For the Good:-

Jay and Aliona- Jive
Caroline and Pasha- Charleston
Rachel and Vincent- Rumba
Mark and Karen- Salsa
Jill and Darren- Jive
Jill and Darren- Paso Doble
Georgia and Giovanni- Charleston

THAT LIST COULD GO ON AND ON!

For the Bad:-

Virtually anything Ann Widdecombe, John Sargeant, Ed Balls or Nancy Del'Olio do!

To include:-

Ann and Anton- Rumba
Ann and Anton- Samba
Ed and Katya- Samba
Ed and Katya- American Smooth
Ed and Katya- Cha Cha Cha
Ed and Katya- Salsa
John and Kristina- Paso Doble
John and Kristina- Samba
Nancy and Anton- Waltz
Nancy and Anton- Salsa
Nancy and Anton- Rumba


Again, that list could go on forever!

Ed's gangnam style should be in both lists!!
Sergeant's was an all time classic with kristina.

Kara and Artem's Rhumba
Natalie and Artem's AS

Utterly sublime

Good:
Denise Lewis - quickstep
Danny Mac - quickstep
Tom Chambers - showdance
Cherie Lunghi - rumba

Bad:
Scott Mills - Halloween week as Fester and the lobster week!

Pretty much anything Kara danced, but the Paso Doble, Argentine Tango, Tango, Waltz, American Smooth and of course that fabulous Rumba spring to mind.

And pretty much anything Alesha danced too - her Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Argentine Tango, Cha Cha, Quickstep and Jive were particularly sublime.

Jay & Aliona's Jive
Harry & Aliona's Quickstep and AT
Tom & Camilla's Showdance
Ramps & Karen's AT and Salsa
Matt & Aliona's Viennese Waltz and Samba
Chris & Ola's Charleston
Ricky & Natalie's Quickstep
Jill & Darren's Jive
Rachel & Vincent's Foxtrot and Rumba
Matt & Flavia's Salsa
Kimberley & Pasha's Charleston
Jake & Janette's Salsa
Abbey & Aljaz's Waltz

So many great dances.

Kimberley and Pasha's Charleston
Kimberley and Pasha's Dance Fusion
Tom and Camilla's Showdance
Alisha and Matthews Cha Cha Cha
Chris and Ola's Charleston
Sophie and Brendan's Charleston
Jay and Aliona's Jive
Anita and Gleb's Paso
Susanna and Kevin's Paso

I'm sure there are others.

Jay and Ali - jive
Ed and Katya - salsa
John and Kristina - paso
Michael and Natalie - jive
Darren and Lilia - paso doble
Jill and Darren - jive
Aled and Lilia - christmas samba

Alesha and Matthew - Cha Cha, Viennese Waltz, Jive, Show dance
Chelsee and Pasha - Jive
Kimberley and Pasha - American Smooth and Charleston
Caroline and Pasha - Show dance
Jay and Aliona - jive

All of these I have watched many times.

I will forever have Widdy dressed like Big Bird and being dragged around the floor by Anton burned into my nightmares.

In no particular order:

Jill and Darren - Jive
Zoe and Ian - Tango
Kara and Artem - Tango
Harry and Aliona - Quickstep
Abbey and Alijaz - American Smooth
Rachel and Vincent - Rumba
Mark and Karen - Argentine Tango
Gethin and Camilla - Waltz
Alesha and Matthew - Waltz
Louise and Kevin - Argentine Tango

Jay: pretty much all of them. Still watch them all the time. Faves are AT, Rumba, Paso (from the final where they just grinned at each other) Showdance, AS, VW, Salsa, Jive

Harry: QS, AT and VW

Matt Baker: Charleston, AS

DVO: Charleston

Colin J: Xmas QS

Jill: Jive

Alesha: Showdance,VW, Cha Cha

Helen: VW

Abbey: AS

Louis: Rumba Tango fusion, showdance

Most of the awful dances I've blanked but remembering because they made me laugh;

Judge Rinder Cha Cha
Ed Samba Salsa
John S Paso
Anita Salsa

Michael and Natalie jive - the sight of Natalie cackling while he pushed her over to the judges in a wheelbarrow will live forever in my memory!

Kara and Artem VW - all time favourite dance- the synchronicity in their movements has never been bettered in another pairing.

Karen Mark AT - especially for the dramatic ending.

Gethin and Camilla waltz - emotional

Vincent and Danni VW - delightful and enchanting

Jason and Kristina Tango. Brilliant routine.

Jeremy and Karen's thriller dance.

Matt Baker and Aliona VW - He was such an elegant ballroom dancer.

Pixie and Trent Foxtrot was just a lovely and charming dance. Also loved their VW - Beyonce dance in the background and QS

My favourites:

American Smoothe - Natalie/Artem
AT - Mark/Karen, Harry/Aliona
CCC - Alesha/Matthew
Charleston - Georgia/Giovanni
Jive - Chelsea/Pasha, Jay/Aliona
Quick Step - Harry/Aliona
Rumba - Georgia/Giovanni, Natalie/Artem
Salsa - Louis/Flavia
Show dance - Tom/Camilla, Louis/Flavia
Tango - Jason/Kristina
VW - Georgia/Giovanni
Waltz - Alesha/Matthew

Nancy Dell'Olio's Rumba, in which she emerged from a glitter coffin is the ultimate novelty dance, but remains so tragically overlooked.

