# Strictly Come Dancing series 3

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its third series on 15 October 2005. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to co-present the main show on BBC One, while Claudia Winkleman returned to present the spin-off show, Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.
England cricketer Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova were announced as the winners on 17 December, while Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson and Erin Boag finished in second place, and television presenter Zoe Ball and Ian Waite finished in third.

## Format

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.

## Couples

This series featured twelve celebrity contestants.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
| Siobhan Hayes | My Family actress | Matthew Cutler | Eliminated 1st on 15 October 2005 |
| Jaye Jacobs | Holby City actress | Andrew Cuerden | Eliminated 2nd on 22 October 2005 |
| Gloria Hunniford | Television & radio presenter | Darren Bennett | Eliminated 3rd on 29 October 2005 |
| Fiona Phillips | GMTV presenter | Brendan Cole | Eliminated 4th on 5 November 2005 |
| Dennis Taylor | Snooker player | Izabela Hannah | Eliminated 5th on 12 November 2005 |
| Will Thorp | Casualty actor | Hanna Haarala | Eliminated 6th on 19 November 2005 |
| Bill Turnbull | BBC Breakfast presenter & journalist | Karen Hardy | Eliminated 7th on 26 November 2005 |
| Patsy Palmer | EastEnders actress | Anton Du Beke | Eliminated 8th on 3 December 2005 |
| James Martin | Chef & television presenter | Camilla Dallerup | Eliminated 9th on 10 December 2005 |
| Zoe Ball | Television & radio presenter | Ian Waite | Third place on 17 December 2005 |
| Colin Jackson | Olympic hurdler | Erin Boag | Runners-up on 17 December 2005 |
| Darren Gough | England cricketer | Lilia Kopylova | Winners on 17 December 2005 |

## Scoring chart

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:
Strictly Come Dancing (series 3) - Weekly scores :
| Couple | Pl. | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Darren & Lilia | 1st | 19 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 30+32=62 | 35+29=64 | 36+36=72‡ |
| Colin & Erin | 2nd | 32 | 36† | 26 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 36+37=73† | 37+30=67 | 39+36=75 |
| Zoe & Ian | 3rd | 35† | 32 | 29 | 36† | 35† | 36† | 38† | 32+36=68 | 36+33=69† | 38+38=76† |
| James & Camilla | 4th | 22 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 32 | 20+28=48‡ | 33+22=55‡ | |
| Patsy & Anton | 5th | 19 | 26 | 34† | 31 | 26 | 31 | 24‡ | 27+31=58 | | |
| Bill & Karen | 6th | 29 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 17‡ | 25 | | | |
| Will & Hanna | 7th | 18 | 29 | 25 | 34 | 23‡ | 28 | | | | |
| Dennis & Izabela | 8th | 20 | 18 | 22 | 15‡ | 23‡ | | | | | |
| Fiona & Brendan | 9th | 11‡ | 13‡ | 16‡ | 20 | | | | | | |
| Gloria & Darren | 10th | 22 | 17 | 19 | | | | | | | |
| Jaye & Andrew | 11th | 25 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Siobhan & Matthew | 12th | 15 | | | | | | | | | |

### Notes

* ↑ This couple finished in first place.
* ↑ This couple finished in second place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
* ↑ This couple finished in third place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This couple was eliminated.

## Weekly scores

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, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

### Week 1

Musical guest: Simply Red — "Perfect Love"
Couples performed either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Darren & Lilia | 19 (3, 4, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Hot Stuff" — Donna Summer | Safe |
| Patsy & Anton | 19 (3, 4, 6, 6) | Waltz | "Fly Me to the Moon" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Colin & Erin | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Save the Last Dance for Me" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Siobhan & Matthew | 15 (2, 4, 5, 4) | Waltz | "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" — Cliff Richard | Eliminated |
| James & Camilla | 22 (4, 5, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Something Got Me Started" — Simply Red | Safe |
| Gloria & Darren | 22 (4, 5, 7, 6) | Waltz | "Lady" — Kenny Rogers | Safe |
| Will & Hanna | 18 (3, 3, 7, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Crazy Chick" — Charlotte Church | Bottom two |
| Jaye & Andrew | 25 (6, 5, 7, 7) | Waltz | "When I Need You" — Leo Sayer | Safe |
| Bill & Karen | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Love Potion No. 9" — The Coasters | Safe |
| Fiona & Brendan | 11 (2, 2, 4, 3) | Waltz | "Sam" — Olivia Newton-John | Safe |
| Dennis & Izabela | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Music" — Madonna | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | "Take It to the Limit" — Eagles | Safe |

