series 2 were as follows: