Layton and Nikita Couple's Choice to Ain't No Other Man by Christina Aguilera ✨ BBC Strictly 2023 

They are a great double act

Same! He was so swxy in this dance and then the pole slide happened...

Same! He is so godam hot! 🔥 🔥 🔥

I always see you in the comments are you team lakita also. I love your comments btw. ? They are the best and most organic pair.

@@rebelhenz I'm fully on team Lakita yes. And thank you, I'm glad you like my comments. Other people aren't so kind. 😊

@@essy1able​​⁠I love to see it. I know there’s a lot of hypocrites. I hate the fact that Ellie and Vito fans feel the need to come on here. It’s not really nice, I actually like them. But I am team Lakita everyday. They can do that nonsense on Ellie yt section. There’s a way to be diplomatic without having to bring down other people supporters, and fussing it down our throat. It’s weird. They’re weird. Do you boo, I wish they’d keep the same energy. I honestly agree with you.

I’m on team Lakita too! They are the definition of ✨SLAY✨

#teamlakita here too

I actually couldn’t put this comment any better if I tried!! Despite my suspicions on Layton’s experience, I can now understand why he did this show, for not only his family but for us too, he wants to make the world proud and I must say, he’s doing that! The love between him and his family are so heartwarming. Dances that are dedicated to family and friends, are worth a 10 for my liking. Disagree or not but that’s just my opinion. I now like him very much! I saw him in a video as a kid, the confidence! Wowee! He gave it his all and he’s done everybody proud. Yeah, to be moving to London at only 11 is shocking. Poor Michelle! She must’ve had difficulties back then 😢. And I honestly hate the fact that he was bullied constantly just because of his success. Pure jealousy! Look, he may have experience but he’s only trying to make us, his family and especially Nikita proud. This is the best partnership! When he said they were brothers! 🥺. He makes me smile when I watch him and I’m sure everyone apart from the haters. I honestly never knew Layton had to go through all those tough times as a child. It’s not nice, I’ve had the same problem sometimes too :(. He makes Nikita shine like a bright star! I love these two! Disagree with me or not but I think he’s a really nice person because of the love and affection he has towards the supporters throughout his Strictly journey and his family. I can also see that he secretly does appreciate Nikita’s dance training, he just doesn’t show it! I’m on team Lakita from now! ❤

@@PreppiesX0X0 great reply! The fact is Layton is authentically himself. He shows all aspects of himself and that is what I love about Layton, that's what he brings into his dancing. I've thought about this constant noise about his dance training meaning he shouldn't be in strictly and I think the arguments don't stack up for several reasons:- 1. It's not true that it's for inexperienced celebrities. If that was the case Layton would not have been invited on in the first place. 2. There have been many people with dance experience on Strictly. What is not fair is that only some people seem to get the flack. Strictly exec need to do better at speaking up about this. 3. At the end of the day, the public get.to choose who they want anyway so its a popularity contest and not a dance competition. 4. It can be very hard to establish who has an advantage over another person as there are so many aspects to a person's life. Yes, Layton got Billy Elliot at age 11 but to get that he also had to leave home and have that distance from his Mother something that was clearly very difficult emotionally for them both. For another person that could have been psychologically damaging not life enhancing. It's just not always possible to assess who has the greater advantages but at least we can start with looking at the fuller picture of a person's life, including the sacrifices that a person or their family had to make. I would say that Layton's biggest advantage is not actually his west end experience, it's his Mother and who would take that away from him? What I see in Layton is that he pours everything, mind, body and soul into his dancing and his connection with Nikita is on another level. I don't think I've seen this to the same degree with any other partnership on Strictly.

And his story of getting the Billy Elliot role is the story of Billy Elliot getting into the Royal Ballet and moving to London as a young kid. How fitting he should get that part!

