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
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 |
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Series 5 | |
Presented by | Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly |
Judges | Len Goodman Arlene Phillips Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli |
Celebrity winner | Alesha Dixon |
Professional winner | Matthew Cutler |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 6 October – 22 December 2007 |
Series chronology |
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