Judi & Graziano: not as iconic as that samba of hers last week, still a nice watchable performance, decent effort on charleston technique either 7

Dan & Nadiya: decent performance, but not wow Dan played the part of Prince very well, shame about the mistake but i agree with Shirley, the way he picked up after that was great to see 7

Sara & Aljaz: Controversial but i liked Sara's efforts at the samba technique, very nice bend knee, decent samba rolls despite those costumes they were still able to pull off those technical bits, and of course what a entertaining performance, Go Girl, you rock 8

AJ & Kai: AJ is a good dancer for sure, but what seems to be lacking here for me, is emotions, chemistry since technically this was executed wonderfully but the performing bit was a bit middle of the road for me 7

Robert & Dianne: another Controversial one from me but i loved the complete package here, very entertaining and technically speaking, in the faster movements in hold, i almost saw no gapping which is impressive, Robert played a very cute Kermit and Dianne a very lovely Miss Piggy, this was fab to watch 9

Greg & Karen: i actually liked the music choice combined with this dance, some of bond theme i found very fitting for Paso style, Greg played a convincing part as 007, and i recognized which movie they reenacted thanks to Karen dressed as Halle Berry, Die Another Day which is in my personal top 10 of bond movies, this was enjoyable to watch 7

Tilly & Nikita: i agreed with Craig but even harsher, indeed very heavy footed, it needed more energy throughout, this sadly just wasn't her dance, but i had no expectations whatsoever for this week, glad she has Jive behind her now, and good to have it on a theme week, good side Tilly played the part of Tracy very well for a non-actress 5

Rose & Giovanni: left me speechless, i think my score will say enough 10 simply stunning and one of my fave movie week and one of my fave foxtrot routines ever

Ugo & Oti: quite enjoyed this, and i strongly disagreed with Craig, i felt like he had good musicality since Moana isn't a ''musical'' compared to a Grease, Dirty Dancing, Dreamgirls, The Bodyguard, and also this is a great effort at some hawaiian dancing too, and hawaiian dance isn't the most neat either, and those lifts are wow, Oti must trust him too a lot if she allows him to throw her around like that 8

Tom & Amy: i don't know if he was flatfooted, but his Jive was better than Tilly's, much cleaner, more crisp, much much faster, great performance too 8

Adam & Katya: didn't find this bad at all, for me the rumba is a dance of emotion and he delivered loads of emotion here, and played the part of his character well too, i agreed with my dad, they were so unrecognizable, i personally like rumba's fused with contemporary elements and it was also very intimate and i loved the augmented reality effects too here as well as in Ugo's performance 9

Katie & Gorka: mediocre performance, and dance wise bit wooden as well, not that good 4

Rhys & Nancy: it suited him to perfection all the hip hop pop and lock stuff, but now he has got all of that hyperactive side out of him hopefully now calm down and try improving in the ballrooms and latins, am curious if Nancy can do where Janette had failed with Aston, for this performance, hmm 9

John & Johannes: i had my doubts because of his ballet past, but thankfully no ballet move in sight, good work Johannes this week, this was some fab dancing and performing from them, yes yes yes my only bit of criticism though, no more swapping leading roles since Nicolas & Vadim also didn't do that, and with that you can only go into same path as Nicola & Katya last year, but otherwise A-MA-ZING 9




my review on last night, and scores

she hears beats instead of music


and like she said upstairs with Claudia, this is much slower than salsa, jive so easier to follow that



like i always said as well pre-week 1, since i know this from Benjamin Piwko as well, he also preferred the ballrooms and rumba, and contemporary

Rose and Giovanni for me were the best. I mean, that was just stunning!.

i myself like couples choice, i know it is controversial to say that

but i like also seeing other dance styles such as Hip Hop, Hawaiian, Jazz, Contemporary, Disco

hope we also get to see Bhangra soon either, also a very lovely and very entertaining looking piece of dance art

Flamenco would make a nice choice either



also couples choice is a ''showdance'' more or less yes, but each of these dance styles also bring with them their own respective techniques you still got to learn and perfect so it is not like you have a week off or anything from rehearsing




Robert & Dianne i quite like as a pair, i love their muppets quickstep, little or no gapping at the quickstep part which is impressive, compared to Adam last year where there was much gapping

i love how brave Dianne is and i respect her how she wants to be dressed up as these iconic characters 3 years in a row now, as Abu (with Dev's aladdin) Marge Simpson (Max's couples choice) and now Miss Piggy

:clap1: :clap1:

I have to say sadly I'm not keen on the couple's choice dances myself.

Prefer to see set dances even moreso when they're danced well.

Could do a mini separate series for dances where anything goes.

With the other tripe on the BBC, an extra mini series would be welcomed by me.

I think Rhys can do great ballroom. But I really want to see a jive or Charleston from him.
If he has ballroom then it has to be quickstep.

yes your opinion and that's ok


but i like other sorts of dances in this show either


tbh Rhys didn't quite deserve a 10, more because Hip Hop needs much tighter, staccato popping and locking, and i found him too energetic almost turning it into a Hip Hop Jive



Ugo's didn't look as neat, or didn't have musicality for some (i thought that routine of his and Oti truly embraced the hawaiian culture so well, since Moana is a hawaiian animation movie, and hawaiian dance isn't really known for the best looking piece of dance, but that dance style they have is a very fun one, maybe also my bias that i'm a fan of hawaii's culture)




Greg last week with his Disco/Contemporary fusion CC, i thought his disco moves were very on point, in sync with Karen, and i found that particular fusion of those two styles very interesting either

I understand the difference of opinion on those dances tbf as there wasn't much between them.

At least we agree on most of them Joey.:dance:

I wonder if the general public do though.:joker:

It was close definitely but for me Judi should have gone tonight.
She just walked round and shook a bit.

Shirley is really hopeless, in my view.

Question for everyone if you were in strictly who would you want as a professional partner for me its Amy

Giovanni or Alijaz

Same, she has such a lovely personality.
I'm disappointed that Katie was eliminated, her dance was better than Judi's, and Judi made a mistake, Shirley didn't notice of course...:fist:

Giovanni

Amy, fellow Welsh!

Katie was indeed better in the dance off


also lol at Anton twice in a row leaving the decision to Shirley :hehe: just for the lols of placing her in that crucial decision making which she gets loads of criticism for






Tilly a Paso Doble


Adam the first argentine tango of the series


Dan a cha cha cha to mc hammer you can't touch this

Shirley'is head judge, so she makes the final decisions.
But I wish it was Anton.

I like Judy, but she made a mistake in the dance off. Yet Shirley said she didn't see it. Funny that Anton saw it and she didn't :suspect:

Judi dancing a waltz to Hero by Mariah Carey


Ugo dancing a viennese waltz to i've been loving you too long by Seal (originally Otis Redding)


Rose dancing cha cha cha to Raspberry Beret by Prince

AJ and Kai have the samba.
John and Johannes the American smooth.
Adam and Katya Argentine tango
Dan and Nadia cha cha cha
Greg and Karen samba
Tilly and Nikita Paso
Tom and Amy Foxtrot
Ugo and Oti Viennese waltz

Sara & Aljaz might have a Tango

I'm interested to see how Adam & John's dances go.

That's sad.

Hopefully he ends up being okay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kx3sobEBFE

AJ's samba song is amazing


also of course she won't go yet, she'll go all the way to the title :dance:

Yes I was enjoying his dancing very much and i had no idea he had open heart surgery . Rest now needed.