Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Rumba

I personally really liked Chris’ Rumba back in his first week but there was still significant room for improvement, let’s hope 10/11 weeks on has seen that improvement realised! At times Chris’ hands look really good, at others they are just stuck out, but thankfuly mainly there is some shaping there. I’d like to see…

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Leaderboard

Final leaderboard is as follows: 1 95 points – Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe2 86 points – Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna3 80 points – Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan4 59 points – Laila Rouass & Anton Du Beke I predicted to Emma last night that it would be a Laila and Ricky dance-off, but…

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Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Samba

Another Samba tonight, Ali scored well earlier on and it’ll be difficult to have such a direct comparison to her. I think Bruno might mention the stamping jump at the start, and Chris’ mouth is making a comeback. His hips are a little lacking but it’s a very good performance and I’ll give it an…

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Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Waltz

A dance that needs elegance and romance, and I think Chris has what it takes to pull off a good one, but let’s see what happens. I’m not personally happy with his head position, it’s stretched a little oddly but the dance is looking good aside from that, although he really does need to incorporate…

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Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Charlston

This week is going to be interesting then – two dances that I’ve never danced (albeit their elements feature in Quickstep and Jive). How to judge a dance you have no experience of…I’ll be in the same boat as Alesha for once! I know Chris is going for attitude, but I do wish he would…

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Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Viennese Waltz

Chris has been hit-and-miss this series, let’s see how he copes with the tricky Viennese. Not quite sure that Chris’ feet were correct during the slow fleckerl at the start. Nice pivots, although you could see the tension forming in Chris’ shoulders every time he dances them. A good performance and should get 8’s.

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Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Paso Doble

So Chris gave his best performance last week, can he keep it up with the Paso this week?Not sure on the facial expressions, but definitely an aggressive attacking attitude. I don’t personally like all the jumping stamps but the ending was very good and generally very good technique throughout. Easily 8’s, maybe even a 9…

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Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Foxtrot

Foxtrot is the most technically difficult of all the dances and I think lack of confidence could see Chris dancing round with raised shoulders, which would really ruin the look of the dance. Needs to make sure that when he’s moving backwards that he’s lifting the toe of the trailing foot off the ground (known…

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Leaderboard

Leaderboard is as follows:1. 39 points – Ricky & Natalie2. 35 points – Jade & Ian3. 33 points – Ali & Brian4. 33 points – Laila & Anton5. 32 points – Zoe & James6. 30 points – Natalie & Vincent7. 30 points – Phil & Katya8. 29 points – Chris & Ola9. 24 points –…

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