Strictly Dance Fever

Strictly Dance Fever
Developed by	BBC
Starring	Graham Norton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	26 March 2005 (2005-03-26) – 3 June 2006 (2006-06-03)

Strictly Dance Fever is a British television programme, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday evenings. It was an amateur dance talent competition, hosted by Graham Norton, which ran during Spring 2005 and Spring 2006. It had 2 extra shows, The Saturday night BBC Three host was Zoe Ball and the nightly BBC3 roundup & fanzine program was hosted by Joe Mace. ^[1] It was, in many ways, similar to the BBC's popular Strictly Come Dancing , a celebrity based dance contest also broadcast on Saturday evenings. On 12 December 2006, the BBC announced that Strictly Dance Fever had been axed in favour of the Andrew Lloyd Webber talent search, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? .

Strictly Dance Fever was normally broadcast during BBC One's Spring schedule. The auditions ran for two weeks. The recalls ran for two weeks as in the auditions. Finally, the dance-offs, ran for eight weeks, this time though live. The final edition aired in June, where the ultimate winning couple was revealed.

The maximum score for one dance, 40 points, has been achieved seven times throughout the series. Danny Last and Jodie Binstead (series 1 twice), Joseph Hall and Sadie Flower (series 1 once), Darren Bailey and Lana Williams (series 2 once) and then to Darrien Wright and Hollie Robertson (series 2 three times). Additionally, in the semi-final of series 2 Darren Bailey and Lana Williams were awarded a perfect 30 out of 30, when Stacey Haynes was ill. The lowest score achieved was 12, by Paul James Culshaw and Aravon McCann (series 2 once).

Series 1

Scoring Chart

Bold scores indicate the highest for that week. Red indicates the lowest score. * means this couple was in the bottom 2. IN means they did not dance due to an injury.

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Joseph/Sadie	27	33	35	36	26	34+36=70	20+38=58	40+39=79
Danny/Jodie	28	34	31	29	34	38+36=74	34+40=74	40+31=71
James/Claire	32	28	29	28	24	25+30=55	32+21=53*	36+34=70
Nathan/Kristy	34	22	22*	34	IN	22+23=45*	29+35=64*	Eliminated
Cem/Gemma	29	29	38	29	30*	26+24=50*	Eliminated
Adam/Rebecca	25	31	20	18*	20*	Eliminated
Paul/Natasha	17	24	23	17*	Eliminated
Toby/Casey	24	18*	24*	Eliminated
Alex/Katie	21*	24*	Eliminated
Dan/Michelle	26*	Eliminated

Average Chart

This chart is based on the dancers' averages and not their place in the competition.

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	2	Danny & Jodie	375	11	34.1
2	1	Sadie & Joseph	364		33.1
3	5	Cem & Gemma	205	7	29.3
4	3	James & Claire	319	11	29.0
5	4	Kristy & Nathan	221	8	27.6
6	10	Dan & Michelle	26	1	26.0
7	6	Adam & Rebecca	114	5	22.8
8	9	Alex & Katie	45	2	22.5
9	8	Toby & Casey	66	3	22.0
10	7	Paul & Natasha	81	4	20.3

Finals Summary

Weekly Scores

Individual judges' scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Arlene Phillips, Luca Tommassini, Stacey Haynes, Jason Gardiner.

Week 1

For this week, the couples performed either a Boogie Woogie or Cuban Salsa.

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Danny & Jodie	28 (6, 8, 7, 7)	Boogie Woogie	"Reet Petite" – Jackie Wilson	Safe
Joseph & Sadie	27 (7, 7, 6, 7)	Cuban Salsa	"[[]]" – [[]]	Safe
Adam & Rebecca	25 (5, 9, 6, 5)	Boogie Woogie	""We Go Together"" – from Grease	Safe
James & Claire	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Cuban Salsa	"I Like It Like That" – Pete Rodriguez	Safe
Alex & Katie	21 (5, 5, 5, 6)	Boogie Woogie	"Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley	Bottom two
Toby & Casey	24 (6, 6, 7, 5)	Cuban Salsa	"Maria Maria" – Santana	Safe
Dan & Michelle	26 (5, 8, 7, 5)	Boogie Woogie	"Big Girls Don't Cry" — The Four Seasons	Eliminated
Paul & Natasha	17 (5, 4, 4, 4)	Cuban Salsa	"La Isla Bonita" — Madonna	Safe
Nathan & Kristy	34 (9, 8, 8, 9)	Boogie Woogie	"Chantilly Lace" – Jerry Lee Lewis	Safe
Cem & Gemma	29 (7, 7, 8, 7)	Cuban Salsa	"Light My Fire" – Will Young	Safe

Week 2

For this week, the couples performed either a Hustle or Argentine Tango.

