2006 - Series 4

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fourth series on 7 October 2006. 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 on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.

24*

Competitive shows

8.55*

Av. viewers (m)

14

Couples

95

Total scored dances

2,807

Total points scored

7.39

Av. judge score (10)

29.55*

Av. total score (40)

14

Total 10s awarded

1*

Perfect scores (40)

Mark & Karen

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Carol & Matthew	Carol Smillie	Matthew Cutler	9	7.36	29.44	0	0	265	5th
Claire & Brendan	Claire King	Brendan Cole	7	6.21	24.86	0	0	174	6th
DJ Spoony & Ola	DJ Spoony	Ola Jordan	2	6.75	27.00	0	0	54	11th
Emma & Darren	Emma Bunton	Darren Bennett	13	8.50	34.00	3	0	442	3rd
Georgina & James	Georgina Bouzova	James Jordan	3	4.83	19.33	0	0	58	10th
Jan & Anton	Jan Ravens	Anton du Beke	4	5.69	22.75	0	0	91	9th
Jimmy & Flavia	Jimmy Tarbuck	Flavia Cacace	1	4.25	17.00	0	0	17	12th
Louisa & Vincent	Louisa Lytton	Vincent Simone	11	7.91	31.64	1	0	348	4th
Mark & Karen	Mark Ramprakash	Karen Hardy	16	8.38	33.50	7	1	536	1st
Matt & Lilia	Matt Dawson	Lilia Kopylova	16	7.70	30.81	3	0	493	2nd
Mica & Ian	Mica Paris	Ian Waite	1	5.00	20.00	0	0	20	13th
Nicholas & Nicole	Nicholas Owen	Nicole Cutler	1	3.50	14.00	0	0	14	14th
Peter & Erin	Peter Schmeichel	Erin Boag	6	6.17	24.67	0	0	148	7th
Ray & Camilla	Ray Fearon	Camilla Dallerup	5	7.35	29.40	0	0	147	8th

Couples & progress

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12
Mark & Karen	Cha Cha Cha 27	Swing	Tango 32	Paso Doble 35	Salsa 36	American Smooth 33	Rumba 27	Viennese Waltz 36	Samba 36 Foxtrot 28	Jive 27 Waltz 36	Argentine Tango 39 Quickstep 34	Showdance Samba 36 Salsa 40 Tango 34
Matt & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha 19	Swing	Tango 30	Paso Doble 28	Salsa 25	American Smooth 34	Waltz 37	Jive 28	Rumba 27 Quickstep 34	Samba 32 Viennese Waltz 29	Argentine Tango 30 Foxtrot 35	Showdance Samba 31 Quickstep 36 Waltz 38
Emma & Darren	Group Mambo	Quickstep 33	Jive 33	Foxtrot 30	Viennese Waltz 34	Samba 36	Cha Cha Cha 30	American Smooth 34	Paso Doble 37 Waltz 37	Rumba 34 Tango 35	Salsa 33 Argentine Tango 36
Louisa & Vincent	Group Mambo	Quickstep 28	Jive 36	Foxtrot 26	Salsa 29	Samba 32	Tango 35	Paso Doble 34	Cha Cha Cha 36 Viennese Waltz 33	Rumba 28 American Smooth 31
Carol & Matthew	Group Mambo	Quickstep 25	Jive 27	Foxtrot 29	Salsa 29	American Smooth 27	Cha Cha Cha 30	Waltz 30	Samba 34 Viennese Waltz 34
Claire & Brendan	Group Mambo	Rumba 21	Jive 22	Foxtrot 24	Salsa 21	American Smooth 32	Tango 29	Samba 25
Peter & Erin	Waltz 25	Swing	Tango 31	Paso Doble 19	Viennese Waltz 28	Samba 19	Foxtrot 26
Ray & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha 27	Swing	Tango 29	Paso Doble 30	Viennese Waltz 35	Samba 26
Jan & Anton	Group Mambo	Quickstep 24	Jive 18	Foxtrot 24	Viennese Waltz 25
Georgina & James	Group Mambo	Rumba 14	Jive 18	Foxtrot 26
Jimmy & Flavia	Waltz 17	Swing	Did Not Dance
DJ & Ola	Cha Cha Cha 27	Swing	Tango 27
Mica & Ian	Group Mambo	Rumba 20
Nicholas & Nicole	Waltz 14

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Samba	10	30.70	0	0
Tango	9	31.33	0	0
Foxtrot	9	27.56	0	0
Waltz	8	29.25	5	0
Jive	8	26.13	1	0
Viennese Waltz	8	31.75	0	0
Cha Cha Cha	7	28.00	0	0
Quickstep	7	30.57	0	0
Rumba	7	24.43	0	0
Salsa	7	30.43	4	1
Paso Doble	6	30.50	1	0
American Smooth	6	31.83	0	0
Argentine Tango	3	35.00	3	0
Showdance	2	-	-	-

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 4

Presented by	Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly
Judges	Len Goodman Arlene Phillips Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Mark Ramprakash
Professional winner	Karen Hardy

No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	7 October (2006-10-07) – 23 December 2006 (2006-12-23)
Series chronology
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2006 - Series 4 facts and stats

Two new routines were introduced in S4: the Argentine Tango and the Salsa, taking the dance style total to 14. For the next 4 years, Argentine Tangos would be danced by all couples in the Semi-Final show
S4 could be called the “Salsa Series”; not only was the style introduced this year, but the Series Final saw the first perfect score for a male celebrity when Mark & Karen reprised their W5 Salsa to ‘Hot, Hot’ Hot’ by Arrow and scored 40; it would be another 18 years before the next male celebrity achieved this feat (JB & Lauren in S22)
Series 4 and 5 saw an unusual arrangement in their Finals were two couples danced different routines to the same track: here it was ‘(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher’ by Jackie Wilson to which Mark & Karen danced a Samba and Matt & Lilia danced a Quickstep. Both scored 36
Semi-Finalist and 3rd placed Emma Bunton becomes the first member of the ‘Thirty Dancing’ club; all her routines score 30 or more. Others who have joined this club: Alesha Dixon, Rachel Vincent, Zoe Lucker, Ricky Whittle, Kara Tointon, Natalie Gumede, Frankie Bridge, Daisy Lowe, Louise Redknapp, Danny Mac, Molly Rainford and Tasha Ghouri

Last updated on July 12 2025