Since in the olden days it was a dance confined to the semis I thought I'd get people's thoughts on their fav Argentine tangos and because we've got the last American Smooth people's thoughts on those too

I was going to do AS next week along with showdances but I think it'll be a more interesting thread with them. Also kinda of relevant as the first AS's were bought in to the quarter final of series three.

Argentine Tango - Simon and Kristina

American Smooth - Natalie and Artem

Argentine Tango - Kara and Artem also Harry and Aliona
American Smooth - Ali and Brian

Argentine Tango - Rachel & Vincent

American Smooth - Kelly & Brendan (illegal lift and all!)

Argentine Tango - Kara & Artem, Harry & Aliona, Alesha & Matthew

American Smooth - Kara & Artem, Matt & Aliona, Ore & Joanne, Harry & Aliona

Ironically enough now you can do three lifts in a AS so retrospectively it's a complete non-issue.

Links to those already posted:
AT:
Simon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KASm3hQ9_Y
Kara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev5ABn5mdQ0
Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=492yxuUgek0
Rachel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVx1CskHlcc
Alesha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrrIhVLU2Bo

AS:
Natalie G: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRFokcL1FnA
Ali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRFokcL1FnA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv04XniLk0o - may have made the same mistake with Lisa's QS too forgot some serieses had two of the same dance...opps
Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w1Kv1_pGZk
Matt Baker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYh5nvURrI8
Ore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9JyBGi6XXY
Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1Ls53Ho7w
Kara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RUKCeoUgb8

Thank you for doing this!

I'll always be annoyed the judges didn't pick Caroline's AS as their choice her year after the little slip. Could've been really fantastic.

Also American Smooth: Kimberley and Pasha - who cares if it was mostly out of hold, it was contemporary, very stylish and gorgeous.

Thanks for the links ... Ali's first link goes to Natalie and Artem's AS though.
Great to revisit these lovely dances

Alesha's AT was so good - the only one I've enjoyed as much as that was Simon & Kristina's.

Agree with Kelly & Brendan's AS - it is such a shame that she had to drop out.

Hard to believe the fuss made about it.

I rewatched the interview on ITT, and Kelly came across fine - not sure why she was lampooned

It was. Considering how good her tango was I think she'd have done a great AT too.

Ooops - I did it again.

Ali's semi-final dance is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eB67M5KDTI

It's actually lovely to get the chance to see them again too. In a lot of cases I'd forgotten a lot of them too.

Really surprised that everyone seems to have forgotten Mark Ramprakash's AT though is it the new Jill's jive - a tad overplayed and over-rated. I still like it anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvZhbAUk8P0&t=189s

Anyway: Caroline's AS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWv9RxqutZI
and Kimberley's AS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd3p7CvM-BY