2005 - Series 3

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its third series on 15 October 2005. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to co-present the main show on BBC One, while Claudia Winkleman returned to present the spin-off show, Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.

20

Number of shows

8.37*

Av. viewers (m)

12

Couples

87

Total scored dances

2,439

Total points scored

7.01

Av. judge score (10)

28.03*

Av. total score (40)

13

Total 10s awarded

0*

Perfect scores (40)

Darren & Lilia

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Total pts	Pos
Bill & Karen	Bill Turnbull	Karen Hardy	7	5.93	23.71	0	166	6th
Colin & Erin	Colin Jackson	Erin Boag	13	8.42	33.69	5	438	2nd
Darren & Lilia	Darren Gough	Lilia Kopylova	13	7.81	31.23	1	406	1st
Dennis & Izabella	Dennis Taylor	Izabella Hannah	5	4.9	19.6	0	98	8th
Fiona & Brendan	Fiona Phillips	Brendan Cole	4	3.75	15	0	60	9th
Gloria & Darren	Gloria Hunniford	Darren Bennett	3	4.83	19.33	0	58	10th
James & Camilla	James Martin	Camilla Dallerup	11	6.64	26.55	0	292	4th
Jaye & Andrew	Jaye Jacobs	Andrew Cuerden	2	5.75	23	0	46	11th
Patsy & Anton	Patsy Palmer	Anton du Beke	9	6.92	27.67	0	249	5th
Siobhan & Matthew	Siobhan Hayes	Matthew Cutler	1	3.75	15	0	15	12th
Will & Hanna	Will Thorp	Hanna Haarala	6	6.54	26.17	0	157	7th
Zoe & Ian	Zoe Ball	Ian Waite	13	8.73	34.92	7	454	3rd

Couples & progress

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Darren & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha 19	Quickstep 30	Tango 33	Paso Doble 34	Viennese Waltz 28	Jive 30	Foxtrot 34	American Smooth 32 Rumba 30	Samba 29 Waltz 35	Showdance Paso Doble 36 Foxtrot 36
Colin & Erin	Cha Cha Cha 32	Quickstep 36	Tango 26	Paso Doble 31	Samba 32	Foxtrot 32	Viennese Waltz 34	American Smooth 37 Rumba 36	Jive 30 Waltz 37	Showdance Rumba 36 Quickstep 39
Zoe & Ian	Waltz 35	Rumba 32	Jive 29	Foxtrot 36	Samba 35	Quickstep 36	Tango 38	American Smooth 36 Cha Cha Cha 32	Paso Doble 33 Viennese Waltz 36	Showdance Samba 38 Tango 38
James & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha 22	Quickstep 29	Tango 28	Paso Doble 29	Viennese Waltz 29	Jive 20	Waltz 32	American Smooth 28 Samba 20	Rumba 22 Foxtrot 33
Patsy & Anton	Waltz 19	Rumba 26	Tango 34	Foxtrot 31	Samba 26	Quickstep 31	Cha Cha Cha 24	American Smooth 31 Jive 27
Bill & Karen	Cha Cha Cha 29	Quickstep 23	Tango 20	Paso Doble 25	Viennese Waltz 27	Rumba 17	Waltz 25
Will & Hanna	Cha Cha Cha 18	Quickstep 29	Jive 25	Foxtrot 34	Viennese Waltz 23	Tango 28
Dennis & Izabella	Cha Cha Cha 20	Quickstep 18	Jive 22	Paso Doble 15	Samba 23
Fiona & Brendan	Waltz 11	Rumba 13	Jive 16	Foxtrot 20
Gloria & Darren	Waltz 22	Rumba 17	Jive 19
Jaye & Andrew	Waltz 25	Rumba 21
Siobhan & Matthew	Waltz 15

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 3

Presented by	Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly
Judges	Len Goodman Arlene Phillips Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Darren Gough
Professional winner	Lilia Kopylova

No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	15 October (2005-10-15) – 17 December 2005 (2005-12-17)
Series chronology
← Previous Series 2 Next → Series 4

2005 - Series 3 facts and stats

Zoe & Ian’s Week 1 Waltz in S3 scored 35 points and is the highest ever Week 1 score awarded
Two new routines were introduced in S3 (2005): the American Smooth and the Viennese Waltz, taking the dance style total to 12
Performing the first ever American Smooth in Week 8’s Quarter-Final with Erin, Colin Jackson was rewarded with the first ever 10 for a male celebrity (from Arlene)
S3, together with S1, are the only two not to see a perfect total score; the highest score in S3 was 39 for Colin & Erin’s Quickstep in the Final
Series 3 was the first to be won by a female pro when Lilia won with Darren Gough

Last updated on June 13 2025