Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas Rumba to Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers ✨ BBC Strictly 2024

[@xMissxUKx1]

I loved this so much! Rumba is a tricky dance for the celebs but for jamie to pull this out the bag on week 2 was brilliant. ❤

[@ifeelpretty5790]

Michelle looks like she came straight from a 90s R&B music video ❤

[@xMissxUKx1]

I loved everything about this rumba, the emotion on both parts and also the outfits too… it made a nice change to the bog standard outfits. It was brilliant xx❤

[@sapphireivory1789]

I adore this so much, best to last. He’s got a beautiful aura about him, when they asked how he felt about the comments from the judges ,was heartwarming, wasn’t cocky so humble. Love Jamie I’d love to see him with the cup ❤ he’s got my vote. Come on Jay ❤❤❤ that partner of his is lucky 🍀 I wouldn’t complain dancing with Jamie 😅 he’s fit 🔥

[@ravenclawrumba7096]

The choreography this week really blew me away this was again amazing. How cruel to give him a Rumba on week 2 but he handled it so well and we couldn't have asked for anything more than that. 7/10

[@gemstar7286]

Really elegant & smooth 👏🎶.

[@joemercedeschannel196]

Craig triggered me with his comments on him. He was extremely harsh. And was also criminally underscored like last week. 7/10

[@rafaelyaguaro2842]

Michelle...your killing it babe! Such a good Rumba for week 2!

[@bessieburnet9816]

Darn, he's so good! A Viennese Waltz then a Rumba? They're really pushing him! And he did so dang well! They should have given him more to do in the choreography. When he did more in the second half of the dance, it was so much greater! He should have gotten 8s. I'm surprised Shirley didn't given him an 8.

[@ConnorandLiana_lover]

This was amazing !!! Great song … great dance 🪩

[@AJHawkins-dr6cu]

We love you Jamie and Michelle dude!😍😎

[@Molliesvlogs933]

Me be like on Craig’s comments: Triggered! This was so beautiful and you feel the storytelling and it was just awesome. 7/10

[@pennyandfishy7241]

score - *7* I was impressed with what I saw in training and now I see why, the cucaracha's were great, so sensual and stunning lines. Michelle's Argentine section was to die for aswell! Especially because it's always harder for a male to stand out in Rumba I thought Jamie did a really good job selling the performance and a great job with the Rumba walk and footwork all the way through

[@Vincornelis]

Not Craig saying he was too focused on technique and lost the storytelling. He's doing the most technically challenging dance for a male in week 2. What do you expect him to focus on?

[@HeartCoils]

I thought there was loads of storytelling! I felt the passion! I wonder if the outfits distracted Craig from the ‘storytelling’ - they don’t match the vibe of the dance at all

[@TwentyEightySeven]

This performance just screamed 90’s, White linen everywhere! Loved the chilled vibe it gave off as well.

[@Ev4MM2]

Loved it! It looked like such a romantic dance to dance. Hope to see him on week 3!

[@Bethhhf]

Getting a rumba week two is so hard and so mean, but he was great! 🥰👏🏻

[@hollymatton474]

Love this routine! ❤❤

[@susanbourke402]

Jamie to win❤

[@stronk-e9s]

🌟 Judges' Scores & Comments 🌟 Jamie & Michelle - Rumba Craig - 6 Good - - Cucaracha Not So Good - - Lacked emotional connection between them - "Dancing by numbers" - Lost story Motsi - 7 Good - - Cucaracha - "Did a man's job in a Rumba" Not So Good - - Shirley - 7 Good - - No fear - Cucaracha - Elbows, wrists, hands at the beginning - Check forward walk - Cuban action going back Not So Good - - Flow in between Anton - 7 Good - - Calm Not So Good - - Wanted more fluidity through the legs Week 2 Total - 27 Placed Joint 7th/15 on the Week 2 Leaderboard Week 1 + 2 Total - 50 Placed 8th/15 on the Week 1 + 2 Leaderboard Result: Safe

[@HelenBelither-v6s]

The winner of this year’s Strictly come dancing 2024. Jamie Bothwick

[@mellybeetaylor8177]

A rumba this early but the challenge never deter either Tom and Michelle. So beautiful to watch, beauty danced!! So romantic!!! 7.5/10

[@mellybeetaylor8177]

Beautifully

[@mary32111]

Loved this dance. Bigger fan of Michelle every day, love her

[@Coconut_2024]

Jamie is real person and he can dance I think he did well and hope he stays long in the show and i hope everyone will vote for Jamie every Saturday wish Jamie all the best in strictly 🤞 greetings from Holland

[@mollybarbie]

Excellent 🎉

[@TwistedSisterK]

LOOOOVE

[@sapphireivory1789]

He’s gonna go far ❤ I absolutely envy her lol 😂

[@RomainKesh-i8j]

1:20 That part is everything !

[@zarajay6604]

10/10

[@julierutherford5618]

Great Rumba🕺❤💃❤👏

[@HeartCoils]

This was such an incredible rumba, I was so impressed with Jamie - particularly considering it’s only Week 2!! I felt the connection between him and Michelle, I think they created a lot of sensuality in their routine. However, I really feel like the costumes let them down - it would have been so much better in more traditional rumba outfits. Why would you dance a rumba in jeans, it just doesn’t make sense to me what the costume designers were going for. It’s such a shame, I think it spoils the effect. But the performance itself was great - I feel like sometimes male rumbas are lacking but this definitely was a great effort.

[@mazybee9149]

I think Jamie and Michelle will do very well, his going to be a winner 🎉

[@JanetMcquillan-q9g]

Good effort.