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
James & Claire	28 (6, 8, 7, 7)	Hustle	"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" – Tina Charles	Safe
Joseph & Sadie	33 (9, 8, 8, 8)	Argentine Tango	"[[]]" – [[]]	Safe
Paul & Natasha	24 (4, 7, 7, 6)	Hustle	"Young Hearts Run Free" – Candi Staton	Safe
Danny & Jodie	34 (8, 8, 9, 9)	Argentine Tango	"[[]]" – [[]]	Safe
Toby & Casey	18 (3, 5, 5, 5)	Hustle	"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" – Tavares	Bottom two
Cem & Gemma	29 (6, 8, 8, 7)	Argentine Tango	"They" – Jem	Safe
Adam & Rebecca	31 (8, 8, 8, 7)	Hustle	"How Deep Is Your Love" – The Bee Gees	Safe
Nathan & Kristy	22 (5, 5, 6, 6)	Argentine Tango	"[[]]" – [[]]	Safe
Alex & Katie	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Hustle	"Native New Yorker" – Odyssey	Eliminated

Week 3

For this week, the couples performed either a Charleston or Lambada.

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Paul & Natasha	23 (5, 7, 6, 5)	Charleston	"Anything Goes" – from Anything Goes	Safe
Nathan & Kristy	22 (5, 5, 6, 6)	Lambada	"Lambada" – Kaoma	Bottom two
Cem & Gemma	38 (10, 10, 9, 9)	Charleston	"Put a Lid on It" – Squirrel Nut Zippers	Safe
Danny & Jodie	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Lambada	"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" – Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera	Safe
Joseph & Sadie	35 (8, 9, 9, 9)	Charleston	"All I Do Is Dream of You" – from Singin' in the Rain	Safe
Adam & Rebecca	20 (4, 5, 6, 5)	Lambada	"Dr Beat" – Miami Sound Machine	Safe
James & Claire	29 (7, 8, 7, 7)	Charleston	"I Wanna Be Loved By You" – Helen Kane	Safe
Toby & Casey	24 (5, 6, 7, 6)	Lambada	"Ain't It Funny" – Jennifer Lopez	Eliminated

Week 4

For this week, the couples performed either a Lindy Hop, Foxtrot or Jitterbug.

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Cem & Gemma	29 (6, 8, 7, 8)	Lindyhop	"Jeepers Creepers" – Louis Armstrong	Safe
James & Claire	28 (6, 7, 8, 7)	Foxtrot	"I Get a Kick Out of You" – Frank Sinatra	Safe
Danny & Jodie	29 (8, 7, 7, 7)	Jitterbug	"In the Mood" – The Andrews Sisters	Safe
Paul & Natasha	17 (5, 4, 4, 4)	Foxtrot	"It Had to Be You" – Harry Connick, Jr.	Eliminated
Joseph & Sadie	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Lindyhop	"Sing, Sing, Sing" – The Andrews Sisters	Safe
Adam & Rebecca	18 (4, 4, 5, 5)	Foxtrot	"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – Harry Connick, Jr.	Bottom two
Nathan & Kristy	34 (9, 8, 9, 8)	Jitterbug	"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" – The Andrews Sisters	Safe

Week 5

Nathan & Kristy did not dance as Nathan was injured - public votes kept them in the competition. Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Danny & Jodie	Mambo	34 (9,9,8,8)	1st (Safe)
Cem & Gemma	Mambo	30 (7,8,8,7)	2nd (Bottom Two)
Joseph & Sadie	Mambo	26 (6,7,7,6)	3rd (Safe)
James & Claire	Mambo	24 (5,6,7,6)	4th (Safe)
Adam & Rebecca	Mambo	20 (4,5,6,5)	5th (Eliminated)

