1. Harry and Aliona

Charleston: Cute and excellent leg swivelling, would be a perfect 40 if Harry just SMILED. Score: 9.5

VW: Classic VW with oodles of romance, excellent sway and rise and fall. Score: 9.5

2. Alex and James

Waltz: Very classy, but a bit safe. Score: 8

Salsa: A little awkward in places but Alex gave her all. Score: 7

3. Chelsee and Pasha

AS: What a pity Chelsee hesitated when she did that split, otherwise a perfect dance for me. Score: 9

Paso: Best Paso I've seen a celeb done, male or female. Score: 9.5

4. Holly and Artem

AT: She looked bored at times, but good overall. Score: 8.5

Charleston: It's NOT her dance. Score: 7.5

5. Jason and Kristina

Samba: Surprisingly good, with good bounce action and some recognizable Samba steps, shame there is no rolls. Score: 9

AT: Very intense and Kristina's choreography was breathtaking. Score: 9.

Can't be bothered with the sentence, I'll just score instead

1. Harry + Aliona

Charleston - 9
Viennese Waltz - 9

2. Alex + James

Waltz - 8
Salsa - 6

3. Chelsee + Pasha

American Smooth - 10
Paso Doble - 9

4. Holly + Artem

Argentine Tango - 10
Charleston - 7

5. Jason + Kristina

Samba - 9
Argentine Tango - 10

1. Harry + Aliona

Charleston - 8 Needs to use the head more to dance the Charleston & far too proper.
Viennese Waltz - 9 Told by Ian that the head was wrong but it wasn't even attempted to be corrected & emote (looks constipated)

2. Alex + James

Waltz - 7 Fine, not one of James' best Waltz
Salsa - 5 No, just no.

3. Chelsee + Pasha

American Smooth - 9 Pity about the split
Paso Doble - 9/10 Nice to see a Paso without constant swishing. (still a bit young)

4. Holly + Artem

Argentine Tango - 9 liked it, but struggling to recall it
Charleston - 7 Not her dance at all.

5. Jason + Kristina

Samba - 6 Dire disco dancing.
Argentine Tango - 9 Very good but too much Kristina (Pasha with his A.Tango with Chelsee shows the man can do a lot more.)

Wish Donovan (sp?) would go home. He is such a bore. He ought to record his speaking voice and sell to all the insomniacs out there zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Harry & Aliona
Charleston - 9 - A great Charleston but he needed to smile!
Viennese Waltz - 10 - Very well danced, quite moving actually.

Alex & James
Waltz - 8 - A good attempt, but could have been better.
Salsa - 6 - Well... at least she tried.

Chelsee & Pasha
American Smooth - 9 - Almost perfect, just a couple of things that went wrong
Paso Doble - 9 - ditto, almost perfect bar one or two mistakes

Holly & Artem
Argentine Tango - 9 - one of her best dances
Charleston - 8 - it was an interesting take on the Charleston

Jason & Kristina
Samba - 8 - good job, but a couple of very obvious mistakes
Argentine Tango - 10 - best dance of the night

How is that a one sentence critique of all the dances ? There are plenty of other threads for you to make measured & considered remarks about Jason, try the non appreciation thread.

In just one sentence.....

Jason & Kristina just did the dance of the competition!

Harry Charleston - really excellent, only a 9 from me because I hate the charleston with a passion
Harry VW - beautiful, should have been a 10

Alex Waltz - nice and a bit dull 8
Alex Samba - she's just not precise or graceful enough 7

Chelsee AS - gorgeous dance, ballroom becoming as good as latin 9
Paso - wow, totally loved it 10

Holly AT - love the choreography, she's just a bit too languid for the dance 8
Holly Charleston - again, brilliant choreography but she's just not quite good enough to keep up 8

Jason Samba - ooh no, dad dancing to the max 8
Jason AT - great dance, not quite perfect though as looked a bit unsure in places 9

so my finalists would be Harry, Chelsee, Jason - would love Chelsee to win, think Harry will, don't really mind too much if he does though

Harry & Aliona
Charleston - It was good but I thought the 'swivels' were more like 'look how well I can swivel' and the man is incapable of smiling. 8
VW - So glad Aliona has toned it all down because less is most definately more, beautiful dance, only spoilt by Harry's constipation expression. 9

