Series 6

**Series 6** of Strictly Come Dancing aired on BBC One on September 20, 2008 to December 20, 2008. 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.

Tom Chambers and his professional partner Camilla Dallerup were announced as the winners.

## 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. As with the previous series, the bottom two couples have to perform a dance-off on the results show. Based on that performance alone, each judge then votes on which couple should stay and which couple should leave, with Len Goodman, as head judge, having the last and deciding vote.

However, the situation was different on 13 December 2008, when it was announced on the live results show that all three couples would be going through to the finale, regardless of the judges' scores and the public vote. This was due to a tie at the top of the leaderboard, which made it mathematically impossible for Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup to avoid the dance-off. Despite this, viewers were encouraged to vote. All phone votes cast were carried on to the finale. Since then, the system has been modified, so that instead of having a traditional tie structure for points, such as 3–3–1 (as was the case here), the 3–3–2 system is now used. This ensures that each couple can mathematically avoid the bottom two.

## 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

The musical guest this week was Bette Midler performing "Wind Beneath My Wings".

The couples who did not compete this week performed a group Cha-Cha-Cha dance.

### Week 2

The musical guest this week was Sugababes performing "Girls".

The couples who did not compete this week performed a group Merengue dance.

### Week 3

The musical guest this week was Andrea Bocelli performing "Canto della Terra".

The couples who did not compete this week performed a group Swing dance.

### Week 4

The musical guest this week was Simply Red performing "Something Got Me Started".

The couples who did not compete this week performed a group Rueda dance.

### Week 5

The musical guests this week were Alesha Dixon performing "The Boy Does Nothing", and Katherine Jenkins and Darcey Bussell performing "Viva Tonight".

### Week 6

The musical guest this week was Enrique Iglesias performing "Hero".

### Week 7

The musical guest this week was Stereophonics performing "Handbags and Gladrags".

### Week 8

The musical guest this week was Beyoncé performing "If I Were a Boy".

### Week 10

John Sergeant chose to withdraw from the competition but he and his partner still performing their routine although it was not scored.

### Week 11

The musical guest this week was Estelle performing "American Boy".

### Week 12: Quarterfinal

The musical guest this week was Barry Manilow performing "Copacabana".

### Week 13: Semi-final

The musical guest this week was the cast of Chicago performing "All That Jazz".

### Week 14: Final

The musical guest this week was Duffy performing "Mercy".