Matt & Flav's Salsa-amazed no one has mentioned it yet. It's an iconic Strictly dance.

Tom Chambers show dance

Jay & Aliona's Pulp Fiction Jive

As a bad dance-the Dolls dance - that one goes down in history for cringe factor.

This season's standout for me so far has been Louise' AT (& and the Rinder/Balls dances!)

John Sergeant's Paso tops my 'so bad it was good' list

Good

Maren AT and salsa
Matt DA's salsa
Rachel and Cherie's rhumba (and I normally hate rhumba)
Tomilla's showdance (even worth sitting through his shitty judging to see performed live)
Cola's charleston
Kartem's AS (screw you Len)
Chelsea and Pasha's QS
Louis and Flavia's tango
Dani and Vincent's VW
Mark and Iveta's ccc (almost in the bad category - put just about makes the good)
Natalie and Artem's haunting halloweon VW - who cares if the style outstrips the content when it's this good
Trent and Pixie's FT (and I'm normally bored by the FT)
Jailona's jive


The bad:

Peter and Erin's samba (I love it but it was gloriously terrible)
Jan and Anton's jive (plod, kick, plod)
Kenny and Ola's McPaso - utterly naff but as distinctive as heck - Kate Garroway's of the same year deserves an honourable mention.
The legend that was the Sarge's take on the same dance the next year
The Bacofoil showdance (worst showdance evar - and the one that launched the fab slow mo version with it's great captioning)
Widdy's Blackpool whatever it was meant to be
Nancy Del'ilusonal's waltz (attack of the feather boa!) and rhumba (especially the spectular entrance drinking champers in a glittery coffin)
Michael Vaughan's jive
Dave Myers ccc (watching him throw himself around like a demented idiot was actually rather fun)
The godawful routine that Fiona Fullerton and Anton did at Halloweon dressed as scarecrows (that wasn't but it was memorable to me) - their rhumba was horrid too but I don't think there was enough dance in there to remember the actual dance - I just remember it being horrible
Scott and Joanne as Fester and Mortica and earlier as crab and little mermaid I think it was meant to be a samba - his scuttle along worth the price of admission)
Jeremy Vine and Karen's Thriller routine from the Halloweon in two years time (more Bad than Thriller and not just in the way the artist intended the word to be understood although it had a touch of so-bad it's good and the immense fun he had with it made it enjoyable)
Carol Kirkwood's Frankstein's monster of a rhumba the same week - were the theming barely matched the music and the music didn't match Halloweon and Carol's dancing just capped off the horror of the thing.

The good;

Scott and Natalies Jive

Kara and Artems Argentinian Tango

Anita and Glebs Paso

and the so bad - yet I couldn't tear my eyes away.

Anne and Antons Rumba

And strangely ,

Peter and Janettes Jive

not that it was absolutely terrible or anything. it was just....so compellingly 'WTF am I watching?' kind of weird.

Colin Jackson: Rumba in the final. First dance on Strictly that made me cry and still the benchmark for male rumbas on the show.

Ricky Whittle: stunning semi final Waltz. I felt as if I was intruding on a private moment. I was fortunate enough to meet Natalie and congratulated her on the choreography, and she told me that Ricky did very well as it was a very difficult dance she had given him.

Ray Fearon: Viennese Waltz. Never forget Len saying that it was exactly how a VW should be "two figures on top of a music box". Again the benchmark I use when watching others dancing on the show.

Scott Maslen: Jive. I know others will say Jill, Jay and Ores routines are better but that was the first jive on SCD where I was exhausted just watching them.

Alesha: Not my favourite contestant but, I loved her Viennese Waltz. Not as good as Ray and Camilla (who always choreographed a good VW) but, it's a very close second. Just beautiful.

Mark: Technically nowhere near Ricky or Simon but, it's still one of the best Argentine Tangos I've seen on the show because they got the atmosphere just right.

Abby: Loved her tango. Excellent choreography from Aljaz.

John Barnes: Salsa. Again I agreed with Len, it was great to see a "bloke" dance a very complicated routine naturally.

Natalie: I don't think we will ever see a showdance with as much skill and execution ever again on SCD. I wasn't a huge fan of her or of Artems choreography but as Craig said "that was the showdance to end all showdances".

I could go on and on as we've been fortunate enough to see some very special routines over the years.

John Sergeant's Paso Doble.

I'll never forget that. Don't know which list to put that in though

This is the first dance that came to my mind too, it was so bad it was great. I've watched it several times and it makes me laugh every time.

Oh Jamelias Charleston.

One of the most undermarked danceslast series.

Good:

Emma Bunton's Tango
Mark Wright's Charleston
Georgia's "Ghostbusters" Tango

Bad:

Lisa Snowden's showdance with Brendon
Colin Jackson's "Muppetgate" showdance