Week 8 - Wembley

Robbie & Ola    6 - Salsa

This was a great opening but not a great dance.  It was entertaining and the lifts were impressive but the salsa was terrible.  It looked like Robbie was jumping around as if it actually was a football match.  I appreciate the occasion but in terms of dancing it wasn't good.  I did however really enjoy the performance and enthusiasm and I'd happily watch it again!   Great track.

Alex & James  8 - Tango

Excellent Tango and such a hard dance to perform at this Arena with the setup of the stage/set.  I hope they get the votes as this is a hard dance to do to make it look showy and also performing so early in the show is against them too.

Holly & Artem   7 - Quickstep

Entertaining routine but I did feel that the actual Quickstep sections weren't quite together.  Holly's L arm needed to be lifted more for the posture and I felt like she was up on her toes and not using heels in al the right places (though I did see some).  The way the routine moved across the different stages was great but I do think that didn't help the continuity of the actual Quickstep.  I think this might be a running problem tonight.  I thought the costume was awful then I realised at the end they were trying to make her look like Amy Winehouse.

Anita & Robin   6 - Samba

Always a fabulous performance on top.  LOTS of Samba content.  She looked gorgeous but it seemed like there were a few mistakes and untidy feet.  Parts were excellent but parts were messy.

Harry & Aliona    8 - Salsa

Anyone else waiting for Darren  & Jill to appear to do their jive?  So disappointing that the music distracted me from their salsa.  It sounded like a jive and because it was a salsa it seemed a bit slow.  I'd have liked to have seen the same routine to a more 'salsa'-like tune to see the difference.  The actual dance/lifts were great but not amazing.

Russell & Flavia   5 - Jive

Another spectacle.  Loved the cannon and the flying.  The jive was not good.  The kicks seemed to be behind time.  The feet weren't stretched.  The arms were very good and very well stretched.  The basic footwork was not good and there was no jive action. 

Chelsee & Pascha   7 - Samba

Unfortunately back to a 'pop' style for a lot of that routine.  Chelsee's rhythm is very good and at times managed the samba steps very well.  I enjoyed the music and performance. 

Jason & Kristina  8 - Jive

Oh he went wrong :(  Still kept smiling but he went wrong.  I was put off by Kristina not wearing Latin shoes yet Jason continued to wear heeled Latin shoes.  He was however very light on his feet and had an excellent rhythm.  Disappointed this wasn't as amazing as I thought it would be.