Strictly Come Dancing 2009 Ratings Thread - Strictly Come Dancing

bigbrother_eire · 05-09-2009, 20:44

That time of the year has arrived, Strictly Come Dancing is back.

But will the new extended performance combined with results show be a resounding success for Strictly as BBC One's flagship Saturday night entertainment series, we'll know soon enough.

In the meantime here are some confirmed programme details and Friday night airtimes:

Strictly Come Dancing
Friday 18th September
8:30pm - 10:00pm - BBC One

Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host the new series which kicks off with a two-night special. It's ballroom night and the new batch of celebrities will be hoping to wow the judges with either a Tango or a Waltz. Competitors include Joe Calzaghe, Lynda Bellingham, Martina Hingis, Ricky Groves, Jade Johnson, Ali Bastian, Chris Hollins and Rav Wilding.

Strictly Come Dancing
Saturday 19th September
Time: - BBC One

Following last night's ballroom extravaganza, it's time to sizzle as Saturday night is Latin night on Strictly Come Dancing. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly are back as the same eight couples take to the dance floor to perform either a Cha Cha or a Rumba in a bid to impress the judges and the viewers with their moves.

Tonight the competition really hots up as the judges' scores from both Friday night and Saturday are combined, and viewers will be able to vote for the couple they want to stay in the competition. The two couples with the lowest scores when the viewers' votes and judges' scores are combined find themselves in the dance-off, where they dance once again and the judges decide who stays and who is the first couple to leave Strictly Come Dancing 2009.

Dancing tonight are: Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna; Lynda Bellingham and Darren Bennett; Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff; Ricky Groves and Erin Boag; Martina Hingis and Matthew Cutler; Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan; Jade Johnson and Ian Waite; and Rav Wilding and Aliona Vilani.

Strictly Come Dancing
Friday 25th September
8:30pm - 10:00pm - BBC One

Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly are back to host week two of the competition as the second group of eight couples don their sequins and take to the dance floor.

Tonight is ballroom night, and dancing either a Waltz or a Tango are: Natalie Cassidy and Vincent Simone; Richard Dunwoody and Lilia Kopylova; Craig Kelly and Flavia Cacace; Zoe Lucker and James Jordan; Laila Rouass and Anton Du Beke; Phil Tufnell and Katya Virshilas; Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe; and Jo Wood and Brendan Cole.

Viewers will also be able to enjoy the 16 professional dancers demonstrating the Waltz and Tango at their dazzling best, whilst the seven couples who are not competing will also take part in a group dance.

Saturday's show (tomorrow night) will see the same eight couples put through their paces as they perform a Latin dance – either a Cha Cha Cha or a Rumba.

At the end of Saturday night, the judges' scores from both nights' dances will be combined and viewers will be able to vote for which couple they want to stay in the competition. The two couples with the lowest scores from a combination of judges' points and audience votes will then face each other in a dance-off. After both couples have danced again the judges will decide which couple is safe and who will be leaving the competition.

Next week the show moves to Saturday nights only, when viewers will be treated to a bumper show with all the dances, voting and results in one episode.

Fudd · 06-09-2009, 01:36

Coronation Street struggled in the 8.30pm slot last night - it didn't even manage to hit 7m in the overnights, so I expect Strictly to take advantage of the ITV1 programme's relative weakness for the first two weeks.

bigbrother_eire · 10-09-2009, 22:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbrother_eire

Strictly Come Dancing
Saturday 19th September
Time: - BBC One

We now have official confirmation, as mentioned in many posts on the forum:

7:25 - 9.05pm - BBC One with Merlin as the lead in at teatime and Casualty at the tailend.

A Cillay · 13-09-2009, 17:03

I'm not going to aportion blame to any one party but I dont think SCD's competition this year is particularly conducive to yielding successful ratings.

It will no doubt beat CS but even still will it be able to match 8.1m, last years launch figures? Kudos to it if it does but the odds seem stacked at this point. I think TXF is ingrained in far too many people's TV schedules for it to rate high directly up against it.

BuddyBontheNet · 13-09-2009, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Cillay

I'm not going to aportion blame to any one party but I dont think SCD's competition this year is particularly conducive to yielding successful ratings.

It will no doubt beat CS but even still will it be able to match 8.1m, last years launch figures? Kudos to it if it does but the odds seem stacked at this point. I think TXF is ingrained in far too many people's TV schedules for it to rate high directly up against it.

