Strictly Come Dancing fans were wowed by Kym Marsh 's brilliant Charleston performance which was hailed as the "best dance of the series yet" by judge Anton du Beke.
The Morning Live presenter took on the high-paced Charleston routine alongside professional partner Graziano Di Prima on Saturday night for the BBC One Latin and ballroom show's movie week.
The pair danced to 'If My Friends Can See Me Now' from the musical Sweet Charity and garnered a huge 33 points out of 40 for their Charleston, and Anton waxed lyrical about the performance.
"I thought it was pure musical movie magic. I loved every second of it," Anton told Kym and Graziano.
"I thought your lifts were amazing, your form in the lifts were amazing. Your characterisations through the lifts were incredible, your timing was brilliant, your solo work was brilliant and I thought that not only was that your best dance, I reckon that's the best dance of the series yet."
Craig Revel Horwood commented that Kym needed to "learn how to energise each move" but did conclude that it was her "best dance yet", while Motsi Mabuse said the former Hear'Say singer was a "shining star".
Head judge Shirley Ballas beamed that it was her "best number so far, it was a wowzer routine" and even defended Kym for her "absolutely perfect" spotting, which was an earlier criticism from Revel Horwood.
Strictly fans on Twitter certainly enjoyed the routine as they penned their praises on the social media platform.
One viewer wrote: "This is definitely Kym's dance #strictly", while another commented: "Oh yes, this is a Charleston #strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #SCD."
A third person replied: "Thought Kym Marsh was excellent #strictly ", and a fourth Twitter user said: "Utterly blown away by Kym and Graziano’s Charleston. The best dance of the series by a mile. What a moment."
A fifth added: "I have no idea what Craig was watching - Kym's Charleston on #Strictly was sensational!"
Craig gave the lowest score from the judges as he showed the 7 paddle, while Shirley gave the Charleston an 8 out of 10 mark. Motsi and Anton both thought the routine deserved a 9 - which were Graziano's first 9s since joining the popular dancing competition in 2018.
Kym finished the night in joint third place alongside actor Will Mellor and his partner Nancy Xu, one point adrift of Molly Rainford and her professional dancer Carlos Gu who scored 34 for their Waltz.
Kiss FM host Tyler West and Dianne Buswell, who also performed the Charleston, topped the leaderboard with a magnificent 38 as the 20th series of Strictly saw its first 10s.
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