Strictly Come Dancing and its spin-offs have been a phenomenal worldwide success. The first country to adopt the show was Australia. The U.S has a version called "Dancing with the Stars". Other offshoots are seen on tv in Brazil, Bulgaria, Argentina, the Czeck republic, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Panama, Peru, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey and the Ukraine.
The show enjoys unprecedented popularity and was the most popular television program in the world in 2006, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.

The show has a simple but very effective formula. A number of celebrities such as actors, athletes, journalists, models etc. are paired with a professional dance partner. The same professional dancers usually appear year after year. Only four, however, have taken part in every series.

Each week the contestants perform a dance which is given ...   more »