Strictly Dance Fever
Developed by	BBC
Starring	Graham Norton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	26 March 2005 (2005-03-26) – 3 June 2006 (2006-06-03)

Strictly Dance Fever is a British television programme, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday evenings. It was an amateur dance talent competition, hosted by Graham Norton, which ran during Spring 2005 and Spring 2006. It had 2 extra shows, The Saturday night BBC Three host was Zoe Ball and the nightly BBC3 roundup & fanzine program was hosted by Joe Mace.^[1] It was, in many ways, similar to the BBC's popular Strictly Come Dancing, a celebrity based dance contest also broadcast on Saturday evenings. On 12 December 2006, the BBC announced that Strictly Dance Fever had been axed in favour of the Andrew Lloyd Webber talent search, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?.

Dances

The following dances have been performed in Strictly Dance Fever:

Couple dances^[1][2]

• The Boogie Woogie (Series 1 Only)
• Salsa (Series 2) and specifically the Cuban Salsa (Series 1)
• The Argentine Tango (Series 1 and 2)
• The Hustle (Series 1 and 2)
• The Charleston (Series 1 and 2)
• The Lambada (Series 1 and 2)
• The Guapacha (Series 2 Only)
• The Flamenco (Series 2 Only)
• The American Smooth (Series 2 Only)
• The Lindy Hop (Series 1 and 2)
• The Jitterbug (Series 1 and 2)
• The Foxtrot (Series 1 Only)
• The Mambo (Series 1 Only)
• The Milonga (Series 1 and 2)
• A movie routine (Series 1 Only)
• The Waltz (Series 1 Only)
• Rock 'n' Roll (Series 2 Only)
• Adagio (Series 1 and 2)
• Freestyle (Series 1 and 2)

Group dances

• The Fosse
• Street dance
• Line dancing
• Hand Jive
• Big Apple
• Disco
• Can Can

Series 1

(broadcast in Spring 2005)

Series 2

Broadcasting

Strictly Dance Fever was normally broadcast during BBC One's Spring schedule. The auditions ran for two weeks. The recalls ran for two weeks as in the auditions. Finally, the dance-offs, ran for eight weeks, this time though live. The final edition aired in June, where the ultimate winning couple was revealed.

Trivia

The maximum score for one dance, 40 points, has been achieved seven times throughout the series. Danny Last and Jodie Binstead (series 1 twice), Joseph Hall and Sadie Flower (series 1 once), Darren Bailey and Lana Williams (series 2 once) and then to Darrien Wright and Hollie Robertson (series 2 three times). Additionally, in the semi-final of series 2 Darren Bailey and Lana Williams were awarded a perfect 30 out of 30, when Stacey Haynes was ill. The lowest score achieved was 12, by Paul James Culshaw and Aravon McCann (series 2 once).

See also

• Strictly Come Dancing

References

External links

• Strictly Dance Fever at BBC Online
• Strictly Dance Fever at Unreality TV
• Title Music: Banks & Wag
• "Rob Glover" – Official Website
• Learn Strictly Dance Fever
• Strictly Dance Fever – JP Om (fansite)