The second series of Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...

premiered 23 October 2004 on BBC One

BBC One

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. It was presented by Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth

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, Natasha Kaplinsky

Natasha Kaplinsky

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 and Tess Daly

Tess Daly

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The winner was actress Jill Halfpenny

Jill Halfpenny

Jill Halfpenny is an English actress.Halfpenny is best known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1999–2000, and as Kate Mitchell in rival soap EastEnders, from 2002-2005...

 along with her dancing partner Darren Bennett

Darren Bennett (dancer)

Darren Lee Bennett is a professional dancer, as were his parents. With his wife Lilia Kopylova he has a successful career in professional Latin dancing, competing nationally and internationally. Darren's favourite dances are the Samba and the Foxtrot.They teach private lessons in their own studio...

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Couples

The ten professionals and celebrities that competed were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional Partner	Status
Quentin Willson Quentin Willson Quentin Willson is a British TV presenter and motoring expert, perhaps most widely known as a presenter of the motoring programmes Britain's Worst Driver, Fifth Gear, and the original incarnation of Top Gear. He lives in Warwickshire with his wife and three children.-Early years:Willson studied...	TV Presenter	Hazel Newberry Hazel Newberry Hazel Catherine Newberry MBE is one of England's leading ballroom dancers and dance teachers. She was three times undefeated World Professional Ballroom champion, dancing with Christopher Hawkins ....	Eliminated 1st on 24 October 2004
Carol Vorderman Carol Vorderman Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....	Countdown Countdown (game show) Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and over sixty-five... Co-Host	Paul Killick Paul Killick Paul Killick is a British former professional ballroom dancer, specializing in Latin dance. He appeared in the first two series of the television show Strictly Come Dancing.-Career:...	Eliminated 2nd on 31 October 2004
Esther Rantzen Esther Rantzen Esther Louise Rantzen CBE is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for presenting the BBC television series That's Life!, and for her work in various charitable causes. She is founder of the child protection charity ChildLine, and also advocates the work of the Burma...	That's Life! That's Life! That's Life! was a magazine-style television series on BBC1 between 26 May 1973 and 19 June 1994, presented by Esther Rantzen throughout the entire run, with various changes of co-presenters. The show was generally recorded about an hour prior to transmission, which was originally on Saturday... Presenter	Anton du Beke Anton du Beke Anton du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.-Family and early life:...	Eliminated 3rd on 6 November 2004
Diarmuid Gavin Diarmuid Gavin Diarmuid Gavin is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He is married to Justine Keane, daughter of The Hon. Ronan Keane, the former Chief Justice of Ireland, and Terry Keane, and they have a daughter named Eppie born December 2004.-Early life:When he was six, his younger brother...	Television Personality	Nicole Cutler Nicole Cutler Nicole Cutler is a professional ballroom dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. She was born Nicole Westdyk in Durban, South Africa and after taking up ballet at the age of four, first tried out ballroom and Latin-American dancing at the age of twelve.In South Africa she danced...	Eliminated 4th on 13 November 2004
Sarah Manners Sarah Manners Sarah Manners is an English actress best known for her work on British television. She was born in Birmingham and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.-Career:...	Actress	Brendan Cole Brendan Cole Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...	Eliminated 5th on 20 November 2004
Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...	Athlete	Camilla Dallerup Camilla Dallerup Camilla Dallerup is a British-based Danish ballroom dancer, dance teacher and model.-Dance career:Dallerup started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to her first class in Aalborg. She won the Danish Junior Championships at the age of 12...	Eliminated 6th on 27 November 2004
Aled Jones Aled Jones Aled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...	Singer	Lilia Kopylova Lilia Kopylova Lilia Andreyevna Kopylova , born 18 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a professional dancer.With her husband Darren Bennett she has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional since May 2003...	Eliminated 7th on 4 December 2004
Julian Clary Julian Clary Julian Peter McDonald Clary is an English comedian and novelist, known for his deliberately stereotypical camp style, with a heavy reliance on innuendo and double entendre.-Early life and education:...	Comedian, Novelist	Erin Boag Erin Boag Erin Boag is a professional ballroom dancer. She has danced from the age of three, originally starting ballet and later moving into ballroom, Latin and jazz...	Third Place on 11 December 2004
Denise Lewis Denise Lewis Denise Lewis OBE is a retired British athlete who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.-2000 Olympics:...	Gold Medalist Heptathlon	Ian Waite Ian Waite Ian Waite is a professional Latin-American dancer, teacher and choreographer.-Biography:Waite was born in Reading, UK. He started dancing at the age of 10. Mary Richardson, a former Latin American champion put him through a rigorous medallist regime...	Runner-Up on 11 December 2004
Jill Halfpenny Jill Halfpenny Jill Halfpenny is an English actress.Halfpenny is best known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1999–2000, and as Kate Mitchell in rival soap EastEnders, from 2002-2005...	Actress	Darren Bennett Darren Bennett (dancer) Darren Lee Bennett is a professional dancer, as were his parents. With his wife Lilia Kopylova he has a successful career in professional Latin dancing, competing nationally and internationally. Darren's favourite dances are the Samba and the Foxtrot.They teach private lessons in their own studio...	Series Winners on 11 December 2004

