Karim and Amy Samba to 'Kung Fu Fighting' | Movie Week - BBC Strictly 2019

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Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden Samba to 'Kung Fu Fighting' by CeeLo Green from Kung Fu Panda.
Tonight the glitz and glamour of Hollywood comes to the Strictly ballroom for a movie special. Our remaining cast of 14 perform to some the most iconic movie songs of all time. Who will be a box office smash, and who will end up on the cutting room floor?
Celebrities take to the dance floor to perform a dazzling display of ballroom routines.
Strictly Come Dancing | Series 17 Week 3 | Movie Week | BBC
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[@DuckOfDanger]

Anoyone else think this was undermarked? I feel like sometimes what the judges say doesn't always match up with the score they give the couples, perhaps that just because they may not have enough time to get in to all the details though.

[@varisol6675]

it seems alot of ppl thought it was undermarked, i saw the comments on twitter and instagram

[@WinxClubNewsflash]

EXTREMELY

[@Emily-xk1fo]

100%

[@nathansmith1503]

Joshua sometimes it’s more based on the dance. The samba is probably the hardest dance on the show and to do that well so early is insane but it was still far from a perfect samba ygm

[@sherronthompson466]

Very undermarked and I have only seen a few sambas better than this one on strictly. Very entertaining.

[@Edenlcampbell]

I feel like his costume hid how great he was ...

[@simrag]

I agree i saw those hips he was undermarked

[@catherineb738]

Yes! One reason I don't like Movie Night. Always some poor eejit who has to dress up in a shapeless carpet. Must have been roasting and even Amy's moves were hidden. And too many Kong Fu moves. Focus more on the dance maybe

[@catherineb738]

@Gold Rose Loved him. Lucky the dancers who just got body paint or normal costumes. Costumes shouldn't interfere with the dance.

[@terrorfried4743]

YES

[@ariadnem.2223]

Absolutely underscored, BUT the costumes are at fault here. He looked amazing during camera blocking, ugh such a shame 😔

[@emilynannelli8505]

u n d e r m a r k e d 🙌🏻

[@RM-rc1tf]

The costume, song, etc let him down. Producers really need to work on this. It's harder to see his hip-action and samba bounce. His Samba walks (just like his Cha Cha walks) are exceptional. Amy's choreo is also low-key brilliant. 7.5 from me. Can we also appreciate Amy's spins at 0:40 too!? Edit: On reflection, I would actually give this a 9. If Kevin's was an 8 then this was higher. His bounce was there, in the Botafogos he was actually doing something with his hands and again his Samba Walks are exceptional. He is also dancing on the balls of his feet, check 1:00 onwards

[@deeplycynical8592]

His open enjoyment of dancing's utterly charming

[@isabeller5542]

God I love Karim! He's so good

[@user-cl8xh6bc9y]

A fun and engaging samba. Karim looks so cute as a panda. Another wonderful dance from them both :)

[@mimimoo3560]

Anyone else who can't stop watching Karim and Amy's dances😹😆

[@flwer_dxrciella]

I am guilty 😂❤

[@milliewhyte7761]

Think this dance was the most underrated dance of the night because i thought Karim was pretty good. He can move and I liked all of his own acrobatic moves that were in it❤️

[@danielthestrictlysuperfan6420]

I was blown away by his abilities. The combination of Kongu-Fu moves and samba steps was sensational. Great costumes and fantastic musicality. However, when it comes down to the actual samba he did, I felt like watching two different sambas, because most of his samba steps were superb (like the corta-jacka, the botofogo and the stationary samba walk) - he really mastered the hip action, he kept one leg straight and one bent as needed and it was amazing to see, but some of the samba steps were, technically, pretty weak (like his voltas and his batucadas). I could have been an extraordinary dance if he could maintained the same level of technique during the whole dance. A 7.

[@xxxLucijaxxx]

That is definitely not for a 6, Come on! Love this choreography

[@mars2101]

Im so annoyed this was defintely undermarked. The costumes were too distracting and the music choice wasnt great

[@jodie5017]

UNDERMARKED, FUMING Yes it wasn’t 10 worthy, but a 6?!?!?

[@Oskar903]

Jmf X show maybe yea, but not samba

[@stephenbrown2512]

Oksks Pepe better than Kelvin

[@Oskar903]

Stephen Brown i do not think it was better, but Kelvin did not deserve two 10s

[@Oskar903]

Stephen Brown its hard to say! Everything is hidden under these costumes

[@thedayaftertomorrow5950]

This was definitely undermarked. Sure, not his best performance but it was worth more than a 6. Especially when you see some of the other dances that got 6s and 5s. Hoping he won’t get knocked out like Aston did in one of the previous series as he really reminds me of him. Really hoping this doesn’t knock his confidence in himself too.

[@denisepickering9309]

Bloody amazing he was fantastic. Did not agree with the judges. Blew me away. Great natural dancer.. deserved higher score.

[@chips45630]

god he's just so good

[@hi-sp8fi]

Judges score?? This was way better than saffron’s one yet they scored lower ????

[@nooralggg4829]

hi no saffron had an incredible improvement and had really good choreography

[@AliciaNicola]

Really didn’t think saffron’s was the best this week, this had so much energy and the hip movement would’ve looked so much better if it wasn’t for the stupid costume. I found saffron’s very trippy and tense rather than Spanish and powerful

[@nooralggg4829]

Alicia Boon lets agree to disagree. I definitely think this was rlly good tho. The costumes were not good at all tho it wasn’t fair on them

[@fatherfountain1906]

@@nooralggg4829 aj choreographs like a dog on cocaine

[@bethanwilliams3084]

So undermarked! He is my favourite by far.

[@ribena607]

Watching this back for the first time and can't believe the scores.. he deserved straight 8s at least. Love this dance.

[@hannahfisher862]

Completely undermarked! His costume didn't exactly do him any favours but come on, that performance was definitely not a 6.

[@jessboyd5519]

THIS WAS SO UNDERMARKED

[@potatocorners]

People who are calling him 'fake' and 'plastic' need to realize that as a children's show presenter, he just expresses his bubbly personality in his own way, and some people can be naturally cheerful and sincere and animated without putting up an act.

[@julienjie]

undermarked,he was robbed, bad song terrible costume,brilliant dance

[@maiqthetruther1039]

I agree he was undermarked but I quite like the song and costumes I won’t lie

[@szlendak1368]

kung fu fighting a bad song ?

[@alishachawdhary1696]

So under marked, one of my faves of the night 💕

[@user-gn9uh1df7w]

Any time I Karim dance I’m always like amazed love their dances 💖🎶

[@stephaniejadelive]

Feel like he’s outshining Amy lol. And also think the judges were only harsh on him cause people been slating him for being experienced and Amy had to defend him. Still, entertaining though and he is clearly very talented.

[@meenu.]

Absolutely undermarked :(( this was my favourite dance of the night!

[@sandrazevallos5077]

The Start is sooo sweet ❤️💕🧚‍♂️

[@Tigger783]

My favourite one for Movie Week

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

I would have loved to have seen this again in the final as a Judges Choice, but without the costumes

[@sq891]

so undermarked!! wow

[@meenu.]

Even though this is completely undermmarked, I do know that Karim will definitely bounce back and give an amazing performance next week just like Kelvin did, because he's so hard working and talented!

[@chrisdraw-ster6146]

Awesome routine! Definitely full of great kung-fu fight action as well as the dance!

[@brooklynd2654]

I feel like the costume hid is great work! Wonder what he would've got if it was something else.

[@TigerPrawn_]

You can see his dancing is great despite the costume, I think the judges were wrong - "You were too enthusiastic, so we'll mark you down." He was better than several couples that still got marked higher.

[@leajohnson6817]

this is the first one im watching and im not sure who is the celebrity and who is the dance coach. they were both so good!

[@andrewmuncaster5496]

Think the downfall here was costume, very blocking didn't really show his movement very well. Also although I *love* Karim had to agree the floatyness of the samba wasn't entirely there but 6s a bit too low imo

[@acwong7893]

He has rhythm. Karim to win.

[@rosalie_m7305]

I’d say this was a 7/8!

[@sashaa_stevenss]

This was actually great!!

[@Dianaemanuel]

Can’t believe how undermarked this was! He was amazing!

[@Twirlyhead]

My goodness: Amy looks mighty fine in this one.

[@caoimhemcloughlin6862]

His costume hid his brilliant hip action, such a shame, really couldn’t see much at all wrong with this dance

[@ss1673]

Undermarked that deserve a 9 I'm so confused a 6!? He dance in a massive panda suit for god sake

[@bessieburnet9816]

Definitely not his best dance, but hey, it is a Samba. Very hard for a non dancer boy, I cut him some slack. I am just happy to see Amy as Tigeress! Something I never knew I needed in my life!

[@Becksnnc]

This guy is a dark horse.

[@lucymcgill3107]

The scores for this dance have me FUMING 😤 so so badly undermarked🤦🏼‍♀️

[@rumarahim4384]

I loved this performance and A+ to Karim for his energy isolation dance and excellent stamina! The boy can clearly bloody dance! I felt at times the bloody costume looked heavy and weighed down his performance!! Having said thymat he is excellent and exceptional keep it up 👍🏽 7️⃣🕺!!! 🐼

[@ratanangmafatshe5629]

I love Karim!!!

[@ellamarie7996]

I absolutely loved this dance!! It's so clear they have worked so hard this week in training and this was an expertly chreographed routine (well done Amy). They got 26/40 and were mainly criticised for Karim having too much energy in his bounce action which made apparently made it look unnatural. In my opinion they were undermarked, expecially when you consider the marks that some others got! I am hoping they get enough support from the public to be through to next weeks show! This partnership has so much potential and I am excited to see what more they have to give!

[@tomhayes413]

Watching this now and this is soo undermarked

[@gingersnxpp3627]

Is it just me who could see how good he actually was but was just hidden by his costume ??? This could have taken home at least a 10!

[@jpbdude4223]

Oh god...

[@isaaa9162]

This was definitely undermarked wow

[@bethanymihai9521]

this deserved at least an 8

[@sallydarby7531]

I LOVE AMYS HAIR!

[@tosinagbi8378]

This and Dev needed 10s

[@veronicageorge3825]

Fun dance but....the costumes 😆 !

[@mz1617]

I discovered this show through a fanfic I was reading and now I can't stop watching videos 😂😂😂😂

[@ribena607]

They are so cute!! Lol. Felt this was way undermarked though! When you compare that they have been given 6s and 7s for this dance to others that got 6s and 7s for their dances; his quality is still SO much better than those others. I can see what they're saying about the bounce and that he attacked it too much, but still, undermarked!

[@oliviatino]

THIS IS SO CUTE

[@hollym1788]

1:35 HOW DID HE DO THAT

[@lauravision2791]

I know it’s not perfect but still deserved more than 6s! Unremarked

[@richgreaves]

This was SO undermarked. The costume was the best costume of week 3, though. 7/10

[@shreyatanna9099]

Awww Amy looks adorable!

[@xchloex4660]

I love amy she and karim should of deserved 7s or 8s but not 6 undermarked surely

[@klarikovacs8108]

Super!!!!!

[@loupayne5346]

why was he so undermarked??? he was amazing!

[@felicityash2763]

Great choreography. Horrifically undermarked. They were so harsh on Karim compared to the others

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

A bit harshly marked, but probably not a bad thing for Karim as he can show "improvement" next week now! I find it hard to keep my eyes of Amy in this routine, even under that bizarre outfit her movement is spectacular!

[@ballroommaniac6695]

Before I write anything about dance, I think Karim looked supercute in this costume but then It didn't do any favors to him unfortunately. I think he did fairly good Samba except I didn't get to see much bounce (or probably because the costume hid it) and it looked quite staccato at places. Reminds me of Claudia and AJ's Samba. Anyway, it was a feel good routine and could have been scored better. I think judges are trying to benchmark him against his own standards, which are too high already. I trust these two will be back with a bang next week. Score: 7.5/10

[@23nath]

How me and my friends rated it - Me- 6/10 Friend 1- 7/10 Friend 2- 7/10 Friend 3- 8/10 Total - 28/40

[@jane9875]

panda will be back

[@sophie-gg9qp]

so good

[@carolyates6366]

Hello Amy I love the way you dance. You are brilliant and outstanding and you are a beautiful look it no idea zu

[@dinico9917]

No matter how many times I love this routine, I can't deny the Fact there could of been maybe more Samba rather than flips and tricks the whole time and I'm going agree with bruno and say he put too much energy into it, and It sort of lost it's feel! But AMAZING Dancer and Loved the Song and Movie Choice! And those costumes and make up were amazingly done! 8

[@bnanaaasbrown9529]

There was plenty of Samba basic in there. I saw stationary walks, botafogos, voltas, promenade runs, rolls in shadow, decent attempt at batucadas, whisks.

[@tomhuttley3572]

Funny panda man

[@RobertoRevAng]

Damn, first they got the worst song for Samba! Then those costumes did not do them any favor. Well from here they can only grow stronger and we know they can!

