'' Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its fourth series on 7 October 2006 and ended on 23 December.

Bruce Forsyth Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British entertainer and presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the late 1950s through the ITV series '' Sunday Nig ...

and

Tess Daly Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 29 March 1969) is an English model and television presenter who co-presented the BBC One celebrity dancing show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2004 to 2013; she has been the show's main presenter since 2014. ...

returned to co-present the main show on

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

, whilst

Claudia Winkleman Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, radio personality, film critic and journalist. Between 2004 and 2010, she presented '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on weeknights on BBC Two. Since ...

returned to present spin-off show '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on BBC Two for the third series in a row.

Len Goodman Leonard Gordon Goodman (born 25 April 1944) is an English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He has appeared as head judge on the television dance programmes ''Strictly Come Dancing'', a programme where various celebrities c ...

Bruno Tonioli Bruno Tonioli (; born 25 November 1955) is an Italian choreographer, ballroom and Latin dancer, and Television personality. He has appeared as a judge on the British television dance competition '' Strictly Come Dancing'' and American adaptatio ...

Craig Revel Horwood Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965) is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor, theatre director, and former drag queen in the United Kingdom. He is also a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Horwood is best ...

and

Arlene Phillips Dame Arlene Phillips (born 22 May 1943) is an English choreographer, talent scout, television judge and presenter, theatre director, and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment. For many years, she was most noted as the c ...

returned as judges. The winner was

Mark Ramprakash Mark Ravin Ramprakash (born 5 September 1969) is an English former cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21. A gifted, and one of the heaviest-scoring, English b ...

and his dancing partner Karen Hardy.

Couples

This year there were 14 couples: 7 male celebrities and 7 female celebrities. They were:

Scoring chart

Average chart

Highest and lowest scoring performances

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

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Weekly scores and songs

''Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right:

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Week 9

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Week 10: Quarter-final

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Week 11: Semi-final

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Week 12: Final

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Dance chart

: Highest scoring dance : Lowest scoring dance *Week 1: Male celebrities – Waltz or Cha-Cha-Cha; Female celebrities – group Mambo *Week 2: Female celebrities – Quickstep or Rumba; Male celebrities – group Swing *Week 3: Tango or Jive *Week 4: Foxtrot or Paso Doble *Week 5: Viennese Waltz or Salsa *Week 6: American Smooth or Samba *Week 7: One unlearned dance *Week 8: One unlearned dance *Week 9: Two unlearned dances (one Ballroom, one Latin) *Week 10: Two unlearned dances (one Ballroom, one Latin) *Week 11: One unlearned dance and Argentine Tango *Week 12 (Final): Favourite Ballroom, favourite Latin, a dance choreographed to the same piece of music, a joint Viennese Waltz, and Showdance

External links

{{Strictly Come Dancing Season 04 2006 British television seasons