Week 6

Each couple dances Milonga & a famous dance from a show. Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance & Theme	Judges' scores	Place
Danny & Jodie	Milonga	38 (10,10,9,9)	1st (Safe)
	Top Hat	36 (9,9,9,9)
Joseph & Sadie	Milonga	34 (8,9,9,8)	2nd (Safe)
	Dirty Dancing	36 (9,9,9,9)
James & Claire	Milonga	25 (7,6,6,6)	3rd (Safe)
	Sound of Music	30 (7,7,8,8)
Cem & Gemma	Milonga	26 (5,7,7,7)	4th (Eliminated)
	Saturday Night Fever	24 (5,6,7,6)
Nathan & Kristy	Milonga	22 (5,6,6,5)	5th (Bottom Two)
	Bandwagon	23 (6,6,6,5)

Week 7: Semi-Final

Each couple dances Waltz & a different swing dance. Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Danny & Jodie	Waltz	34 (7,9,9,9)	1st (Safe)
	Lindyhop	40 (10,10,10,10)
Nathan & Kristy	Waltz	29 (8,7,7,7)	2nd (Eliminated)
	Lindyhop	35 (8,9,9,9)
Joseph & Sadie	Waltz	20 (3,6,6,5)	3rd (Safe)
	Hustle	38 (8,10,10,10)
James & Claire	Waltz	32 (8,8,8,8)	4th (Bottom Two)
	Jitterbug	21 (5,5,6,5)

Week 8: Final

Each couple dances their favourite dance from the series & a Showdance. Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Joseph & Sadie	Lindyhop	40 (10,10,10,10)	1st (Winners)
	Showdance	39 (10,10,10,9)
Danny & Jodie	Milonga	40 (10,10,10,10)	2nd (Runners Up)
	Showdance	31 (7,7,8,9)
James & Claire	Cuban Salsa	36 (9,9,9,9)	3rd (Third Place)
	Showdance	31 (8,8,9,9)

Dance chart

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Joseph & Sadie	Cuban Salsa	Argentine Tango	Charleston	Lindyhop	Mambo	Milonga, Dirty Dancing	Waltz, Hustle	Lindyhop, Showdance
Danny & Jodie	Boogie Woogie	Argentine Tango	Lambada	Jitterbug	Mambo	Milonga, Top Hat	Waltz, Charleston	Milonga, Showdance
James & Claire	Cuban Salsa	Hustle	Charleston	Foxtrot	Mambo	Milonga, Sound of Music	Waltz, Jitterbug	Cuban Salsa, Showdance
Nathan & Kristy	Boogie Woogie	Argentine Tango	Lambada	Jitterbug	IN	Milonga, Bandwagon	Waltz, Lindyhop	Eliminated
Cem & Gemma	Cuban Salsa	Argentine Tango	Charleston	Lindyhop	Mambo	Milonga, Saturday Night Fever	Eliminated
Adam & Rebecca	Boogie Woogie	Hustle	Lambada	Foxtrot	Mambo	Eliminated
Paul & Natasha	Cuban Salsa	Hustle	Charleston	Foxtrot	Eliminated
Toby & Casey	Cuban Salsa	Hustle	Lambada	Eliminated
Alex & Katie	Boogie Woogie	Hustle	Eliminated
Dan & Michelle	Boogie Woogie	Eliminated

Ratings

All ratings are provided by BARB. ^[2]

Episode	Date	Official rating (millions)	Weekly rank for BBC One	Weekly rank for all UK TV
Auditions 1	26 March 2005	5.03	17	37
Auditions 2	9 April 2005	4.91	29	52
Recalls 1	16 April 2005	4.35	29	53
Recalls 2	23 April 2005	4.36	22	45
The Finals: Week 1	30 April 2005	4.16	23	48
The Finals: Week 1 Results	30 April 2005	4.36	19	41
The Finals: Week 2	7 May 2005	4.27	22	46
The Finals: Week 2 Results	7 May 2005	4.75	17	37
The Finals: Week 3	14 May 2005	4.73	18	36
The Finals: Week 3 Results	14 May 2005	4.95	16	34
The Finals: Week 4	21 May 2005	4.30	23	38
The Finals: Week 4 Results	21 May 2005	4.47	22	36

Series 2

Scoring Chart

Bold scores indicate the highest for that week. Red indicates the lowest score.