Dances performed

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Final
Jill & Darren	Waltz					Quickstep,	Tango,	Foxtrot,
Denise & Ian			Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	, Cha Cha Cha	, Paso Doble	, Samba
Julian & Erin	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Waltz, Rumba	,	,
Aled & Lilia	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz, Rumba	Tango, Paso Doble
Roger & Camilla	Cha Cha Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot		,
Sarah & Brendan	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble
Diarmuid & Nicole	Cha Cha Cha
Esther & Anton	Waltz		Tango
Carol & Paul		Rumba
Quentin & Hazel

The dances performed during Series 2 were as follows:

• Week 1 : Cha Cha Cha / Waltz
• Week 2 : Quickstep / Rumba
• Week 3 : Tango / Jive
• Week 4 : Foxtrot / Paso Doble
• Week 5 : Samba
• Week 6 : 2 dances not yet tackled from previous weeks
• Week 7 : 2 dances not yet tackled from previous weeks
• Week 8 : Favourite Ballroom & Favourite Latin

Judges' scoring summary

Team	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Jill & Darren	1	27					32+=	29+=66	34+=
Denise & Ian	2			25	30	32	+33=67	+36=	+33=71
Julian & Erin	3	19	27	27	20	24	28+27=55	+=	+=
Aled & Lilia	4	29	27	32	25	30	29+27=56	27+30=57
Roger & Camilla	5	25	22	25	29		+=
Sarah & Brendan	6	28	23	31	29
Diarmuid & Nicole	7	12
Esther & Anton	8	24	16	16
Carol & Paul	9	22	20
Quentin & Hazel	10

Highest and lowest scoring performances

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

Dance	Best dancer(s)	Best score	Worst dancer(s)	Worst score
Cha Cha Cha Cha-cha-cha (dance) The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...	Jill Halfpenny	36	Quentin Willson	8
Jive Jive (dance) In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance...	Jill Halfpenny	40	Julian Clary	21
Rumba Rumba (dance) Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.In some contexts, "rumba" is used as shorthand for Afro-Cuban rumba, a group of dances related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The most common Afro-Cuban rumba is the guaguancó...	Denise Lewis / Jill Halfpenny	32	Esther Rantzen	16
Paso doble	Jill Halfpenny	37	Diarmuid Gavin	17
Samba Samba (ballroom) Among ballroom dances, samba is a lively, rhythmical one. It is related to the traditional samba styles of Brazil, but differs from them considerably. Its music is in 2/4 or 4/4 time.-Origins:...	Jill Halfpenny	35	Roger Black/Sarah Manners/Julian Clary	23
Waltz Waltz The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...	Denise Lewis	31	Carol Vorderman/Roger Black	22
Quickstep Quickstep The quickstep is a light-hearted member of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events...	Denise Lewis	38	Diarmuid Gavin	12
Foxtrot	Jill Halfpenny	34	Julian Clary	24
Tango Tango (dance) Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....	Denise Lewis	35	Diarmuid Gavin	14