Strictly Come Dancing Week 4: Tasha Ghouri gets first 10s while Nikita Kuzmin delivers THAT Shakira routine

Final week, it was the top of the highway for Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones as their Little Mermaid impressed samba did not impress the judges or viewers. Toyah, who survived the primary dance-off, wasn’t fortunate the second time, dropping out to Paul Merson on a unanimous choice.

As we talked about, Nick shall be redoing his Charleston, because the star was unable to coach for many of this week. Nevertheless, he will not be the one Charleston of the week as Love Island star Tasha Ghouri shall be tackling the routine with Aljaz Skorjanec.

We are able to additionally anticipate two salsas and two quicksteps with Chris McCausland and Jamie Borthwick shall be taking over the previous, whereas Paul Merson and Pete Wicks are dealing with the latter.

Elsewhere, Montell Douglas is taking over the Viennese waltz, Dr. Punam Krishan shall be aiming to duplicate final week’s success with a jive and Sam Quek takes on the samba; though to Hips Do not Lie as against Every time, Wherever.

The dances are rounded out by Sarah Hadland’s foxtrot, JB Gill’s rumba, Shayne Ward’s cha-cha-cha and Wynne Evans’ tango.

Final week’s leaderboard may have no influence on this week, but it surely was Tasha Ghouri who topped it along with her rumba. Three coupled scored one level under her, with Shayne Ward, Sarah Hadland and Dr. Punam all scoring 33.

Shayne opened up Saturday evening’s present along with his thrilling cha-cha-cha. The previous Coronation Avenue star has been on the up just lately on the leaderboard and his bowling-themed routine was a strike in our eyes!

Shirley praised his “enchancment” from his first Latin quantity, a samba in Week 1, however Craig claimed it “lacked resistance and tone”.

Rating: 30 (7, 8, 7, 8)

Sarah and Vito introduced a whole lot of feelings to their foxtrot to Billie Eilish’s hit Birds of a Feather.

One fan mentioned: “Am I getting emotional over Sarah and Vito’s dance to Birds of a Feather as a result of they give the impression of being so comfortable to be there and are dancing so fantastically???”

In a uncommon second, Anton elicted a number of boos after highlighting Sarah’s footwork.

Scores: 27 (6, 7, 7, 7)

Nick was in a position to carry his Charleston to the Strictly dancefloor lastly, and we have been so glad to see it!

Craig sadly discovered a lot to complain about, however praised Nick’s “character”, whereas Anton praised the dance as a bit of “musical theatre”.

Scores: 21 (4, 6, 5, 6)

Jamie and Michelle tackled the primary salsa of the evening and the EastEnders was a toyal pure within the dance model, and people lifts!

Followers discovered the routine fairly humorous, with one joking: “When the TUI vacation rep has spent too lengthy in Cancun and desires sending residence.”

Shirley hailed the routine as Jamie’s “finest dance” and Motsi praised how Jamie went for it.

Scores: 34 (8, 9, 9, 8)

Wynne has been one in all our favorite dancers this 12 months and this week he took on the tango.

Anton famous how “dedicated” Wynne was to the routine and mentioned it was one in all Wynne’s “finest performances”. Motsi agreed, labelling it Wynne’s “finest” and praising his “high quality” dancing.

Scores: 34 (8, 9, 9, 8)

Following her historic Bollywood routine, Punam was taking over the jive, however though her confidence shined by means of there have been points.

Motsi mentioned the dance was “cold and hot” with errors along with her arms whereas Shirley thought Punam had put an excessive amount of “strain” on herself.

Scores: 20 (4, 5, 5, 6)

Paul hasn’t been the most effective dancer this sequence, however the footballer definitely introduced it along with his quickstep this week!

Anton mentioned his dance was “nice” and Craig hailed the “progressions”.

Scores: 23 (4, 6, 6, 7)

JB and Amy took to the dancefloor for his or her passionate rumba, they usually definitely introduced a scorching efficiency.

Nevertheless, Craig thought JB acquired “caught” throughout components of the efficiency. It marked Amy’s first rumba on the sequence.

Scores: 30 (7, 8, 7, 8)

After phrases of encouragement from Dianne’s father, comic Chris took on a difficult salsa, and he confirmed no concern, whilst he lifted Dianne straight into the air!

Shirley praised how Chris dealt with the lifts whereas Craig even cracked out his Australian accent to ship his critiques.

Scores: 30 (6, 8, 8, 8)

Johannes and Montell actually captured our hearts with their transferring routine this week.

One fan could not believed their eyes as they penned: “BEAUTIFUL. Appeared like knowledgeable couple who’ve spent years dancing collectively. Love the track selection too.”

Anton hailed the routine as his “favorite” of the evening, in the meantime Shirley mentioned the pairing could possibly be a “hazard” to others pairs hoping for Glitterball glory.

Scores: 33 (8, 8, 8, 9)

After Nikita’s iconic singing of the improper Shakira track on final week’s outcomes present, expectations have been excessive for this quantity.

Motsi cherished the quantity of samba content material within the routine, however Shirley felt some components felt “awkward”.

Scores: 28 (7, 7, 7, 7)

After THAT George of the Jungle routine final week, Pete carried out a quickstep to City Known as Malice.

Motsi felt some components of the routine “weren’t constant” however Shirley cherished how Pete “belted” throughout the ground.

Scores: 29 (7, 7, 8, 7)

Tasha is one in all this 12 months’s finest dancers and she or he completely stole the present along with her closing quantity.

Lifts, a cut up and a selfie stick made certain that she secured the primary tens of the sequence.

Motsi stole Craig’s catchphrase whereas Shirley mentioned she “could not fault it” whereas Anton known as it “virtually excellent”.

Scores: 39 (9, 10, 10, 10)