Rachel and Vincent's rumba. Don't think anything will ever beat it for me.

Mark & Karen - Argentine Tango (Ramprakash & Hardy not Wright & Clifton!)
Zoe & Ian - Tango
Kara & Artem - Rumba
Pamela & James - Rumba
Harry & Aliona - Quickstep
Holly & Artem - American Smooth
Kimberley & Pasha - American Smooth
Mark & Iveta - Cha Cha
Sophie & Brendan - Charleston
Abbey & Aljaz - Waltz and American Smooth
Caroline & Pasha - Showdance
Georgia & Giovanni - Charleston (probably my most YouTubed dance ever)
Jay & Aliona - Jive and Rumba
Danny & Oti - Viennese Waltz

Rather surprised I've got three rumbas there as I always think of it as my least favourite dance!

Matt Dawson and Lilia - American Smooth For me I think it was more about the context within which there was a large improvement for Matt over the preceeding weeks. For some reason it is always the dance that pops into my head whenever this question gets asked (I had a soft spot for their Quickstep as well)
I loved Kara and Artem's Agentine Tango.

Ah yes, he was definitely better at ballroom Aliona got a good result wearing a very similar dress a few years later as I recall with Harry Jude.

Based on the dances I keep rewatching:

Louis and Flavia - showdance
Holly and Artem - Charleston
Jay and Aliona - Jive

Katie& Anton's VW

The one Craig said he would put in one of his shows.



Agreed,at least by the judges.

one dance that popped into my head was "Austin's Jive".
I think it was the version he did as a demo in the final.
I liked Jay's jive, but Austin was a man's man. Jay was more a... little girl's man

Very few dances I can watch more than twice but these qualify:

Colin Jackson's QS
Mark Ramps AT and Salsa
Matt Di Angelo's waltz
Cherie Lunghi's Rumba
Austin Healey's waltz and jive (amazing dances for weeks one and two of an untrained dancer) and his Foxtrot
Harry Judd's AS
Jason Donovan's Tango (the best high camp choreo ever!)
Susanna Reid's waltz
Katie Derham's VW

and, of course, Snowdance!

Colin and Erin American Smooth and Quickstep
Darren and Lilia Showdance
Mark and Karen Salsa and Argentine Tango
Austin and Erin Paso
Lisa and Brendan Cha cha cha
Tom and Camilla Showdance
Caroline and Pasha Charleston
Simon and Kristina Argentine Tango
Anita and Gleb Paso
Jay and Aliona Jive
Georgia and Giovanni Charlleston

I completely agree, Matthew is my favourite pro dancer and I loved his partnership with Alesha, their VW moved me to tears when I first saw it, worthy winners, imo

yes, I wish he could be involved in Strictly sometimes, maybe Choreography Corner., but I expect he's too busy

Natalie Gumede's AS, especially the performance in the final, her rumba and salsa
Alesha's AT
Helen George's rumba and salsa
Jade Johnson's samba and QS
Natalie Cassidy's QS
Katie Derham's tango and AT
Kimberley's AS
Tom's QS and show dance
Holly's charleston and jive
Patrick Robinson's VW, cha cha cha, samba, QS, AS and charleston
Mark Benton's cha cha cha
Kara's salsa
Louis Smith's fusion dance and samba
Tameka's charleston
Michael Vaughan' s jive
Matt Baker's jive

Alesha's showdance

I forgot to include Pixie and Trent - their tango, VW and the cha cha cha (yes the one that got them voted out).

I loved Anita and Gleb's AT for its performance and sizzle factor.

Thanks for that reminder- I often forget just how great that dance was. And that "dress"- certainly no hiding any lack of hip movement with that!
And I miss Vincent <sob>


And a big ol' shout out for John Barnes' propah salsa

I'll back that.

For what it's worth here goes (some I haven't seen in a while):

I came in series three but in retro was impressed by Denise and Ian's QS. I too think Jill's jive was a tad over-rated but saw her FT live and rather liked it.

Zoe and Ian's tango (yes this is what we used to get when people did tangoes to proper music instead of rock numbers) and samba

Also watched James and Cam's tango and it was harbriger of the best damn showdance - Cam doing her own thing chereographically and it being bonkers and fab.

Series four:

the pocket rockets - Louisa and Vincent's jive
wasn't that impressed with Emma Bunton generally but did love her tango
and of course no list is complete without Matt and Karen's salsa and AT - the originals and probably still the best

Series five:

Matt and Flavia - salsa the only reason the word probably is in the statement above
John and Nicole - salsa - a very close runner up to both of the previous efforts - man that man had rhythm
Gethin and Cam - waltz - if he was a painter this would be an old master
Alesha and Matt - FT - I liked this more than their waltz actually - and even more impressive is that it was essentially improvised

Series six:

Austin's jive and paso - objectively they prob aren't the best but someone I once knew (who was kinda of a pain in the bum apart from that) had a cool icon with a hourglass that said 'attempting to give a damn' which was followed by a dialogue box that said 'failed - damn not given'. This is how I feel about Len's crit of the later - I don't care if there have been better pasos and he looked like waiter handing out canapes it was effing fabulous.