​​@@caroljohn39I agree with your reasoning and would ladd that those who complain about Layton's - and previous SCD competitors' - dance experience, seem to think that dance experience necessarily means you are going to be good, when it's not a given. I mean Les Dennis and Nikita Kanda had dance experience ... I rest my case! Bobby hasn't had any dance experience and Annabel only had ballet classes as a very young kid - she's not from the performing arts world - and look at them fly! I think so many people don't realise that many actors, presenters, popstars/musicians have been to acting/stage/performing arts schools, and so will have almost certainly done some kind of dance training as part of their time there. I just find the arguments of these critics are often childish and illogical! Anyone who performs in front of a camera/audience for a living has some kind of advantage on the show as dancing is not just about footwork and technique, but about being able to perform, and sell a routine. As someone who used to do singing lessons, I can vouch for the fact that that performance ability is not to be underestimated; it is key, and I found it really hard to perform, it asked many questions of myself I wasn't able to push and investigate at the time, and that had an impact on my perfomance. If you are technically brilliant but can't sell it, the audience will lose interest. Also, some professional performers are much better than others! Also, the show is about Ballroom (Standard Ballroom and Latin) numbers, not any other kind of dance, but the detractors lump all dance in together as if it is all the same thing - ludicrous! It can actually be harder to learn a different kind of dancing style as a dancer than to start with a blank canvas, much the same as it is with many other art forms and also language learning. It can be hard to learn German if you know Dutch, or Spanish if you know Italian because the languages are similar, they are 'false friends' so the potential for confusion is greater. It can be easier to learn Dutch if you know Spanish, for instance! Another factor people who criticise the celebrities with dance experience overlook is that if the show was made up of 15 contestants who'd never danced or performed before, the show would be tediously dull to watch after a while as not everyone with a blank canvas is able to progress through. Some just fizzle out or simply aren't up to it. Also, some contestants with previous dance or performance experience plateau after a while and have nothing more to give. We've seen all this on the show. It is also very hard for the BBC to find candidates without dance experience who are prepared to go on the show. So people need to be smarter and think before they criticise those contestants with some kind of dance or performance background, and they need to think about the other contestants' experience and apply the criticism fairly across the board before writing anti stuff! At the end of the day, I get tired of all this criticism. The show is a positive thing and we should be talking about that and how great the couples and the dances are, but it is important to stick up for these points as well. I can't believe, though, that it is week 10 now and we still need to do this! 🥱🙄 👍🤗❤

​​@@ME-Oxon Well said.... I've also pointed out here and elsewhere that by saying certain celebs shouldn't be on the show is pretty much insulting the professional dancers. I've seen a couple of comments saying that Layton could choreograph the routines himself or be/come back as a pro dancer. Quite bluntly, no he could not. The professional dancers have spent their entire lives learning ballroom/Latin to the point where some of them hold multiple championship titles. Added to this, they have to be able to choreograph routines and teach their celeb partners. Layton is a great dancer, but he has no-where near the wealth of experience in this area of dance as the pros do.

So glad I'm not the only one that saw it as a fight for dominance/control!

Layton is a 40 on his own. ❤❤❤❤❤

They are at least doing the Strictly Live Tour together. 😊

I agree, HOT HOT HOT!!

I AGREE!

That outfit was MADE for Nikita. Wow. Sam Smith’s team will be calling up asking to get those outfits for his backing dancers !

@@lisar655 Those outfits were roasting hot!

I’ve loved seeing Nikita come out of his creative shell. I’ve never seen this in a pro dancer before and I love it! 🌟 Maybe it’s because Layton is so good……but it doesn’t really matter. This pairing is exciting, unexpectedly perfect and phenomenal on so many levels. ❤

No, it doesn't

@@Rusty84CV agree, timing was slightly out in certain phases

​@@speedbird3560Not enough to detract from all the amazing other aspects to the dance and performance though, at least not for me.

😂

How pathetic.

😂😂 I know how you feel, I have to sit on my hands to resist the temptation of throwing something! Love these guys 😍

I still think Fleur"s couples choice was the best but this was probs second best😊

​@Tammy.963 no one asked but cool!😊

True Layton, is the most supportive on his IG, always saying well done to everybody else, after they all complete their dances. I agree with your comment.

It was out of sync in places, and Kevin showed where on SiTT last night, but neither he (nor I) gives a flying f***, it was fab and deserved a 10. Craig lets every tiny detail stop the dance being amazing for him, it's not how the majority of us function (fortunately!) although no doubt many of the anti-Layton brigade will seize on this detail ad nauseum 🙄😞

Before Craig mentioned that I had already noticed the out-of-sync feel. Something was slightly off (not a professional here, but I'm not thick either).

