Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu Cha Cha Cha ✨ BBC Strictly 2021

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Celebrities take to the dance floor to perform a dazzling display of ballroom routines.
Strictly Come Dancing ✨ Series 19 ✨ BBC
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[@bethny2811]

i get when the judges say this was too stiff and snappy in some places but his overall enthusiasm and rhythm overtakes it all for me. hes so genuinely happy to be there and he’s definitely a natural mover. this partnership is a DELIGHT 💛

[@lynnngo7256]

Nancy is a genius and Rhys is phenomenal! Nancy’s stays being the best female pro on the show. 👏🏻

[@SuperTy173]

I absolutely loved it. His hips!!! His energy. There is so much talent this year.

[@ribena607]

Love his energy, he's got great rhythm. With practice, he's gonna go far.

[@creshaunharris3781]

Score: *7.5* Rhys was getting it at the beginning! The energy was efficacious for week two! Straight legs and the traveling were pretty good. At some times, it got a bit frazzled, but it matched last week for sure. I am definitely seeing Nancy as a veteran pro after this series is over. Enjoyed it from beginning to end!

[@jenihall3996]

Rhys is got everything going for him and I think he will be the one that will put it all together the most if he gets the chance too.

[@ediewatson6546]

They are brilliant dancers. Love them!!!

[@hannahbubeer7852]

This is the energy and vibes I'm after! 😊😊😊

[@milo2293]

Rhys is a good dancer and Nancy is a good dancer too.

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

I love the golden oldies on Steve's radio, with Reece and Martha and Cassie ho Hawaii whizzing through spreadsheets. Makes the day enjoyable with Reece skier and Doug on the computer camera.

[@chunkyhoey8649]

When you have dance background you can't go wrong.🙏✌️

[@sithabiledlamini6125]

Rhys was on fire, forget Nancy🔥🔥❣

[@speechy_keen4878]

I think he did a great job 👏🏽

[@mylaEMRoblox]

I LOVE STRICTLY

[@indiannajames8428]

Love this partnership

[@stephaniegarland8254]

Love the Energy.

[@dianegarciaprieto2118]

Love him,brilliant,knows how to perform

[@KateCameron1]

He needs to control his energy somehow as everything looks like a lot of effort for him. But he’s definitely one of the best just needs more refining

[@ricardobezerra2712]

Wow, last week I remembered that song in Gloria Gaynor's interpretation, thinking how it could make a great theme for a routine on strictly. Indeed it was!

[@pennyandfishy7241]

He's very much like Karim and it's not just them having the same job. I think this is an excellent tune to Cha Cha to and some of it was excellent, particularly in the locksteps and Cha Cha walks, the new yorker could have been stronger and he loses hip action in hold. He's slick, he uses his arms well, he isolates his hips, his leg action is decent enough and he gave it a great vibe. The right sortta dance to get the show started off with, but I do think if John and Johannes weren't as hyped up they would have kicked things off as starstruck is a great tune to start with. So much better than last week may I say he's moving alot more and got his groove. Latin is definitely more his thing. *7/10*

[@madenod5145]

Has the body to become the next Karim. Keep Rocking it.

[@bessieburnet9816]

Next Karim, next Joe, next HRVY. It's been a pattern. Can he break the cycle and win?

[@LexalexusYT]

Who else got a throwback to Jay Magennis dancing to this?! I did cos likewise with Jay I think we’re seeing a serious dancer. Very impressed with his arms and his performance. It may have been spiky for a good portion of it but I see this dance as a statement to the competition 8

[@ykc6754]

They reused the couch

[@suhaiilngubane1385]

Nop ...i can only remember Alesha Dixon and Mathew cutlers Samba to this masterpiece

[@missthea5259]

TOTALLY! Same fan storyline too. Jay was way more connecteed to Aliona though. He did have a dance background via stage school which was evident to me from this first dance though. Their chemistry was INSANE! He is still my fave ever Strictly celeb. Rhys was good but quite disconnected from Nancy as he was conccentrating really hard on the steps. And h was deffo spiky. Jay's dance background meant he had to do less mental legwork and could stay more emotionally connected to Aliona. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYPOZHZ_pb6Bqrc

[@jovensbaianos]

Scores: C: 7 M: 8 S: 8 A: 7 = 30

[@tncookies]

Rhys is really good and not to be overlooked in this talented pack. He has great rhythm and he moves well. Wardrobe was not kind to him. Toss out the jacket next time!

[@SunnyGlade]

I knew this song seemed familiar, and then I realised that Jay McGuiness cha cha cha’d to it also back in 2015!