### Week 2

Musical guest: Westlife — "You Raise Me Up"
Couples performed either the quickstep or the rumba, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| James & Camilla | 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Luck Be A Lady" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Jaye & Andrew | 21 (4, 4, 7, 6) | Rumba | "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" — Kenny G, feat. Toni Braxton | Eliminated |
| Dennis & Izabela | 18 (4, 5, 5, 4) | Quickstep | "I'm So Excited" — The Pointer Sisters | Safe |
| Patsy & Anton | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Rumba | "She" — Elvis Costello | Safe |
| Darren & Lilia | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Let Me Entertain You" — Robbie Williams | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 32 (7, 8, 8, 9) | Rumba | "One Moment in Time" — Whitney Houston | Safe |
| Will & Hanna | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) | Quickstep | "You Can't Hurry Love" — Phil Collins | Safe |
| Gloria & Darren | 17 (2, 4, 5, 6) | Rumba | "Holding Back the Years" — Simply Red | Bottom two |
| Bill & Karen | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Do Your Thing" — Basement Jaxx | Safe |
| Fiona & Brendan | 13 (1, 2, 6, 4) | Rumba | "Almost Here" — Brian McFadden, feat. Delta Goodrem | Safe |
| Colin & Erin | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" — Bing Crosby | Safe |

### Week 3

Musical guest: Michael Bublé — "Save the Last Dance for Me"
Couples performed either the jive or the tango, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Zoe & Ian | 29 (7, 6, 8, 8) | Jive | "Part Time Lover" — Stevie Wonder | Safe |
| Bill & Karen | 20 (4, 5, 6, 5) | Tango | "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" — Doris Day | Safe |
| Dennis & Izabela | 22 (4, 6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Jailhouse Rock" — Elvis Presley | Safe |
| Patsy & Anton | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Tango | "Una Musica Brutal" — Gotan Project | Safe |
| Will & Hanna | 25 (6, 5, 7, 7) | Jive | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" — Shania Twain | Bottom two |
| Colin & Erin | 26 (7, 5, 7, 7) | Tango | "Ride It" — Geri Halliwell | Safe |
| Gloria & Darren | 19 (3, 4, 6, 6) | Jive | "Build Me Up Buttercup" — The Foundations | Eliminated |
| James & Camilla | 28 (6, 7, 8, 7) | Tango | "Mein Herr" — Liza Minnelli | Safe |
| Fiona & Brendan | 16 (2, 4, 5, 5) | Jive | "Hit the Road Jack" — Ray Charles | Safe |
| Darren & Lilia | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Tango | "From Russia with Love" — Matt Monro | Safe |

### Week 4

Musical guest: Katie Melua — "Just Like Heaven"
Couples performed either the foxtrot or the paso doble, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Colin & Erin | 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Thriller" — Michael Jackson | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Isn't She Lovely" — Stevie Wonder | Safe |
| Dennis & Izabela | 15 (2, 3, 5, 5) | Paso doble | "Eye of the Tiger" — Survivor | Bottom two |
| Will & Hanna | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — The Beautiful South | Safe |
| James & Camilla | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Romeo and Juliet" — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Safe |
| Fiona & Brendan | 20 (3, 5, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" — Robbie Williams | Eliminated |
| Bill & Karen | 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Carnaval de Paris" — Dario G | Safe |
| Patsy & Anton | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" — Dean Martin | Safe |
| Darren & Lilia | 34 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Paso doble | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" — The Animals | Safe |