I'd say this lot of celebs is a marked improvement over the last few years with no obvious no-hoper and lots of youngish, fit and good looking contestants. It should be a close fought competition. Let's wait and see though as the weeks go by.

bigbrother_eire · 18-09-2009, 21:39

Strictly Come Dancing
Saturday 26th September
7:25pm - 9:05pm - BBC One

In the hardest Strictly Come Dancing so far this series, the eight couples from Friday night's show must now perform a Latin dance, following last night's ballroom performance. The pressure is really on as the couples take to the floor to dance either the Cha Cha or the Rumba in a bid to impress the judges and the viewers with their moves. As always, Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present all the action.

The excitement builds as the judges' scores from both Friday night and Saturday are combined, and viewers will be able to vote for the couple they want to stay in the competition. The two couples with the lowest scores when the viewers' votes and judges' scores are combined find themselves in the dance-off, where they will dance again. The judges then decide who stays and who the second couple to leave Strictly Come Dancing 2009 will be.

Dancing tonight are: Natalie Cassidy and Vincent Simone, Richard Dunwoody and Lilia Kopylova, Craig Kelly and Flavia Cacace, Zoe Lucker and James Jordan, Laila Rouass and Anton Du Beke, Phil Tufnell and Katya Virshilas, Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe, Jo Wood and Brendan Cole. Eight celebrities performed their first ballroom dance on the Friday show, and now they are let loose on the Latin, performing either a cha cha cha or a rumba as their second competitive dance. The two couples with the lowest combined judges' scores and viewer votes will face the dance off, where their fate lies in the hands of the judges; who will be taking to the floor next time, and who will leave the competition for good?

Anybody wanna guestimate the ratings for tonights Series opener, I'm thinking 8m or so but it may well be a bit higher... what do you think?

D.M.N. · 19-09-2009, 10:56

8.44m (35.7%) for last night - highest rated programme all night.

Previous Strictly opening audiences (overnights)
2004 (spring) - 4.5m (32%)
2004 (autumn) - 6.1m (28%)
2005 - 7.0m (33%)
2006 - 8.8m (38%)
2007 - 7.4m (36%)
2008 - 8.0m (43%)

claire2281 · 19-09-2009, 10:58

Very good ratings there. Easily out did Corrie and rated higher than the soaps. Will be around 9m in the officials.

Obviously tonight's the interesting one...

19-09-2009, 11:08

Very good average particularly because the first half hour was up against corrie

scotch · 19-09-2009, 12:06

Great ratings last night.

Wonder who will win tonight Strictly or X Factor? - I think Strictly will come out on top

Xassy · 19-09-2009, 12:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by D.M.N.

8.44m (35.7%) for last night - highest rated programme all night.

Not bad at all! Unfortunately, not as good the X-Factor's first show, which pulled in 10.9m, I believe.

vincent's mojo · 19-09-2009, 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotch

Great ratings last night.

Wonder who will win tonight Strictly or X Factor? - I think Strictly will come out on top

strictly is the best

VikkiKaplinsky2 · 19-09-2009, 12:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xassy

Not bad at all! Unfortunately, not as good the X-Factor's first show, which pulled in 10.9m, I believe.

Yeah, but viewing figures on a Saturday night, as opposed to a Friday should be totally different, I imagine. Not to mention, tonights show is on at a time when young kids will still be able to watch it all. Family show etc ...

x x x x x

EuroChris · 19-09-2009, 12:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xassy

Not bad at all! Unfortunately, not as good the X-Factor's first show, which pulled in 10.9m, I believe.

True, but for the past few weeks X Factor hasn't had any major competition from the other channels, that is all set to change tonight. The same thing happens with BGT, no competition means everyone will watch.

I hope Strictly will come out on top. The one show with the performances, voting and results are going to make it a must watch event. I'll be surprised if more people would rather watch a pre-recorded audition show rather than a live event.

Xassy · 19-09-2009, 12:24

Yes indeedy, the battle commences tonight.

I'm going to record the X-Factor because there's so much rubbish to fast-forward through.

A Cillay · 19-09-2009, 12:56

8.4m is good but it will have to do better than that if it wants to beat The X Factor bearing in mind TXF hasent been sub 9m at any point in the last year.

