Strictly Come Dancing (series 4)

Strictly Come Dancing (Series 4)
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 12
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 7 October 2006 – 23 December 2006
Additional information
Celebrity winner Mark Ramprakash
Professional winner Karen Hardy

The fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing started on 7 October 2006 and ended on 23 December. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to co-present the main show on BBC One, whilst Claudia Winkleman returned to present spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two for the third series in a row. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Arlene Phillips returned as judges. The winner was Mark Ramprakash and his dancing partner Karen Hardy.

The show

For more information, see the main article.

Each week, Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present a show in which celebrities meet up with professional dancers to compete against each other for the most points. Each couple in a set order will perform their dance targeting to impress judges Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli and the public who each week vote for who they would like to see next week. After the dance, the judges will comment on how well they performed and give a score out of 10. Once, all the couples have danced they are inserted in ranking order on the judges' leaderboard. The couple (s) who have the highest score will get the maximum points available (depending on how many couples are dancing that week) and the lowest scoring couple (s) will get one point. The public may end up disagreeing with the judges so this means there will be an unexpected elimination. There is a bottom two survival in which the lowest scoring couples battle it out one last time. Whoever gets the least overall points is eliminated and are asked to perform one last dance (usually hugging or lifts rather than a certain dance content.) This is not judged.

Couples

This year there were 14 couples: 7 male celebrities and 7 female celebrities. They were:

Celebrity Known for Professional partner Status
Nicholas Owen BBC News presenter Nicole Cutler Eliminated 1st
on 7 October 2006
Mica Paris Singer & television presenter Ian Waite Eliminated 2nd
on 14 October 2006
Jimmy Tarbuck Comedian & father of Liza Tarbuck Flavia Cacace Withdrew
on 21 October 2006
DJ Spoony Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Ola Jordan Eliminated 3rd
on 21 October 2006
Georgina Bouzova Casualty actress James Jordan Eliminated 4th
on 28 October 2006
Jan Ravens Actress & comedienne Anton du Beke Eliminated 5th
on 4 November 2006
Ray Fearon Stage & screen actor Camilla Dallerup Eliminated 6th
on 11 November 2006
Peter Schmeichel Former Danish footballer Erin Boag Eliminated 7th
on 18 November 2006
Claire King Emmerdale actress Brendan Cole Eliminated 8th
on 25 November 2006
Carol Smillie Television presenter Matthew Cutler Eliminated 9th
on 2 December 2006
Louisa Lytton EastEnders actress Vincent Simone Eliminated 10th
on 9 December 2006
Emma Bunton Spice Girls singer Darren Bennett Third Place
on 16 December 2006
Matt Dawson Former England rugby player Lilia Kopylova Second Place
on 23 December 2006
Mark Ramprakash England cricketer Karen Hardy Winners
on 23 December 2006

Scoring chart

     indicates the couple eliminated that week
     indicates the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated
     indicates the couple withdrew from the competition that week
     indicates the winning couple
     indicates the runner-up couple
     indicates the third-place couple
Red text the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week
Green text the couple(s) with the highest score for that week
"" indicates the couple(s) did not dance that week
Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Mark & Karen
1
27
32
35
36
33
27
36
28+36=64
36+27=63
34+39=73
34+40+36=110
Matt & Lilia
2
19
30
28
25
34
37
28
34+27=61
29+32=61
35+30=65
38+31+36=105
Emma & Darren
3
33
33
30
34
36
30
34
37+37=74
35+34=69
36+33=69
Louisa & Vincent
4
28
36
26
29
32
35
34
33+36=69
31+28=59
Carol & Matthew
5
25
27
29
29
27
30
30
34+34=68
Claire & Brendan
6
21
22
24
21
32
29
25
Peter & Erin
7
25
31
19
28
19
26
Ray & Camilla
8
27
29
30
35
26
Jan & Anton
9
24
18
24
25
Georgina & James
10
14
18
26
DJ Spoony & Ola
11
27
27
Jimmy & Flavia
12
17
Mica & Ian
13
20
Nicholas & Nicole
14
14

Weekly scores and songs

Unless indicated othwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

Week 1

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Matt & Lilia 19 (2,5,6,6) Cha-Cha-Cha "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"—The Rolling Stones Safe
Nicholas & Nicole 14 (2,2,5,5) Waltz "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"—Aretha Franklin Eliminated
Ray & Camilla 27 (6,6,7,8) Cha-Cha-Cha "Can You Feel It?"—The Jacksons Safe
Peter & Erin 25 (6,5,7,7) Waltz "The Greatest Love Of All"—Whitney Houston Safe
DJ Spoony & Ola 27 (5,7,8,7) Cha-Cha-Cha "Kiss"—Prince Safe
Jimmy & Flavia 17 (3,4,5,5) Waltz "See The Day"—Dee C. Lee Bottom two
Mark & Karen 27 (7,7,7,6) Cha-Cha-Cha "Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez Safe

