<P> Hopkins later took the format to America himself when the BBC dismissed the idea of selling it abroad, as they felt it was too British . </P> <P> From series 1 to 11, Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly presented the pro-celebrity ballroom dancing competition . From series 8 to 11, Forsyth only presented the main show and was replaced for the results show by Claudia Winkleman, at which point Daly assumed Forsyth's role as main presenter and Winkleman assumed Daly's role as co-presenter . Winkleman has joined Daly as full - time co-presenter for series 12 following Forsyth's departure after the 2013 series . Through telephone voting, viewers vote for who they would like to be in the next round, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the judges . For example, with ten contestants left, the judges' favourite would receive ten points, second favourite nine points, and so on, and similarly with the viewers' rankings . The bottom ranked couple gets one point . The profits from the telephone lines were donated to Sport Relief in series 1, and to Children in Need from series 2 to 5 . </P> <P> The show is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday evenings, and is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman (however Zoë Ball covered for Winkleman for a number of weeks in 2014). Sir Bruce Forsyth presented the live shows alongside Daly from 2004 to 2013, announcing his departure in 2014 . He was to continue to present special editions of the show . For some of the second series, Natasha Kaplinsky stood in temporarily for Daly while she took maternity leave; Claudia Winkleman hosted the results show and editions that Forsyth had missed between 2010 and 2013 . The judging panel initially consisted of Bruno Tonioli, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood . Alesha Dixon took Phillips' place from series 7 to 9, after which she left the programme to judge Britain's Got Talent which led retired ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell to replace her; Bussell remains a judge alongside Tonioli and Revel Horwood . Tonioli commutes weekly between Hollywood and London to judge both the American and British versions of the show simultaneously . Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty . The voice - over announcer is Alan Dedicoat . During series four, an hour - long highlights show was shown on Sundays at 19: 00 on BBC Two, and during series five and six, the results show moved to Sunday evenings, although it was filmed on Saturday and then broadcast "as live" on the Sunday . </P> <P> The singers on the show are Tommy Blaize, Hayley Sanderson, Lance Ellington, Andrea Grant and formerly the well known UK dance music vocalist Tara McDonald . The music director is David Arch . Tommy Blaize has been part of Strictly since its beginning . David Arch joined in the fourth series and Hayley Sanderson in the fifth . </P>

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