Stepping Out is a British television show series, featuring celebrities with their real-life spouses and partners learning to dance live on Saturday nights. The show began airing on 31 August 2013 on ITV, and was presented by Davina McCall. The judging panel was confirmed on 29 August 2013 and consisted of Mel B, Jason Gardiner and Wayne Sleep.
Couples There were six couples taking part in the series. They were revealed on 16 August 2013.
CelebrityKnown forPartnerStatus Denise Welch Loose Women panelist & actress Lincoln TownleyEliminated 1ston 7 September 2013 Glynis Barber Television actress Michael BrandonEliminated 2ndon 14 September 2013 Carl Froch Four-time world professional boxer Rachael Cordingley Withdrewon 17 September 2013 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Interior designer & TV personality Jackie Llewelyn-BowenEliminated 3rdon 21 September 2013 Brian McFadden Former Westlife singer & soloist Vogue WilliamsRunner-upon 28 September 2013Oritsé WilliamsJLS band member/singerAJ AzariWinnerson 28 September 2013
Results summary Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Tot. Avg. Rankby average Oritsé & AJ 53 56 55 120 119 403 80 1 Brian & Vogue 42 47 55 100 108 352 70 2 Laurence & Jackie 26 36 39 76 177 35 4 Carl & Rachael 313448— 113 38 3 Glynis & Michael 37 2132 90 30 5 Denise & Lincoln 2826 54 27 6
Episode Summary Episode 1 CoupleOrderJudges' scoresTotalscoreDanceSleepMel BGardiner Carl 1634 31 Cha Cha Cha Rachael756 Denise 2 5 6 5 28Disco Lincoln 4 4 4 Laurence 3 4 3 4 26 Street Dance Jackie 5 7 3 Glynis 4 7 8 7 37 Tango Michael 6 4 5 Brian 5687 42Rock 'n Roll Vogue687 Oritsé 68109 53 Tap AJ8108
Episode 2 Guest performance: Flawless CoupleOrderJudges' scoresTotalscoreDanceResultSleepMel BGardiner Glynis 1 6 3 4 21 Line Safe Michael 4 2 2 Brian 2887 47 Contemporary Safe Vogue888 Carl 3 6 4 5 34 Bangra Safe Rachael 7 6 6 Denise 4 6 4 5 26 Rumba Eliminated Lincoln 5 3 3 Oritsé 5 8 10 9 56 Salsa Safe AJ 9 10 10 Laurence 6 6 5 5 36 American Smooth Safe Jackie 7 7 6
Episode 3 Guest performance: Flawless CoupleOrderJudges' scoresTotalscoreDanceResultSleepMel BGardiner Oritsé 1 9 10 8 55 Quickstep Safe AJ 10 10 8 Laurence 2 8 7 7 39 Rock & Roll Safe Jackie 7 5 5 Glynis 3 8 7 6 32 Cha Cha Cha Eliminated Michael 5 3 3 Carl 4 10 8 7 48 Rumba Safe Rachael 10 7 6 Brian 5 9 10 9 55 Street Safe Vogue 9 9 9
Episode 4 Guest performance: The Saturdays
This week the celebrities had to dance with someone else's partner for one performance, this was known on the show as the "Wife Swap"
On 17 September 2013 it was confirmed that Carl Froch and Rachael Cordingley had withdrawn from the competition after Froch sustained an injury at the end of his performance in Week 3.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a516219/stepping-out-carl-froch-rachael-cordingley-quit-show-due-to-injury.html CoupleOrderJudges' scoresTotalscoreDanceResultSleepMel BGardiner Laurence 1 5 3 3 24 Paso Doble Eliminated Jackie 7 3 3 Oritsé 2 10 10 10 60 Bollywood Safe AJ 10 10 10 Brian 3 8 6 7 44 Samba Safe Vogue 9 7 7 Oritsé 4 10 10 10 30 Jazz rowspan="2" Vogue 10 10 8 28 Laurence 5 8 10 7 25 rowspan="2" AJ 10 10 10 30 Brian 6 9 10 9 28 rowspan="2" Jackie 9 10 8 27
Episode 5 Guest performance: Diversity
The finalists danced twice during the final show, the first time performing the Rumba and the second, their favourite dance routine of the series.
CoupleOrderJudges' scoresTotalscoreDanceResultSleepMel BGardiner Brian 1 9 10 8 108 RumbaRunners-up Vogue 9 7 9 Brian 3 9 10 9 Street Vogue 10 9 9 Oritsé 2 10 10 9 119 Rumba Winners AJ 10 10 10 Oritsé 4 10 10 10 Salsa AJ 10 10 10
Ratings Weekly ratings for each show on ITV1. All ratings are provided by BARB.
EpisodeDateOfficial rating(millions)Weekly rankfor ITVEpisode 1 3.53 15 Episode 2 2.23 30 Episode 3 3.11 24 Episode 4 3.40 23 Episode 5 <2.47
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