Strictly Come Dancing (Series 5)

Infobox Strictly Come Dancing Series
season_name = Strictly Come Dancing (Series 5)


caption =
celebrity_winner = Alesha Dixon
professional_winner = Matthew Cutler
country = United Kingdom
network = BBC One
first_aired = 29 September 2007
last_aired = 22 December 2007
num_episodes = 22
prev_series = Series 4
next_series = Series 6The fifth series of "Strictly Come Dancing" began on BBC One on 29 September 2007, with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returning as presenters.

The first programme was a catch-up show and preview to the new series, before the start of the competition on 6 October. The show ran for 12 weeks, up to 22 December. The show featured 14 new celebrities, who had been paired with 14 professional dancers. In a change to the previous format, the results show was on Sunday, rather than later on Saturday. The fifth series was also the first in which all the professional dancers from the previous year have returned.

The winners of this series were Alesha Dixon and Matthew Cutler.

The show

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Each show works in a similar way. The couples will, in turn, perform their dance for the judges, the audience and the public. The judges (Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli) then review their performance, and give them a score out of ten.

When all the couples have danced, they are inserted onto the leader board, where the highest ranked couple will get the highest amount of points available, and the lowest ranked couple getting one point. However, the judges' score only counts for 50% of the total score, and the public get to choose the remaining 50% of the vote by calling in.

In a change to the format, the two couples with the lowest score will have to perform a dance-off on the results show. From week nine, the couple will dance their highest scoring dance in the dance-off. The judges will decide (based on that performance alone) which couple should stay and which couple should leave. In the event of a 50/50 split, Len (as head judge) will decide which couple should leave the show. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing/about/show.shtml About the show] , BBC]

Couples

This year there were 14 couples: 7 male celebrities and 7 female celebrities. They were:

Eliminated Couples

All the couples voted off during the competition returned on the Finale night to perform one of their dances. The celebrities performed the following:

*Brian & Karen, Waltz
*Stephanie & Vincent, Quickstep
*Willie & Erin, Waltz
*Gabby & James, Jive
*Dominic & Lilia, Cha-Cha-Cha
*Penny & Ian, Samba
*Kate & Anton, Paso Doble
*John & Nicole, Salsa
*Kelly & Brendan, Viennese Waltz
*Kenny & Ola, Paso Doble
*Letitia & Darren, Foxtrot (in waltz costumes)
*Gethin & Camilla, Salsa

Dances by week

*Week 1: Male celebrities perform a Cha-Cha-Cha or Waltz. The female celebrities perform a group Swing Dance.*
*Week 2: Female celebrities perform a Quickstep or Rhumba. The male celebrities perform a Merengue.
*Week 3: The remaining celebrities perform either a Tango or Jive.
*Week 4: The remaining celebrities perform either an American Smooth or Samba.
*Week 5: The remaining celebrities perform either a Foxtrot or Paso Doble.
*Week 6: The remaining celebrities perform either a Viennese Waltz or Salsa. The remaining celebrities also participated in a Group Jitterbug for "Remembrance Day"
*Week 7: The remaining celebrities perform an unlearned dance from Week 1-Week 6.
*Week 8: The remaining celebrities perform an unlearned dance from Week 1-Week 6. The remaining celebrities participated in a Group Dirty Dancing, for the anniversary of movie legend, "Dirty Dancing".
*Week 9: The remaining celebrities perform two unlearned dances, one Latin and one Ballroom, from Week 1-Week 6.
*Week 10: The remaining celebrities perform two unlearned dances, one Latin and one Ballroom, from Week 1-Week 6.
*Week 11: The remaining celebrities perform their remaining unlearned dance from Week 1-Week 6 and also an Argentine Tango.
*Week 12: The two/three* finalists perform their favourite Ballroom Dance, their favourite Latin dance, a group Viennese Waltz, a Judge's choice of music dance and finally a Freestyle.

*Kate Garraway was unable to participate in the group Swing Dance due to being injured.
*Strictly's final is supposed to have three finalists but in the past two years celebrities have had to drop out of the series, including "Kelly Brook" and "Jimmy Tarbuck", meaning there are only two finalists.

Professionals' Favourite Dance

During the series, eliminated professional dancers appeared on to nominate their favourite routines of the series. Nicole Cutler and Vincent Simone both chose routines performed by their professional dance partners and their respective celebrities.
*Nicole Cutler - Alesha & Matthew's Cha Cha Cha
*Ian Waite - Alesha & Matthew's Waltz
*Darren Bennett - Gabby & James's Samba
*Vincent Simone - Matt & Flavia's Salsa
*Karen Hardy - John & Nicole's Salsa
*Ola Jordan - Letitia & Darren's Paso Doble

Average Chart

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