2012 - Series 10

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its tenth series and began with the launch show on 15 September 2012. The live shows began on 5 October. Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the results show with Daly.

24*

Competitive shows

10.8*

Av. viewers (m)

14

Couples

125

Total scored dances

3,637

Total points scored

7.27

Av. judge score (10)

29.10*

Av. total score (40)

59

Total 10s awarded

6*

Perfect scores (40)

Louis & Flavia

Winning couple

Couple	Celebrity	Pro	Dances	Av score (10)	Av score (40)	10s	Perfect scores	Total pts	Pos
Colin & Kristina	Colin Salmon	Kristina Rihanoff	5	6.20	24.80	0	0	124	11th
Dani & Vincent	Dani Harmer	Vincent Simone	14	8.18	32.71	4	0	458	4th
Denise & James	Denise van Outen	James Jordan	15	8.78	35.13	20	2	527	2nd
Fern & Artem	Fern Britton	Artem Chigvintsev	6	5.75	23.00	0	0	138	10th
Jerry & Anton	Jerry Hall	Anton du Beke	3	4.50	18.00	0	0	54	13th
Johnny & Iveta	Johnny Ball	Iveta Lukošiūtė	2	4.63	18.50	0	0	37	14th
Kimberley & Pasha	Kimberley Walsh	Pasha Kovalev	15	8.65	34.60	20	3	519	2nd
Lisa & Robin	Lisa Riley	Robin Windsor	12	7.33	29.33	0	0	352	5th
Louis & Flavia	Louis Smith	Flavia Cacace	15	8.37	33.47	15	1	502	1st
Michael & Natalie	Michael Vaughan	Natalie Lowe	9	6.31	25.22	0	0	227	7th
Nicky & Karen	Nicky Byrne	Karen Hauer	10	6.65	26.60	0	0	266	6th
Richard & Erin	Richard Arnold	Erin Boag	7	5.64	22.57	0	0	158	9th
Sid & Ola	Sid Owen	Ola Jordan	4	5.13	20.50	0	0	82	12th
Victoria & Brendan	Victoria Pendleton	Brendan Cole	8	6.03	24.13	0	0	193	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
Louis & Flavia	Cha Cha Cha 27	Viennese Waltz 30	Salsa 30	Tango 35	Samba 29	Waltz 33	American Smooth 30	Paso Doble 27	Charleston 37	Rumba and Tango 37	Foxtrot 38 Jive 31	Charleston 39 Showdance 40 Salsa 39
Kimberley & Pasha	Cha Cha Cha 28	Foxtrot 26	Quickstep 29	Paso Doble 31	Salsa 33	Viennese Waltz 34	Samba 34	Tango 34	Jive 34	Tango and Cha Cha Cha 40	Charleston 40 American Smooth 38	Tango 40 Showdance 39 Viennese Waltz 39
Denise & James	Waltz 25	Jive 32	Foxtrot 32	Cha Cha Cha 28	Viennese Waltz 35	Paso Doble 36	Charleston 39	American Smooth 37	Salsa 32	Quickstep and Jive 35	Rumba 38 Tango 39	Charleston 40 Showdance 40 Jive 39
Dani & Vincent	Waltz 21	Salsa 27	Foxtrot 29	Cha Cha Cha 27	Jive 33	Tango 34	Quickstep 36	Samba 36	Viennese Waltz 34	Charleston and Quickstep 38	Argentine Tango 38 American Smooth 34	Showdance 35 Tango 36
Lisa & Robin	Cha Cha Cha 30	Viennese Waltz 25	Jive 29	Charleston 26	Tango 27	Foxtrot 32	Samba 32	Rumba 27	Quickstep 31	Tango and Cha Cha Cha 30	American Smooth 32 Salsa 31
Nicky & Karen	Waltz 17	Cha Cha Cha 18	Quickstep 27	Tango 26	Rumba 25	Foxtrot 30	Jive 30	Charleston 36	Argentine tango 30	Samba and American Smooth 27
Michael & Natalie	Waltz 20	Jive 15	Cha Cha Cha 19	Quickstep 31	Foxtrot 31	Salsa 26	American Smooth 35	Argentine Tango 26	Samba 24
Victoria & Brendan	Cha Cha Cha 16	Foxtrot 26	Rumba 22	Tango 31	Samba 23	Quickstep 30	Paso Doble 24	Salsa 21
Richard & Erin	Waltz 22	Cha Cha Cha 19	Quickstep 25	Paso Doble 22	Foxtrot 17	Charleston 29	Salsa 24
Fern & Artem	Cha Cha Cha 19	Viennese Waltz 24	Charleston 23	American Smooth 21	Paso Doble 24	Salsa 27
Colin & Kristina	Cha Cha Cha 23	Viennese Waltz 24	Argentine Tango 26	Salsa 24	Foxtrot 27
Sid & Ola	Waltz 26	Salsa 22	Tango 17	Cha Cha Cha 17
Jerry & Anton	Cha Cha Cha 18	Foxtrot 18	Quickstep 18
Johnny & Iveta	Cha Cha Cha 17	Foxtrot 20

