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Show Details

Broadcaster:

SABC2

Show Genre:

Reality Competition

Series Premiere:

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Show Summary

Strictly Come Dancing is a South African reality dance competition television series produced for SABC2 by Rapid Blue, based on the British show of the same name. It is broadcast live from the Carlton Centre Ballroom, Johannesburg.

The series premiered in South Africa on SABC2 on Saturday 4 February 2006, at 20h00. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.

Season 5 premiered on SABC2 on Thursday 2 October 2008, at 19h30. There are 10 episodes in the fifth season.

It wase preceded by a one-hour special, Strictly Come Dancing: The Story So Far, on Thursday 25 September, which took a retroactive look at past seasons and previewed the fifth season.

Synopsis

South African celebrities are partnered with professional Latin and Ballroom dancers and must work each week on perfecting a dance routine.

Each week during a live show viewers are asked to vote for their favourite couple, and one couple (with the least votes) is eliminated.

In the season finale, two couples dance off to win the title and a cash prize of R40,000 (R20,000 per partner). The cash prize was first introduced for the third season.

Through sms voting, viewers vote who should stay and who should go, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the panel of judges.

For example: with 4 contestants left, the judges' favourite would receive 4 points, 2nd favourite 3 points, and so on, and similarly with the viewers' rankings. The two scores added together make the final score.

The show is broadcast live on SABC2 on Thursday evenings and is hosted by Ian von Memerty and Sandy Ngema.

The judging panel consists of Lilia Phororo, Dave Campbell, Salome Sechele and Tyrone Watkins. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of 40.

Dance-Off

A new system called the Dance-Off was introduced in the fourth season. The Dance-Off is performed by the two couples with the lowest scores following the judges' scores and public vote.

After performing their dance again, the judges are asked one-by-one who they would like to save, and the couple with the most votes remains in the competition. If there is a tie, head judge Lilian Phororo has the deciding vote.

Broadcast Times

Each Thursday there are two broadcasts: the first is from 19h30-20h30, during which the celebrities do their weekly dance routines and are given marks out of 40 from the judges.

Thereafter follows an hour-long break to give viewers a chance to vote for their favourite couple, after which the second broadcast - the Results Show - is aired, from 21h30-22h00.

During the Results Show the results of the viewer voting are announced. The viewer votes are combined with the judges' votes and the two couples with the least amount of votes are forced into the Dance-Off.

Shortly before 22h00 the judges decide who they want to eliminate.

Winners

Season 1: Zuraida Jardine and Michael Wentink
Season 2: Riaan Venter and Hayley Hammond
Season 3: HHP and Hayley Bennett
Season 4: Emmanuel Castis and Lindsey Muckle
Season 5: Rob van Vuuren and Mary Martin

Seasons

The first two seasons aired on Saturday nights at 20h00. Since Season 3 the show airs on Thursday nights at 19h30 for an hour, followed by the Results Show at 21h30.

Season 1
Premiere: 4 February 2006 | Finale: 25 March 2006 | Episodes: 8

Season 2
Premiere: 5 August 2006 | Finale: 23 September 2006 | Episodes: 8

Season 3
Premiere: 24 May 2007 | Finale: 12 July 2007 | Episodes: 8

Season 4
Premiere: 31 January 2008 | Finale: 20 March 2008 | Episodes: 8

Season 5
Premiere: 2 October 2008 | Finale: 4 December 2008 | Episodes: 10 (and a special)

Main Cast

(For full cast and characters, click Seasons tab at top of page)

Ian von Memerty

Sandy Ngema

Dave Campbell

Salome Sechele

Lilian Phororo

Tyrone Watkins

Related Links

- Reality Competition Forum
- Official Site

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