Cherie and Rachel's rhumbas - both different, both awesome and both in the opinion of someone who normally hates rhumbas.

Tomilla showdance - the best example we've even seen. Seen it performed live had to endure Tom's attempt at being a judge to do, still totally worth it.

Series seven -

I do have a bit of a weekness for the Cola charleston - it's fun. Vincent and Nat's QS was pretty good too.

Series eight;

Scott and Nat's jive - because sometimes if a dance is chereographed by a genius a prop is an asset.

Kartem charleston - got no love from the judges - proof sometimes they don't know what they're talking about IMO - my fav of their dances.


Series nine;

Chelsee and Pasha's (Pan-Am) QS - I can't believe that this isn't getting more love on here. Harry was more consistence but this is one of the reasons why I wish Chelsee's nerves (and a rubbish showdance) hadn't thrown it away for her in the final.

Jason and Kristina's tango - the campest tango in the world and one of the most enjoyable.

Harry and Ailona QS - class in a glass.

Holly and Artem - paso -

Series ten:

Louis and Flavia tango - yes ok Louis aces it dressed as a zombie but still great.
Denise and James charleston - whatever you think of them - this was pretty darn good.
Dani and Vincent - VW - God I miss Vincent's chereography - my husband finds VW's as dull and ditchwater and he loved this now 'That's Amore'.

Series eleven:

Abbey and Al waltz - I did really like Abbey and found her over-rated however even I have to admit that this was very special as was

Natalie and Artem's - VW.

And from the sublime to - Mark and Iveta - CCC - I am so glad that other people put this one down because I'm glad I'm not the only person who loved the ridiculous genius that was this. Saw the live show with Abbey, Nat and others from that series and Nicky and Karen's charleston (which I revised my opinion of and recognised for the greatness it is) but this was still the highlight for me although seeing everyone waltzing and tangoing was great too.


Series twelve:

Pixie and Trent FT - Mostly I'm with Monkseal and foxtrots bore me but this one managed to be both innovative whilst still traditional enough to keep Len happy.

Caroline and Pasha charleston.

Series thirteen:

Jaoilana jive - well duh! although their little red riding hood AS was pretty darn good too.

Helen and Ali - samba - take your mummy out - yes sometimes even the most bonkers themes can work brilliantly in the right hands. Thank you maggie for reminding me of that

So far:

Darren and Oti's QS
Ore and Joanna's AS and jive

The series five group dancers were really very good weren't they - apart from the dude's one at the start.

The pros jive and Chicago themed one were fab too - chereographed by Nicole Cutler and Ian Waite respectively.

Just watched it and remembered why I loved Patrick so much - thank you Cadiva.

Few already mentioned that I loved but going to add a quick other one that hasn't been, I don't know if it was because the rest of Around the World week was a mess but Simon and Kristina's waltz to Edelweiss was beautiful.

Theres probably many dances I enjoyed even more than some of these but have forgotten about, but these ones I loved off the top of my head thought theres many more! :

Simon and Kristinas Argentine Tango

Rachel and Vincents Rumba

Kara and Artems American Smooth

Mark and Ivettas Cha Cha Cha

Tom and Camillas showdance

Peter and Janettes Charleston

Caroline and Pashas Showdance

Caroline and Pashas Charleston

Alesha and Matts Cha Cha Cha

Matt and Flavias Waltz

Georgia and Giovannis Foxtrot

Georgia and Giovannis Rumba

Georgia and Giovannis Samba

Alesha & Matthew's Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha Cha, Quickstep, Argentine Tango and Jive (can you tell I loved this partnership?!)
Kara & Artem's Argentine Tango, Rumba, American Smooth, Waltz, Viennese Waltz and Paso Doble
Harry & Aliona's Quickstep, Charleston, Viennese Waltz and Argentine Tango
Matt & Aliona's Viennese Waltz, American Smooth and Samba
Rachel & Vincent's Foxtrot, Argentine Tango and Rumba
Jake & Janette's Salsa and Charleston
Ramps & Karen's Argentine Tango and Salsa
Tom & Camilla's Showdance
Chris & Ola's Charleston
Ricky & Natalie's Quickstep
Jay & Aliona's Jive
Abbey & Aljaz's Waltz
Kimberley & Pasha's Charleston
Matt & Flavia's Salsa

Brendan's foxtrot with Lisa Snowdon (Walking My Baby Back Home). There was some real competition choreography there, ,not just the usual endless underturned natural pivots and standing spins. It's on YouTube.

Jay & Aliona: Jive
Georgia & Giovanni: Charleston
Frankie & Kevin: Paso Doble
Jake & Janette: Salsa
Lisa & Robin: Cha-Cha-Cha
Pamela & James: Salsa
Tom & Camilla: Freestyle
Gethin & Camilla: Salsa
Mark & Karen: Salsa
Louisa & Vincent: Jive

Also of course, every Latin dance Ann Widdecombe performed

Zoe and Ian's Tango, that dress.