Week 2

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Carol & Matthew 25 (7,5,6,7) Quickstep "9 to 5"—Dolly Parton Safe
Mica & Ian 20 (3,5,6,6) Rumba "You Give Me Something"—James Morrison Eliminated
Louisa & Vincent 28 (7,8,6,7) Quickstep "Don't Get Me Wrong"—The Pretenders Safe
Georgina & James 14 (3,2,5,4) Rumba "Let's Get It On"—Marvin Gaye Bottom two
Jan & Anton 24 (6,6,6,6) Quickstep "When You're Smiling"—Louis Armstrong Safe
Claire & Brendan 21 (7,4,4,6) Rumba "Show Me Heaven"—Maria McKee Safe
Emma & Darren 33 (8,8,8,9) Quickstep "I Got Rhythm"—Bobby Darin Safe

Week 3

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Ray & Camilla 29 (7,6,8,8) Tango "Money, Money, Money"—ABBA Safe
Carol & Matthew 27 (6,7,7,7) Jive "Hanky Panky"—Madonna Safe
Matt & Lilia 30 (8,7,7,8) Tango "Stand by Me"—Ben E. King Safe
Georgina & James 18 (3,3,6,6) Jive "Burning Love"—Elvis Presley Bottom two
DJ Spoony & Ola 27 (6,7,7,7) Tango "Tango D'Amour"—Vicky Leandros Eliminated
Claire & Brendan 22 (4,6,6,6) Jive "Nutbush City Limits"—Ike & Tina Turner Safe
Jan & Anton 18 (3,4,6,5) Jive "Do You Wanna Dance"—Cliff Richard Safe
Mark & Karen 32 (7,8,8,9) Tango "Eleanor Rigby"—The Beatles Safe
Emma & Darren 33 (8,8,8,9) Jive "The Edge of Heaven"—Wham! Safe
Peter & Erin 31 (6,8,9,8) Tango "Tango Notturno"—Tango Ballroom Orchestra Alfred Hause Safe
Louisa & Vincent 36 (8,9,9,10) Jive "Smiley Faces"—Gnarls Barkley Safe

Week 4

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Emma & Darren 30 (8,7,7,8) Foxtrot "One"—from A Chorus Line Safe
Matt & Lilia 28 (7,7,7,7) Paso Doble "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"—Meat Loaf Safe
Jan & Anton 24 (5,5,7,7) Foxtrot "Night and Day"—Ella Fitzgerald Bottom two
Mark & Karen 35 (8,9,9,9) Paso Doble "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble"—from Strictly Ballroom Safe
Carol & Matthew 29 (6,7,8,8) Foxtrot "Stuck on You"—Lionel Richie Safe
Georgina & James 26 (5,6,8,7) Foxtrot "Have You Met Miss Jones?"—Robbie Williams Eliminated
Peter & Erin 19 (2,5,6,6) Paso Doble "Mission Impossible Theme"—from Mission Impossible Safe
Louisa & Vincent 26 (7,5,6,8) Foxtrot "Piece of My Heart"—Erma Franklin Safe
Ray & Camilla 30 (7,8,7,8) Paso Doble "It's My Life"—Bon Jovi Safe
Claire & Brendan 24 (7,4,6,7) Foxtrot "Sweet Caroline"—Neil Diamond Safe

Week 5

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Louisa & Vincent 29 (6,8,7,8) Salsa "Bailamos"—Enrique Iglesias Safe
Jan & Anton 25 (5,6,7,7) Viennese Waltz "Iris"—The Goo Goo Dolls Eliminated
Matt & Lilia 25 (5,6,7,7) Salsa "Perfect Love"—Simply Red Safe
Ray & Camilla 35 (8,9,9,9) Viennese Waltz "I'll Make Love To You"—Boyz II Men Safe
Claire & Brendan 21 (4,5,6,6) Salsa "Senorita"—Justin Timberlake Bottom two
Emma & Darren 34 (8,9,8,9) Viennese Waltz "Kiss From A Rose"—Seal Safe
Carol & Matthew 29 (7,6,8,8) Salsa "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"—Michael Jackson Safe
Peter & Erin 28 (6,7,8,7) Viennese Waltz "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"—Bryan Adams Safe
Mark & Karen 36 (9,9,9,9) Salsa "Hot, Hot, Hot"—Arrow Safe

