Ahhh, that's one of his best dances!! So incredible! People don't talk about Nigel's story telling skills, really. He communicates all the stories and emotions of the dance so well! So gorgeous! I say it should have gotten a 10.

For a male celeb, this Rumba was amazing and underscored. I've not enjoyed a male Rumba since Kelvin's and even his first attempt was not fully fluid. Nigel kept moving throughout the dance, his hip action could've been a little more emphasised at some points but he executed Katya's beautiful choreography so well. I especially loved the fast and slow moments, and the storytelling was gorgeous. I really think this deserved 9s across the board and hope they get through to next week!

They were the best couple! They adored each other and their dances!! Every week there was passion. Never have a couple been done out of a final and a winning place!! Because let’s face it they would have got the public vote.

He's improved so much. Probably one of his best dances from Paso and Salsa. Katya's amazn choreography never let's me down. 9/10

Can’t believe Nigel hasn’t had a 10 yet. I feel he was under marked. I really want Nigel to Make the final but it’s going to be tough here on in with the results.

Brings me to tears when watching this, knowing now that this was his final dance on Strictly. I know for a fact that he would have made it to the final, and even had a fair chance of winning. Nigel and Katya are the most remarkable couple to ever grace the Strictly floor. In a way, I’m glad that out of all the dances Nigel ever performed, I’m glad that it was this one that was his final dance. It feels like a goodbye in its own way, and I can’t thank Mr Harman enough for agreeing to do this show.

My favourite dancer of the season. I do not understand the judges. He is very artistic and elegant. I do hope that the public will keep him in the competition. I was expecting a 10. I was wrong😢

+1 VOTE Never seen Katya enjoying herself so much, and so relaxed. Maybe its Nigel's meditation rubbing off on her.

This man is just AMAZING!

I knew he would smash this! Rumba is so hard for a male celeb but he sold it so well, it was gorgeous! Him and Katya are a stellar partnership!

I love watching Nigel and Katya dance. It’s just beautiful. They have amazing connection. My favourite dance of the season this. I hope people voted for them ❤️

This works because of their incredible chemistry ❤

OMG that made me cry. I feel like my heart just burst. well done, Nigel and Katya.

I love this duo! Love this dance. It's a soft gentle rumba! Katya's a vision tonight 8.5/10 Vote people!!

Loved it! But they were undermarked once again! I'll give them a 10! Go Nigel and Katya!❤❤👏👏

I really enjoyed that, one of the best male celeb rumbas i've seen on SCD. Katya always so imaginative in her choreography. It was so emotive. I scored it a 9. Judges score of 8,8,8,9.

These two are amazing storytellers and artists. I have fallen in love with the story they told during this dance. Their dancing partnership was sublime - one of my favourite to watch in years.

That was HOT! Nigel was made to rumba.. it just suits his physique and sensuality. 🙌🙌

What a beautiful dance ❤

So beautifully tender! Their connection and storytelling is immense! ❤

Craig-8 Motsi-8 Shirley-8 Anton-9 Me-9 Total-42/50

Loved this routine 😍

Storytelling of the highest calibre.

Nigel is a natural performer he was fab in eastenders all those years ago hope he makes it to the final

Smashing!

Male Dance of the night. swooninggggggggggggggggg

I could not help but sing along. Beautiful Rumba.

Nigel did so well to! Beautiful performance and such a big improvement! ❤😊

Justice for the rumba!!!

Beautiful rumba stunning looking couple.we love you N & K ❤❤

Great dance, good comments but undermarked as usual 😢Justice for Nigel and Katya. You getting my votes every week.

I want Nigel to be in the final ❤ He dances so masculine and manly ... Many men dance feeling weird and hardly find themselves through the dance but Nigel does it so manly .. and he is definitely a leading man .. as we know leading katya is so hard

Brings a tear to my ear.

Beautiful I loved it a great male rumba and the choreography was top notch 9/10

Excellent performance. Loved it.

I loved watching the dance performance between katya and nigel and her dance partner

Amazing that's all I can say these to are fab

It was so emotional that I started to cry. 😥💝 Well done Nigel. 👏

Score - *8/10* Nigel is an excellent solo dancer and this shows, the storytelling was beautiful and some of the steps were really interesting and new, good hip action and pivots. I just feel that compared to the others he isn't blowing me away and there could have been more proper Rumba but for a male Rumba it was excellent and a really solid strong dance. I thought it was probably his best dance joint with the Couple's choice emotionally, but I still want to see him push his technique. If it was down to him and Annabel, I would have to save her because I just don't think compared to her and the rest actually that Nigel has improved that much.

Beautiful!! ✨️ It's a little odd how they got such high praise yet quite a low score, scoring seemed to be really inconsistent tonight 😢 They could be in the dance off but honestly, anything could happen now..

This was amazing and just loved it!! Well done!!💌

O it was so good.

Omg Jesse Smith singing had me in tears !