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Darrien/Hollie	33	22	32	27	35	31+40=71	26+30=56	40+40=80
Darren/Lana	29	25	36	28	38	36+38=74	32+40=72	40+32=72
Ben/Stephanie	28	28	25	34	34	35+33=68*	25+32=57*	36+32=68
JP/Stacey	20	20*	27*	18	22*	30+23=53	18+28=46*	Eliminated
Mark/Jennifer	24*	25	25	23*	21	27+24=51*	Eliminated
Paul/Pamela	21	33	33	35	28*	Eliminated
Paul/Aravon	21	18	26	12*	Eliminated
Stewart/Clare	25	32	23*	Eliminated
Rob/Dawn	25	20*	Eliminated
Clive/Helga	24*	Eliminated

Average Chart

This chart is based on the dancers' averages and not their place in the competition.

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	2	Darren & Lana	374	11	34.0
2	1	Darrien & Hollie	356		32.4
3	3	Ben & Stephanie	342		31.1
4	6	Paul & Pamela	150	5	30.0
5	8	Stewart & Clare	80	3	26.7
6	5	Mark & Jennifer	169	7	24.1
7	10	Clive & Helga	24	1	24.0
8	4	JP & Stacey	206	9	22.9
9	9	Rob & Dawn	45	2	22.5
10	7	Paul & Aravon	77	4	19.3

Weekly Scores

Individual judges' scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Ben Richards, Arlene Phillips, Wayne Sleep, Stacey Haynes.

Week 1

Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Hollie & Darrien	Rock & Roll	33 (9,8,8,8)	1st (Safe)
Lana & Darren	Rock & Roll	29 (8,7,7,7)	2nd (Safe)
Stephannie & Ben	Salsa	28 (7,7,7,7)	3rd (Safe)
Clare & Stewart	Salsa	25 (6,6,7,6)	4th= (Safe)
Dawn & Rob	Salsa	25 (7,6,6,6)	4th= (Safe)
Helga & Clive	Salsa	24 (7,5,6,6)	6th= (Eliminated)
Jennifer & Mark	Rock & Roll	24 (7,4,7,6)	6th= (Bottom Two)
Aravon & Paul C.	Rock & Roll	21 (6,3,5,7)	8th= (Safe)
Pamela & Paul M.	Salsa	21 (5,5,6,5)	8th= (Safe)
Stacey & JP	Rock & Roll	20 (5,4,6,5)	9th (Safe)

Week 2

Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Pamela & Paul M.	Argentine Tango	33 (8,9,8,8)	1st (Safe)
Clare & Stewart	Hustle	32 (8,8,8,8)	2nd (Safe)
Stephannie & Ben	Argentine Tango	28 (7,8,8,6)	3rd (Safe)
Lana & Darren	Hustle	25 (6,5,7,7)	4th= (Safe)
Jennifer & Mark	Argentine Tango	25 (7,6,6,6)	4th= (Safe)
Hollie & Darrien	Argentine Tango	22 (5,4,7,6)	6th (Safe)
Stacey & JP	Hustle	20 (6,3,5,6)	7th= (Bottom Two)
Dawn & Rob	Hustle	20 (5,4,6,5)	7th= (Eliminated)
Aravon & Paul C.	Hustle	18 (6,3,4,5)	9th (Safe)

Week 3

Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Lana & Darren	Guapacha	36 (9,9,9,9)	1st (Safe)
Pamela & Paul M.	Charleston	33 (8,8,9,8)	2nd (Safe)
Hollie & Darrien	Guapacha	32 (7,9,8,8)	3rd (Safe)
Stacey & JP	Guapacha	27 (8,5,7,7)	4th (Bottom Two)
Aravon & Paul C.	Charleston	26 (5,8,7,6)	5th (Safe)
Stephannie & Ben	Charleston	25 (7,6,6,6)	6th= (Safe)
Jennifer & Mark	Guapacha	25 (9,4,6,6)	6th= (Safe)
Clare & Stewart	Charleston	23 (6,5,7,5)	8th (Eliminated)

Week 4

Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Pamela & Paul M.	Jitterbug	35 (9,9,8,9)	1st (Safe)
Stephannie & Ben	Jitterbug	34 (8,9,9,8)	2nd (Safe)
Lana & Darren	Lambada	28 (7,7,7,7)	3rd (Safe)
Hollie & Darrien	Jitterbug	27 (7,7,7,6)	4th (Safe)
Jennifer & Mark	Jitterbug	23 (6,6,6,5)	5th (Bottom Two)
Stacey & JP	Lambada	18 (5,4,4,5)	6th (Safe)
Aravon & Paul C.	Lambada	12 (4,2,3,3)	7th (Eliminated)

