For me, it would have to be either Natalie and Artem's American Smooth or Jill and Darren's Jive!

No offense but jill's jive is imo one of the most overrated strictly dances. Seriously so overrated.

In my memory have always thought Jill's jive was one of the best if not the best on strictly but looked at it the other day on Youtube and was surprised how unimpressed it left me.

Think after season 1 I was unimpressed with show (always been in and around the original come dancing) but series 2 won me over and I suppose was looking back at the jive with rose tinted glasses, but in those early series it was the dance but after so many series with good dancers it has paled.

My favourite dance and the one I rate as one of the best (I like loads) is Ian and Zoe's Tango just for it's impact, the dress etc

Same thing happened with me. I have always thought it was so amazing but over the years I found that to be not the case. Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing dance and probably still at least top 5 jive list or dance for most people but looking back at everything, it wasn't as amazing as some people made it seem imo. They're far better dances since then.

I can't even pinpoint a single great dance ; I've so many and I may be biased , now if the op asked for top 5 or top 10 favorite dances, I'll happily participate

Ian and Zoe tango was excellent but Kara and Artem, Harry and Aliona, Mark and Karen, Alesha and Mathew , Aliona and Matt, Scott and Natalie have done my favorite Tangos on strictly. See what I mean when I say that I've too many favorite dances

Colin & Erin's Am Smooth
Scott & Natalie's jive
Harry & Aliona's VW
Kimberley & Pasha's Charleston
Jay & Aliona's jive or maybe their tango.
Louisa & Vincent's CCC
Pixie & Trent's foxtrot although it's a close run thing with their VW and samba.


If I had to pick just one, it'd be Colin's AS- pure class and total joy.

Series 10:
Dani & Vincent's Tango
Kimberley & Pasha's American Smooth

Series 11:
Sophie & Brendan's Charleston
Natalie & Artem's Rumba
Natalie & Artem's American Smooth
Natalie & Artem's Showdance

Series 12:
Jake & Janette's Salsa
Pixie & Trent's Waltz
Judy & Anton's Tango
Pixie & Trent's Rumba
Sunetra & Brendan's Viennese Waltz
Pixie & Trent's Samba
Pixie & Trent's Charleston
Pixie & Trent's Viennese Waltz
Caroline & Pasha's Charleston
Caroline & Pasha's Showdance

Series 13:
Katie & Anton's Tango
Georgia & Giovanni's Rumba
Anita & Gleb's American Smooth
Georgia & Giovanni's Samba
Georgia & Giovanni's Charleston
Georgia & Giovanni's Foxtrot
Georgia & Giovanni's Cha-Cha-Cha
Georgia & Giovanni's Viennese Waltz

Been a bit harsh on 10 and 11. I enjoyed all of Dani's and Natalie's performances, really, just didn't wanna list all of them like I ended up doing with Georgia

Colin and Erin's American Smooth
Colin and Erin's Christmas Quickstep
Alesha and Matthews Cha Cha Cha
Austin and Erin Paso (ole)
Matt and Aliona's American Smooth
Harry and Aliona's VW (just gorgeous perfection)
Abbey and Aljaz American Smooth
Pixie and Trent Foxtrot
Jay and Aliona Argentine Tango (stunning dance)
Jay and Aliona Tango
Jay and Aliona Jive
Jay and Aliona Paso

Kara and Artem: Paso, AT, AS, Tango, VW, Rumba
Rachel and Vincent: AT, Tango, Rumba
Mark R and Karen Hardy: AT, Salsa
Matt and Flavia: Salsa

Austin / Erin.... Paso. lol

Tom & Camilla Showdance.

Tom & Camilla Showdance
Mark & Karen Argentine Tango
Peter & Janette Charleston
Brendan & Sophie VW
Simon & Kristina American Smooth
Michael & Natalie American Smooth
James & Pamela VW

I liked pixies rumba
Kimberleys charElston

1-Abbey and Aljaz Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxLkTYaeka4

2-Abbey and Aljaz Tango https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci6vj5kEuSA I will never forgive Darcey for giving this an 8 ; Even Craig gave her a 9 that week; This is when I realised how good of a dancer Abbey was and that she could get to the finals if she upped her Latin. Very underrated dance I think.

3-Kristina and John Sergeant Waltz : Makes me emotional even till this day when I watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEwFeKk0dmo

4-Kartem Rumba : Still the best rumba by a male or female on this show IMO ; sorry Jay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQLODYQBVJg

5-Mark Ramprakash Argentine Tango : the atmosphere, the music, the attitude............arghhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGfLuQKS8Vo

6-Harry and Aliona Argentine Tango : Made me tolerate Chelsee Losing to him that year. AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING. I thought Jay would have done a better job since he had so much experience but alas.....Made me appreciate Harry even more as a dancer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftf-SIAU8oE

7-Alesha Dixon waltz -a time for us...cant find any clips of her dances anymore on youtube

8-Chelsee Healey and Pasha salsa ; yes it wasnt perfect and they only scored a 31 if Im not mistaken but that dance stayed with me; STILL the best partner of Pasha IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT7qKkrsjts

