Alex and Neil Charleston to 'Pump Up the Jam' - Week 5 | BBC Strictly 2019 

This is by FAR her best dance I thought the choreography was great. 8/10

I’m so ecstatic for Alex, she’s grown in so much confidence and definitely seems more relaxed and looked like she was loving every moment - although (and I think we can all agree) the mess that was last week with the scores etc. made us lose faith in some of the couples, but I think with Dev leaving it made everyone work so much harder... well done Alex - best dance of the night 💗

Alex deserves 40 for this dance. Every step every facial expression every shrug of her shoulders is perfect. Love love love this dance. Go Alex.

Now, THIS is a journey. Literally so happy for them!

Best dance of the night

One of my favourite Charleston’s ever on strictly!

Pocket rocket Alex takes cute to another level here. Those facial expressions! They both seem to be so happy out there, and the whole 'look' is spot-on. One to watch and re-watch.

I ship these two so much ! They look so happy when they’re with each other and like they’re just having the best time bless them

Absolutely loved this dance - so pleased to see Alex finally come into her own. Her chemistry with Neil is great and how chic does she look in that tux? Hope we see more of this energy from her in the weeks to come!

It was so nice to see Alex enjoying herself and SMASHING it!!! I love this dance so much and you best believe that the majority of these views are going to be mine.

Best dance tonight, Alex has always been underscored in previous dances, it's like the judges not really feeling her, but tonight they couldn't really argue and had to mark her properly. Good routine and the outfits (white lined bottoms) helped to show how good she was in timing etc.

FINALLY, Alex has arrived! I hope it's not a one-off. Her confidence has really boosted over the weeks so far and her performances have benefited (David should take a leaf out of her book!) -- their chemistry is so genuine too. 9 from me.

ABOUT TIME! I take back my comments about Neil’s choreography this was 🔥. Their synchronicity was impeccable and the musicality that she has was amazing. It reminded me of Charles’ breakthrough last year with his street dance let’s just hope she can keep it up. 9/10

A modern song that actually works with the dance style, well done 👍🏻

should've got four 9s! LOVED THIS DANCE!

Best dance of the night! Alex is growing so much and Neil is amazing at what he does. I'm so happy for them, and I hope Alex keeps this up with their Latin and ballroom dances. I've been voting for team red ever since the beginning and after watching this I feel they have a chance to be in the final. Also that chemistry 👀

This is my favorite dance of Alex’s. Wow. She did well. She kept up with Neil for the most part :)) I hope she continues doing well

she snapped i’m obsessed with this

her SWIVEL is second to none, genuinely better than Kelvin’s from movie week who we all see as a front runner this year. I think Dev leaving has really spurred her on this week, especially because she was left right until the end and thought she’d be in the dance off, but she truly truly delivered and proved why she should still be here. Alex made it look so so easy and effortless and cool, it wasn’t a gimmick or mocking in any way, just a really cool and jazzy Charleston that would look brilliant in the final as a judges pick or favourite dance, not to mention on the live tour. I’m so excited to see her next week, and I’m absolutely buzzing to see her jive and couples choice (hoping it’ll be street commercial, she killed this!!!). Superstar in the making, it didn’t need a character, mad staging or production, just a girl learning to dance which is what this is all about. Epic.

ALEX HAS ARRIVED!! I called it that there was a dancer within her. She nailed a very challenging Charleston routine. Did Neil go wrong near the start? The partnership is a lot stronger and performance value was the best I’ve seen her. And Swivel!! Alex in a suit is also just Amazing!! 8.5

Best performance yet by Alex! She looked amazing!

One of the dances of the series so far. Great song, great routine and Alex got to show her personality. She looked so confident. Brilliant!

i keep coming back to this iconic dance

Another magic moment... I love Strictly! This is what it is all about, watching the celebs surprising us week after week. Good luck Alex...keep it coming girl!

A REVERSE lift? That alone gets an 8 from me!

This was such a surprise!! It’s great to see Alex’s personality really come out👍

Pure magic! this is my favourite dance of this series of Strictly!!

Omgoodness what a amazing and entertaining performance absolutely loved it and I loved the choreography!! Well done 👍🏽 Neil this was really suitable for Alex and good on her for proving she is a worthy contender and not to be ignored 👏🏽🥳💃🏻🥰9️⃣

Aaaah!!! Finally!! Justice for Alex!!! 🤩🤩🤩 Ah, Motsi's words must have really inspired her!! She's gained proper confidence and what a dance!! So fun, so jazzy, so classy! And it's so powerful how she said she didn't put on a character. Just showed how confident in herself she was to go out and do this and get those scores! I'm so happy for her!! I've always believed in her, from the moment she opened 2019!!! 🙏🏽

Charleston really suits her! I agree with Alfonso, it was probably because of the song too. Impressed that she was so in-sync with Neil!

Brilliant! She has finally broken out of her shell. I hope she keeps it up. Side note: I hope she gets couples choice and they do street. After watching this it seems like she'd smash it

That was by far her best!! Incredible!!!! 😍😍😍

Who is SHE? Is this Alex from the last weeks? WELCOME TO THE COMPETITION. So happy to see her break trough dance. The energy was there, the fore, the motivation, technique, CHEMISTRY. Keep it up Alex and you will go far, I'm rooting for you and Neil. One of my fav.couples this season. It's a 9!

Totally undermarked. This was a stunning routine, very well executed. Should have been 9s and 10s 💖

I think this deserves better marks. She is improving and its so good! Love them together too. I love a strictly journey

SHE HAS ARRIVED!! this choreography was a joy to watch. although i wish alex would exaggerate her movements slightly more just to match neils vibe!! a STRONG 8

I really enjoyed this dance massive improvement well done Alex.. And brilliant choreography from Neil I really like him, dont get why he gets so much stick he's a fantastic dancer and seems fun🕺

WOW! Amazing! My favorite dance tonight

Tonight's Neil gives me Tom Ellis's vibe.

