Well done Niamh ,Riley & Cherie you's are tops :dance:

Roxette to pull it back for you in round 2 Hijaxers

Niamh give someone else a chance to be top :oh:

I reckon so

That's what he said :hee:

I think I could sink, Rikki isn't everyones taste :oh:

*hides from Cherie*

:fan:

:oh: Rikki Hater

I like Ricky Martin!

Although I’m definitely going to go into witness protection...

:fist:

Where's Jake gone? :oh:

He wants us to suffer :eyes:

Feedback

90s

Cherie and Pasha

Livia: Brilliant choice for a salsa, it’d be effortless to interpret the music and tell a story with this tune, it kind of makes up the dance for you, I think. As someone who goes to salsa clubs, this is in my top three salsa dances.

Mitchell: this would be acceptable in round two, but it’s the semi final! This is the least creative song choice I’ve ever seen, it’s like you’ve just typed in ‘generic salsa songs’

Adam: Wow wow wow

Nicky: safe but solid performance, just really predictable

Morgan: Again this was an almost perfect routine but I'm afraid it's just a bit overdone on strictly.

Livia:9 Mitchell:2 Adam:9 Nicky:8 Morgan:9=37

LeatherTrumpet and Nadiya

Livia: I had to listen to this before I made my mind up because I didn’t recall it being a Viennese waltz tempo. But I was wrong. Excellent song that flows as fast as the pivots should be.

Mitchell: WOOOO! Carrrrrrriiibeaaan!

Adam: Beautiful

Nicky: great song choice, i myself am a huge fan of Enya technique wise fleckrl was great, yeah overall good

Morgan: I did find this a bit boring so I marked you down, but it wasn't awful and a good effort.

Livia:8 Mitchell:9 Adam:10 Nicky:9 Morgan:6=42

Niamh and Alijaz

Livia: Great choice for contemporary, there’s so much life and drama in this song I’d really love to see a contemporary piece put to it.

Mitchell: babe you don’t have to speak as you let your hips do the talking!

Adam: It was the weakest performance this round

Nicky: i'm guessing this song was chosen by RileyH, anyways very exciting interesting song choice for this type of dance, it was wow

Morgan: Oh wow, I really loved this! It was emotional, it had great storytelling and it was really well performed!

Livia:8 Mitchell:9 Adam:6 Nicky:10 Morgan:10=43


Hijaxers and Gorka

Livia: This song is surely ¾ time. I’ve listened to this several times now and can only picture the accompanying dance would be more of a waltz. While it’s a great song if you stand it alone, and a good dancer would be able to pretty much interpret anything, I personally think it’s a poor choice for a foxtrot

Mitchell: I could be that anyone?

Adam: You have let yourself down this week

Nicky: good bit of rise and fall throughout, and you can say a foxtrot is boring against a upbeat dance, but a foxtrot can still be entertaining when properly executed and this was divine performed

Morgan: This is another routine that just wasn't up to the semi-final standard and it just didn't impress me as much as I want at this point.


Livia:5 Mitchell:8 Adam:7 Nicky:10 Morgan:6=36

RileyH and Dianne

Livia: Good choice, great song… maybe not the most inspired or adventurous song to pick for street dance, but a good solid choice.

Adam: I think you will be jumping into next week

Nicky: JUMP JUMP, this couple makes me wanna JUMP JUMP, technique was on point every single pop and lock, i'm impressed

Morgan: Wow, you really pulled this one out of the bag! Well done, this was amazing!

Livia:7 Mitchell:7 Adam:8 Nicky:10 Morgan:10=42

Leaderboard round 2

Niamh and Alijaz 43
RileyH and Dianne 42
LeatherTrumpet and Nadiya 42
Cherie and Pasha 37
Hijaxers and Gorka 36

Leaderboard overall

Niamh and Alijaz 86

Niamh you are a finalist congratulations!

RileyH and Dianne 84

RileyH you are a finalist congratulations!

Cherie and Pasha 79

By one point Cherie you are a finalist congratulations!

LeatherTrumpet and Nadiya 78

Sorry LT your in the dance off just by a point!

Hijaxers and Gorka 72

Sorry Jax your in the dance off!

And with a 90s inspired routine it's our strictly pros performing to Ricky Martin she bangs!

So Niamh, RileyH and Cherie are all finalists who will join them? Vote in the poll

Cherie a finalist over LT by one point difference :hehe:

Morgan: this is overused

Morgan: 9!

:amazed:

Well done Cherie and RileyH :love:

No wonder LT is replacing him

Yeah that’s definitely why

So the question is Did he regret it ?

well done Morgan, I don't watch Strictly so I dont even know if it was ever used! :hehe:

Thank you judges, except Mitch who can take a hike :fist:

well done Niamh, peaking at the right time :hee:

LT or Jax....tough call

Right finalists you have an important job to do

The first song I need from you is your dance of this series that you want to perform again

The second song is your showcase song, it may be your all time favourite song or your all time favourite artist or a song you think would showcase your dancing, it’s basically a song that has to be amazing as it will be your last dance of the series

Judges later this week I will be sending you a list of all the dances the finalists have performed you have to choose your favourite that you want the finalist to perform again I will also be choosing my favourite. The finalists will then perform for a third time the dance that got the most votes

So finalists in the final you will be performing 3 times