Natasha Kaplinsky
Week Dance Judges ' scores Total Result
1 Cha-cha-cha / Chain of Fools 7,7,8,5 27 Safe
2 Quickstep / The Lady is a Tramp 7,8,8,8 31 Safe
3 Jive / Jump , Jive and Wail 7,7,5,7 26 Bottom two , saved by judges
4 Foxtrot / The Girl from Ipanema 8,9,9,9 35 Safe
5 Samba / Love Is in the Air 9,10,9,9 37 Safe
6 Tango / Libertango 8,7,8,8 31 N/A
6 Rumba / Endless Love 9,9,9,9 36 Safe
7 Waltz / With You I 'm Born Again 9,9,9,9 36 N/A
7 Paso Doble / O Fortuna 8,9,9,9 35 Safe
8 Quickstep / The Lady is a Tramp 9,9,9,9 36 N/A
8 Samba / Love Is in the Air 7,7,9,8 31 N/A
8 Showdance / ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life 8,9,9,9 35 Won
Career -- Strictly Come Dancing
Main article : Strictly Come Dancing In 2004 , Kaplinsky participated in the first series of the celebrity ballroom dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing and went on to win the competition with partner Brendan Cole . Kaplinsky then co-presented the first half of the second series in 2004 with Bruce Forsyth , when regular presenter Tess Daly went on maternity leave . [ 16 ] Kaplinsky returned to the show in 2012 , taking part in the Christmas Special and in 2018 as part of the BAFTA tribute to Sir Bruce Forsyth .
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky OBE (born 9 September 1972) is an English newsreader, TV presenter and journalist, best known for her roles as a studio anchor on Sky News, BBC News, Channel 5 and ITV News. After two years at Sky News, Kaplinsky joined BBC News in 2002 where she co-hosted Breakfast until 2005, when she became the host of the Six O'Clock News. In October 2007, Kaplinsky was recruited to help relaunch Five (now known as Channel 5), reportedly for the highest fee ever paid to a UK newsreader, where she presented a new look, retitled Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky for three years. After leaving Channel 5, she went on to join ITV News as a presenter. Kaplinsky has hosted a series of light entertainment and factual programmes in her career, notably Children in Need and Born to Shine. She was also the subject of the most highly rated Who Do You Think You Are. She is perhaps most famous for being the first ever winner of the first series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in 2004. More recently[when?] Kaplinsky has co-founded a mother and baby company, Mum & You. In 2014 the then PM David Cameron asked Kaplinsky to become a Holocaust Commissioner leading a project to interview 112 survivors. She was awarded an OBE in 2017 for her services to the Holocaust Commission.