Gwan Alex!! Gwan Neil!! I'm so chuffed you two are growing together.

This was my favourite dance from Alex.

Such a clever routine and it suited her so so much

Alex did amazinggg!! Such great (and difficult!) choreo from Neil, really rooting for them 👍

Brilliant work by both of them. Alex has shown what can be done by being positive and working hard, but then, I’d expect nothing less from an ex professional footballer. I hope she goes far in the competition.

FINALLY A BREAKTHROUGH

Wow!! Did last place put some fire in her this week because I wasn't ready for this!!! Nice swivels, loved the hip-hop slickness. Gave me the feels of Harlem renaissance/cotton club vibes. LOVED IT! 9!!!!!!!!!

I’ve watched this so many times

Great!! Now I'm glad she's still in the competition. Last week I definitely wasn't but she's proved how good she can be this week. Hope she keeps it up.

this is my fav dance from strictly 2019 week 5! Keep it up you guys!

She’s here! Finally! I thought it was outstanding she had a lot of good swivels and dance content and dare I say I thought it was under-marked. She seems such a lovely,genuine person and I’m really happy for her. I just hopes she keeps it up. 9 for me!

One of my favourite routines ever x

I love this couple. Neil is 😍

Fav dance of the night! So happy for them

Wow she’s improved so much! Such high energy and the lifts were pretty impressive. You can tell she was more comfortable and enjoying herself with this dance

Just plain brilliant, and aren't they lucky that their music was not some Blue Danube or Rondo Alla Turca?

Every year I say I’m not bothered by Strictly; it’s just in the background and then suddenly there’s a couple that catches my eye and ear that makes me wanna watch it and support them. This year it’s these two! Love a bit of Electro Swing 🙌

This is my favourite dance of the evening! I can't stop watching it! ❤️ Go Alex and Niel!

I've watched this like 5x now - so so good!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

I didn't really get this dance. But it is still the best Charleston of the series. A 9 from me as well

WHAT A REVELATION!! That was truly fantastic! Great synchronization between the two of them, pretty flawless swivels, such a fantastic musicality and absolutely amazing partnership. It was, without any doubt, Alex's best dance yet, the level of her technique was so high and she didn't miss a step. Neil's choreography was innovative and lovely. I would have loved to see her hitting some of the lines with even greater energy and for me the transitions from the lifts could have been smoother, but other than that this Charleston was of a very, very high quality, technically, very strong rhythmically and pretty surprising artistically. An 8.

Amazing Alex! I really hope we get to see them do couple's choice. Could see her smashing street commercial after this.

I keep coming back to this dance, I just love it. The choreography and the music work really well together.

I thought this was good the first time I watched. However the more I watch it, the more I like it. Very cool and not what everyone else does usually for Charleston on stricttly

This dance is amazing

Love love loved it! Alex and Neil were in unison, Alex has emerged like a butterfly and Neil's routine was sensational. The Charleston is my favourite dance 💖💖😍😍

Absolutely brilliant! She did so well this week 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Brilliant routine loved the content and execution!!! well done x x x

Fantastic routine made even better by (at last) some brilliant music Gatsby style. Loved it.

Amazing I watch this a million times a day because it is so good

Great fun! Managed to be both cool and cheeky. Love a Charleston!

I really enjoyed it! Well done Alex!

She did so wellll!!!

Fabulous! What a great team you are.

Loved this dance it was fabulous all great music

That’s so frickin’ crazy!

This was such a genius dance !! I love them as a couple wowweee

One of favourite dances so far. 🕺💃😘

Has anyone else seen the rehearsal footage on Alex's instagram? There's a moment at 0.39 when Neil stands still and at the time I remember thinking it was odd, and having watched the rehearsal footage, I think he missed a step! Bigger praise to Alex for cracking on and producing this awesome dance that I have watched multiple times since Saturday!

They were Amazing

She mentions this in her book page 241 😊💃🕺🎉🎶

She was amazing!

Alex she can dance I lover it

loved this!

Brilliant!!!!!

Alex it's a 10 from the Davis household from Worcester, even though we're all Spurs fans. You go girl 😘😘

Defos undermarked

That was awesome.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

He is HAWT!! ❣️❣️

Alex, this is your best dance so far! I really enjoyed this Charleston, very fun and quite cheeky too! Great routine Neil. Looking forward to seeing your next spook-tacular dance for Halloween👻😉

An original take. (luved her suit.. Nailed it,ALEX Lets hope u keep up THE High SCORES. Well done.

A friend of mine told me that he wasn’t fond of this dance, and I can’t understand why! I thought it was extremely entertaining! Definitely her best dance yet! 😃.

Loved it

Neil's ENERGY. wow.(after he did the 1st lift,OFF the platform). Thut he was gunna dance CHARLSTON his way outta the hall. Alex looked GR8

Brilliant

i have been saying since day one she cant dance.. I apologise Alex and Neil. Brilliant routine and finally her personality is coming through. Well done Neil on a great routine, and another great show .

Well Alex has entered the room this week, good swivel and personality, much better confidence and more stylish than her other ones. She came alive, great energy and improvement really nice to see but the only thing is I do think Neil was out dancing her especially in the bits when they are dancing beside her it really shows up but it was a personality breakthrough 100%, not just as good as the jusges made out but it was still very very good. *7/10*

What a great band cover of Pump Up the Jam. Where did they get this cover?

Yes yes yes an easy 9️⃣

Wow!!! 😍💞