19-09-2009, 13:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Cillay

8.4m is good but it will have to do better than that if it wants to beat The X Factor bearing in mind TXF hasent been sub 9m at any point in the last year.

if it got 8.4million tonight it would probably win, as both shows will be down signifcantly from last years opening episode due to the clash.
last year [thanks to DNM in the ratings thread]

SCD - 18:10 to 19:30 - 7.99m (42.7%)
* went from 6.41m (39%) to 9.61m (45.6%)
TXF - 19:30 to 20:30 - 9.26m (41.7%)

bigbrother_eire · 20-09-2009, 09:52

AS reported over on the DS TV Programmes Ratings Thread Part 4:

Originally Posted by rtz:

19:25- Strictly Come Dancing: 7.7m (32.9%)
* 15 minute peak: 8.1m (36.2%) from 19:45

20:00- The X Factor: 9.3m (38.0%)
* 15 minute peak: 10.0m (40.2%) from 20:45

Originally Posted by dubsj
15 minute averages:

X Factor:

2000: 8.9m
2015: 9.1m
2030: 9.3m
2045: 10.0m
2100: 9.1m
2115: 5.3m

SCD:

1930: 7m
1945: 8.1m
2000: 7.8m
2015: 8.0m
2030: 7.8m
2045: 7.7m
2100: 7.7m

So a strong performance from X-Factor shows that it really can pull the audience in regardless of the head to head and starting 35minutes into the Strictly broadcast and overlapping for almost the entire programme.

bigbrother_eire · 26-09-2009, 14:47

Rating for last nights second, and final, Friday show of the series:

Strictly Come Dancing 7.59m (34%)

Taken from the TV Programme forum ratings thread

bigbrother_eire · 26-09-2009, 16:10

Saturday 3rd October

Strictly Come Dancing
7.00pm - 9.15pm - BBC One

The stakes are raised as all 14 remaining celebrities go head to head for the first time. They're hoping to impress with their fancy footwork as they take on either a quickstep or paso doble. One unlucky couple will be hanging up their dancing shoes as they find out who will be leaving the competition for good. And while the couples have an anxious wait to find out their fate, the professional dancers whip up a fantastic foxtrot. Plus music legend Andy Williams performs.

The weekly clash occurs from 8.00pm when The X Factor goes global on ITV1, as the 24 remaining acts jet off around the world to the judges' houses. Simon is at his home in Los Angeles, while Cheryl is in Marrakech, Louis is in Italy and Dannii is in Dubai. The judges are joined by Kylie Minogue, Will Young, Ronan Keating and Sinitta, who will be helping them make the tough decisions needed to whittle down the contestants to the final 12. Host Dermot O'Leary is on hand to support the singers as they face their biggest performance so far.

claire2281 · 27-09-2009, 09:16

First news:

SCD peaked at 8.5m last night, up on the week before and closing the gap to XF (9.6m peak).

The actual ratings and share aren't known yet.

anna123 · 27-09-2009, 10:46

I don't think x factor was very good last night so i'm dissapointed they beat SCD. And least SCD is up from last week

bendymixer · 27-09-2009, 10:54

Fridays SCD lost nearly 1 million on the week before though

rzt · 27-09-2009, 11:47

Yesterday's averages:
19:25- Strictly Come Dancing: 7.91m (33.2%)
20:00- The X Factor: 8.89m (36.1%)

InMyArms · 28-09-2009, 15:42

Lay Night's (Sunday's) X Factor averaged 10.9m without the clash.

That is 2m up on last year's equivalent episode.

It looks like X Factor's popularity is growing, and SCD can't keep up.