[@lucynewman3907]

i thought this dance was great! Definitely undermarked!

[@nautilushope4831]

I have watched the dances again and Karim and Amy were definitely undermarked, while Kelvin and Oti were overmarked. Bulky costumes never help, and camera work is sometimes infuriating, but still I thought he had very solid basic samba steps, not to mention fabulous tricks, while Kelvin's dance was barely a charleston (about 4 bars of charleston steps and the rest was just contemporary).

[@TigerPrawn_]

Agree. I think maybe also Dev was overmarked - it wasn't perfectly clean, same with Kelvin who didn't have great swivel :)

[@rossmh1495]

Fun and joyous and was packed with content however not all of it samba content, I wanted more more more. There is no doubting that he is a brilliant dancer and excels when he is by himself but all the parts he did by himself were closer to hip-hop than samba for me. I still really loved this dance and do think that it was undermarked. 7/10 (Also I really don’t think Amy gets enough credit as a pro every week she gives it her all, choreographers routines to show off her pros skills perfectly e.g Danny - Tap, Karim - Hip hop and somehow still manages to include steps to fit the dances theme aswell. Plus she’s the only person I’ve ever seen look absolutely stunning in a furry tiger onesie. A true star)

[@nymahx290]

Underrated

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

Another favourite film of my daughters! We used to try practice zen like kungfu discipline when we were stressed out! I think Karim lambert Stewart Jasmine hopefully will keep her calm this week because after dev and dianne’s dance it might just stress her out a bit! Aurora Oslo Lambert 💤💁🏻‍♀️ worked with his dad at Sam ba!

[@oldgoat75]

Which ones the professional? Great job I thought

[@hannahallen8594]

Karim went to theatre school and was on the west end...more of a pro dancer I think 🤔

[@tulapoigy9284]

SO UNDERMARKED IF KELVIN BAGGED 10’S AND THIS GOT A 6! Are you joking 🙃

[@kierah]

totally agree with people's comments here. not ten worthy, no, but to say his solo work and isolation is excellent but then give him a 6??? so unfair. i thought the costume was adorable tbh but it did hide some moves. i loved the choreo though, the kung fu/samba mix worked so well, and he had the bounce, the hips, and that samba roll!!! when did we last see a samba roll omg bless you amy. he's so good, still such a favourite.

[@jpbdude4223]

A judge panel scoring this that I made without myself (this time) Danny the strictly reviewer: (7) Rumba Rahim (7) Lexaleus (6.5) Rossmh Hendry: (7) 27.5/40

[@tomhuttley3572]

Did anyone see me and dad, I've got that big hat on

[@johnrobertson4121]

I feel that for what it was. Yes it wasn't so much of a Samba as perhaps it should have been, Don't think the comments aligned with the scores but It's positive, It was a fun dance to watch and one people should get behind. All that being said though, if we judge this as a positive point moving forward the potential is clearly there. They should be safe and hopefully whatever dance they do next week gives him a chance to showcase the glimpses that are seen here that Karim has the potential to be an amazing dancer. Definitely ones to keep an eye out for. I would like to think.

[@leratohajie5893]

I see Karim, Dev and Kelvin at the end maybe Saffron too

[@Curtkatycat]

Uhm.okay...they danced so well,so sharply I dont undertand the scores?

[@nursejoco3242]

This weeks drinking game! A shot of saki every time Amy makes the open mouth facial expression. 😲 It’s a double shot if she sticks her tongue out at the same time! Keeeeeeeeeeeep Drinking

[@jenniferdenning9666]

It look Ed like real king fu fighting

[@smusaful]

Undermarked

[@joemason1529]

Jj Amy

[@varisol6675]

They have such a good partnership and in sync, but this dance did not deserve a low mark. also yes i do think the costume hid some of things we need to see...

[@danijones8862]

I'm from America and I just found this after watching Disney Night on Dancing With The Stars anyone can help me out on what country this is.

[@annahuczek5004]

UK

[@amytuckwell2412]

Danyale Jones UK

[@tomhuttley3572]

Mum watched this on the telly box and recorded it ahahahahahahahahhahahahahaahhaha she's silly and lost the remote so we can't watch it

[@akaurb]

He was brilliant with sambha... dnt know why judges failed to see that... his body language was amazing he was enjying the sambha for some are horrified with this dance...