### Week 5

Musical guests: Beverley Knight & Jools Holland — "Where in the World"
Couples performed either the samba or the Viennese waltz, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Darren & Lilia | 28 (6, 7, 8, 7) | Viennese waltz | "End of the Road" — Boyz II Men | Safe |
| Dennis & Izabela | 23 (5, 5, 6, 7) | Samba | "La Bamba" — Los Lobos | Eliminated |
| Will & Hanna | 23 (4, 6, 6, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Somebody to Love" — Queen | Bottom two |
| Colin & Erin | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Naughty Girl" — Beyoncé | Safe |
| Bill & Karen | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Golden Brown" — The Stranglers | Safe |
| Patsy & Anton | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Samba | "Going Back to My Roots" — Odyssey | Safe |
| James & Camilla | 29 (5, 8, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Mr. Bojangles" — Neil Diamond | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Aquarius" — The Fifth Dimension | Safe |

### Week 6

Musical guest: Will Young — "Happiness"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| James & Camilla | 20 (5, 4, 6, 5) | Jive | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" — Diana Ross | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 36 (8, 9, 9, 10) | Quickstep | "Almost Like Being in Love" — Nat King Cole | Safe |
| Bill & Karen | 17 (2, 5, 6, 4) | Rumba | "Ain't No Sunshine" — Bill Withers | Safe |
| Will & Hanna | 28 (6, 6, 9, 7) | Tango | "Pretty Woman" — Roy Orbison | Eliminated |
| Patsy & Anton | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Lover Come Back to Me" — Barbra Streisand | Bottom two |
| Darren & Lilia | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Jive | "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" — The Blues Brothers | Safe |
| Colin & Erin | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "New York, New York" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |

### Week 7

Musical guest: Pussycat Dolls — "Sway"
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Bill & Karen | 25 (6, 6, 7, 6) | Waltz | "What the World Needs Now Is Love" — Dionne Warwick | Eliminated |
| Patsy & Anton | 24 (6, 4, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "A Little Less Conversation" — JXL | Bottom two |
| Colin & Erin | 34 (9, 9, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Stop!" — Sam Brown | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Tango | "Tango Argentino" — Mario Battaini | Safe |
| Darren & Lilia | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Big Spender" — Shirley Bassey | Safe |
| James & Camilla | 32 (7, 8, 9, 8) | Waltz | "Together Again" — Buck Owens | Safe |

### Week 8: Quarterfinal

Musical guest: Cliff Richard — "Do You Wanna Dance"
Each couple performed two routines, one of which was the American Smooth, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Colin & Erin | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Rumba | "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt | Safe |
| Colin & Erin | 37 (9, 10, 9, 9) | American Smooth | "Me and My Shadow" — Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis, Jr. | Safe |
| James & Camilla | 20 (4, 5, 6, 5) | Samba | "All Night Long" — Lionel Richie | Safe |
| James & Camilla | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | American Smooth | "Call Me Irresponsible" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Patsy & Anton | 27 (6, 6, 7, 8) | Jive | "Two Hearts" — Phil Collins | Eliminated |
| Patsy & Anton | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | American Smooth | "It Had to Be You" — Harry Connick, Jr. | Eliminated |
| Darren & Lilia | 30 (8, 7, 8, 7) | Rumba | "Beautiful" — Christina Aguilera | Safe |
| Darren & Lilia | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | American Smooth | "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" — Jackie Wilson | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 32 (8, 7, 8, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" — Edwin Starr | Bottom two |
| Zoe & Ian | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | American Smooth | "Passing Strangers" — Sarah Vaughan | Bottom two |

### Week 9: Semifinal

Musical guest: Sugababes — "Ugly"
Each couple performed two routines, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Darren & Lilia | 35 (9, 9, 9, 8) | Waltz | "Your Song" — Elton John | Safe |
| Darren & Lilia | 29 (6, 7, 9, 7) | Samba | "You to Me Are Everything" — The Real Thing | Safe |
| Zoe & Ian | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "Always and Forever" — Heatwave | Bottom two |
| Zoe & Ian | 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) | Paso doble | "Manolita" — Tito Schipa | Bottom two |
| James & Camilla | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) | Foxtrot | "Beyond the Sea" — Bobby Darin | Eliminated |
| James & Camilla | 22 (4, 6, 7, 5) | Rumba | "Home" — Michael Bublé | Eliminated |
| Colin & Erin | 37 (9, 9, 10, 9) | Waltz | "I Will Always Love You" — Whitney Houston | Safe |
| Colin & Erin | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Jive | "Footloose" — Kenny Loggins | Safe |

