Same song as Kara & Artem's Showdance. Nooooooooo.

Its quite disturbing how much people hate Kevin on here.

Why do people hate Kevin so much?!

Gosh I'm finding it really hard to fathom the intense negativity towards Kevin. Sure, I can understand how some people might find him annoying but the level of dislike seems so out of proportion to anything I can think of specifically that he's done wrong!

Anyhow, Caroline emotes very well so a slow Rumba based Showdance will get the best out of her I think.

I just watched Frankie and Kevin's Paso again and it's even better than I remembered - think it could be a very strong dance for them if performed to the same level. And so what if they draw some inspiration from Natalie and Artem's Showdance? I think Frankie and Natalie are two very different personalities anyway so it'll look and feel different too.

I'm a little bit worried for Simon...the Showdance could go either way. I'm hoping the judge's pick his Week 1 Jive - Jives tend to go down quite well in finals and I thought Kristina's choreography for this one was terrific. If the imperfections are ironed out it has the potential to be a real crowd pleaser.

I feel very indifferent to all of Mark's dances. The Samba was his best but will he be knocked out before getting to perform it? I hope so. Sorry, I just can't take to the guy and I want to see the others' favourites a lot more.

Ditto. Just said the same thing myself. It's mystifying!

but Natalie and artems was nott fred and ginger ???

No it was Cyd and Gene, but everyone even said it was after they had done it, even Bruno and it's a bit apples and oranges. The song is Fred though, but they were more Cyd and Gene in looks.
They are both old school big show numbers.

Just to add my comments are not anti Kevin, I'm not a big fan of his, but that was my thought when he said it, but that's what some artistic people do, they see something work so have a go themselves, if it's a good formula why not?

I really like the sheer variety in the choice of show dance music, which makes me think that it's likely the music was imposed on them by the producers. Also liking the choices of the contestants themselves, although it's a bit Latin-heavy. I expect the judges will pick ballroom routines to balance things out a bit.

Or perhaps more Fred & Cyd as Fred was also a brilliant jazz dancer.

So do I.

In fact, 3 of my favourite dances of the series are the couple's favourite dances!

They are Frankie's Paso, Caroline's Charleston and Simon's Argentine Tango and I would love all 3 of them through to the final 3.

I agree with you 2,000,000,000 per cent!

Yes, it had it all in there, even tap at the beginning, bits were plucked from everywhere.

I meant the 'look' as it were was Cyd and Gene, with the green dress and yellow, but there was Fred in the dance for sure. I really enjoyed theirs last year, actually I enjoyed most of their dances, but they absolutely smashed the final.

I'm probably looking forward to Frankie's showdance the most based on the song.

It will be interesting to see the judges choices. Of the couples favourites, I'd say Caroline and Simon have the most crowd pleasing.

would think Kev would be thinking of his sister (if anyone ) when he said it to be honest, it was a year to the day Joanne won the world ballroom showdance to a fred and ginger number, and bet their routine it will not resemble Artems routine in any way

no, sorry, I have to disagree, I don't think so at all - Frankie, IMO, really needs to pull out all the stops to try and sell the dance that she is doing and, again just my opinion, she hasn't done that yet - I don't think she has this final in the bag at all, she needs to put some emotion or personality into her dances - yes, the steps are all there but that is it - just is just going through the motions

Ah, so that's why they then have to burn the floor...

This is it in a nutshell for me, for this reason she is my least favorite in the final.

Were you not watching when she did her Argentine Tango last week then?

You should watch her dances back because this is far from true.

I wouldn't mind her winning .. would much prefer it to the two guys but that's one reason I didn't love her AT. Technically it looked great but there was no connection between her and Kevin .. no emotion between them .. which is hardly surprising as they cringe at the thought of it. She can sell a big band number though .. no problem.

You sure you watched her AT?

Yes ... loads of times now.

Good well you must of liked it if you watched it loads of times.

I am with Olive on this one. Really did not get the connection and thought their AT was more like a regular Tango with lifts & a few leg flicks. No proper AT hold of any sort.

They are too platonic to work the passion needed.

His dance style is very flashy and energetic. This appeals to some and not to others.

Kevin has this act going on with the glasses and manner of speaking that again appeals to some and not to others.