Week 5

Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Lana & Darren	Flamenco	38 (10,9,10,9)	1st (Safe)
Hollie & Darrien	American Smooth	35 (9,10,8,8)	2nd (Safe)
Stephannie & Ben	American Smooth	34 (8,9,9,8)	3rd (Safe)
Pamela & Paul M.	Flamenco	28 (8,6,7,7)	4th (Eliminated)
Stacey & JP	American Smooth	22 (6,5,6,5)	5th (Bottom Two)
Jennifer & Mark	Flamenco	21 (5,4,7,5)	6th (Safe)

Week 6

Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Lana & Darren	Lindyhop	36 (9,9,9,9)	1st (Safe)
	Milonga	38 (10,9,10,9)
Hollie & Darrien	Lindyhop	31 (8,7,8,8)	2nd (Safe)
	Milonga	40 (10,10,10,10)
Stephannie & Ben	Lindyhop	35 (8,9,9,9)	3rd (Bottom Two)
	Milonga	33 (9,8,8,8)
Stacey & JP	Lindyhop	30 (7,8,8,7)	4th (Safe)
	Milonga	23 (5,5,6,7)
Jennifer & Mark	Lindyhop	27 (7,7,7,6)	5th (Eliminated)
	Milonga	24 (7,4,7,6)

Week 7: Semi-Final

Individual judges' scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Ben Richards, Arlene Phillips, Wayne Sleep.

Stacey Haynes was not judging this week - so marks are out of 30 for each dance. Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Lana & Darren	Adagio	24 (9,9,6)	1st (Safe)
	American Smooth	30 (10,10,10)
Hollie & Darrien	Adagio	20 (8,6,6)	2nd (Safe)
	Hustle	23 (8,6,9)
Stephannie & Ben	Adagio	19 (7,6,6)	3rd (Bottom Two)
	Guapacha	24 (9,7,8)
Stacey & JP	Adagio	14 (6,4,4)	4th (Eliminated)
	Salsa	21 (7,6,8)

Week 8: Final

Each couple dances their favourite dance from the series & a Freestyle routine. Couples are listed in order of leaderboard rank:

Couple	Dance	Judges' scores	Place
Hollie & Darrien	Milonga	40 (10,10,10,10)	1st (Winners)
	Freestyle	40 (10,10,10,10)
Lana & Darren	Flamenco	40 (10,10,10,10)	2nd (Runners Up)
	Freestyle	32 (9,5,9,9)
Stephannie & Ben	Lindyhop	36 (9,9,9,9)	3rd (Third Place)
	Freestyle	32 (8,8,8,8)

Dance chart

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Darrien/Hollie	Rock & Roll	Argentine Tango	Guapacha	Jitterbug	American Smooth	Lindyhop, Milonga	Adagio, Hustle	Milonga, Freestyle
Darren/Lana	Rock & Roll	Hustle	Guapacha	Lambada	Flamenco	Lindyhop, Milonga	Adagio, American Smooth	Flamenco, Freestyle
Ben/Stephanie	Salsa	Argentine Tango	Charleston	Jitterbug	American Smooth	Lindyhop, Milonga	Adagio, Guapacha	Lindyhop, Freestyle
JP/Stacey	Rock & Roll	Hustle	Guapacha	Lambada	American Smooth	Lindyhop, Milonga	Adagio, Salsa	Eliminated
Mark/Jennifer	Rock & Roll	Argentine Tango	Guapacha	Jitterbug	Flamenco	Lindyhop, Milonga	Eliminated
Paul/Pamela	Salsa	Argentine Tango	Charleston	Jitterbug	Flamenco	Eliminated
Paul/Aravon	Rock & Roll	Hustle	Charleston	Lambada	Eliminated
Stewart/Clare	Salsa	Hustle	Charleston	Eliminated
Rob/Dawn	Salsa	Hustle	Eliminated
Clive/Helga	Salsa	Eliminated

References

1. "Strictly Dance Fever". ianvictoria.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
2. "Archive viewing data". BARB . Retrieved 26 December 2025.

External links

• Strictly Dance Fever at BBC Online
• Strictly Dance Fever at Unreality TV
• Title Music: Banks & Wag
• "Rob Glover" – Official Website
• Learn Strictly Dance Fever
• Strictly Dance Fever – JP Om (fansite)