[@MillieBristow]

Craig are you kidding me? Did you accidentally put the wrong sugar in your coffee this morning 😤 the storytelling was all, there! ✨ connection WASNT LOST. Viennese Waltz then a Rumba is really pushy! But he’s so good at it all! 💌 Craig was very harsh tonight 😡 underscored. Especially as he won the Christmas special 🤍

[@geniushisfriends1260]

Well danced.

[@traceybradbury5022]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sapphireivory1789]

Imagine if she was Lola omg my heart ❤

[@ribena607]

Great potential in Jamie, he was trying hard. Agree with Craig that he forgot the performance side though. And god knows what these outfits were about as well, a Rumba in jeans?! Why?!

[@davidgreen000]

What on earth does the Rumba and Bill Withers classic 'Ain't No Sunshine' had to do with those 90s pop/R&B costumes?!! I thought they were going to be dancing the first couple's choice of the series at the start of the show. The clothing was a massive distraction; it didn't fit the style of dance or music and there was no obvious story to make sense of it. The wardrobe dept. really threw them under the bus.

[@lisar655]

Yeah what’s wrong with a dress and heels 👠

[@adwoamk8918]

It reminds me of young puppy love, I like this interpretation.

[@mellybeetaylor8177]

Agree with adwoamk8918

[@rubiginosaa]

@@lisar655 yeah..was hoping she'd be wearing a classic rumba outfit to match what a great, classic rumba this was

[@a_little_flame589]

I can’t help but notice the comments seem to pay a lot more attention to Michele than they normally do for the pros can’t imagine why (the actual if you’re wondering is cause she’s gorgeous)

[@ajhawkinsspike5261]

😍😍😍😍😍😎😎😎😎😎

[@aryanthorn8624]

week 2 a rumba amazing 8

[@ssh2124]

Absolutely stunning hip action, especially at this very early stage of this competition .. Michelle seems so happy to have a partner this year .. she's such a supportive professional partner.. Not agree with clothing, especially on Michelle

[@snufkinhollow318]

Well, my two least favourite dances are the rumba and the cha cha so I just want to say thank you to Jamie and Michelle, and JB and Amy, for blowing me away with their performances of those dances this week, For me, whoever choreographed these routines struck exactly the right balance between adding a contemporary feel and keeping the character of the dance. I just love the dancing and could't care less about the scores but I'm not sure these dances were fully appreciated.

[@durabelle]

The choreographers for these dances would be Amy and Michelle I believe. They only use outside choreographers for the few specialty dances like the Charleston and Argentine tango.

[@ronfarkas]

Oh to be a wind machine

[@penjim2013]

I admit that I found the costumes off putting.....they just made it not quite right, somehow.....but getting past that, this was really good.

[@salutiesse]

[@KianAlleyne]

Me-7 Jessica-7 Amelia-9 Alex-9 32/40 = 66/80

[@adwoamk8918]

This was lovely. Is the cheorgraphy the same as Oti and Kelvin's?

[@rozietheophane1169]

I don't think it's the same choreo, as Kelvin and Oti's dance included more use of the floor and some more advanced tricks. But since this is week 2, this dance is still really impressive imo. It is the same music though.

[@ABrown2003]

Is it just me or is it that whenever Craig comments, Motsi and Shirley keep trying to cut him off? They did that with Jamie's rumba and I think Chris McCausland as well. No offence to them, but all I can picture is Bruce Forsyth's spirit cutting over the judges, saying "I'm in charge! -- and I haven't said that for XX years - and my god does it feel good!".

[@robertpowell7228]

Better than last week. Good rumba usually the dread of male celebs...

[@Swarm19]

It’s not up to us to decide the costume department

[@michaelr289]

scores me 7 erin 7 kelly 7 kevin 7 28/40

[@meredithgrace4337]

Next is Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas dancing the Rumba. This dance felt very placed and not smooth enough for me, the style was something out of the Next Step, I think this dance was also very basic and Jamie's ability is so much greater I think Michelle needs to teach Jamie more advanced stuff, also I do get what Craig is saying about the emotion if the emotion isn't there then the dance isn't either, now of-course Jamie has a lot of fans and so he should he's great and they will protect and vote for him but for me considering he is an actor he should be able to draw from his acting ability and connect to people who are not know of him to get them to be fans of his but when I watched this all I saw was two people dancing I saw no story no emotion but that's just me, hay I am a fan but I need more emotion to connect to this dance but I have a feeling this pair are going to do well no matter what.

[@charlotte241000]

I think the problem is with Jamie is that Michelle is such a skilled dancer it really shows that Jamie isn't the professional in the couple vito has the same problem so did Gradziano I don't think it's done on purpose but it is really telling at times

[@emilyamber2432]

The dance was good for Week 2, however very disappointing to see the song, dance style (and seemingly much of the choreography…) lifted from Oti and Kelvin in 2019. And unfortunately it doesn’t fair so well in comparison.

[@imogen6772]

Craig is being an arse this series and we are only two weeks in. I thought there was story telling and a definite connection. But when it comes to the rhumba, I will only pay attention to Shirley’s comments as she knows the most about it.

[@staygoldponyboy8881]

No doubt the armchair experts will shoot me down for this but I didn't see hardly any of the Rhumba stuff they talked about before hand.

[@HaloSummer-l1c]

Was not that good that I expected

[@the5thjudge]

Our scores: Me: 7 Diya: 7 Kelsey: 7 Owen: 7 28/40 Technically, this was really good. The expression through his hands and arms were great, lovely leg and hip action, good footwork. But, I agree with Craig that I didn’t feel any connection or chemistry between them. They don’t have to be all up in each other’s faces, but just something as subtle as eye contact would help a lot. I think he’s a brilliant dancer, with a lot to give.