A beautiful dance 👏👏👏

Great Rumba Nigel & Katya...... You Should Have Got A 10..... Never mind What Do The Judges Know... ( They Kept Angela Rippen In To Long 🤔 )

This was a very difficult dance, performed beautifully! As was said, the rhumba is not a dance in which it is easy for the man to shine, because most of the movement is often performed by the woman and he supports her. However, Nigel definitely drew the eye here and he deserves all credit for that. I cannot understand why the judges are so consistently hard on him and give him such low scores!

A very solid attempt at a very difficult Rumba. Nigel's arms are exquisite and they really help his story telling. What was lacking was a little bit of fluidity in the hips and in between steps which requires incredible precise control making Rumba so difficult for leading celebs. It takes months, not days to master. 8

Brilliant 💞👍

Nigel undermarked for a difficult dance. I felt the strong hand of production last night steering the leaderboard. They want Annabel in the Final with Layton and Ellie.

Love this dance and also love Jessie's singing! 🔥

Dance of love ❤❤

OMG this was my top choice of the night (ok after Ellie/Vito lol). These two got really into it, you could feel the "love" them, such an atmosphere. Have a good day reader :)

Thank KZfaq & God that there are slo mo settings! 😍🥵😋🥰

Scores ⭐️ Craig:8 Motsi:8 Shirley:8 Anton:9 🟰33

Wooooo brilliant!

Beautiful! Loved the routine. The elegance and beauty they had are pure perfection! But it lacked a bit of the rotation. But all in all I thought it was lovely! I really love Nigel, he puts the hours into his efforts and he appreciates Katya’s training! I love this! Partnership is beautiful

Nigel amazing dancer and so handsome

(1) The wardrobe department person who covered Katya's amazing body in rags should be fired. Same with Nigel's shirt: they should have used transparent fabric. Don't they understand that in Rumba every body curve does the talking? (2) It is a stunning number that deserves to be performed in proper clothing. I would love to see it again! Nigel and Katya are magnetic.

Ooooooo damn that's Dennis Rickman!

Lovely 🌟🌟

Excellent performance considering how difficult this dance is for the male celeb, Katya is amazing of course and I'm not jumping on the bandwagon here but given the positive comments the dance received from the judges, it was worth two more 9's I feel ( Craig never seems to give them more than an 8!)

I loved the singer!

A male celebrity doing a rumba always fills me with dread but NIGEL…. HE ROCKED IT! Underscored imo but the scoring was nasty and all over the place throughout. Fingers crossed for these two

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She’s unreal that Katya. Russian beauty really is unmatched.

I enjoyed the dance itself, their chemistry and partnership together is brilliant and really shows, but I really wish they'd kept the music scaled back. You never have a rumba with someone full on belting a song, it was a bit weird...

I think they will get in the danceoff

I wasn’t a fan of the song at all but I was happy for Nigel that he got better comments this week!

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Katya, amazing, i think she is the best female pro in Strictly Nigel.... Rumba requires a bit bit bit more hip action....

Love love love but under marked YET again why give good feedback and with no mistakes still score them low so they were in the bottom two. Thank goodness the voters see the judges have their favourites and it's target marking.

Dancing a Rumba to a Celine Dion song

Gentle

Me-9 My mum-8 My sis-8 My nan-10 35/40

that singer needs to issue a public apology to celine dion.

I really like Nigel and Katya but he had no hip action ❤

Me-9 Jessica-9 Amelia-9 Alex-9 36/40

9

An 8 for me! But they were really good 👍

our scores: me: 8 diya: 8 kelsey: 8 owen: 8 32/40 he did a brilliant job of a difficult dance. however there was nearly no hip action, his free arm was dead throughout and there was an illegal lift that the judges just decided not to mention. all of that being said, these two are definitely the best when it comes to storytelling, the message is always clear as day. still waiting for his american smooth, charleston and argentine tango as those will be incredible.

Nigel and Katya Next. Arrr Katya, she is so good at choreography that she can make a dance with not many moves seem like it has so many moves. I felt this dance was over done in the dramatics department, if you want to see how to dance a rumba take a page out of Ellie's book. I think Nigel is real one and he is trying but for me the emotion, the dance it just didn't click, and the hole thing felt a bit wishy washy.

Nigel’s dances are continuously under-marked and I am getting really annoyed by it. He is such a phenomenal dancer yet the judges mark him low every time. Keep your head up Nigel and carry on being awesome!!

They let them do lifts now in rumba?

The dance was splendid, but this cover of All Coming Back To Me Now didn't have anything special in comparison to the original by Céline Dion or the Meat Loaf versions.

Rumba w only R in it but no rumba at all. If it was not in title, Id hardly could guess it was rumba! Did not engage me at all, sadly. It was not seductive but melancholic.

This team was always under marked. Some of the judges didn’t take to Nigel but more so they still hold what Katya done to Neil against her

the vocalist sure tried his best, but the range wasn't there

Illegal lift????

Honestly I think he should go tomorrow. I love Nigel but this rumba lacked hip action by far. 7. Also y a lift?????

Damn the band really butchered the song, what a mediocre voice

Music didnt match thr Rumba at all.

He has way more experience than Layton but that doesn’t fit the hateful narrative

That must go down in SCD history as the ugliest dress ever created.

Lucky to survive this week, Angela is gone now unfortunately.