Vintage Strictly Video - Series 1 (2004)
Post categories: Celebrities, Dance clips
|14:22 UK time, Monday, 27 September 2010
The excitement's really starting to build up as the first live show for series 8 of Strictly Come Dancing hurtles towards us this coming Friday, 1st October.
In order to get us all in the mood for a brand new series of sequins, sparkle and strained ligaments, we thought now would be a great time to take a nostalgic look-back at the winners of the first 7 series.
We kick off where it all began, back in Spring 2004 with the very first series of Strictly - do you remember celebs like Lesley Garrett, Claire Sweeney and David Dickinson taking part? And who could forget the dynamic pairing of series 1 winners newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole? Below we present the moment when Natasha and Brendan were crowned champions, and one of the spectacular dances they performed in the final.
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This video is presented in tribute to comedian Jason Wood, who was actually the first person ever to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing. He died in February 2010 at the tragically young age of 38, and everyone here at Strictly Come Dancing sends our condolences to his friends and family.
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At 17:09 27th Sep 2010, Miriam_rose wrote:Not just the first winners of Strictly but I suppose the first winning couple from this 'type' of show since (as I understand it) all the other 'Dancing with the Stars' shows were a copy of our very own Strictly! Very proud of Strictly just for that, and, love that we get to look forward to yet another series this year.
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Comment number 2.
At 17:18 27th Sep 2010, BBC CiN Paul_Host wrote:Yes, all of the various versions of 'Dancing With The Stars' that are shown around the world are licenced versions of our very own Strictly! :)
In fact, it's officially the world's most successful reality TV show, having been sold as a format to 38 different countries, from America to Australia, Norway, China, Japan, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Comment number 3.
At 17:52 27th Sep 2010, Sid1979 wrote:Ramps & Karen are probably my favourite Strictly champions.
Look forward to seeing their Salsa maybe?
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At 18:35 27th Sep 2010, Suze wrote:It was amazing to watch Natasha blossom as she gained more confident and fell in love with dancing. But then with Chris Parker and his famous Batman paso, she was a bound to win.
I remember Jason Wood and his was a story that really sticks in my mind, his relationship with his partner was so lovely and I remember their rhumba (I think) being so sweet because he was trying to be a man for his partner. I'm glad you've posted this in his memory
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Comment number 5.
At 20:53 27th Sep 2010, willowspike wrote:Lets have more dance videos from past series on here please! How about James Martin's paso
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At 21:14 27th Sep 2010, joanne wrote:Fave strictly champions for me are jill and darren, since the beginning of the series the winners seem to get better and better, Natasha was good at the time but compared to contestants nowadays she doesnt seem as good
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At 21:46 27th Sep 2010, halle299 wrote:have got to agree with you joanne my fave champions as as well. i did not see much of series one got in to it in series 2.i hope they post all the the past series on here.please
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Comment number 8.
At 10:51 28th Sep 2010, BBC CiN Paul_Host wrote:Our plan is to post the winner of each of the 7 series of Strictly over the next day or two - so it'll be the winning couple's final dance you'll get to see again.
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At 09:57 4th Oct 2010, Hilary wrote:Thanks, i got into this in series 2 so missed most of 1, would like to compare each final winner side by side...think that Karen and Mark would be head to head with Jill and Darren. They are my favourites!!
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