2007 - Series 5

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fifth series on 29 September 2007 on BBC One. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned as co-presenters of the main show on BBC One, while Claudia Winkleman returned to present spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned to the judging panel.

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24

Number of shows

9.05*

Av. viewers (m)

14

Couples

101

Total scored dances

3,044

Total points scored

7.53

Av. judge score (10)

30.14*

Av. total score (40)

37

Total 10s awarded

1*

Perfect scores (40)

Alesha & Matthew

Winning couple


# Couple Celebrity Pro Dances Av score (10) Av score (40) 10s Perfect scores Total pts Pos
Alesha & Matthew   Alesha Dixon Matthew Cutler 16 9.13 36.5 19 0 584 1st
Brian & Karen Brian Capron Karen Hardy 1 4.5 18 0 0 18 14th
Dominic & Lilia Dominic Littlewood Lilia Kopylova 4 6.31 25.25 0 0 101 10th
Gabby & James Gabby Logan James Jordan 3 7.5 30 0 0 90 11th
Gethin & Camilla Gethin Jones Camilla Dallerup 13 8.23 32.92 7 0 428 3rd
John & Nicole John Barnes Nicole Cutler 7 6.79 27.14 1 0 190 7th
Kate & Anton Kate Garraway Anton du Beke 6 4.79 19.17 0 0 115 8th
Kelly & Brendan Kelly Brook Brendan Cole 7 8.25 33 1 0 231 6th
Kenny & Ola Kenny Logan Ola Jordan 9 6 24 0 0 216 5th
Letitia & Darren Letitia Dean Darren Bennett 11 7.36 29.45 0 0 324 4th
Matt & Flavia Matt di Angelo Flavia Cacace 16 8.22 32.88 9 1 526 2nd
Penny & Ian Penny Lancaster-Stewart Ian Waite 5 7.5 30 0 0 150 9th
Stephanie & Vincent Stephanie Beacham Vincent Simone 1 6 24 0 0 24 13th
Willie & Erin Willie Thorne Erin Boag 2 5.88 23.5 0 0 47 12th

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
Rumba  31 
Jive  36 
Foxtrot  36 
Salsa  35 
Waltz  38 
Cha Cha Cha  39 
Samba  36 
Tango  38 
Paso Doble  36 
Quickstep  38 
Jive  35 
Cha Cha Cha  38 
Waltz  39 
Cha Cha Cha  23 
Jive  30 
Paso Doble  31 
Quickstep  34 
Salsa  38 
Rumba  33 
Tango  32 
Samba  29 
Foxtrot  26 
Waltz  40 
Quickstep  35 
Salsa  39 
Cha Cha Cha  22 
Tango  29 
Samba  26 
Foxtrot  31 
Rumba  31 
Quickstep  34 
Salsa  35 
Waltz  39 
Jive  37 
Paso Doble  34 
Rumba  23 
Tango  27 
Paso Doble  31 
Salsa  25 
Foxtrot  34 
Cha Cha Cha  26 
Quickstep  30 
Jive  30 
Waltz  35 
Waltz  21 
Tango  25 
Samba  18 
Paso Doble  21 
Cha Cha Cha  22 
Rumba  23 
Foxtrot  30 
Rumba  33 
Tango  35 
Paso Doble  28 
Jive  36 
Samba  29 
Cha Cha Cha  26 
Jive  27 
Foxtrot  24 
Salsa  36 
Tango  28 
Samba  27 
Quickstep  15 
Tango  19 
Samba  16 
Foxtrot  26 
Salsa  18 
Paso Doble  21 
Quickstep  33 
Jive  25 
Samba  32 
Foxtrot  35 
Salsa  25 
Cha Cha Cha  25 
Jive  25 
Paso Doble  25 
Quickstep  29 
Jive  31 
Samba  30 
Waltz  24 
Tango  23 
Waltz  18 
Quickstep  24 

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 5
Presented byBruce Forsyth
Tess Daly
JudgesLen Goodman
Arlene Phillips
Craig Revel Horwood
Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winnerAlesha Dixon
Professional winnerMatthew Cutler
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release6 October (2007-10-06) 
22 December 2007 (2007-12-22)
Series chronology
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2007 - Series 5 facts and stats

  • Series 5 saw the first introduction of the dance-off to determine one couple’s fate each week; the first ever in Week 1 saw Brian Capron & Karen Hardy lose out to Kenny Logan & Ola
  • Series 5 is the only one in which a perfect routine was performed before the Final (Matt & Flavia’s Semi-Final Waltz), with none in the Final itself
  • Series 5 involved not only dancing couples, but married couples too; husband and wife pros James & Ola Jordan danced with husband and wife celebrities, Gabby & Kenny Logan. To the surprise of some, Gabby & James were eliminated first in Week 4 after dancing a Samba. Kenny went out 5 weeks later
  • Series 4 and 5 saw an unusual arrangement in their Finals were two couples danced different routines to the same track: here it was ‘We Love To Boogie’ by T.Rex to which Alesha & Matthew danced a Jive and Matt & Flavia danced a Quickstep. Both scored 35
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