Terms and Conditions

On behalf of Comic Relief, each week top British celebrities will take to the floor to dance their version of some of the world's favourite and most iconic dances.

Our celebrity dancers are not required to have had any formal or previous dance training.

There will be six performances per show. The dances will be performed in solo, by duos or in groups. Two acts from the first three shows will go through to the final show - which will be broadcast on BBC One on 12th March, the week before Red Nose Day Appeal.

Each week, the audience will vote for their favourites and the act with the most votes will have a guaranteed place in the final. The judges also have a chance to put an act through to the final by picking their favourite from the first two runners up.

"Let's Dance for Comic Relief" will raise money through the audience votes, which cost 51p from a BT landline with 35.9p going to Comic Relief.

Lets Dance... will be broadcast on BBC ONE on Sat 19th Feb, Sat 26 Feb, Sat 5th March 2011, with the final taking place on Sat 12 March.

On each one of the first three shows, six acts will perform in front of a live studio audience and a judging panel. Once all acts have performed, the telephone lines will be opened and viewers will be able to vote. After the lines close, the act with the most public votes will be announced. That act will go automatically through to the final. Also, the panel will select one from the first two runners up (from the public vote) to join the overall winning act in the final.

In the unlikely event of a tie:

between two acts with highest number of votes from the public, both acts will go directly to the final, no runner up will be selected to join them

between more than two acts with highest number of votes from the public, the panel will decide which two will go through to the final;

In any other situation where it cannot be determined by the public vote which are the first two runners up, the panel will decide which act will join the winner in the final.

THE FINAL During the final, six acts who made it through, will perform in front of a live studio audience. The telephone lines will be opened as announced and viewers will be able to vote. After the lines close, the winner of "Let's Dance for Comic Relief" will be announced.

In the unlikely event of a tie in the public vote for two or more acts with the highest number of votes, the judges will select the winner from the acts in the tie.

How you can vote on "Let's Dance for Comic Relief"

Voting is by telephone only. The numbers for each act will be given out during the show in which they perform. The vote lines are set at a rate specifically designed to raise money for Comic Relief.

Vote lines are opened and closed at the times specified on the programme. Please do not call before the lines open or after the lines have closed as your vote will not be counted, but you may still be charged. Please be aware voting times may change.

If you are watching Let's Dance for Comic Relief on iPlayer or any other time shift or catch up service you should not vote since the lines may have closed.

Each Phone Vote Costs 51 p from a BT Landline, (of which 35.9p goes to Comic Relief). Other Networks may vary. Calls from mobiles will be considerably higher.

ppc = Pence per call

This table is provided for indicative purpose only. Information provided by mobile network operators on 14/02/2011. For up to date information it is always advisable to check direct with your network operator.

35.9p from each call goes to Comic Relief, further details about the charity can be found http://www.comicrelief.com/

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Voters must obtain permission from the bill payer before voting and phone voters under the age of 16 should obtain parent/guardian consent before voting. Make sure you carefully dial only the number of the act you wish to vote for. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify votes if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it is considered that there has been any deliberate attempt to manipulate the result. We reserve the right to cancel or suspend or alter voting at any time and substitute an alternative method of selection at our absolute discretion.

Comic Relief, the BBC, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote being lost or not properly registered or recorded. Please note that you cannot vote by email, red button, text or via this website.

The voting in this programme accords with the BBC's Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, which can be found on BBC's Standards and Guidelines website.

Please note that if you are directly connected in any way with the production of the programme or the provision of telephony services to the programme you are not eligible to vote.

There are a number of contingencies which could occur during or before each show, as with any other live television programme. Contingencies cover withdrawal of any act member or judge for health reasons or other unforeseen circumstances or outside the control of the BBC. The remedial actions may include, but not be limited to changing the format of the show, including, removing, substituting or adding contestants and or judges; and cancelling, suspending or altering voting at any time. The BBC reserves the right to amend the voting system accordingly and if it does so, clear announcements will be made on air explaining the changes and the reasons for them.

The phone results on the night of each show will be independently verified.

The BBC will only ever use your telephone number for the purposes of processing refunds or investigating possible voting irregularities and will not publish or provide it to anyone without permission, except where required for enforcement of these terms. You can read more about the BBC Privacy Policy here.

Comic Relief is a registered charity, number 326568 (England & Wales) and SC039730 (Scotland). To get involved with Comic Relief in different ways, go to http://www.comicrelief.com/.