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.

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24

Number of 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 6.2 24.8 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 0 0 138 10th
Jerry & Anton Jerry Hall Anton du Beke 3 4.5 18 0 0 54 13th
Johnny & Iveta Johnny Ball Iveta Lukošiūtė 2 4.63 18.5 0 0 37 14th
Kimberley & Pasha Kimberley Walsh Pasha Kovalev 15 8.65 34.6 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 26.6 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 20.5 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
Cha Cha Cha  27 
Salsa  30 
Tango  35 
Samba  29 
Waltz  33 
Paso Doble  27 
Charleston  37 
Foxtrot  38 
Jive  31 
Charleston  39 
Showdance  40 
Salsa  39 
Cha Cha Cha  28 
Foxtrot  26 
Quickstep  29 
Paso Doble  31 
Salsa  33 
Samba  34 
Tango  34 
Jive  34 
Charleston  40 
Tango  40 
Showdance  39 
Waltz  25 
Jive  32 
Foxtrot  32 
Cha Cha Cha  28 
Paso Doble  36 
Charleston  39 
Salsa  32 
Rumba  38 
Tango  39 
Charleston  40 
Showdance  40 
Jive  39 
Waltz  21 
Salsa  27 
Foxtrot  29 
Cha Cha Cha  27 
Jive  33 
Tango  34 
Quickstep  36 
Samba  36 
Showdance  35 
Tango  36 
Cha Cha Cha  30 
Jive  29 
Charleston  26 
Tango  27 
Foxtrot  32 
Samba  32 
Rumba  27 
Quickstep  31 
Salsa  31 
Waltz  17 
Cha Cha Cha  18 
Quickstep  27 
Tango  26 
Rumba  25 
Foxtrot  30 
Jive  30 
Charleston  36 
Waltz  20 
Jive  15 
Cha Cha Cha  19 
Quickstep  31 
Foxtrot  31 
Salsa  26 
Samba  24 
Cha Cha Cha  16 
Foxtrot  26 
Rumba  22 
Tango  31 
Samba  23 
Quickstep  30 
Paso Doble  24 
Salsa  21 
Waltz  22 
Cha Cha Cha  19 
Quickstep  25 
Paso Doble  22 
Foxtrot  17 
Charleston  29 
Salsa  24 
Cha Cha Cha  19 
Charleston  23 
Paso Doble  24 
Salsa  27 
Cha Cha Cha  23 
Salsa  24 
Foxtrot  27 
Waltz  26 
Salsa  22 
Tango  17 
Cha Cha Cha  17 
Cha Cha Cha  18 
Foxtrot  18 
Quickstep  18 
Cha Cha Cha  17 
Foxtrot  20 

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 10
Presented byBruce Forsyth
Tess Daly
Claudia Winkleman
JudgesDarcey Bussell
Len Goodman
Craig Revel Horwood
Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winnerLouis Smith
Professional winnerFlavia Cacace
No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkBBC 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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