@@hnrbdrh I missed it, I’m too busy whooping with delight 😂. Okay, I’ll give Craig a break 🤨

Me too ❤️

Tbf his eyesight probably not all it was 😂 he needs to get to specsavers asap

Dance better than this this fell flat even Fleur last year was better. Every dance they do is starting to look similar.

@@joshjones5062 It was totally unique. I haven't seen those pole dance moves on Strictly before.

@@joshjones5062 Hm, thats strange, I don’t remember seeing Layton (with blonde hair) and Nikita pole dancing as their couple’s choice to “Ain’t no other man” in those outfits, with that choreography, any time in my life. But I can totally understand how you can mix up commercial with an argentine tango!! (that was all sarcasm in case you thought I was agreeing with you)

​@@joshjones5062😂😂😂😂😂 yes because this looks exactly like last week's Argentin tango

No Craig was right, it was out of sync. Still a fantastic display of dancing tho

Isn’t Layton a professional though? I saw him in the West End playing Jamie in Everyone is Talking about Jamie. Absolutely phenomenal!!!! Maybe he is not a fully fledged dancer in all categories, but he can dance as if there is no tomorrow. I have not followed the series this year and now I regret. I can see comments saying how he improved in certain aspects. Tbh, these two could have their own show and I’d pay to see them perform.

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Same here

I’ve also rewatched it multiple times and can’t see a timing or sync issue! Unbelievably mean decision by Craig not to give a 10!

@@celiawalker1828 Craig enjoys being the bad guy. Even when he is spinning he has no technique. At least the other 3 judges can demonstrate how to do the correct moves they are critiquing. Craig enjoys the boos and being mean. Makes good television, apparently.

Completely agree!!

Me and my family also thought he lost his 10 paddle. Another thing, This afternoon, when he walked in, he didn’t really say anything, he just walked in without saying much to any fans!

I AGREE

I've now just watched looking for how synced it was and he made no sense, it's totally synced!

@@ericamacs3875I done similar with Bobby’s and Nigel’s dances. I couldn’t see what Craig was saying with any of them. Seems like he was being a party pooper and maybe production have taken his 10 paddle away for the drama. Also perhaps due to James Jordan’s critiques on ‘Strictly the Truth’ for OK magazine

@@lisar655 Pffft Craigs got better things to be doing with his life than listening to the rubbish that comes out of Jordans mouth

Yes, YES, YES!

Same! I was like "Oh noooo! They cut Nikita sliding down the pole and putting his arm around Layton!"

Ikrrr that was adorableee@@emmybm15

he looked at layton nodded and they smashed it the way nikita slid down the pole and then went to join layton for a grasping hug what a bromance stayed in character right up to joining tess

YES.

FR. don’t know what’s happened to his 10 paddle, he should go looking for that, he could really do with one!!

Chills. Period.

Only AJ & Kai’s matched it.

I think every dance they do is a mock fight 😅

Just re-watched it.... Damn, he looks absolutely feral.....🔥🔥🔥🔥

Katya is also a very creative choreographer in similar ways you suggest.

@@ME-Oxon Katya is god's gift to SCD. I am only semi-joking. She is fabulous in every way.

John and Jojo were 2 years ago. Loved them!!!

​@@gemmadisney5 I remember them as if they performed yesterday! They showed how it could be done. Loved them too!!!

FR👏👏

ABSOLUTELY. y’all’s comments are pure facts!! 👏👏👏👏👏

I mean I get it, this is Layton's home turf, it needed to be quite literally perfect and he and Nikita were not perfectly in sync. Still amazing but I would be upset if it wasn't lol

Every dance they do is awesome, but I think (hope!) Craig is gonna give him a ten once Layton does a slow dance for a change (I know he's done some but most were pretty flashy), with perfect technique, no tricks, some solid chemistry and showing a softer side emotionally. What styles are we thinking?

⁠@@mojovr5003rumba is the only one I can think of now.

@@rebelhenz hell yes give them a rumba the likes of John and Johannes and they're all set

Rumba - maybe next week? Hope it's both ' pure filth' as Craig likes to say (although we don't seem to get those as much anymore) and tender to give light and shade.@@mojovr5003

But he is already a professional dancer, the others are not.

