Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu Charleston ✨ BBC Strictly 2021 

Finally a dance that matches his energy levels. Loved it.

Incredible routine, this dance is rhys all over, he seemed really happy dancing it, and his energy was on fire.

If you can't keep your eyes of the contestant the whole time without looking at the professional.....that's when you know they are absolutely amazing too!

Oh, that was beautiful!! One of the most animated Charlestons I have ever seen! Definitely the most unique Charleston I have ever seen! Man, what amazing choreography! And those lifts!! AND A FORTY!! He got what he deserved!! Nancy struck gold for her first year! So happy they didn't give her a joke! They are like twins, a matching pair of batteries.

This is the perfect dance for him! Cant be to over the top for a Charleston. Matches his energy!

I swear Rhys time traveled from the 1920s to the strictly stage! He handled the fast bits really well I’m impressed!

So pleased for Rhys! A real breakthrough dance and a well deserved perfect 40.

The way she lands from being on his shoulders....absolutely amazing.

We all knew Rhys would nail this dance 😅 bring on his jive!

Absolutely loved this! Brilliant dance, suits him perfectly.

I’m 24 stone (27 at this time last year) and this really makes me want to lose more so I can dance like this.

ok the charlestons this season have been freaking amazing

Almost overdanced but actually just perfect. He nailed the swivel and just bounced around the floor in a beautiful way. 10

OH MY GOODNESS! AMAZING swivel, AMAZING character, AMAZING lifts, AMAZING energy, AMAZING EVERYTHING! He did chase the beat at one point but I loved it so much! My score: 9

SO INCREDIBLE ! Charleston is really Rhys’s dance and I love him and Nancy dancing together their energy is amazing, loved this so much totally deserved the 40😁👍

One of the best Charlestons I’ve seen! Such great timing and execution!

All the 10s!!! = 40 🥳🙌🏻🎉 Wow Nancy, first year with a celebrity partner, and you get a 40 in week 8..you go girl!! 💃

We’ve had some amazing Charleston’s this series (John and Johannes, AJ and Kai) but this one takes it. Absolutely flawless. Still can’t get over some of the lifts they did.

I love a Charleston with the original music which made this even more perfect if possible. Love love loved it

I love Rhys and Nancy, how they but so much energy to the floor. This dance was STUNNING.

Dance of the series 10/10 just booked his ticket to at least the Semis

Second only to Chris from BBC. Absolutely fantastic Charleston. Feet barely touched the ground

This is just a masterpiece

I knew he'd ace the Charleston, he's like the energizer bunny! Nancy has obviously worked hard on him too.

Well we found his dance! Brilliant swivel action, the best I have seen from a male celeb on the show. He gave it everything, energy, character, in perfect sync with Nancy, I loved this :)

This man (and couple obviously) deserves a 40 so much!

perfection dang them kicks were awesome he nailed this hands down

So happy for Rhys because last couple of weeks i felt what's wrong with Rhys he changed midway and not looking happy and confident .. i am really glad that he pulled that dance this way .. i hope he really get his confidence back and back on top as he used to be ..

I knew he's smash this one. Was NOT Wrong. Superb.

Love it so much they are very animated even with their facial expressions hahah

Nice. I love the charleston dance especially when it's the actual song.

So good and so deserved! YES Rhys!!

Skillful, beautiful & lively Charleston dancing 😍❤

Rhys should get loads of work in the west end theatres he's born to perform superstar

That was the best dance ever and it made to make a quick decision that "am going to take my child for dance lessons,since I don't know how to dance,cause I have never seen something that is beautiful like this,I mean they have nailed it 👌👌👌❤❤

I love Rhys. My favourite this year. I’ll keep voting for you and hope you win 😘

HIS LEGS!!!!!!! LOVE THEM!!!!

Absolutely AMAZING Charleston, one of the best I've EVER seen, out of this world!!!! Thoroughly enjoyable! Well done Rhys 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Amazing! Nice to see him harnessing his energy the right way. Insane amount of content, I thought they were gonna finish, then they carried on!

This was incredible this dance was the best I give it 10 he was fantastic I hope he keeps it up because he is amazing 🤩 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Perfect dance for this long legged young man = Well done Rhys 👊👊👊

My dance of the night👏

Rhys certainly did a great job with this charleston, one of the best I've seen in the history of strictly. I was knackered just watching it, it was so energetic.

