Strictly-what are your best dances ever??!

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Getting all excited about tomorrow's Strictly and think the Beeb should do a 'top 10 rated dances' program so we can watch them again!

Mine would be
Jill and Darren's jive
Austin and Erin's jive
Tom and Camilla's show dance
Jay and Aliona's jive
Georgia and Giovanni's Charleston
Chris and Ola's Charleston
Ore and Joanne's jive

I think I must like the Jive and charleston best!!

Any other takers?!

Danny and Oti's samba.

Ooh, great thread!

Jay and Aliona's jive and Jill and Darren's jives were just wonderful. Ore's jive was nowhere near that standard for my money
Judge Rinder's chacha, not because it was perfect, but because it was a total surprise and he clearly loved every second of it
Matt and Flavia's salsa
Artem and Natalie's Charleston
Zoe Ball's Samba and Ballroom Tango
Vincent and Rachel (S Club 7) Argentine Tango
James and Denise Van Outen's showdance

Glad to see no Mark Ramprakash on your list - most overrated winner in Strictly history in my humble opinion, and there was something about him I just couldn't warm to

Outside of contestant dances, Darcey did a jive and an American Smooth with Ian Waite as a guest dancer before she became a judge on the show. Both dances are utterly stunning, really breathtaking. Ian Waite is my favourite ever Strictly dancer and I don't look at him once when I watch them! And all of Vincent and Flavia's AT performances

I'm a total Strictly geek!

Anita and Glebs paso doble still miss Gleb
Jay and Alionas jive
This year Danny and otis samba

and any dance with Flavia

Harry and Aliona's Viennese Waltz
Ditto Quickstep
Katie and Anton's Rumba

And Dave Myers' Looks Like Jagger. (No idea what sort of dance it was, but it still makes me giggle).

Nearly all the one's in OP's list, plus:
Natalie and Scott Maslen's jive.
Kristina and Simon Webbe's foxtrot.
Aliona and Matt Baker's jive and charleston
Aliona and Harry's Argentine Tango
Danny and Oti's AT.

Loved Louis & Flavia's show dance.
Loved Mark & Karen's Argentine Tango as I think it was the first year it was introduced and it just took my breath away at the time (still remember Karen saying to Mark at the end of the dance "Oh, YES!") I know there have been better once since but that one sticks out in my mind.
Love so many of the jives - Jill & Darren, Jay & Aliona and from this year Ore & Joanne and Danny & Oti.

Adored Danny & Oti's Samba.

Anita & Gleb's Paso. Also whatever dance Gleb did his 'Gleb special' in (or was that all of them )

Too many dances to have just one stand out dance.

Stand out moments - I have two. When Matt Di Angelo completely forgot his dance and walked back to the steps in front of the band and sat down and when Karen Hardy got tangled in Mark's microphone wire, she stopped the dance and they got to do their dance again.

Kara and Artem's Rumba
Kara and Artem's American Smooth
Simon and Kristina's Argentine Tango
Scott and Natalie's Jive

Best I've seen
Scott maslen and Natalie's vienesse waltz

And his jive!!!

I love most of those mentioned above, plus Sophie & Brendan's Charleston and Danny & Oti's ChaChaCha. (I think I've watched the latter about 20 times.)

Conversely, I've never seen a paso or rumba I really liked so if anyone has great examples of those please share.

Most of your list - Tom's show dance was amazing, as was Chris and Ola's Charleston and Jay's jive. Oh, anyone remember Tom's jive to Black and Gold? Loved that too.

I may have watched Danny's samba several many times since the other week, but it was ace and Oti is hot.

5yo DD loved Ainsley's tomato salsa dance so much i had to watch it in repeat. YouTube undoubtedly thinks that's my favourite...

'Oh, anyone remember Tom's jive to Black and Gold? Loved that too.'

Yes! I think of it every time I hear that song. Camilla danced in a fabulous pair of knee high boots if I remember right

How did I forget Ed Balls Gangnam salsa???! Glorious. The best worst dance ever as one of the judges described it

Not Strictly, but I'm Got To Dance the judge's do a show dance and the other year Adam Garcia did a tap routine to the James Bond theme that was just spectacular and worth checking out.

Tom and Camilla's show dance.
Austin and Erin's Paso.

Best series ever.

The first series or 2 I found a bit meh, then there were two or three mega series, then the real Z list slebs/already had loads of professional experience lot moved in.

Could never be done with Flavia or Natalie as both (IMO) forgot they were showcasing the sleb and took the limelight for themselves. Especially Natalie.

Jay and Aliona's Tango. Much though I loved the Jive the Tango was just superb.

Alesha and Matthew's Waltz

Danny and Oti"s AT and Samba

Aliona and Matthews Cha Cha Cha
Rachel and Vincent's Rumba.
Chris and Ola's Charleston
Tom and Camilla's Showdance
Kimberley and Pasha's Dance Fusion to Its Raining Men. Brilliant. Wish they'd bring the dance fusions back!
Susanna and Kevin's paso
Sophie and Brendan's Charleston
Jay and Aliona's Jive
Gleb and Anita's Paso

From this year Im guessing that Danny's Samba will go down as one of the all time greats.

Tom and Camilla's show dance
Mark Rampracash(?) and Karen's jive
A jive to Hit the Road Jack - can't remember who it was!

and Matt and Flavia's Quickstep

whatchama - was only telling dd the other day about Matt di Angelo being the only celeb I remember who completely forgot a bit of his dance and tried to find it on YouTube but couldn't find it.

Ola and Chris Hollins Charleston was adorable!

Ola and Chris Hollins Charleston was adorable!

Now that, for me, would be on the companion thread of worst Strictly dances ever. I hated it with a passion. Here are some faves:

Mark Ramprakash and Karen's salsa
Pamela Anderson and James's VW
Austin and Erin's paso
Julian and Erin's paso (I don't know whether you can get it on youtube, but I have such a clear image of it in my head!)
Scott and Natalie's jive
Zoe and Ian's showdance
Tom and Camilla's showdance

Danny and Oti's samba was spectacular. I think the pair of them are quite hypnotic to watch anyway, but that dance was off the scale.

Tom and Camilla Showdance
Jay and Aliona Jive
Sophie and Brendan Charleston
Jill and Darren Jive
Ore and Jo American Smooth

Personally I think Brendan does some
of the best choreography on the show - his paso with Sophie E-B was fantastic.
And Oti this year is out of this world.
Very much missing Gleb this year for both artistic and aesthetic reasons