Alex & James
Waltz - All very nice but not in the same league as the others 8
Salsa - Best Salsa dress of the series (after the coat came off) but she isnt a dancer.6

Chelsee & Pasha
AS - So beautiful such a shame about the splitty thing going wrong, but what the heck 10
Paso - Very good and so nice not to have all the skirt wafting we usually get, a little hesitant in places 9

Holly & Artem
AT - A great understated AT that suited Holly but she still has that slightly diffident look that doesnt sell it - 9
Charleston - A great attempt at a modern charleston but unfortunately it wasnt Hollys dance - 8

Jason & Kristina
Samba - I didnt think it was good at all, it was always going to be difficult - 7
AT - Wow Wow Wow, not only Jasons best dance the best dance of the series for me - 10

Harry and Aliona
Charleston--Loved the concept and choreography, it was supposed to bring out Harrys fun side.....he looked like he was catching flies with his mouth open all the way through. score 9

VW-- not overimpressed, his head was stuck in the wrong position making the dance look so wrong, and again no connection with his partner, yes he looked constipated score 8

Alex and James
Waltz--Pleasant but too simple, strictly average score 8
Salsa--very poor for this stage of the comp score 7

Chelsee and Pasha
AS--mesmerising, a truly wonderful performance with just a tiny fault score 9.5
Paso-- brilliant dance which seemed full of content, loved the whole thing and was enthralled by her solo work score 10

Holly and Artem
AT-- Loved it, thought that Artem chose the choreography that suited Holly well, great lines and posture, just not exciting enough or a great deal of content, but clever on Artems part. score 9
Charleston, loved the modern concept but Holly couldnt sell it, she looked out of her depth a little though good try score 8

[b]Jason and Kristina[/
Samba-- surprisingly good as I expected the worst, I thought it was competent and fun but had a couple of timing issues score 8.5
AT-- WOW, absolutely compelling, dramatic and intense, the best dance of the SERIES for me score 10

So I would have placed them diferently on the board

Chelsee.......1st
Jason ..........2nd
Harry and Holly joint 3rd
Alex last.

I'll do a one word summary.

Harry & Aliona:
Charleston - 9 - Cute
VW - 10 - Moving

Chelsee & Pasha:
AS - 9 - Aww!
Paso - 9 - Strong

Holly & Artem:
AT - 9 - Cool
Charleston - 8 - Funky

Jason & Kristina:
Samba - 7 - Cringe
AT - 8 - Creeptacular

Alex & James:
Waltz - 7 - Yawn
Salsa - 6 - Messy

Harry and Aliona
Charleston- Good technically but so forgettable
VW- not a Harry fan but it really should've been four tens

Alex and James
Waltz- although she is not the best dancer, she danced to the best of her ability
Salsa- latin is definetely not for her

Cheslee and Pasha <3
AS- beautifully danced, such a shame about the mistake
Paso- 40 well deserved

Holly and Artem
AT- highlighted that she is too tall for him
Charleston- liked it modern, it made a nice change from traditional charleston music, but not her dance

Jason and Kristina
Samba- bad dance to get at this stage so all that faffing is understandable
AT- yes it had drama, but Jason didn't really do much...

Holly and Artem AT loved the mood of that dance thought it had the right feel about it 9
Charleston like the concept but she did not dance it as well as she could 8

Harry and Aliona Charleston technically good but lacking in performance skills 9
VW ditto 9

Chelsee and Pasha Paso again capture mood wonderfully fan work a bit dodgy 9
As lovely lines foot got stuck but it didn't spoint mood for me so 10

Alex a quiet competant waltz 8
Salsa oh dear not your dance 7

Jason and Kristina Samba again not his dance 8
AT horrid dance I will take my serial killer nightmares from Criminal Minds not SCD please though krisitna danced her socks of isn't it about celebs dancing 6

Harry and Aliona
Charleston- Very good from both, though it flirted with jumping on the Good Ship Aliona on a straight line to Cuckoo-BananaVille at times.

VW- Almost faultless, for what was the dance equivalent of ice melting.