Week 6

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Ray & Camilla 26 (6,6,7,7) Samba "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"—Scissor Sisters Eliminated
Claire & Brendan 32 (8,7,9,8) American Smooth "Blue Moon"—Frank Sinatra Bottom two
Emma & Darren 36 (9,9,9,9) Samba "María"—Ricky Martin Safe
Mark & Karen 33 (8,9,7,9) American Smooth "Orange Coloured Sky"—Nat King Cole Safe
Louisa & Vincent 32 (8,8,8,8) Samba "Rhythm of the Night"—DeBarge Safe
Matt & Lilia 34 (8,8,9,9) American Smooth "You Make Me Feel So Young"—Frank Sinatra Safe
Peter & Erin 19 (3,4,6,6) Samba "Use It Up and Wear It Out"—Odyssey Safe
Carol & Matthew 27 (6,7,7,7) American Smooth "It's Oh So Quiet"—Björk Safe

Week 7

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Emma & Darren 30 (7,7,7,9) Cha-Cha-Cha "All Right Now"—Free Bottom two
Claire & Brendan 29 (8,8,6,7) Tango "Ole Guapa"—André Rieu Safe
Mark & Karen 27 (5,6,8,8) Rumba "Right Here Waiting"—Richard Marx Safe
Carol & Matthew 30 (7,7,8,8) Cha-Cha-Cha "Dancing in the Moonlight"—Toploader Safe
Peter & Erin 26 (6,6,7,7) Foxtrot "Something's Gotta Give"—Sammy Davis, Jr. Eliminated
Louisa & Vincent 35 (8,9,9,9) Tango "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"—Eurythmics Safe
Matt & Lilia 37 (9,9,10,9) Waltz "What a Wonderful World"—Louis Armstrong Safe

Week 8

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Matt & Lilia 28 (6,7,8,7) Jive "I Got You (I Feel Good)"—James Brown Safe
Carol & Matthew 30 (7,7,8,8) Waltz "If You Don't Know Me by Now"—Simply Red Bottom two
Louisa & Vincent 34 (8,8,9,9) Paso Doble "Left Outside Alone"—Anastacia Safe
Emma & Darren 34 (8,8,9,9) American Smooth "Anything Goes"—Cole Porter Safe
Claire & Brendan 25 (5,5,8,7) Samba "I Love to Love"—Tina Charles Eliminated
Mark & Karen 36 (9,9,9,9) Viennese Waltz "Piano Man"—Billy Joel Safe

Week 9

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Carol & Matthew 34 (8,8,9,9) Viennese Waltz "Breakaway"—Kelly Clarkson Eliminated
34 (7,9,9,9) Samba "Club Tropicana"—Wham!
Matt & Lilia 34 (8,8,9,9) Quickstep "Walking on Sunshine"—Katrina and the Waves Safe
27 (6,6,8,7) Rumba "The Blower's Daughter"—Damien Rice
Emma & Darren 37 (9,8,10,10) Waltz "The Way We Were"—Barbra Streisand Bottom two
37 (9,9,9,10) Paso Doble "Explosive"—Bond
Mark & Karen 28 (7,7,7,7) Foxtrot "California Dreamin'"—The Mamas & the Papas Safe
36 (9,9,9,9) Samba "I Go to Rio"—Peter Allen
Louisa & Vincent 33 (8,8,8,9) Viennese Waltz "That's Amore"—Dean Martin Safe
36 (9,9,9,9) Cha-Cha-Cha "Rescue Me"—Fontella Bass

Week 10

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Mark & Karen 36 (9,9,9,9) Waltz "With You I'm Born Again"—Billy Preston Safe
27 (5,7,8,7) Jive "Blue Suede Shoes"—Elvis Presley
Louisa & Vincent 31 (7,8,8,8) American Smooth "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me"—Robbie Williams Eliminated
28 (7,7,7,7) Rumba "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)"—Bryan Adams
Matt & Lilia 29 (6,7,8,8) Viennese Waltz "Crazy"—Aerosmith Safe
32 (8,8,8,8) Samba "Faith"—George Michael
Emma & Darren 35 (9,8,9,9) Tango "Maneater"—Nelly Furtado Bottom two
34 (8,8,9,9) Rumba "She's the One"—Robbie Williams

Week 11

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Matt & Lilia 35 (9,8,9,9) Foxtrot "Moondance"—Van Morrison Safe
30 (7,7,8,8) Argentine Tango "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"—Grace Jones
Emma & Darren 36 (9,9,9,9) Argentine Tango "Santa Maria"—Gotan Project Third place
33 (8,7,9,9) Salsa "Ain't Nobody"—Chaka Khan
Mark & Karen 34 (9,9,8,8) Quickstep "Bye Bye Love"—The Everly Brothers Safe
39 (9,10,10,10) Argentine Tango "GoldenEye"—Tina Turner

