2004 - Series 2

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 Daly's maternity leave.

16

Number of shows

8.61*

Av. viewers (m)

10

Couples

64

Total scored dances

1,715

Total points scored

6.70

Av. judge score (10)

26.80*

Av. total score (40)

7

Total 10s awarded

1*

Perfect scores (40)

Jill & Darren

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Aled & Lilia	Aled Jones	Lilia Kopylova	9	7.11	28.44	0	0	256	4th
Carol & Paul	Carol Vorderman	Paul Killick	2	5.25	21	0	0	42	9th
Denise & Ian	Denise Lewis	Ian Waite	11	8.16	32.64	2	0	359	2nd
Diarmuid & Nicole	Diarmuid Gavin	Nicole Cutler	4	3.44	13.75	0	0	55	7th
Esther & Anton	Esther Rantzen	Anton du Beke	3	4.67	18.67	0	0	56	8th
Jill & Darren	Jill Halfpenny	Darren Bennett	11	8.43	33.73	5	1	371	1st
Julian & Erin	Julian Clary	Erin Boag	11	6.11	24.45	0	0	269	3rd
Quentin & Hazel	Quentin Willson	Hazel Newberry	1	2	8	0	0	8	10th
Roger & Camilla	Roger Black	Camilla Dallerup	7	5.89	23.57	0	0	165	5th
Sarah & Brendan	Sarah Manners	Brendan Cole	5	6.7	26.8	0	0	134	6th

Couples & progress

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
Jill & Darren	Waltz 27	Rumba 32	Jive 35	Foxtrot 34	Samba 35	Cha Cha Cha 36 Quickstep 32	Paso Doble 37 Tango 29	Showdance Jive 40 Foxtrot 34
Denise & Ian	Waltz 31	Rumba 32	Jive 25	Foxtrot 30	Samba 32	Cha Cha Cha 33 Quickstep 34	Paso Doble 36 Tango 35	Showdance Samba 33 Quickstep 38
Julian & Erin	Cha Cha Cha 19	Quickstep 27	Tango 27	Paso Doble 20	Samba 24	Rumba 27 Waltz 28	Jive 21 Foxtrot 24	Showdance Samba 23 Quickstep 29
Aled & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha 29	Quickstep 27	Jive 32	Foxtrot 25	Samba 30	Rumba 27 Waltz 29	Paso Doble 30 Tango 27
Roger & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha 25	Quickstep 22	Jive 25	Foxtrot 29	Samba 23	Rumba 19 Waltz 22
Sarah & Brendan	Waltz 28	Rumba 23	Tango 31	Paso Doble 29	Samba 23
Diarmuid & Nicole	Cha Cha Cha 12	Quickstep 12	Tango 14	Paso Doble 17
Esther & Anton	Waltz 24	Rumba 16	Tango 16
Carol & Paul	Waltz 22	Rumba 20
Quentin & Hazel	Cha Cha Cha 8

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 2

Presented by	Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly Natasha Kaplinsky
Judges	Len Goodman Arlene Phillips Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Jill Halfpenny
Professional winner	Darren Bennett

No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	23 October (2004-10-23) – 11 December 2004 (2004-12-11)
Series chronology
← Previous Series 1 Next → Series 3

2004 - Series 2 facts and stats

10 dance styles were performed in the first 2 Series of Strictly, with the couples performing one of 2 different dances (1 Ballroom, 1 Latin) in the first 4 weeks, and all dancing Samba in W5. Styles included: Cha Cha Cha, Waltz, Quickstep, Rumba, Jive, Tango, Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Samba and Showdance
Two Sambas were danced in the S2 Final by Denise & Ian (33) and Julian & Erin (23); only 1 other Series has seen 2 Samba routines in a Final and that was S4 (Mark & Karen, 26; Matt & Lilia, 31)
Strictly’s first ever 40 was awarded to Jill & Darren for their Jive to “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John in the Final
Denise Lewis (dancing with Ian) was the only other contestant to receive any 10s; Bruno & Arlene awarded the top score for their Final Quickstep performance
Throughout Strictly’s first two Series, no male celebrity was awarded a 10
Claudia begins her Strictly career presenting It Takes Two on BBC2

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