05-09-2009, 20:44	#1
bigbrother_eire Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Cork Ireland & Sunderland Services: Sky+ RTÉ Posts: 519	Strictly Come Dancing 2009 Ratings Thread That time of the year has arrived, Strictly Come Dancing is back. But will the new extended performance combined with results show be a resounding success for Strictly as BBC One's flagship Saturday night entertainment series, we'll know soon enough. In the meantime here are some confirmed programme details and Friday night airtimes: Strictly Come Dancing Friday 18th September 8:30pm - 10:00pm - BBC One Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host the new series which kicks off with a two-night special. It's ballroom night and the new batch of celebrities will be hoping to wow the judges with either a Tango or a Waltz. Competitors include Joe Calzaghe, Lynda Bellingham, Martina Hingis, Ricky Groves, Jade Johnson, Ali Bastian, Chris Hollins and Rav Wilding. Strictly Come Dancing Saturday 19th September Time: - BBC One Following last night's ballroom extravaganza, it's time to sizzle as Saturday night is Latin night on Strictly Come Dancing. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly are back as the same eight couples take to the dance floor to perform either a Cha Cha or a Rumba in a bid to impress the judges and the viewers with their moves. Tonight the competition really hots up as the judges' scores from both Friday night and Saturday are combined, and viewers will be able to vote for the couple they want to stay in the competition. The two couples with the lowest scores when the viewers' votes and judges' scores are combined find themselves in the dance-off, where they dance once again and the judges decide who stays and who is the first couple to leave Strictly Come Dancing 2009. Dancing tonight are: Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna; Lynda Bellingham and Darren Bennett; Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff; Ricky Groves and Erin Boag; Martina Hingis and Matthew Cutler; Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan; Jade Johnson and Ian Waite; and Rav Wilding and Aliona Vilani. Strictly Come Dancing Friday 25th September 8:30pm - 10:00pm - BBC One Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly are back to host week two of the competition as the second group of eight couples don their sequins and take to the dance floor. Tonight is ballroom night, and dancing either a Waltz or a Tango are: Natalie Cassidy and Vincent Simone; Richard Dunwoody and Lilia Kopylova; Craig Kelly and Flavia Cacace; Zoe Lucker and James Jordan; Laila Rouass and Anton Du Beke; Phil Tufnell and Katya Virshilas; Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe; and Jo Wood and Brendan Cole. Viewers will also be able to enjoy the 16 professional dancers demonstrating the Waltz and Tango at their dazzling best, whilst the seven couples who are not competing will also take part in a group dance. Saturday's show (tomorrow night) will see the same eight couples put through their paces as they perform a Latin dance – either a Cha Cha Cha or a Rumba. At the end of Saturday night, the judges' scores from both nights' dances will be combined and viewers will be able to vote for which couple they want to stay in the competition. The two couples with the lowest scores from a combination of judges' points and audience votes will then face each other in a dance-off. After both couples have danced again the judges will decide which couple is safe and who will be leaving the competition. Next week the show moves to Saturday nights only, when viewers will be treated to a bumper show with all the dances, voting and results in one episode.

06-09-2009, 01:36	#2
Fudd Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 29,805	Coronation Street struggled in the 8.30pm slot last night - it didn't even manage to hit 7m in the overnights, so I expect Strictly to take advantage of the ITV1 programme's relative weakness for the first two weeks.

13-09-2009, 17:03	#4
A Cillay Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Henley-on-Thames Posts: 6,905 Blog Entries: 1	I'm not going to aportion blame to any one party but I dont think SCD's competition this year is particularly conducive to yielding successful ratings. It will no doubt beat CS but even still will it be able to match 8.1m, last years launch figures? Kudos to it if it does but the odds seem stacked at this point. I think TXF is ingrained in far too many people's TV schedules for it to rate high directly up against it.

18-09-2009, 21:39	#6
bigbrother_eire Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Cork Ireland & Sunderland Services: Sky+ RTÉ Posts: 519	Strictly Come Dancing Saturday 26th September 7:25pm - 9:05pm - BBC One In the hardest Strictly Come Dancing so far this series, the eight couples from Friday night's show must now perform a Latin dance, following last night's ballroom performance. The pressure is really on as the couples take to the floor to dance either the Cha Cha or the Rumba in a bid to impress the judges and the viewers with their moves. As always, Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present all the action. The excitement builds as the judges' scores from both Friday night and Saturday are combined, and viewers will be able to vote for the couple they want to stay in the competition. The two couples with the lowest scores when the viewers' votes and judges' scores are combined find themselves in the dance-off, where they will dance again. The judges then decide who stays and who the second couple to leave Strictly Come Dancing 2009 will be. Dancing tonight are: Natalie Cassidy and Vincent Simone, Richard Dunwoody and Lilia Kopylova, Craig Kelly and Flavia Cacace, Zoe Lucker and James Jordan, Laila Rouass and Anton Du Beke, Phil Tufnell and Katya Virshilas, Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe, Jo Wood and Brendan Cole. Eight celebrities performed their first ballroom dance on the Friday show, and now they are let loose on the Latin, performing either a cha cha cha or a rumba as their second competitive dance. The two couples with the lowest combined judges' scores and viewer votes will face the dance off, where their fate lies in the hands of the judges; who will be taking to the floor next time, and who will leave the competition for good? Anybody wanna guestimate the ratings for tonights Series opener, I'm thinking 8m or so but it may well be a bit higher... what do you think?