[@AnnegretheWinkler]

Do you know name of the Tune please 🙏🏻

[@hananarnold]

this routine is a bit too much disco in it for me and not enough of the actual cha cha but still it had good hip movement and a lot of energy and Nancy definitely gave rhys some good choreography to do in the routine so its not a bad effort and he will be a definite 1 to watch

[@laughforlife3539]

Love how Craig mention somebody else's toes in ballroom(pointed in or hen toed but ballroom not too bad as ballroom requires straight toes, but nothing is mentioned here where toes should be five two and five past, but all the right moves and all the right placements just needs to stop and start so Jerkily. Just like the paso doble guy, let the music flow and breath into it. There's sharp and there's stilted. Got real good hips and real potential in legs

[@AnnegretheWinkler]

Loved the Dance, Music please ? 🤔🙏🏻

[@campbellphoenix7662]

If Tom & Amy were in the ballroom, this is what I wanna see and hear: “Dancing the Paso Doble, Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden”

[@kaylabooth9351]

Does anybody know the judges scores

[@jakebowler9763]

Rhys is an excellent dancer. There's no denying that. Unfortunately his snappy style at the moment doesn't work with Latin dances which are all about flow and rhythm. 6

[@imogen6097]

He kinda reminds me of Karim - a little bit too over the stop with the dancing. Hopefully he’ll tone it down and add more fluidity into his dances especially in Latin. No denying that he’s a great dancer, can see him getting far.

[@bessieburnet9816]

I mean, Joe, Karim, HRVY, now Rhys. It's become a pattern of these young boys doing great and getting to the finals. Will Rhys get there? And will he break the cycle and win?

[@jaystev]

@@bessieburnet9816 Well Karim and HRVY were very very good. Joe was good but not really winner material. I wonder which one Rhys will join.

[@bessieburnet9816]

@@jaystev Disagree, Joe was a fantastic dancer

[@jaystev]

@@bessieburnet9816 He was the weakest of the final by quite a margin, whereas HRVY and Karim were major front runners.

[@minhto2208]

I like this choreography consulation effortlessly when they try numerously tackling with some complicate dance. The judge may keep dissastisifaction on due to the lack of collaborating very clumsy but far eventually they deserved many pratical appreciation theorically

[@janehambly1568]

I’m watching in NZ and we don’t get to see the judging ☹️ especially with Anton on the panel it’s not then same watching it on you tube ….

[@12345678910111213955]

You need to polish a little bit other than that I thought it was absolutely amazing.

[@emmadrake361]

The title is unfinished

[@dayinalifewithlee4404]

My scores Linda:6 Me:7 Nosipho:7 BJ:7 =27

[@bessieburnet9816]

Oh. Maybe I set myself up for disappointment on that one, but that really wasn't as good as that amazing dance last week. He was a little stiff, and there certainly wasn't enough cha cha content in there.. i love them and they are good enough to deserve that score, but I wish I could enjoy it more if I hadn't got so hyped up.

[@strictlyfan55]

7 He looked much more comfortable in this style than last week's dance so he's moving in the right direction for sure. Lots of great footwork and amzing rhythm throughout his entire body. It's a shame about all the body-popping they put in. I don't get why celebs and pros do that as it always really distracts from the proper cha cha. Hip and leg action was very forced, and his upper body was very rigid and stiff. There seemed to be little or no connection between his lower and upper body so he needs to work on his fluidity and tone down the energy in places but I can see him growing into both the ballroom and the latin which is good.

[@SnowyHeather]

me and my friends scores Me: 8/10 Jackson 7/10 Kate: 7/10 David: 7/10 Scores 29/40

[@ay1a6249]

I loved this however I think his facials were a bit over the top

[@devonharrison5000]

6 for me

[@michaelr289]

Scores Me 8 Abby 8 Kevin 8 Gianna 8 32/40

[@danielthestrictlysuperfan6420]

Rhys's got great musicality! He was exactly on the beat of the song all the way through. His energy was superb as well - he was playful and cheeky, his chemistry with Nancy was outstanding. He definitely knows how to perform. However, technically, it left me wishing for more. His leg action wasn't very clean. He should have straighten his legs much more, he should have used his hip much more (there was almost no hip action). Some steps (like the "cuban break" or the "forward new york") were excellent, but others (his lockstep for instance) were lacking some attention to the technical details. Cha Cha Cha is (generally) about having one leg really straight with all the body body weight on it and the other one bent. If you dance with both of the legs straight all the time or with both of the legs bent all the time, you'll never manage to produce the hip action needed in this dance. It's only the transition from bent to straight leg that enables the dancer to create hip action. To sum up, artistically perfect, musically gorgeous, but need more attention to details, more polish. He has such wonderful assets already, I want him now to work on refinement. My score: a 6.

[@the5thjudge]

our scores: me: 8 diya: 7 kelsey: 8 owen: 7 30/40

[@emaloney2211]

Good dancer but still needs to control his energy. He sometimes looks like a little puppy waiting for a ball to be thrown. Some of his arm movements were very throw away and looked too impatient to get onto the next move. No one can take away his enthusiasm and rhythm but he has to be careful, particularly in the slower dances.

[@AB-dq5cr]

Overscored

[@ravenclawrumba7096]

His face bugged me , he was very stiff and i felt annoyed watching this but i don't know why??? Loving Nancy as a pro though finally. 4/10

[@bnanaaasbrown9529]

I found him annoying to watch because, imo, he thinks he's better than he is. He needs to nail the basics before he starts to try and add embellishments. The cha cha walks were so wooden. He has great rhythm though.

[@ravenclawrumba7096]

@@bnanaaasbrown9529 Yes i agree he is way to over confident.

[@bnanaaasbrown9529]

RavenclawRumba Confidence is a good thing but yes, important not to think you know it all just because you can get a routine down. The key is in the delivery of the basic technique, not in the flashy movements.