Louis Smith Salsas to '(I've Had) the Time of My Life' - Strictly Come Dancing 2012 Final - BBC One

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[@claudebylion9932]

Flavia is utterly superb and the trust she has in Louis is brilliant. Miss her on strictly.😍

[@ecampbell2711]

I have watched this over and over since Louis did the show. it still takes my breath away. he was fabulous x

[@No1ClashFan]

This was my magical moment forever on Strictly;;have watched it from the beginning and for me they killed it :) He looked so confidant and was so enjoying himself...awesome that they won x

[@BuckleyDiazClan]

This was the moment, I was like yep i'm voting for him

[@maggieperfect1644]

Sophie1D

[@momomarpaung1729]

Sophie1D XR

[@richert8]

me too

[@reid69uk]

Yes!!

[@ValentinaLascala-cr4uv]

non sa ballare e una strozza

[@christinemartindale7963]

Absolutely professional and a gorgeous routine. I'm so thrilled they won, its just made my year. I watch this show every year. I truly believe they deserved every vote. The judges had their own favourite (Denise and James) and I'm so thrilled the public came through and showed the judges. Its not about having favourites, its about who truly deserved that trophy. Well done to both of them!

[@billbaynes3432]

They don’t get better than this! Excellent! 👍🌹❤️

[@baylinkdashyt]

As many other great moments as there have been in 100 years of recorded dance, I'm pretty sure that lift is now the Crowning Moment of Awesome.

[@ashleymoon2969]

Oh dear lord I'm in love with Louis xx

[@SvetlanaTulasi]

I had tears in my eyes when she jumped on him at the end :)

[@MEDSEC20]

Love this dance - of course it is almost an exact copy of the dance in the film, but Flavia and Louis did a brilliant job.

[@TheDissmaster10]

which you certainly have to do with this song though, to be fair^^

[@ValentinaLascala-cr4uv]

​@@TheDissmaster10non sa ballare e una strozza

[@special-princess]

My favourite dance of this series and as we all know now the Strictly Champion of 2012... So well deserved!

[@sicah8898]

in my humble opinion this along with the jive from Jay and aliona are without any shadow of doubt the best ever in any series of scd

[@Greavsie53]

That was almost like watching the great Patrick Swayze.... Great, great dance Loius and Flavia, I loved it, well done guys, deserved winners.......

[@ashleymoon2969]

Still love Louis. I especially love the little dance when he jumps off the stage. Be still my beating heart ❤❤❤

[@lizzcoppin7201]

Cant get enough of thi dance :)

[@sicah8898]

Hell this is still giving me goosebumps 😆

[@MsHaqqer]

So thrilled he won, thoroughly deserved it :-) x

[@Trix71]

This salsa shows he can dance... and show dance showed of his core strength and poise... The Charleston showed it all!! Loved it... well deserved winner... Well done to both!

[@taniajhungary]

Patrick Swayze God rest his soul would be so proud to pass the batton on to such a pair. Well done to both of them. Swayze broke both his knees doing this, luckily Louis did not. Beautiful. Loved it.

[@streb6]

Absolutely enchanting cheeky contemporary salsa and courage to hold on his own with beautiful and amazing Pro , Flavia made him the Champion in such a tightly contested Strictly , all finalists up at the zenith of their performances. What a night, we love you ALL !

[@bradleybuttar1199]

who is still watching this in 2019? like religiously?

[@ashleymoon2969]

Oh dear lord im STILL in love with Louis ❤🌹😍

[@paulaspencer2726]

Absolutely amazing. Well done and well deserved

[@Dalenaxx3]

Wow this is so good!! 😍😍

[@annabelleharris1264]

Still timeless in 2020 .. I love it

[@ninamaguire8932]

Also 2022

[@annabelleharris1264]

@@ninamaguire8932 amen

[@bethanroberts4065]

Still my favourite ❤️

[@fantastischfish]

For anyone commenting that it's not fair as he's a gymnast....if only you knew how hard it is to get gymnasts to dance!

[@NYChica23]

Yeah...the biggest problem with the gymnasts is that they're not relaxed enough to really get into the dance like an actor or a singer would...the same thing happened to Aly Raisman...technically a very good dancer, but she had a hard time loosening up and really feeling the music ♥♥♥

[@fantastischfish]

Agreed! It's the core training that does it. Gymnastics work their core extremely hard; not that dancers don't too, but gymnastics must keep their hips and shoulders directly in line whereas dancers isolate and co-ordinate the movements of the body, hips and shoulders going opposite ways etc. It's just completely against all of their training for gymnasts to do this! It's certainly not an advantage to be a gymnast, other than in moves that require flexibility.

[@NYChica23]

fantastischfish And for that matter, figure skaters aren't really at an advantage either...sure they do some tricks in their routines, but like with gymnasts, it's all about keeping the core straight and not showing much expression on your face....the opposite of what dancing is ♥♥♥

[@fantastischfish]

True, although I might argue that there's a slight advantage as they use their arm lines similarly to dancers and use far more turn-out in their feet, legs ad hips than gymnasts do. What a pair of nerds we are!!!

[@NYChica23]

fantastischfish Proof that I've been watching too many dancing shows if I can spot the weaknesses of a gymnast...lol ♥♥♥

[@salsamouse1]

congrats louis- the best dancer ever on strictly.

[@keelymansfield7868]

JUst can't believe how much better this dance was second time round!! it was good the first time so i didnt think it could get anybetter!!! :) he was the most improved in the final and he also put alot more into the dances than they already had! :) well deserved win louis and flavia! :)he was the best on the night and through out the series! :)

[@merlinandsimsgirl]

Louis so deserved the glitterball.

[@nevermore7046]

Loved it then, love it now!

[@daisybuttercup6801]

Flavias hair is lovely

[@Sundance_6608]

Flavia was my favourite dancer. Please return to strictly , the program definitely needs you ☺️

[@lionesss06]

simply wow!

[@swaminathanraju6883]

sensational song and dance

[@pingunootnoot1]

Amayyyyzing!!!!

[@lolaschmidt1573]

Its beautyful 😍❤️💖💓

[@srsly9210]

Beautiful

[@merlinandsimsgirl]

So glad he won! I remember watching the first week when they did the cha cha and me and my mum were sitting on the sofa like O_O because we'd never seen a male celebrity with such good hip action in the first week on strictly before! But the salsa had to beone of my favourites as was the charleston. But they really deserved to win so I'm just glad that they did!

[@theatrechick288]

SO GOOD!!!

[@angieqwerty6799]

fantastic

[@catrescuer]

Beautiful❤

[@xxbeaprydferthxx]

Well done Louis and Flavia!

[@keselekbakiak]

Nothing can go wrong with this song

[@DezRosswess]

and he's done it! well done lad!

[@Hallero123]

Love!!

[@mehrnazaminallshareii9890]

I realy Enjoyed💃👌

[@lornajackson7686]

LOVE LOVE LOVE

[@pucepredator79]

Wow, it was so great !

[@Tina-km3lo]

LOVe LOUIS WOW!!!

[@jonascalagui9896]

Wow!

[@anapaulacameron2438]

My favourite ever Strictly dancer - so good for quarantine blues!

[@rm200561]

no she is pro dancer from the show who taught louis to do this dance in 6 days , he is team great britain 2012 london gymnasit who won a silver medal at the games as well as bronze

[@sheliafrench7857]

thank you for loading this video I don't get this show here, but I do watch Dancing with the stars

[@roxanadeeming3709]

Patrick Swayze would be proud of him for doing this in his tributexx

[@naomikhan7809]

Wow!!

[@marcelalins7079]

Lindooo

[@andrejkasever289]

wow,emotion si wekness, i lake dance :)

[@yayrakpedekpo6885]

I would salsa with him any day.

[@baylinkdashyt]

There it is.

