Len Goodman

Len Goodman is a professional dance judge. He appears on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing and the American dance competition show Dancing with the Stars.

Goodman began his dance career after sustaining a foot injury playing football. He used dance as a rehabilitative measure and quickly fell in love with it. A few years later, Goodman opened up his first dance school with the belief that dance lessons should be fun.The Guardian: Dancing was what the doctor ordered for Len Goodman (December 5, 2006)

"The standing spin looked like you were kick-starting a motorbike."--to Rodger Black on Strictly Come DancingMirror: Len's a perfect 10 (November 24, 2007)

"The quickstep is like a souffle - light and fluffy. This was like a spotted dick."--to Diarmuid Gavin on Strictly Come DancingMirror: Len's a perfect 10 (November 24, 2007)

"It was like a bowl of minestrone soup - lots of funny things floating around that I didn't recognize."--to Jill Halfpenny on Strictly Come DancingMirror: Len's a perfect 10 (November 24, 2007)