‘Strictly Come Dancing’ The Best And The Worst, Dances For Week One – By Nathan

Nathan has written a new “Strictly Come Dancing” blog for us! He picks his “best of” and “worst of” dances on the show. For those who follow the show, let us know if you agree or disagree. Nathan also tells us the dances and songs for Week One!! Exciting. Be sure to tune in on Friday and Saturday if interested. Times below. THANKS NATHAN!!

Blog 3: The Best and Worse
by Nathan

Hi again folks. Sorry for my blank last week. Let’s just say personal problems have got in the way as of late and I have had some unsettling news, but onwards and upwards.

To get you all to look forward to Week 1 on Friday and Saturday, I thought I would do the best and worse routines ever in every dance style. So, lots and lots of YouTube videos to watch over the next few days.

I won’t offer in depth analysis I will just let the dances do all the talking.

    Ballroom Dances

Waltz
BEST
Abbey and Aljaz
Simon and Kristina

WORSE
Nancy and Anton – HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Viennese Waltz
BEST
Alesha and Matthew
Sophie and Brendan

WORSE
Judy and Anton

Foxtrot
BEST
Lisa and Brendan
Ricky and Natalie

WORSE
Richard and Erin

Quickstep
BEST
Ricky and Natalie
Chelsee and Pasha

WORSE
Kate and Anton

Tango
BEST
Kimberley and Pasha
Rachel and Vincent
Jason and Kristina

WORSE
Joe and Kristina

    Latin

Cha Cha Cha
BEST
Caroline and Pasha
Alesha and Matthew
Ricky and Natalie

WORSE

Quentin and Hazel -This is a classic it got 8 points out of 40 and got two 1s

Samba
BEST
Zoe and Ian
Matt and Aliona
Jake and Janette -YES THE MACARENA

WORST
Ann and Anton

Rumba
BEST
Kara and Artem
Rachel and Vincent

WORST
Ann and Anton

Jive
Jill and Darren
Scott and Natalie

WORST
Michael and Natalie

Paso Doble
BEST
Chelsee and Pasha
Cassidy and Natalie – He was an amputee on the Peoples Strictly
Susanna and Kevin
Frankie and Kevin
Austin and Erin

WORST
Ann and Anton

    Other Dances

American Smooth
BEST
Kara and Artem
Holly and Artem
Kelly and Brendan

WORST
Ann and Anton

Salsa
BEST
Jake and Janette
Mark and Karen

WORST
Nancy and Anton

Charleston
BEST
Denise and James
Sophie and Brendan
Chris and Ola
Kimberley and Pasha

WORST
Tony and Aliona

Argentine Tango
BEST
Ricky and Natalie
Rachel and Vincent
Harry and Aliona
Mark and Karen

WORST
Tina and Jared
Colin and Kristina

So, I hope you enjoyed looking through the videos. These are purely my opinion. Those who have watched Strictly Come Dancing before, we’d love to hear your opinion also. Let us know in comments.

I also will tag in what the Dances are for Week 1 and they are:

Ainsley and Natalie will be Tangoing to Voulez Vous by ABBA
Anita and Gleb will be performing the Cha Cha to ‘Rather Be’ by Clean Bandit
Anthony and Oti will be Jiving to ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ by Wham!
Carol and Pasha will be performing the Cha Cha to ‘Thunder in My Heart’ by Leo Sayer
Daniel and Kristina will be Waltzing to ‘When Irish Eyes Are Smiling’ by Bing Crosby
Georgia and Giovanni will be Jiving to ‘Dear Future Husband’ by Meghan Trainor
Helen and Aljaž will be Waltzing to ‘With You I’m Born Again’ by Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright
Iwan and Ola will be Tangoing to ‘Keep on Running’ by Spencer Davis Group
Jamelia and Tristan will be Waltzing to ‘Do Right Woman, Do Right Man’ by Aretha Franklin
Jay and Aliona will be performing the Cha Cha to ‘Reach Out, I’ll Be There’ by Human Nature
Jeremy and Karen will be performing the Cha Cha to ‘September’ by Earth, Wind and Fire
Katie and Anton will be Jiving to ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ by Chuck Berry
Kellie and Kevin will be Tangoing to ‘You Really Got Me’ by The Kinks
Kirsty and Brendan will be Waltzing to ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
Peter and Janette will be performing the Cha Cha to ‘Aint No Other Man’ by Christina Aguilera

Obligatory reminder of times:

Week 1 Show 1
Friday 25th September
9 BST, 4 ET, 3 CT, 2 MT, 1 PT
Week 1 Show 2
Saturday 26th September
6:15 BST, 1:15 ET, 12:15 CT, 11:15 MT, 10:15 PT

Keeeeeep Dancing and see you lot Friday