Absolutely loved this Charleston!! Jam packed!! Soooo 40. Well deserved.

Wow! If a dance was a person, then Charleston was/is Rhys..!! Still tickled at his dramatic crawling when he finished😆😆😆… you’ll see that bit on iPlayer

Absolutely amazing!

Their pure energy and level of skill is phenomenal . One of my top 3 couples.

YES MY BBY i love him sm this matched him perfectly awh i’m so happy for them

His best dance yet!! So so so much fun

Classic Charlton

Finally! What a great performance! Well deserved 40!👏

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SO GOOD

So happy for them!! Amazing 👏👏👏

My favourite dance

This was fantastic 👏 finally the scores he deserves . He is CLASS ! FAB U LOUS ! You could really see how confident he was showcasing this dance which is amazing to see👏 😍 They both just shone bright. Back on form . Same joy they had dancing their couples choice. He did not miss a beat in that music. Incredible routine 👏 Bravo 😁

This was energetic! I think it went into Lindy-hop territory (correct me if I'm wrong). I'm glad that this was Rhys' dance!! Congratulations Nancy for your 1st 40!

Perfect!!! Love it so much! They are brilliant dancers!!!!

Love them. You can’t tell they both work so hard and give it their all

Absolutely Loved every minute of this!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I’m exhausted and I didn’t even do anything 😂 wow! Top notch energy 🤩

That man… is incredible

Absolutely FANTASTIC, love Rhy…so so so well done! Cannot believe just how much you fitted into this dance…right up to the very end! So uplifting m, excellent dance work. Keep going strong 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wow, couldn't believe how brilliant you both were. A joy to watch! Outstanding!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜

What an amazing dance, had so much swivel, content, side by side, detail and flapper references. The scissors was perfectly in sync and then the jumpsplit over Nancy was extremely clean, and then the jumps and lifts. It all came together, it was abit manic though and maybe I'd have rather had a more classy theme but like this is a prime example of its not perfect but its just better than a 9 so in my eyes he was scored fairly, hopefully that's his breakthrough week because he's so lovely and hes an amazing dancer. *10/10*

Straight to the final!

This is the first time I felt like he is a contender in the show. Perfect score well deserved.

Absolutely superb!

That was satisfying to watch, loved it

OMG! So much energy! 🔥🔥🔥

Awesome and the music was perfect!

Two minutes and seven seconds of pure joy 👌🏼 fantastic!

Absolutely brilliant !!

Score: *10!!* After weeks of frantic from Rhys (except last week), they finally gave him Charleston and it was everything I thought it was going to be - A-MA-ZING!! The timing with the music was incredible, lovely execution from the swivels to the leg coordination. Not to mention, lovely lifts and the cheeky characterization from the pair. I feel like this series is the season of the Charlestons for some reason. Easy 10 for me this week, well done!!

Loved this!!!!

Brilliant! Really loved this.

Two iconic, amazing Charlestons, one week after another. I'm very picky about my Charlestons and whoo boy let me tell you Rhys and Nancy plus Aj and Kai the week before just blew my campy little socks off. It doesn't get better than this folks. Strictly 2021 is shaping up to be a favorite of mine for sure!

This is just fabulous!

Loved it! So fun to watch! 🙂🙂🙂

Simply amazing !!!

10. That was AMAZING!

Soooo good

Absolutely amazing xx

Brilliant

Such fun!

wow!! what a good charleston with fab music too!

Loved this so much!!! I would probably have given a 9 (given the slightly messy lift), but I was so happy for Rhys to get a great score.

This one came from nowhere like a meteorite! Looove it! ♥

Nancy I think you finally broke Rhys. LOL Loved this Charleston

Fantastic

Wow! Rhys owned this routine!

I loved their routines and this was my favourite, it was old school, a jot to watch

Love it!

AMAZING

Here i come being a proud parent of people i grew up with because HE GOT A 40 :D! Im sorry i loved this and it was well deserved

Phenomenal.

Awesome routine

Loved it deserved the 40!!

Rhys time to shine.

Fabulous

Perfect