Which pro/celeb partnership, in your humble opinion, has performed the BEST EVER performance on Strictly in each of the following dance categories:

American Smooth
Argentine Tango
Ballroom Tango
Cha Cha Cha
Charleston
Foxtrot
Jive
Paso Doble
Quickstep
Rumba
Salsa
Samba
Viennese Waltz
Waltz

In replying to this thread, please try not to be swayed by the judges scores and comments on each dance.

American Smooth Kara and Artem
Argentine Tango Mark (Ramps) and Karen
Ballroom Tango - Rachel and Vincent
Cha Cha Cha- Alesha and Matthew
Charleston - Sophie and Brendan
Foxtrot - Tom and Camilla
Jive - Jill and Darren
Paso Doble - Pixie and Trent
Quickstep - Tom and Camilla
Rumba - Kara and Artem
Salsa - Matt and Flavia
Samba - Pixie and Trent
Viennese Waltz - Kara and Artem
Waltz - Alesha and Matthew

American Smooth - Kara & Artem
Argentine Tango - Natalie & Artem
Ballroom Tango - Zoe & Ian
Cha Cha Cha - Alesha & Matthew
Charleston - Sophie & Brendan
Foxtrot - Ricky & Natalie
Jive - Jill & Darren
Paso Doble - Chelsee & Pasha
Quickstep - Harry & Aliona
Rumba - Kara & Artem
Salsa - Kara & Artem
Samba - Pixie & Trent
Viennese Waltz - Ali & Brian
Waltz - Abbey & Aljaz

Some might not necessarily be the best technically, but they're my own particular favourites.


American Smooth : Kara & Artem

Argentine Tango : Rachel & Vincent

Ballroom Tango : Louis & Flavia

Cha Cha Cha : Alesha & Matthew

Charleston : Louis & Flavia

Foxtrot : Jimi & Flavia

Jive : Louisa & Vincent

Paso Doble : Susanna & Kevin

Quickstep : Chelsee & Pasha

Rumba : Rachel & Vincent

Salsa : Matt & Flavia

Samba : Pixie & Trent

Viennese Waltz : Alesha & Matthew

Waltz : Matt & Flavia

American Smooth - Natalie & Artem
Argentine Tango - Mark & Karen
Tango - Kimberley & Pasha
Cha-Cha-Cha - Alesha & Matthew
Charleston - Sophie & Brendan
Foxtrot - Pixie & Trent
Jive - Scott & Natalie
Paso Doble - Austin & Erin
Quickstep - Chelsee & Pasha
Rumba - Cherie & James
Salsa - Natalie & Artem
Samba - Pixie & Trent
Viennese Waltz - Abbey & Aljaz
Waltz - Pamela & James

(these aren't necessarily the 'best', just the first that I liked that came to mind)

American Smooth - Kara and Artem
Argentine Tango - Rachel and Vincent
Ballroom Tango - Kara and Artem
Cha Cha Cha - Have never really loved any of them
Charleston - Louis and Flavia
Foxtrot - Kara and Artem
Jive - Scott and Natalie (although I loved Matt and Flavia's even though he forgot some steps)
Paso Doble - Kara and Artem
Quickstep - Harry and Aliona
Rumba - Kara and Artem
Salsa - Matt and Flavia
Samba - Mark R and Karen
Viennese Waltz - Kara and Artem
Waltz - Rachel and Vincent

American Smooth: Natalie Gumede & Artem Chigvintsev
Argentine Tango: Natalie Gumede & Artem Chigvintsev
Cha Cha Cha: Alesha Dixon & Matthew Cutler
Charleston: Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Brendan Cole
Foxtrot: Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev
Jive: Jill Halfpenny & Darren Bennett
Paso Doble: Holly Valance & Artem Chigvintsev
Quickstep: Chelsee Healey & Pasha Kovalev
Rumba: Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev
Salsa: Natalie Gumede & Artem Chigvintsev
Samba: Abbey Clancy & Aljaž Škorjanec
Tango: Jason Donovan & Kristina Rihanoff
Viennese Waltz: Natalie Gumede & Artem Chigvintsev
Waltz: Abbey Clancy & Aljaž Škorjanec
Showdance: Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev
Fusion: Kimberley Walsh & Pasha Kovalev
Rock ‘N' Roll: Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe

I love this one too and it is totally underrated considering it was only his second dance. Still IMO one of the best male celebs we've had on Strictly.

