Strictly Come Dancing (series 10)

The tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing began with the launch show on 15 September 2012. The live shows commenced on 5 October.[1]  Fourteen celebrities took part - the same number as the previous year. Bruce Forsyth andTess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the results show with Daly. Judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood all returned and have been joined on the judging panel by Darcey Bussell, who replaced Alesha Dixon.[2]

On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Katya Virshilas would not be returning to the show as a professional.[3]  On 23 June 2012, it was announced that Karen Hauer of Burn the Floor fame would replace Virshilas.[4]

The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 17 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need.[5]  The show on the 10 November was hosted by Daly and Winkleman while Forsyth took a break before theWembley Arena show.[6]

Olympic gymnast Louis Smith and professional partner Flavia Cacace won the series on 22 December 2012. The final was also notable as Pasha Kovalev became the second male professional dancer to reach two consecutive finals, equaling the record of Ian Waite, Erin Boag, Lilia Kopylova and Aliona Vilani.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Couples  ==Couples[ edit] == As with last series there will be 14 celebrities taking part, the professionals were revealed on 23 June 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KarenHauer_4-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]  The full line-up was revealed on 10 September 2012 onThe One Show.
 * 2 Scoring chart
 * 2.1 Average chart
 * 3 Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
 * 4 Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
 * 5 Weekly scores and songs
 * 5.1 Launch show
 * 5.2 Week 1
 * 5.2.1 Night 1 – Friday
 * 5.2.2 Night 2 – Saturday
 * 5.3 Week 2
 * 5.4 Week 3: Hollywood Week
 * 5.5 Week 4: Halloween Night
 * 5.6 Week 5
 * 5.7 Week 6
 * 5.8 Week 7: Wembley (Dance Through the Decades)
 * 5.9 Week 8
 * 5.10 Week 9
 * 5.11 Week 10: Dance Fusion
 * 5.12 Week 11: Semi-Final
 * 5.13 Week 12: Final
 * 5.13.1 Show 1
 * 5.13.2 Show 2
 * 6 Dance chart
 * 7 Ratings
 * 8 References
 * 9 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Johnny Ball was originally partnered with Aliona Vilani; however, following an injury sustained in training before the first live show, Iveta Lukosiute was hired as a replacement partner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[7]  This was originally intended as a short-term measure until Vilani was able to return; however, following doctor's advice, it was confirmed that Lukosiute would be Ball's full-time partner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8] ==Scoring chart<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      indicates the couple eliminated that week
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      indicates the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      indicates the couple withdrew from the competition that week
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      indicates the winning couple
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      indicates the runner-up couple
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      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

===Average chart<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-point scale. ==Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The best and worst performances in each dance style according to the judges' scores are as follows: ==Weekly scores and songs<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli. ===Launch show<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 1<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Night 1 – Friday<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Night 2 – Saturday<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ===Week 2<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 3: Hollywood Week<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 4: Halloween Night<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 5<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 6<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 7: Wembley (Dance Through the Decades)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Broadcast live from Wembley Arena
 * Musical guest: Mika—"Celebrate"
 * Running order
 * Running order
 * Musical guest: Scissor Sisters—"Let's Have a Kiki"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Richard & Erin
 * Bussell: Richard & Erin
 * Tonioli: Richard & Erin
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Richard & Erin
 * Musical guest: Dionne Warwick—"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Michael & Natalie
 * Bussell: Michael & Natalie
 * Tonioli: Jerry & Anton
 * Goodman: Michael & Natalie
 * Musical guest: Paloma Faith—"Never Tear Us Apart"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Colin & Kristina
 * Bussell: Colin & Kristina
 * Tonioli: Colin & Kristina
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Sid & Ola.
 * Musical guests: The Wanted—"I Found You"; Andrea Bocelli—"Nessun dorma"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Richard & Erin
 * Bussell: Richard & Erin
 * Tonioli: Richard & Erin
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Richard & Erin.
 * Musical guest: André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Kimberley & Pasha
 * Bussell: Kimberley & Pasha
 * Tonioli: Kimberley & Pasha
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Kimberley & Pasha.

===Week 8<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 9<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 10: Dance Fusion<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 11: Semi-Final<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Week 12: Final<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Show 1<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Show 2<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==Dance chart<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Musical guests: Kylie Minogue—"The Loco-Motion"; Girls Aloud—"Something New"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Nicky & Karen
 * Bussell: Nicky & Karen
 * Tonioli: Nicky & Karen
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Nicky & Karen.
 * Dance guests: Flawless<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[11]  performed to a Michael Jackson medley
 * Musical guest: The Script—"Hall of Fame"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Michael & Natalie
 * Bussell: Michael & Natalie
 * Tonioli: Michael & Natalie
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Michael & Natalie.
 * Musical guests: JLS—"Hold Me Down"; Alfie Boe—"Bridge over Troubled Water"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Nicky & Karen
 * Bussell: Nicky & Karen
 * Tonioli: Nicky & Karen
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Nicky & Karen.
 * Musical guest: Michael Bublé—"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Denise & James
 * Bussell: Denise & James
 * Tonioli: Denise & James
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Denise & James.
 * Musical guest: Katherine Jenkins—"Santa Baby"
 * Dance guests: Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas performed the Jive
 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Revel Horwood: Denise & James
 * Bussell: Denise & James
 * Tonioli: Denise & James
 * Goodman: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Denise & James.
 * Musical guest: Robbie Williams—"Different"
 * Running order
 * Running order
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      Highest scoring dance
 * <span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      Lowest scoring dance

==Ratings<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB. Series average excludes the launch show.
 * Week 1: Cha-Cha-Cha or Waltz
 * Week 2: One unlearned dance (introducing Foxtrot, Jive, Salsa and Viennese Waltz)
 * Week 3 (Hollywood night): One unlearned dance (introducing Argentine Tango, Charleston, Quickstep, Rumba and Tango)
 * Week 4 (Halloween night): One unlearned dance (introducing American Smooth and Paso Doble)
 * Week 5: One unlearned dance (introducing Samba)
 * Week 6: One unlearned dance
 * Week 7 (Dance Through the Decades – Wembley week): One unlearned dance
 * Weeks 8 & 9: One unlearned dance
 * Week 10 (Dance Fusion week): One dance consisting of two different styles
 * Week 11: Two unlearned dances
 * Week 12 (Show 1): Judges' choice and showdance
 * Week 12 (Show 2): Couple's favourite dance of the series<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[12]