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.

24*

Competitive 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	36.50	19	0	584	1st
Brian & Karen	Brian Capron	Karen Hardy	1	4.50	18.00	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	7.50	30.00	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	33.00	1	0	231	6th
Kenny & Ola	Kenny Logan	Ola Jordan	9	6.00	24.00	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	7.50	30.00	0	0	150	9th
Stephanie & Vincent	Stephanie Beacham	Vincent Simone	1	6.00	24.00	0	0	24	13th
Willie & Erin	Willie Thorne	Erin Boag	2	5.88	23.50	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
Alesha & Matthew	Group Swing	Rumba 31	Jive 36	American Smooth 33	Foxtrot 36	Salsa 35	Waltz 38	Cha Cha Cha 39	Samba 36 Tango 38	Paso Doble 36 Viennese Waltz 38	Argentine Tango 38 Quickstep 38	Showdance Jive 35 Cha Cha Cha 38 Waltz 39
Matt & Flavia	Cha Cha Cha 23	Group Merengue	Jive 30	American Smooth 36	Paso Doble 31	Viennese Waltz 29	Quickstep 34	Salsa 38	Rumba 33 Tango 32	Samba 29 Foxtrot 26	Waltz 40 Argentine Tango 35	Showdance Quickstep 35 Salsa 39 American Smooth 36
Gethin & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha 22	Group Merengue	Tango 29	Samba 26	Foxtrot 31	Viennese Waltz 36	Rumba 31	Quickstep 34	Salsa 35 Waltz 39	Jive 37 American Smooth 38	Argentine Tango 36 Paso Doble 34
Letitia & Darren	Group Swing	Rumba 23	Tango 27	American Smooth 31	Paso Doble 31	Salsa 25	Foxtrot 34	Viennese Waltz 32	Cha Cha Cha 26 Quickstep 30	Jive 30 Waltz 35
Kenny & Ola	Waltz 21	Group Merengue	Tango 25	Samba 18	Paso Doble 21	Viennese Waltz 26	Cha Cha Cha 22	American Smooth 30	Rumba 23 Foxtrot 30
Kelly & Brendan	Group Swing	Rumba 33	Tango 35	American Smooth 34	Paso Doble 28	Viennese Waltz 36	Jive 36	Samba 29	Did Not Dance
John & Nicole	Cha Cha Cha 26	Group Merengue	Jive 27	American Smooth 22	Foxtrot 24	Salsa 36	Tango 28	Samba 27
Kate & Anton	Group Swing	Quickstep 15	Tango 19	Samba 16	Foxtrot 26	Salsa 18	Paso Doble 21
Penny & Ian	Group Swing	Quickstep 33	Jive 25	Samba 32	Foxtrot 35	Salsa 25
Dominic & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha 25	Group Merengue	Jive 25	American Smooth 26	Paso Doble 25
Gabby & James	Group Swing	Quickstep 29	Jive 31	Samba 30
Willie & Erin	Waltz 24	Group Merengue	Tango 23
Brian & Karen	Waltz 18	Group Merengue
Stephanie & Vincent	Group Swing	Quickstep 24

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Jive	10	31.20	1	0
Quickstep	9	30.22	2	0
Tango	9	28.44	2	0
American Smooth	9	31.78	3	0
Samba	9	27.00	1	0
Cha Cha Cha	8	27.63	5	0
Waltz	8	31.75	12	1
Paso Doble	8	28.38	1	0
Foxtrot	8	30.25	0	0
Salsa	8	31.38	6	0
Rumba	6	29.00	0	0
Viennese Waltz	6	32.83	2	0
Argentine Tango	3	36.33	2	0
Showdance	2	-	-	-

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
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 (2007-10-06) – 22 December 2007 (2007-12-22)
Series chronology
← Previous Series 4 Next → Series 6

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
S5 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
S5 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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