For me, one of the highlights of the series..great marriage of music and dance, great song choice..they used the entire floor in a much bigger setting than they were used to in the studio. Aliona looked fabulous..and Matt Baker, shaking that thang...what more could you want? :O)
Aliona, Ola & Kristina are three of the best things about TV. Why would ANYONE want to switch off these three lovely ladies so they can watch ZZZ Factor??
I just about fell in love with Matt Baker on this show. So quiet and sweet, and then BAM. DEM HIPS. DEM LEGS. DAT ASS. And then he just topped it off by being rude to the prime minister on the one show.
Yup, I want to buy a voodoo doll and get Jason Gilkison's hair on it and prick the doll's bum 100x everytime I see a wrong song choice, wrong tempo, too many props etc.. That chief choreographer has too much say in the couples' routine and it's ruining it for me (and more importantly for them, such as Claudia in week 5 when the tempo to the same music is too fast)!
Aliona gets a tough time from some.. I think some people don't like to see a fiercly competitive woman + Natalie suffers the same thing, at times.. I say good on them both + I agree, Matt's doing really well, he's totally up for it + working his socks off. Re the sexy thing..good point, he's grown on me, over the weeks. Normally I'd go for more beefy types but he's got it, in spades.. It's all very well having a nice ass Mr Henson, but this guy knows how to shake it! :O) Great song 2!
i love how on tour he did the backflips after the routine so len would give him a ten. clever. :) and then robin tumbled to the judges desk after his routine :L
How could they use Matt and Aliona's samba music and use it for the exact same dance.. there's bound to be comparisons made good or bad. AJ's choreo was actually quite bad and the tempo of the music really didn't help his situation at all. This is a good old school samba Aliona is a stunner who did everything basically just that much better..
There is pretty much only wunn thing I disliked about series 8 of strictly. The BBC for once did something right, giving this demoralised programme a fresh start in a wonderful new set that they still utilize today. O, how wonderful and in my opinion the right thing too do, for the greater good of Great Britain. The fact that some of the dances, including this wunn resemble somewhat the dances that would have taken place in the earlier years, doubtless because they were dances without any props at all.
Freeze I'm Matt Baker Put your hands in the air and give me all your honey This is the story of Matt Baker the meanest cat from old County Durham He is the meanest cat In old County Durham He is the meanest cat Ma ma ma ma Matt Baker Boney M
Love this dance and love Matt Baker, but Aliona is wearing so little, (whilst he is covered from neck to toe) that it felt intrusive and almost voyeuristic at times, especially when they're doing the samba rolls. I don't care if she's wearing trad samba costume- I just feel the huge disparity between how much flesh each is showing.
The judges really annoyed me with matt... they hated when they tried to be differant they scale it back it's not interestring enough... DID NOT LIKE LEN THAT SEASON
Lol I know this is an old comment, err Aliona was on strictly way before Dianne plus won two trophies amongst her Christmas special and the tour. Plus a better choreographer than Dianne. Dianne isn’t a btec version of Aliona but she sure does not hold a candlelight near her in terms of success. How could you even say that lol.
One of the best Samba's to ever have been performed by a male.
Still glorious after all those years ❤️
Amazing. I always come back to watch this. As Brazilian I can say that Matt delivered this samba beautifully!
This was when I fell in love with Matt Baker :-)
Wow Matt's back flips ,incredible. 💯👏❤❤❤❤
For me, one of the highlights of the series..great marriage of music and dance, great song choice..they used the entire floor in a much bigger setting than they were used to in the studio.
Aliona looked fabulous..and Matt Baker, shaking that thang...what more could you want? :O)
Great to see this again
I'd forgotten how brilliant Matt Baker was....Great Samba
Aliona, Ola & Kristina are three of the best things about TV. Why would ANYONE want to switch off these three lovely ladies so they can watch ZZZ Factor??
my favorite samba of series 8..amazing, my jaw dropped
I just about fell in love with Matt Baker on this show. So quiet and sweet, and then BAM. DEM HIPS. DEM LEGS. DAT ASS.
And then he just topped it off by being rude to the prime minister on the one show.
Matt was terrific... what a dancer...
