Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer Cha Cha Cha to Rie y Llora by Celia Cruz ✨ BBC Strictly 2023

Celebrities take to the dance floor to perform a dazzling display of ballroom routines.

Strictly Come Dancing ✨ Series 21 ✨ BBC

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[lisaR.]

Eddie showed musicality and was having fun. He was showcasing his personality with nods to his culture. I thought it was unfair he was penalised so harshly by the judges on choreography. It was an enjoyable number. I’m looking forward to seeing his samba !

[Anonymous-xkfy]

Eddie enjoyed himself and has rhythm and musicality, he was definitely entertaining and I admire his confidence - he has potential, 6/10 from me!

[GMGM]

He's one of the sweetest contestants ever

[lisaR.]

Karen Hauer is a champion mambo dancer it’s a shame she doesn’t get the opportunity to showcase the mambo more on the Strictly. I feel like there was a flavour of this here

[LovedByYou]

I love watching these two. You can see they have so much fun dancing. Karen wanted him to have fun with this Cha Cha. They gave them a lord Spanish song for the Cha Cha and then complained when it was more cultural than it was “Latin competitions style. Pls, what sense does that make?

[PreppiesXX]

I thought this was undermarked tbh. He should’ve got more. The fact that they almost blamed him for the choreography is just over the top... but tbh at first I didn’t recognise this as a Cha Cha 😅

[pennyandfishy]

Judge's scores 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Craig - 3
Motsi - 6
Shirley - 5
Anton - 7
Total - 21

[adwoamk]

What Craig said was quite offensive to Latinos in my opinion, considering the root of all these dances. I love how Motsi corrected him whilst also giving more constructive criticism.

[adwoamk]

Well done Karen! This was quite different from what she has usually done and I really enjoyed it. I voted, I hope they take the constructive criticism and come back even better!

[tayceflrts]

Not relevant but Karen looks soooo good, couldn’t take my eyes off her 😭

[CharpyTheHedgehog]

Karen looked mad at the judges comments. Craig should have given feedback for Eddie though instead of just criticising the choreography because Eddie has no control over that.

[frankkityaba]

Go Eddie, that was brilliant. I see you took a few moves from me😂

[megsmarsden]

That was brilliant Eddie and Karen

[gerardsloan]

He is a great personality with potential, I expect he will get to at least one dance off, but hopefully this will motivate him on top of the advice given to him. Have a good day reader

[lisaludden]

Such a shame they were only given a three by Craig, ridiculously critical.
Eddie is vibrant and joyful when dancing, which is entertaining.

[pamw]

The choreography is not something the celebrity can control. Why didn’t someone tell Karen that she had got it wrong before the dance ever made it onto live T.V?

[crockkett]

This is a classic case of the song influencing the dance, this song would have suited a more latin like samba or salsa, i agree with craig very little cha cha in this which is karens choreo but still think he has every thing & just a perfect pupil to teach, lookin forward to him goin far in this comp

[chunkyhoey]

Love that fist to fist smash it gesture at the end. It's a great dance piece. Love Karen.

[ninoj]

I think they were too harsh on him. And I thought it was unfair that they almost blamed him for the choreography. I also felt that Karen was annoyed by the comments.

[joemercedeschannel]

Judges was too harsh on him. In addition I thought Craig's 3 was super harsh. It deserved higher marks. 6/10