Week 12: Final

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Matt & Lilia 38 (9,9,10,10) Waltz "What a Wonderful World"—Louis Armstrong Runner-up
31 (7,7,9,8) Samba "Faith"—George Michael
36 (9,9,9,9) Quickstep "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"—Jackie Wilson
Mark & Karen 34 (8,8,9,9) Tango "Eleanor Rigby"—The Beatles Winner
40 (10,10,10,10) Salsa "Hot Hot Hot"—Arrow
36 (9,9,9,9) Samba "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"—Jackie Wilson

Additional information

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:

Dance Celebrity Highest score Celebrity Lowest score
American Smooth Matt Dawson
Emma Bunton
34 Carol Smillie 27
Argentine Tango Mark Ramprakash 39 Matt Dawson 30
Cha Cha Cha Louisa Lytton 36 Matt Dawson 19
Foxtrot Matt Dawson 35 Jan Ravens
Claire King
24
Jive Louisa Lytton 36 Jan Ravens
Georgina Bouzova
18
Paso doble Emma Bunton 37 Peter Schmeichel 19
Quickstep Matt Dawson 36 Jan Ravens 24
Rumba Emma Bunton 34 Georgina Bouzova 14
Salsa Mark Ramprakash 40 Claire King 21
Samba Emma Bunton
Mark Ramprakash
36 Peter Schmeichel 19
Tango Emma Bunton
Louisa Lytton
35 DJ Spoony 27
Viennese Waltz Mark Ramprakash 36 Jan Ravens 25
Waltz Matt Dawson 38 Nicholas Owen 14

Dance chart

     Highest scoring dance
     Lowest scoring dance
Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Mark & Karen Cha-Cha-Cha Group Swing Tango Paso Doble Salsa American Smooth Rumba Viennese Waltz Foxtrot Samba Waltz Jive Quickstep Argentine Tango Tango Salsa Samba
Matt & Lilia Cha-Cha-Cha Group Swing Tango Paso Doble Salsa American Smooth Waltz Jive Quickstep Rumba Viennese Waltz Samba Foxtrot Argentine Tango Waltz Samba Quickstep
Emma & Darren Group Mambo Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Viennese Waltz Samba Cha-Cha-Cha American Smooth Waltz Paso Doble Tango Rumba Argentine Tango Salsa
Louisa & Vincent Group Mambo Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Salsa Samba Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Cha-Cha-Cha American Smooth Rumba
Carol & Matthew Group Mambo Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Salsa American Smooth Cha-Cha-Cha Waltz Viennese Waltz Samba
Claire & Brendan Group Mambo Rumba Jive Foxtrot Salsa American Smooth Tango Samba
Peter & Erin Waltz Group Swing Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Samba Foxtrot
Ray & Camilla Cha-Cha-Cha Group Swing Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Samba
Jan & Anton Group Mambo Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Viennese Waltz
Georgina & James Group Mambo Rumba Jive Foxtrot
Spoony & Ola Cha-Cha-Cha Group Swing Tango
Mica & Ian Group Mambo Rumba
Jimmy & Flavia Waltz Group Swing
Nicholas & Nicole Waltz

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Couple Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance
Mark & Karen Salsa (40)Cha Cha Cha, Jive & Rumba (27)
Matt & Lilia Waltz (38)Cha Cha Cha (19)
Emma & Darren Waltz & Paso Doble (37)Foxtrot & Cha Cha Cha (30)
Louisa & Vincent Jive & Cha Cha Cha (36)Foxtrot (26)
Carol & Matthew Viennese Waltz & Samba(34)Quickstep (25)
Claire & Brendan American Smooth(32)Rumba & Salsa (21)
Peter & Erin Tango (31)Paso Doble & Samba (19)
Ray & Camilla Viennese Waltz (35)Samba (26)
Jan & Anton Foxtrot & Viennese Waltz (25 Jive (18)
Georgina & James Foxtrot (26)Rumba (14)
DJ Spoony & Ola Cha Cha Cha & Tango (27)Cha Cha Cha & Tango (27)
Mica & Ian Rumba (20)Rumba (20)
Jimmy & Flavia Waltz (17)Waltz (17)
Nicholas & Nicole Waltz (14)Waltz (14)

Average Chart

Rank by
average
Competition
finish
Couple Total Number of
dances
Average
1 3 Emma & Darren 442 13 34.0
2 1 Mark & Karen 536 16 33.5
3 4 Louisa & Vincent 348 11 31.6
4 2 Matt & Lilia 493 16 30.8
5 5 Carol & Matthew 265 9 29.4
5 8 Ray & Camilla 147 5 29.4
7 11 DJ Spoony & Ola 54 2 27.0
8 6 Claire & Brendan 174 7 24.9
9 7 Peter & Erin 148 6 24.7
10 9 Jan & Anton 91 4 22.8
11 13 Mica & Ian 20 1 20.0
12 10 Georgina & James 58 3 19.3
13 12 Jimmy & Flavia 17 1 17.0
14 14 Nicholas & Nicole 14 1 14.0

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