Ah Silarmy, I loved Kimberley & Pasha's Fusion dance too, one of my all time favourites!

mine too

And off the top of my head

Jive: Scott & Natalie
Quickstep: Chelsee & Pasha
Tango: Kimberley & Pasha (but also Holly & Artem for hotness more so than ability )
Charleston: Sophie & Brendan and Caroline & Pasha
Rumba: Caroline & Pasha
Samba: Pixie & Trent
Showdance: Caroline & Pasha but also liked Natalie & Artem
Paso Doble: Although it wasn't the best I always liked Letitia & Darren
Salsa: Pamela & James

Adding showdance and Fusion to my previous list...

Some might not necessarily be the best technically, but they're my own particular favourites.


American Smooth : Kara & Artem

Argentine Tango : Rachel & Vincent

Ballroom Tango : Louis & Flavia

Cha Cha Cha : Alesha & Matthew

Charleston : Louis & Flavia

Foxtrot : Jimi & Flavia

Fusion : Louis & Flavia

Jive : Louisa & Vincent

Paso Doble : Susanna & Kevin

Quickstep : Chelsee & Pasha

Rumba : Rachel & Vincent

Salsa : Matt & Flavia

Samba : Pixie & Trent

Showdance : Louis & Flavia

Viennese Waltz : Alesha & Matthew

Waltz : Matt & Flavia

American Smooth - Patrick & Anya (even with the mistake, I remember watching it and thinking: Jesus, that was awesome!)
Argentine Tango - Mark & Karen, the original and the best (nothing has ever come close)
Ballroom Tango - Zoe & Ian
Cha Cha Cha - Alesha & Matthew
Charleston - Caroline & Pasha (Sophie & Brendan is a very close second, but I have had 'Istanbul, not Constantinople' in my head for months now)
Foxtrot - Simon & Kristina
Jive - Scott & Natalie
Paso Doble - Susanna & Kevin (Chelsee & Pasha a close second)
Quickstep - Harry & Aliona
Rumba - Cherie & James
Salsa - Mark & Karen, the original and the best (Jake & Janette just behind)
Samba - Zoe & Ian
Viennese Waltz - Alesha & Matthew (though I loved Matt & Aliona's as well)
Waltz - Abbey & Aljaz

^ For a lot of mine it's the song

American Smooth - Scott & Joanne
Argentine Tango - Tina & Jared
Cha-Cha-Cha - Quentin & Hazel
Charleston - Peter & Erin
Foxtrot - Edwina & Vincent
Jive - Dave & Karen
Paso Doble - Christopher & Hanna
Quickstep - Diarmuid & Nicole
Rumba - Ann & Anton
Salsa - Ann & Anton
Samba - Jo & Brendan
Showdance - Mark W & Karen
Tango - Joe & Kristina
Viennese Waltz - Judy & Anton
Waltz - Nancy & Anton

...What?

American Smooth - Matt and Lilia
Argentine Tango - Rachel and Vincent
Ballroom Tango - Rachel and Vincent
Cha Cha Cha - Natalie and Artem
Charleston - Natalie and Artem
Foxtrot - Rachel and Vincent
Jive - Jill and Darren
Paso Doble - Jill and Darren
Quickstep - Harry and Aliona
Rumba - Kara and Artem
Salsa - Matt D'Angelo and Flavia
Samba - Matt and Aliona
Viennese Waltz - Harry and Aliona
Waltz - Rachel and Vincent

I don't actually remember a lot of good dances to choose from.

Mine too PinkDiamond

American Smooth - Kimberley & Pasha
Argentine Tango - Mark & Karen
Ballroom Tango - Louis & Flavia
Cha Cha Cha - Mark & Karen
Charleston - Louis & Flavia
Foxtrot - Lisa & Brendan
Jive - Dani & Vincent
Paso Doble - Susanna & Kevin
Quickstep - Lisa & Brendan
Rumba - Kara & Artem
Salsa - Mark & Karen
Samba - Louis & Flavia
Viennese Waltz - Lisa & Brendan
Waltz - Kara & Artem

American Smooth - Michael and Natalie
Argentine Tango - Ramps and Karen
Ballroom Tango - James and Camilla
Cha Cha Cha - Alesha and Matthew
Charleston - Chelsee and Pasha
Foxtrot - Roger and Camilla/ Anton and Lesley
Jive - Louisa and Vincent
Paso Doble - Austin and Erin
Quickstep -Denise and Ian
Rumba - Colin and Erin (still think this was the best ever male celeb rumba)
Salsa - Ramps and Karen
Samba - Denise and Ian
Viennese Waltz - Kenny and Ola
Waltz - James and Camilla
Show dance - Tom and Camilla

American Smooth - Kara & Artem

Argentine Tango - ...eh...

