... Harry's jitterbug/jive/rock-n-roll stylie swingathon tells me that he could have done an AMAZING jive if only Aliona let him! Glad he won though because it was not easy keeping that momentum esp. after he's done his QS!

As for Chelsee, her kicks and flicks are really slick now and I can't wait to see her attempting the jive soon! I think it's going to be one of the best in this series and may even be truly comparable to Jill's and Scott's efforts.

Harry is the man tonight!!

Definitely. It's just a pity because he did many beautiful flicks in that swingathon routine, which could have been EXCELLENT if it was added into the Grease Lightning jive routine he did weeks ago.

I agree. I cant wait to see her jive.

I don't usually care for the "Swingathon" but tonight was an exception. Harry and Aliona were amazing..I wonder how much longer they could have kept that up ?

That is of course if it isn't the dance that Pasha has decided he doesn't want to attempt with her.

That would be another element to add... Just keep 'em going.

I didn't watch last year, except walking through the lounge while it was on... didn't Matt also go in for an athletic kind of routine with Aliona? A lot of backflips and that kind of thing?? She likes the high energy stuff.

Well, I have to admit I was slightly annoyed by that jive for the very same reason. But I blame the stupid theme weeks for that. If you look at Aliona's choreographies outside the theme weeks, on average she puts about the same amount of content as the other pros. The jive and the tango were both during theme weeks, and Matt's jive last year was also during the movie theme week. I'm just baffled why she's the one who gets picked on constantly.

And we have yet another theme week coming up again!

As for Harry's Swingathon... I loved it. And I was impressed they managed to carry on like that, having just finished a Quickstep!

I think you might be right, but even as a McFly fan I don't think I've ever seen Harry do any cartwheels and handstands before so it was totally a surprise to see him doing them, and doing them so well as well! Brilliant.

Where as with Matt he was incorporating flips into some of his earlier routines, wasn't he?

Dunno, sorry! I really didn't watch. I just remember seeing the Countryfile bloke going base over apex. If they can do it, why not add it to the routines?

I enjoyed watching Harry and he did look like he was about to fall over at the end. But well earned he had high energy and very little time to recoop from that QS. Well done Harry.

Chelsee was great too well earned second place too. I have been saying for some time I want to see her Jive and this confirmed it for me. She has been sick and she still held her own and looked great. Kudos.

Rather too many in my opinion. It took away the content of the dance on several occasions. But there again he was a champion gymnast so was able to do them.

Harry seemed to be exhausted by the end and could barely speak. He and Aliona deserved to win.

Yep, the jive is Harry's dance - I suspected as much after seing a few seconds of it during their jive routine in week 3. I like Aliona, but was really annoyed she'd allowed so little jive content from Harry - I know it was a theme night, but that routine was awful. Hopefully, though, she's learnt from Len's past scolding and scoring (which was a bit OTT), and we'll be seeing some proper dancing in future...

The way they are going it had better be the Rumba they bin. I really like her but her inability to act love & passion is a little worrying

Matt did his backflips in the samba, as I recall, to Len's displeasure. Afterwards Matt quite mildly commented he had seen actual Brazilian samba dancers in Rio doing backflips galore.

I quite agree. I love Chealsee, she is so sweet, but for an actress should be easy to portray passion and desire. Unless you are a bad actress and/or you have real feelings for the guy and dont want to show them.

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I doubt Pasha is that stupid.

I seriously hope they don't bin a dance again this year. It made me really mad last year that by the end of the final, the two finalists still hadn't danced one of the standard 10 dances each. It wasn't even the same dance so the comparisons between the two couldn't be made. The competition should/used to be be based on ballroom and latin so if they are going to bin a dance to fit everything in, it should be charleston that is binned for everyone.

Back on topic and Harry and Chelsee were defintiely the best in the swingathon. I think Chelsee looks like she will suit the jive if she gets to dance it and Harry proved he could cope with far more jive in his Grease routine than Aliona had choreographed. even though it was Broadway week at the time she could have put in more actual jive. Well deserved top two placings.

I thought Harry and Aliona's swing/jive was fantastic last night- and just after their highly energetic QS!!! They were a league above everyone else last night.

They have 5 dances left, and characteristically they do 2 in the semi final (and probably 2 in final too) so I think they will get to do all the dances, unless one of their final dances can be a "best of before" choice.

Where did they find the energy just minutes after doing their set dance?