He looks every bit the professional dancer :)
They rocked Blackpool that night
One of the best dances of SCD.
Here after Bobby & Dianne 13 years later!
Glad he wore that shirt for this dance!
i love matt baker!!
Those budgecanas at the beginning...!
Amazing! the best ever..
Just come back to this following Claudia & AJ's samba. Notice the difference in tempo - this is so much slower! Theirs was way too fast.
Yup, I want to buy a voodoo doll and get Jason Gilkison's hair on it and prick the doll's bum 100x everytime I see a wrong song choice, wrong tempo, too many props etc.. That chief choreographer has too much say in the couples' routine and it's ruining it for me (and more importantly for them, such as Claudia in week 5 when the tempo to the same music is too fast)!
Aliona gets a tough time from some..
I think some people don't like to see a fiercly competitive woman + Natalie suffers the same thing, at times..
I say good on them both + I agree, Matt's doing really well, he's totally up for it + working his socks off.
Re the sexy thing..good point, he's grown on me, over the weeks.
Normally I'd go for more beefy types but he's got it, in spades..
It's all very well having a nice ass Mr Henson, but this guy knows how to shake it! :O)
Great song 2!
Go Aliona Vilani
I still think they should of won Strictly Come Dancing.
i love how on tour he did the backflips after the routine so len would give him a ten. clever. :)
and then robin tumbled to the judges desk after his routine :L
Rip Bruce
Even in 2023 this should have been a 40
Aliona ................
gRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
That is the pervy opposite to angry Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :D
Aliona is sexy AF
How could they use Matt and Aliona's samba music and use it for the exact same dance.. there's bound to be comparisons made good or bad. AJ's choreo was actually quite bad and the tempo of the music really didn't help his situation at all. This is a good old school samba Aliona is a stunner who did everything basically just that much better..
My, forgot just how dam hot Aliona was🔥
I cannot believe I am watching Matt Baker sin
What are you talking about
There is pretty much only wunn thing I disliked about series 8 of strictly. The BBC for once did something right, giving this demoralised programme a fresh start in a wonderful new set that they still utilize today. O, how wonderful and in my opinion the right thing too do, for the greater good of Great Britain. The fact that some of the dances, including this wunn resemble somewhat the dances that would have taken place in the earlier years, doubtless because they were dances without any props at all.
I'm missing Bruce good old days
8:20pm. Young lady scientist. Where's his feelings?
Is Matt a human elastic?.......
Bruh, that's not a dance outfit, that's a bedazzled bikini!
She looks like a gerudo from Zelda games
Unsurprising since he is a gymnast by profession
Freeze I'm Matt Baker
Put your hands in the air and give me all your honey
This is the story of Matt Baker the meanest cat from old County Durham
He is the meanest cat
In old County Durham
He is the meanest cat
Ma ma ma ma
Matt Baker
Boney M
@JellyFishBoy
Why - because she's not wearing clothes?
It's yeksad yeksad your youtube
oh no...i mis-pressed the "dislike" button when I was trying to press the "like" one! I am so sorry! I really like their dance!
Not my fav couple in this particular series saying that this Samba is well danced
Shame about the song :/
Love this dance and love Matt Baker, but Aliona is wearing so little, (whilst he is covered from neck to toe) that it felt intrusive and almost voyeuristic at times, especially when they're doing the samba rolls. I don't care if she's wearing trad samba costume- I just feel the huge disparity between how much flesh each is showing.
Outfits are much nicer now her and Ola have left.
I do think she chooses it tho because shes always in skimpy outfits. Maybe she finds it easier to move 🤷♀️
@@eclaire_x88x LOL- Matt managed 3 backflips in shirt & trousers.
The judges really annoyed me with matt... they hated when they tried to be differant they scale it back it's not interestring enough... DID NOT LIKE LEN THAT SEASON
Btec dianne buswell
Lol I know this is an old comment, err Aliona was on strictly way before Dianne plus won two trophies amongst her Christmas special and the tour. Plus a better choreographer than Dianne. Dianne isn’t a btec version of Aliona but she sure does not hold a candlelight near her in terms of success. How could you even say that lol.