​@@user-hd4tc8eh1dno but he's a professional dancer. It's not rocket science.

​@@eddiebaby22 Have you got the same criticisms for Angela Rippon, Angela Scanlon and Nigel Harman then? If not, then you're massively hypocritical.

@@barbarawebb5782 But they were not already professional dancers. And they are not as good, obviously, nowhere near.

@@barbarawebb5782 They are probably the best dancing partnership on the show. I still think Ellie might win though, that girl is trying so hard, and she is performing amazingly, it shows!

Craig not christening.

The Strictly pros get help choreographing the special category dances such as Couple’s choice, Charleston, Salsa and Argentine Tango. You find they often thank the guest choreographers when speaking to Claudia. For example, Vincent Simone consults and choreographs Argentine tango routines. Hope this helps

@lisar655 I know that, but not all the time. I didn't hear it for this routine that he got any help. Even if he did, he is an actual choreographer outside of this show. So I am sure he is more than capable of doing it himself. Whatever the case is, I think Craig is pushing it too far just because they are so outstanding. He is trying too hard to find a mistake. And to be dancing like this in those heavy platform boots, I mean come on. 😏

@@Ana-cv6kn Yes his cha cha with Tilly for example had excellent choreography; and that quickstep with Layton, so I have to agree with you - his Latin and Ballroom choreography is outstanding. He’s a fantastic dancer and amazing addition to the show.

Honestly when it comes to ellie and Vito my theory is Vito is the one everyone likes to be honest. I started to notice it a lot the night they got top scores for their paso doble it was Vito that was impressive not ellie

But they are so much better than everyone else, they need to be more critical of them as well.

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you're right and you should say it

Yeah Craig.. we need to have a little chat.. WHO GIVES THIS A 9? EH? TELL ME! Oh.. YOU? Nahh what rubbish! Need to have a long hard look at yourself darling!!! He’s done his family proud! At least point that out, you need to roam around the streets looking for your 10 paddle, you could REALLY do with one 😊. I for one totally and utterly loved it!!!!!!!

@@PreppiesX0X0 this series is seriously obvious in his rigged, no matter the people that said it is not, they trying to downplay some celebs, and some said it's because they don't want the people to see Layton as an experience dancer but who the F cares at this point if Nikita and Layton are proven week by week they're the couple to beat? Also, I'm more than sure they're not gonna win (here's hoping they do), so why not given them all the perfect scores they deserve?

@@rafaelyaguaro2842 my sentiments exactly - they might as well have the highest average by a few points that they deserve, especially since they’re likely not Gna win the public vote.

lol 😂 vanilla is my favourite flavour. But I’m gonna give you this one that was good. Agreed.😂👏🏾🥵

I 💯 agree. 👍🏾

you are speaking facts🗣🗣

Pure facts right there! Totally agree!

Lol OK Shirley. Just a pity they were out of sync at times due to Layton's showing off as usual.

@@oiooi6460 here we go again, layton did exactly as he was told to do by nikita, like he always does. dancing to the best of your ability is not showing off.

He just doing his job and giving his honest fair opinion which he has every right to do he isn't going to lie and say laytons amazing just to keep the public happy 😂😂

Only one MAJOR problem. 😂😂😂

Its like a millisecond off on 2 moves but barely noticeable to the naked eye 😂

@@faegibb4043 it's a lot more than two moves and it's about half a second for each mistake.

You need to be delusional to spot them

I just did not see the synchronicity mistakes. Perhaps the cameras show us a skewed view but seriously? They are also not robots so there will always be differences. But this was awesome. Perhaps I am a tad bias.

In certain moves Layton lingers with a more theatrical pose ,whereas Nikita was short and sharp.It is barely noticeable though and wasn't worth a point deduction.

Same tbh😂

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Thier already fixing the show for him to win I don't think he needs 10 all across the board graig knows this which is why he's refusing to give him a 10 😂😂I feel sorry for all the other celebrities why are they still takeing part when they know that the show is fixed for Layton to win

​@@heatherlingard9444 You are an idiot... I'm sorry but no other word can describe you. You do realise that the public keep him in and the public get the final say in the final.... In other words, there is absolutely nothing the judges or the Strictly team can do. The public will choose their winner. I personally hope it is Layton, but won't be surprised if they choose Ellie.