Dance Type	Total Dances	Av Score (40)	10s	Perfect Scores
Cha Cha Cha	14	21.86	0	0
Salsa	12	28.00	3	0
Foxtrot	12	27.17	2	0
Tango	10	31.90	7	1
Charleston	9	34.33	16	2
Viennese Waltz	8	30.63	3	0
Jive	8	30.38	3	0
Quickstep	8	28.38	0	0
Waltz	7	23.43	0	0
American Smooth	7	32.43	3	0
Paso Doble	6	27.33	0	0
Samba	6	29.67	0	0
Rumba	4	28.00	2	0
Argentine Tango	4	30.00	2	0
Showdance	4	38.50	11	2
Tango and Cha Cha Cha	2	35.00	4	1
Quickstep and Jive	1	35.00	0	0
Samba and American Smooth	1	27.00	0	0
Charleston and Quickstep	1	38.00	2	0
Rumba and Tango	1	37.00	1	0

Distribution & average score

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 10

Presented by	Bruce Forsyth Tess Daly Claudia Winkleman
Judges	Darcey Bussell Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Louis Smith
Professional winner	Flavia Cacace

No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	15 September (2012-09-15) (Launch Show) 5 October 2012 (2012-10-05) – 22 December 2012 (2012-12-22)
Series chronology
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2012 - Series 10 facts and stats

With a single point separating the last 3 Finalists (Louis & Flavia – 118, Kimberley & Pasha – 118, Denise & James – 119), the judges’ leaderboard was the tightest Strictly had seen and S10 remains one of the closest-fought contests ever (though in S19 Rose & Giovanni and John & Johannes were tied on 119 points each)
The London Olympics year saw two successful British medallists competing; Victoria Pendleton had won Gold and Silver medals in the summer, and winner Louis Smith had taken Silver and Bronze medals before topping the year off by claiming Strictly’s top trophy
Format tweaks continued apace; the dance-off (which had been discarded for S8 & S9) was revived; a one-off dance fusion Quarter-Final replaced the previous Movie Night theme as the latter moved to week 3 and was renamed ‘Hollywood Week’; week 7 involved a ‘Dance Through the Decades’ special from Wembley Arena in front of an audience of 6,000
We had to wait until the Wembley Arena show in week 7 for the first tens to be awarded; there were 3 for Denise & James’s ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ Charleston. Week 7 is the latest week for the first ten of a Series to be awarded, and it was the week seeing the first ten in Series 2 and 6 as well
The S10 Final sees the first ever perfect Tango – danced by Kimberley & Pasha to ‘When Doves Cry’ by Prince; they had danced a perfect Tango – Cha Cha Cha Fusion routine just 2 weeks earlier in the Quarter-Final

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