in 2006, ramprakash and karen hardy won the bbc's "strictly come dancing", beating matt dawson, former england rugby player, and lilia kopylova in the final. ramprakash was the second consecutive cricketer to win the show, following former england team mate darren gough. in a special edition of "strictly come dancing" for sport relief on 14 march 2008, ramprakash and partner kara tointon were the winners after performing a samba. in 2008, he appeared on a special "strictly come dancing" episode of the weakest link, being the fifth voted off.