19-09-2009, 10:56	#7
D.M.N. Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: My PC Services: Sky Posts: 8,353	8.44m (35.7%) for last night - highest rated programme all night. Previous Strictly opening audiences (overnights) 2004 (spring) - 4.5m (32%) 2004 (autumn) - 6.1m (28%) 2005 - 7.0m (33%) 2006 - 8.8m (38%) 2007 - 7.4m (36%) 2008 - 8.0m (43%)

19-09-2009, 10:58	#8
claire2281 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 10,065	Very good ratings there. Easily out did Corrie and rated higher than the soaps. Will be around 9m in the officials. Obviously tonight's the interesting one...

19-09-2009, 11:08	#9
tom green Posts: n/a	Very good average particularly because the first half hour was up against corrie

19-09-2009, 12:06	#10
scotch Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,193	Great ratings last night. Wonder who will win tonight Strictly or X Factor? - I think Strictly will come out on top

19-09-2009, 12:24	#15
Xassy Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5,752	Yes indeedy, the battle commences tonight. I'm going to record the X-Factor because there's so much rubbish to fast-forward through.

19-09-2009, 12:56	#16
A Cillay Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Henley-on-Thames Posts: 6,905 Blog Entries: 1	8.4m is good but it will have to do better than that if it wants to beat The X Factor bearing in mind TXF hasent been sub 9m at any point in the last year.

20-09-2009, 09:52	#18
bigbrother_eire Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Cork Ireland & Sunderland Services: Sky+ RTÉ Posts: 519	AS reported over on the DS TV Programmes Ratings Thread Part 4: Originally Posted by rtz: 19:25- Strictly Come Dancing: 7.7m (32.9%) * 15 minute peak: 8.1m (36.2%) from 19:45 20:00- The X Factor: 9.3m (38.0%) * 15 minute peak: 10.0m (40.2%) from 20:45 Originally Posted by dubsj 15 minute averages: X Factor: 2000: 8.9m 2015: 9.1m 2030: 9.3m 2045: 10.0m 2100: 9.1m 2115: 5.3m SCD: 1930: 7m 1945: 8.1m 2000: 7.8m 2015: 8.0m 2030: 7.8m 2045: 7.7m 2100: 7.7m So a strong performance from X-Factor shows that it really can pull the audience in regardless of the head to head and starting 35minutes into the Strictly broadcast and overlapping for almost the entire programme.

26-09-2009, 14:47	#19
bigbrother_eire Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Cork Ireland & Sunderland Services: Sky+ RTÉ Posts: 519	Rating for last nights second, and final, Friday show of the series: Strictly Come Dancing 7.59m (34%) Taken from the TV Programme forum ratings thread

26-09-2009, 16:10	#20
bigbrother_eire Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Cork Ireland & Sunderland Services: Sky+ RTÉ Posts: 519	Saturday 3rd October Strictly Come Dancing 7.00pm - 9.15pm - BBC One The stakes are raised as all 14 remaining celebrities go head to head for the first time. They're hoping to impress with their fancy footwork as they take on either a quickstep or paso doble. One unlucky couple will be hanging up their dancing shoes as they find out who will be leaving the competition for good. And while the couples have an anxious wait to find out their fate, the professional dancers whip up a fantastic foxtrot. Plus music legend Andy Williams performs. The weekly clash occurs from 8.00pm when *The X Factor* goes global on ITV1, as the 24 remaining acts jet off around the world to the judges' houses. Simon is at his home in Los Angeles, while Cheryl is in Marrakech, Louis is in Italy and Dannii is in Dubai. The judges are joined by Kylie Minogue, Will Young, Ronan Keating and Sinitta, who will be helping them make the tough decisions needed to whittle down the contestants to the final 12. Host Dermot O'Leary is on hand to support the singers as they face their biggest performance so far.

27-09-2009, 09:16	#21
claire2281 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 10,065	First news: SCD peaked at 8.5m last night, up on the week before and closing the gap to XF (9.6m peak). The actual ratings and share aren't known yet.

27-09-2009, 10:46	#22
anna123 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: north east england Posts: 10,537	I don't think x factor was very good last night so i'm dissapointed they beat SCD. And least SCD is up from last week

27-09-2009, 10:54	#23
bendymixer Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 10,683	Fridays SCD lost nearly 1 million on the week before though

27-09-2009, 11:47	#24
rzt Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 10,330	Yesterday's averages: 19:25- Strictly Come Dancing: 7.91m (33.2%) 20:00- The X Factor: 8.89m (36.1%)

28-09-2009, 15:42	#25
InMyArms Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Live Feed for CBB7 and BB11. Posts: 14,200	Lay Night's (Sunday's) X Factor averaged 10.9m without the clash. That is 2m up on last year's equivalent episode. It looks like X Factor's popularity is growing, and SCD can't keep up.