Strictly Come Dancing series 3
Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova won series 3.
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Strictly Come Dancing returned for its third series on 15 October 2005, co-presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly on BBC One. The judging panel of Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli all returned. England cricketer Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova won the series on 17 December.
Format
Each week the couples dance in a live show, with judges scoring each performance out of ten. Couples are ranked by judges' scores and given points accordingly, the lowest receiving one point and the highest the maximum.
The public votes are similarly ranked and points awarded. The judges' points and public vote points are summed; the two couples with the fewest points become the bottom two. In case of a tie, the public vote points take precedence.
Weekly scores
Musical guests included Simply Red, Westlife, Michael Bublé, Katie Melua, Beverley Knight & Jools Holland, Will Young, Pussycat Dolls, Cliff Richard, Sugababes, and Bruce Forsyth. Early weeks saw couples perform either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz; later weeks featured the quickstep or rumba, jive or tango, foxtrot or paso doble, and samba or Viennese waltz. In the semi-final each couple performed two routines, one being the American Smooth. The final had each couple perform three routines: their favourite ballroom, favourite Latin, and a showdance.
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- Wikipedia: Strictly Come Dancing series 3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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