I never said Denise didnt have the Samba 'down' she was very good at it, it was by far her best dance.

But there have been far superior ones.

(Also,if I remember correctly, Jills Samba during Season 2 was scored higher that Denise in the inital Samba week, and it still scored more than Denise's improved Samba in the finals).

Even that is subjective though, isn't it? I've found Russell's last couple of dances very hard to watch. I'm sure he's having a good time, but the audience rising to its feet every time he performs seems ridiculous to me - but again it's subjective.

Reminds me of ITT on Friday, where Robbie didn't know the word "machismo".

Oh yes I thought about that, it was great

I am a huge Harry fan but I didn't feel this dance at all.
I hope he gets past whatevers holding him back latin wise and shows everyone his true personality too because what i'm seeing on Strictly doesn't feel like the Harry I know.

It looked to me like Harry was making his body do the Samba, instead of as Bruno said 'it flowing out of him'. The Samba has a character Harry is unlikely to have come across. Public school boy who according to Vernon is a very good golfer. I've only ever seen Harry since this series started, and while he may not be an extrovert, I think he can let go and party when he feels comfortable.

This seemed to be an uncomfortable week for Harry and maybe he needed to spend a night in the nightclub having a few drinks and partying with the scantily clad Samba girls in the VT for him to get the feel of the dance? I remember Vincent saying Rachel was holding something back, and Matt Dawson was the same. Harry may have to free himself to get his best performances in Latin.

I was very disappointed with Harry's samba last night. There just didn't seem to be much to it and it appeared to be all Aliona and not really enough of what he could do. Because of this I actually thought he was overmarked. His Tango last week was much better but maybe latin is his achilles heel.

All of my favourite Samba´s are from Ian. I loved this one, loved his Samba with Zoe. Even the more adventurous Sambas of the later years: Big Bird Samba with Penny and who can forget Jade's Question! Samba. If choreographed well, the Samba is my favourite dance. Matt and Aliona's Samba was their best dance in my opinion but I'd still pick an Ian Samba Special over any other Samba.

Harry's Samba doesn't look much better than his Cha-cha-cha in week 1. Both dances seem similar with Aliona swirling around him and he even has that same ugly bent right arm move.

Are you talking about this? I think it's been bettered by quite a few celebrities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDsZm25bf7E

I think I look back at it with rose-tinted spectacles a little. Loved her outfit.

This is so very true. A lot of the celebrities (and really anyone who starts dancing) get so caught up with the technique that they forget dancing was not invented artificially by a few bored and out of work people who decided to create a mindf**k named Samba for a laugh! Every technique that is in Samba comes from the music.
In my opinion the only celebrity who understood this and had the physical fitness to execute it (at least in Latin) is Jill. Even Kara was too balletic, placed and technical for what one wants a latin dance to be.

Although that doesn't necessarily help Harry. I know he's a musician and deals with rhythms for a living, but just because he's the drummer of a pop rock band doesn't mean that he's a great musician.

ETA: I was watching Get Him to the Greek yesterday, and that's where "mindf**k" came from. It's such an accurate phrase to describe Samba!

I thought that a samba was supposed to be a carnival type dance?