Tango - Kimberley & Pasha

Cha Cha Cha - Jill & Darren (remember them?).

Charleston - Sophie & Brendan (any other answer is wrong, the police will be at your door in 10 minutes time).

Foxtrot - Lisa & Brendan

Jive - Scott & Natalie

Paso Doble - Jill & Darren

Quickstep - Dani & Vincent

Rumba - Cherie & James

Salsa - Natalie & Artem

Samba - Dani & Vincent

Viennese Waltz - ... eh

Waltz - Abbey & Aljaz

Fusion - Dani & Vincent

Showdance - Julian & Erin

not "best ever" technically but the ones I loved the best

American Smooth - Darren and Lilia
Argentine Tango - Harry and Aliona
Ballroom Tango - Matt and Aliona
Cha Cha Cha - ?
Charleston - Sophie and Brendan
Foxtrot - ?
Jive - Jill and Darren
Paso Doble - Darren and Lilia
Quickstep - Harry and Aliona
Rumba - ?
Salsa - Matt and flavia
Samba - Matt and Aliona
Viennese Waltz - Harry/Matt and Aliona
Waltz - Abbey and Aljaz
Showdance - Darren and Lilia

I'm going to go by what resonates in my memory for some of the dances, as I don't have memories for all:

American Smooth - Natalie Gumede
Argentine Tango - Rachel Stevens but I like Alesha's too
Ballroom Tango - ?
Cha Cha Cha - either Mark Benson or Patrick Robinson, though I like Alesha's too
Charleston - Laila Rouass or Holly Vallance
Foxtrot - ?
Jive - three way tie: Ricky Whittle or Scott Maslen or Dani Harman
Paso Doble - I love virtually all the ones danced because it's an amazing dance!
Quickstep - Tom Chambers or Natalie Cassidy
Rumba - Natalie Gumede
Salsa - Kara Tointon
Samba - Jade Johnson
Viennese Waltz - Denise van Outen or Patrick Robinson
Waltz - ?

American Smooth - Michael and Natalie

Argentine Tango - Mark and Karen

Tango - James and Camilla

Cha Cha Cha - Jill and Darren/Austin and Erin

Charleston - DVO and James

Foxtrot - Alesha and Matthew

Jive - Michael and Natalie - oh, OK, Jill and Darren/Austin and Erin (the 'take that' version from the final)

Paso Doble - Jill and Darren

Quickstep - Colin and Erin

Rumba - Colin and Erin

Salsa - Natalie and Artem

Samba - Mark and Karen

Viennese Waltz - Zoe and Ian

Waltz - Gethin and Camilla

Showdance - Lisa and Brendan ... Oh, Ok ... no, still Lisa and Brendan

This, always this

I love Mark And Karren Jive

American Smooth - Harry & Aliona
Argentine Tango - Harry & Aliona
Ballroom Tango - Matt & Aliona
Cha Cha Cha - Austin & Erin
Charleston - Chris & Ola
Foxtrot - Matt & Aliona
Jive - Austin & Erin/Steve & Ola
Quickstep - Harry & Aliona
Rumba - Matt & Aliona/Harry & Aliona
Salsa - Gethin & Camilla
Samba - Matt & Aliona
Viennese Waltz - Harry & Aliona
Waltz - Gethin & Camilla

From Hayley

Not strictly the best, but my favourites, from off the top of my head

American Smooth - can't decide between Harry Judd & Aliona, and Kelly Brook & Brendan
Argentine Tango - Harry Judd & Aliona
Ballroom Tango - Alesha Dixon & Matthew
Cha Cha Cha - Alesha Dixon & Matthew
Charleston - Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Brendan
Foxtrot - Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Brendan
Jive - Michael Vaughan & Natalie
Paso Doble - Pixie Lott & Trent (but Susanna's paso runs it very close)
Quickstep - Chelsee Healey & Pasha
Rumba - Kara Tointon & Artem
Salsa - Matt di Angelo & Flavia
Samba - Penny Lancaster & Ian (all time favourite Strictly dance right there)
Showdance - Tom Chambers & Camilla
Viennese Waltz - Kara Tointon & Artem
Waltz - Abbey Clancy & Aljaž