### Week 10: Final

Musical guest: Bruce Forsyth — "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
Each couple performed three routines: their favourite ballroom dance, their favourite Latin dance, and their showdance routine. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Colin & Erin | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Quickstep | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" — Bing Crosby | Runners-up |
| Colin & Erin | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Rumba | "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt | Runners-up |
| Colin & Erin | No scores received | Showdance | "You're Easy to Dance With" — Fred Astaire | Runners-up |
| Darren & Lilia | 36 (8, 9, 10, 9) | Foxtrot | "Big Spender" — Shirley Bassey | Winners |
| Darren & Lilia | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" — The Animals | Winners |
| Darren & Lilia | No scores received | Showdance | "A Night to Remember" — Shalamar | Winners |
| Zoe & Ian | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Tango | "Tango Argentino" — Mario Battaini | Third place |
| Zoe & Ian | 38 (9, 9, 10, 10) | Samba | "Aquarius" — The Fifth Dimension | Third place |
| Zoe & Ian | No scores received | Showdance | "America" — from West Side Story | Third place |

## Dance chart

The couples performed the following each week:
* Week 1: One unlearned dance (cha-cha-cha or waltz)
* Week 2: One unlearned dance (quickstep or rumba)
* Week 3: One unlearned dance (jive or tango)
* Week 4: One unlearned dance (foxtrot or paso doble)
* Week 5: One unlearned dance (samba or Viennese waltz)
* Weeks 6–7: One unlearned dance
* Week 8 (Quarterfinal): One unlearned dance & American Smooth
* Week 9 (Semifinal): Two unlearned dances
* Week 10 (Final): Favourite ballroom dance, favourite Latin dance & showdance
Strictly Come Dancing (series 3) - Dance chart :
| Couple | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Darren & Lilia | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Tango | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Jive | Foxtrot | Rumba | American Smooth | Waltz | Samba | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Showdance |
| Colin & Erin | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Foxtrot | Viennese waltz | Rumba | American Smooth | Waltz | Jive | Quickstep | Rumba | Showdance |
| Zoe & Ian | Waltz | Rumba | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Quickstep | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | American Smooth | Viennese waltz | Paso doble | Tango | Samba | Showdance |
| James & Camilla | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Tango | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Jive | Waltz | Samba | American Smooth | Foxtrot | Rumba | | | |
| Patsy & Anton | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Foxtrot | Samba | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | Jive | American Smooth | | | | | |
| Bill & Karen | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Tango | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Rumba | Waltz | | | | | | | |
| Will & Hanna | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Viennese waltz | Tango | | | | | | | | |
| Dennis & Izabela | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Paso doble | Samba | | | | | | | | | |
| Fiona & Brendan | Waltz | Rumba | Jive | Foxtrot | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gloria & Darren | Waltz | Rumba | Jive | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jaye & Andrew | Waltz | Rumba | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Siobhan & Matthew | Waltz | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Ratings

Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All ratings are provided by BARB.
| Episode | Date | Official rating (millions) | Weekly rank for BBC One | Weekly rank for all UK TV |
| Week 1 | 15 October | 7.23 | 9 | 24 |
| Week 2 | 22 October | 7.15 | 8 | 23 |
| Week 2 results | 22 October | 7.07 | 9 | 25 |
| Week 3 | 29 October | 7.83 | 6 | 21 |
| Week 3 results | 29 October | 7.03 | 9 | 25 |
| Week 4 | 5 November | 7.23 | 6 | 20 |
| Week 4 results | 5 November | 6.98 | 8 | 22 |
| Week 5 | 12 November | 9.45 | 5 | 12 |
| Week 6 | 19 November | 9.10 | 6 | 17 |
| Week 6 results | 19 November | 7.87 | 10 | 26 |
| Week 7 | 26 November | 9.44 | 4 | 13 |
| Week 7 results | 26 November | 7.53 | 8 | 33 |
| Week 8 | 3 December | 9.68 | 4 | 14 |
| Week 8 results | 3 December | 7.08 | 7 | 32 |
| Week 9 | 10 December | 9.61 | 5 | 12 |
| Week 9 results | 10 December | 9.14 | 6 | 14 |
| Week 10 | 17 December | 10.76 | 1 | 3 |
| Week 10 results | 17 December | 10.55 | 2 | 6 |