Alex and James
Waltz- Clumsy with occasional cuteness - like holding your fingers over a duck's beak

Salsa- Clumsy with occasional moments of hilarity - like spiking your gran's Ovaltine with Jager

Cheslee and Pasha <3
AS- Had all the right bits but she looked more than ever like a robot programmed to react to Pasha's instructions.

Paso- Intense but somewhat one-dimensional, like a newbie at an S&M club trying to open conversation with a handshake

Holly and Artem
AT- Once the seat-pepper-pot thing had finished, this turned into one of the strongest ATs the show has ever seen....

Charleston- ...which made up for this stop-start affair, which she failed to grasp and he failed to feign interest.

Jason and Kristina
Samba- As ever with Jason, so faked and synthetic it might as well be on display at the Design Museum

AT- The greatest incident of overmarking for years - the Strictly equivalent of giving an A* to a person whose entire A-Level coursework consists of photocopied knitting patterns.

Unrelated to the dances...

I detest the scripted VTs, but can't stop watching the Famous Five skit

I especially like Harry as Dick (I've assumed he played Dick as he's younger than Jason/Julian) and Holly as George. I would have cast Chelsee as Timmy the dog as I reckon Alex is more Anne-esque than Chelsee, but I still loved it. Harry aside, the accents were terrible! Loved Craig, Len, Russell and Brendan's segments too.

I was a massive Famous Five/Enid Blyton fan as a child, so I'll forgive them just this one pointless VT

Harry:
Charleston - 8 like these non-gurny charlestons best
VW - 9 enjoyed this

Chelsea:
AS - 9 lovely
PD - 9 shame about the fan

Alex:
Waltz - 7 - it was ok nothing special
Salsa - 6 - ouch

Holly:
AT - 8 Yes & No, liked somethings too loosely danced by Holly.
Charleston - 8 a bit sloppy in places.

Jason:
Samba - 7 (but gurning 10)
AT - 5 Dear god, did I have to witness this, awful, just bl**dy awful

How about

An embarrassment of overmarking.

How about

people see what they want to see

Harry
Charleston: not something I thought I’d ever say, but a great routine from Aliona – and great timing from Harry.

VW: fabulous – that’s all (even if Craig was right about the head placement).

Alex
Waltz: basic but sweet, and I thought it was really touching.

Salsa: bit ‘rabbit in the headlights’.

Holly
AT: loved the music and thought the ‘stoolography’ was great – wanted to feel some tension, but didn't.

Charleston: brilliant choreo, but wish they could have avoided this dance.

Chelsee
AS: lovely and floaty and a proper Smooth – pity about the slidey thing.

Paso: could feel her nerves, but no wonder considering all the solo stuff she did – lost count of the times her heels got caught in the dress, but she soldiered on.

Jason
Samba: timing issues and a bit robotic, but I’ve seen worse.

AT: what he did was OK and the timing was pretty good – but this was Kristina’s dance really wasn’t it.

Harry & Aliona Charleston - excellent routine, rather sober costume for Harry. VW - excellent routine and this time looked the part.

Alex & James - Waltz, safe, pretty routine, and she looked very beautiful and elegant. Salsa - not very good, but not nearly as bad as I was expecting from the training footage.

Holly & Artem - AT, absolutely fabulous, a ten from me - her coolness worked to her advantage. Charleston - she looked knackered!

Chelsee & Pasha - AS, sublime, really moving! Paso, the fan spoilt it.

Jason & Kristina - Samba, both looked insane and not in a good way! AT - both looked insane again, but in a much more effective way (if you like horror movies!)

right two aht, right free in, sorted, luvvly jubbly

Harry & Aliona
Charleston
Loved it. The only one of his dances I wil rewatch.
Viennese Waltz
Sure it was executed well but a bit boring

Alex & James
Waltz
She looked beautiful and the better of her 2 dances
Salsa
Tried really hard but looked self conscious

Holly & Artem
AT not my favourite but she looked great
Charleston
Looked as though she ran out of steam Interesting though.

Chelsee.and Pascha
American Smooth
Very good as always
Paso
I loved this. Will watch again.

Jason & Kristina
Samba
Much better than I was expecting.
AT
Fantastic. Best AT of the series. Another one I will rewatch

Up until Saturday I did not feel any dance was rewatchable and then 3 come along at once!