Strictly Come Dancing series 6

Strictly Come Dancing
Series 6
Presented byBruce Forsyth
Tess Daly
JudgesLen Goodman
Arlene Philips
Craig Revel Horwood
Bruno Tonioli
Celebrity winnerTom Chambers
Professional winnerCamilla Dallerup
No. of episodes28
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release20 September (2008-09-20) –
20 December 2008 (2008-12-20)
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Strictly Come Dancing returned for its sixth series on 20 September 2008 on BBC One. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned as co-presenters of the main show on BBC One, while Claudia Winkleman returned to present the spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.[1]

The show featured sixteen celebrities paired with sixteen professional dancers. The new professionals were Brian Fortuna and Hayley Holt, who had previously appeared in the American and New Zealand versions of the show respectively, and Russian dancer Kristina Rihanoff, who had taken part in the Dancing with the Stars tour. Nicole Cutler was the only professional from the previous series not to return.[1]

On 20 December 2008, actor Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup were announced as the winners, while S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens and Vincent Simone finished in second place, and television presenter Lisa Snowdon and Brendan Cole finished in third.

  1. ^ a b "Strictly celebrities are unveiled". BBC News. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.