[@yurikatsuki7372]

Wow

[@charmaineread4320]

SUBLIME!!

[@keithgriffiths9864]

Tbh, i think Louis's lift was even more steady than Patricks ❤

[@teresaedgerton2799]

Great imitation of song plus dance Dance is much better than song lyrics

[@strictlyfan55]

10

[@shandrewilloughby9471]

my friend and I did this at our school dance lawl

[@Ricky07070909]

I thought it was him that was the Pro. You mean to tell me the Pro was her?? He is so good!

[@Trix71]

1:08 so sweet... :)

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

Wow! Just looks like Martin there Louis!

[@merlinandsimsgirl]

I'm struggling to decide a favourite this year

[@juliaberrey365]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

[@gracealessandra9669]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👏👏👏👏💚💚💚💚💚

[@MrJackboothy]

I'm sorry Louise but I think it struggling a little bit but u r the best dancer

[@Mia-sb1bb]

Must admit, it was quite good

[@bradleybuttar1199]

omg....cant get enuf.....

[@nfelvis68]

Great performance but it just shows how good Swayze and Grey were.

[@Thomas_Ruiz]

9

[@Noahsaark]

Flavia hasn't been with Vincent for a long time. She is engaged to Jimi Mistry who she danced with a few years back.

[@michelleluna1715]

Does anybody know where I can get this song from?

[@martinpatrick9915]

We remember Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey as Johnny and Baby.

[@princessmarshella654]

This is as good as Bindi & Derek's routine to this on DWTS 😍😍 can't choose the better one

[@KayleighNatasha]

Louis Smith is attractive

[@staceyheart3531]

Awww so good it so real u know if I was I judge I would be giving it a 1st lol

[@woodfluff86]

Strong man she trusts him. 100$

[@woodfluff86]

%

[@nawalfahh8451]

👗👠👠

[@jeffiner1892]

For me it's not quite at the same level as Mark Ramprakash's salsa (which never fails to make me smile) but it definitely has serious wow factor. I almost (only almost) preferred it to their showdance but Louis' 3 performances on final night were top class. Certainly in this round he was the only one i thought had improved

[@blahdlah1920]

Is it me or were there lots of samba elements in this dance? I'm not an expert at all and I don't know the technical names for the moves but the ones were you move backwards in sync and lift a knee up and the line with the crossing feet I thought were typical samba style.

[@samanthalane3982]

Not Samba. Mambo... which is Salsa, but with a frame and slightly different timing.

[@aaronwilkins1843]

@@samanthalane3982 absolutely spot on!

[@Trix71]

1:08

[@lisaanne821]

He pulled it out the bag in the final. Thought overall he was the best on the night! But maybe over the whole series Kim and Pasha had the chemistry, so for me I kinda had them tied for 1st place.

[@minecraftminer152]

0:28-0:35

[@HilaryCocciola]

wait, isn't this mambo?

[@ApenasMaisGames]

Isso no Faustao nao tem ne? Sacanagem

[@kacii8482]

Please, does anyone have this song without applause?

[@pennyandfishy7241]

Ka Číí i have it do u want me to upload it

[@lolajones7236]

Flavia ( the girl) goes out with Vincent ( another pro dancer on this show)

[@kirmitzi]

A gymnast who had never danced - Denise has danced before. He deserved to win

[@GOSMGR1]

Loads more content than the original Salsa. He improved both of the dances he had done before in this final and his Showdance was a thing of beauty. Deserved winner in my book, though the standard of this final was off the scale. Dani Harmer would have won in many seasons of Strictly but was 4th here. Denise and Kimberley were sensational. No disrespect to Bruce(he's left his footprint in this country's show business history), but maybe somebody else should present now:Claudia Winkleman?

[@KayleighNatasha]

I think Patrick Swayze would be proud of the couple

[@Mcsam6661]

Scores: 8, 8, 6, 8. = 30

[@callumsannachan7135]

10 better than week 3

[@saskia9805]

Don't put your heels down!