Strictly Come Dancing series 1

*Strictly Come Dancing*
Strictly Come Dancing
Series 1
Presented by	Bruce Forsyth; Tess Daly
Judges	Len Goodman; Arlene Phillips; Craig Revel Horwood; Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winner	Natasha Kaplinsky
Professional winner	Brendan Cole
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	15 May –; 3 July 2004
Series chronology
	Next →; Series 2

Strictly Come Dancing aired its first series on BBC One from 15 May 2004 to 3 July 2004. The series was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly. The judging panel consisted of Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli.^[1]

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On 3 July 2004, journalist Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole were announced as the winners, while EastEnders actor Christopher Parker and Hanna Karttunen finished in second place.^[2]

Judges for Strictly Come Dancing (Series 1)

The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten. The couples are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the lowest scored couple receiving one point, and the highest scored couple receiving the most points (the maximum number of points available depends on the number of couples remaining in the competition). The public are also invited to vote for their favourite couples, and the couples are ranked again according to the number of votes they receive, again receiving points; the couple with the fewest votes receiving one point, and the couple with the most votes receiving the most points.

The points for judges' score and public vote are then added together, and the two couples with the fewest points are placed in the bottom two. If two couples have equal points, the points from the public vote are given precedence.

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This series featured eight celebrity contestants.

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Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Jason Wood	Comedian	Kylie Jones	Eliminated 1st on 22 May 2004
David Dickinson	Bargain Hunt presenter & antiques expert	Camilla Dallerup	Eliminated 2nd on 29 May 2004
Verona Joseph	Holby City actress	Paul Killick	Eliminated 3rd on 5 June 2004
Claire Sweeney	Actress, singer & television presenter	John Byrnes	Eliminated 4th on 12 June 2004
Martin Offiah	England rugby player	Erin Boag	Eliminated 5th on 19 June 2004
Lesley Garrett	Classical singer	Anton Du Beke	Eliminated 6th on 26 June 2004
Christopher Parker	EastEnders actor	Hanna Karttunen	Runners-up on 3 July 2004
Natasha Kaplinsky	Journalist & television presenter	Brendan Cole	Winners on 3 July 2004

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The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Color key:

Winners

Runners-up

Bottom two

Eliminated

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*Strictly Come Dancing* (series 1) - Weekly scores
Couple	Pl.	Week
Couple	Pl.	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Natasha & Brendan	1st	27	31†	58†	26^[a]	35†	37†	31+36=67†	36+35=71†	36+31+35=102†^[b]
Christopher & Hanna	2nd	19	23	42	19‡	28	15‡	22+15=37‡	21+16=37‡^[a]	24+17+22=63‡^[c]
Lesley & Anton	3rd	29†	27	56	29	30^[a]	27^[a]	34+26=60^[a]	33+29=62^[d]
Martin & Erin	4th	25	21	46	21	24‡	22	24+24=48^[d]
Claire & John	5th	27	26	53	34†	31	32^[d]
Verona & Paul	6th	27	24	51	24	24‡^[d]
David & Camilla	7th	16‡	21	37‡^[a]	20^[d]
Jason & Kylie	8th	21	19‡	40^[d]

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Notes

This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
This couple finished in first place.
This couple finished in second place.
This couple was eliminated.

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