9-Abbey and Aljaz Viennese Waltz; one of the best VW I have ever seen on this show; it Just showcased what a beautiful ballroom dancer she was and I love how that week she attempted to correct the gapping; it was not perfect but it was a vast improvement from their QS; She really corrected it for good in their American Smooth in the semis.
What I also liked about this dance was the fact that it was refreshing for a VW; the song was very dramatic but they made it work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpcAIFNVFfM

10- Jay and Aliona's jive Duhhhh lol

Karen Hardy and Mark Ramprakash Argentine Tango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvZhbAUk8P0

So many good and brilliant dances, but the ones which gave me goose bumps and had me going back to Youtube to see them again and again are:

Jay & Aliona's Tango
Kara & Artem's Rumba
Kara & Artem's Viennese Walz


Meg

Thank you finding this, I haven't seen it in years. Have to agree - it was wonderful. If I remember correctly, this was the first ever week of American Smooth and the first lift we had ever seen. And the gorgeous dress and the lack of props, and Erin - and Colin's joyful face- fabulous.

Alesha and Mat's waltz
Austin and Erin's Paso
John and Christina's Paso
Chelsee and Pasha's jive
Kara and Artem's tango
Holly and Artem's AS
Pixie and Trent's waltz
Helen and Aljaz VWt
Jay and Aliona's jive

I don't have a favourite dance overall and as you can see some of those aren't really high scoring. However I remember them all fondly and think they stand the test of time for being dances that stood out as special on the night, for the series and for being remembered for a long time.

Eta Sophie and Brendan's Charlestown which was so completely unexpected and gave us an entirely different charleston to aspire to than the gurn fest most Charlestons become.

Although I wasn't Kimberley's biggest fan, this dance blew me away. And still does

Kimberley & Pasha American Smooth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd3p7CvM-BY

Off the top of my head (and in roughly chronological order):

. Denise & Ian's Paso Doble and Quickstep (I didn't watch series 1-4 but if I did I have a feeling I would've been hardcore into Denise - I've watched Jill's jive so many times but I've still yet to *get* it)
. Colin & Erin's American Smooth
. Mark Ramprakash & Karen's Salsa
. Penny Lancaster & Ian's Samba (not the best technique, but God I related to this dance on a personal/spiritual level, it was on the first episode I ever watched, it's 90 seconds of absolute joy that's been almost completely forgotten - my absolute favourite dance)
. Alesha & Matthew's Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot and Quickstep (so nearly all her ballroom) + her Cha-Cha-Cha
. Matt di Angelo & Flavia's Salsa
. Tom & Camilla's Showdance
. Kara & Artem's Viennese Waltz
. Matt Baker & Aliona's Samba (complete with endless backflips)
. Chelsee & Pasha's Quickstep
. Harry & Aliona's American Smooth
. Michael & Natalie's Jive (honestly my favourite Jive on this show until last year)
. Sophie & Brendan's Charleston
. Sophie & Brendan's Foxtrot (so underrated)
. Susanna & Kevin's Paso Doble
. Pixie & Trent's Paso Doble
. Jay & Aliona's Jive

I have loved so many over the years but the ones I can remember are,
Lisa and Brendans AT
Gethin and Camillas Jive
Cherie and James Rumba
Holly and Artems AS
Danni and Vincents Fusion
Louis and Flavias Showdance
Anita and Glebs Waltz
Jay and Alionas Jive
Jay and Alionas Tango
Jay and Alionas AT

I loved:
Vincent and Rachel's tango
Vincent and Louisa's paso doble
Kevin and Kellie's hip-hop samba
Danny and Oti's quickstep

Caroline and Pasha's show dance was the first one to come to mind.

And I LOVED Georgia and Giovanni's Charleston last year!

I have quite a few but for the sheer joy and shock value excellence of it I think that Scott and Natalie's Jive would possibly be my all time fave.. I love everything about it.

I have lots of favourites

Jill and Darren - paso
Jill and Darren - cha cha
Aled and Lilia - samba
Aled and Lilia - christmas special samba
Darren and Lilia - paso
Darren and Lilia - foxtrot
Darren and Lilia - show dance
Zoe and Ian - show dance
Matt and Lilia - american smooth
Rav and Aliona - tango
Matt and Aliona - foxtrot
Matt and Aliona - samba
Matt and Aliona - american smooth
Harry and Aliona - AT
Harry and Aliona - quickstep
Harry and Aliona - VW
Kimberly and Pasha - paso
Kimberly and Pasha - charleston
Sophie and Brendan - charleston
Jay and Aliona - jive
Jay and Aliona - paso
Jay and Aliona - salsa
Jay and Aliona - tango
Jay and Aliona - charleston
Jay and Aliona - show dance
Jay and Aliona - rumba

I love this dance. The first year they included the AT and its a standout for me.

This is like asking who your favorite child is 😂

However immediate reaction,
Ramps + Karen AT,
Colin + Erin QS (both, plus AS)
Austin + Erin Paso
Kara + Artem Rumba
Simon + Kristina AT
Jay + Aliona, jive, Paso, Rumba + Charleston
Danny + Oti QS