Stepping Out (British TV series)

Stepping Out
Presented byDavina McCall
JudgesMelanie Brown
Jason Gardiner
Wayne Sleep
Opening theme"Dance with Me Tonight" by Olly Murs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
Production locationThe Fountain Studios
Production companyITV Studios
Original release
NetworkITV, STV, UTV
Release31 August (2013-08-31) –
28 September 2013 (2013-09-28)
Related
Strictly Come Dancing
Got to Dance

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.[1] The judging panel was confirmed on 29 August 2013 and consisted of Mel B, Jason Gardiner and Wayne Sleep.[2][3][4]

Judges and Presenter for Stepping Out

Couples

There were six couples taking part in the series. They were revealed on 16 August 2013.[5][6][7]

Celebrity Known for Partner Status
Denise Welch Loose Women panelist & actress Lincoln Townley Eliminated 1st
on 7 September 2013
Glynis Barber Television actress Michael Brandon Eliminated 2nd
on 14 September 2013
Carl Froch Four-time world professional boxer Rachael Cordingley Withdrew
on 17 September 2013
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Interior designer & TV personality Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen Eliminated 3rd
on 21 September 2013
Brian McFadden Former Westlife singer & soloist Vogue Williams Runner-up
on 28 September 2013
Oritsé Williams JLS band member/singer AJ Azari Winners
on 28 September 2013

Results summary

Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Tot. Avg. Rank
by 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 31 34 48 113 38 3
Glynis & Michael 37 21 32 90 30 5
Denise & Lincoln 28 26 54 27 6

Episode Summary

Episode 1

Couple Order Judges' scores Total
score
Dance
Sleep Mel B Gardiner
Carl 1 6 3 4 31 Cha Cha Cha
Rachael 7 5 6
Denise 2 5 6 5 28 Disco
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 5 6 8 7 42 Rock 'n Roll
Vogue 6 8 7
Oritsé 6 8 10 9 53 Tap
AJ 8 10 8

Episode 2

Couple Order Judges' scores Total
score
Dance Result
Sleep Mel B Gardiner
Glynis 1 6 3 4 21 Line Safe
Michael 4 2 2
Brian 2 8 8 7 47 Contemporary Safe
Vogue 8 8 8
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

Couple Order Judges' scores Total
score
Dance Result
Sleep Mel B Gardiner
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

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.[8]

Couple Order Judges' scores Total
score
Dance Result
Sleep Mel B Gardiner
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 N/a
Vogue 10 10 8 28
Laurence 5 8 10 7 25 N/a
AJ 10 10 10 30
Brian 6 9 10 9 28 N/a
Jackie 9 10 8 27

Episode 5

The finalists danced twice during the final show, the first time performing the Rumba and the second, their favourite dance routine of the series.

Couple Order Judges' scores Total
score
Dance Result
Sleep Mel B Gardiner
Brian 1 9 10 8 108 Rumba Runners-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.[9]

Episode Date Official rating
(millions)
Weekly rank
for ITV
Episode 1 31 August 3.53 15
Episode 2 7 September 2.23 30
Episode 3 14 September 3.11 24
Episode 4 21 September 3.40 23
Episode 5 28 September <2.47 N/a

References

  1. ^ Drewett, Meg (16 August 2013). "Davina McCall to host ITV 'Strictly' rival: Lineup revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Front Row panel revealed | Stepping Out". ITV. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Front Row | Stepping Out". ITV. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Free Audience Tickets to Your Favourite Television Shows". Audience Tickets. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Stepping Out line up revealed". ITV. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. ^ Connolly, Lynn (26 July 2013). "Davina McCall "poached from Sky" to host Stepping Out, ITV's answer to Strictly Come Dancing!". Unreality TV. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. ^ Darvill, Josh (27 July 2013). "JLS' Ortise Williams, Brian McFadden for ITV's Stepping Out line up". Telly Mix. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  8. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a516219/stepping-out-carl-froch-rachael-cordingley-quit-show-due-to-injury.html
  9. ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)". BARB. Retrieved 18 October 2019.