Now, finally, we've seen the first iteration of Instant Dance – and it's safe to say it was a pretty chaotic experience!
After a hurried change backstage – which included some slightly surreal moments and a bizarrely dressed Nikita Kuzmin declaring his love for live TV – the couples then took their places on the stairs, and were given ten seconds each to plan a 40-second routine.
Next up, Balvinder and Julian performed a Paso Doble to The Animals’s Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, before Karen and Carlos danced a Cha Cha Cha to The Four Seasons hit Beggin’ and Amber and Nikita closed things up with a Samba to Shakira's Whenever Wherever.
And the judges seemed no less excited by the whole affair, with a delighted Anton Du Beke exclaiming that he wanted to see the challenge repeated every week and remarking that some of the celebs had danced better in the challenge than in their earlier routines.
He then handed over to Shirley Ballas to reveal the final two, with Lewis and Katya being named winners and taking 6 points just ahead of Balvinder and Julian on 5.
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All in all, it was a pretty breathless time, and many viewers at home took to social media to voice their enthusiasm for the new challenge – and calling for it to become a returning feature.
Meanwhile, referring to a moment in which Claudia hurried backstage clutching a pink dress, a third viewer wrote: "This is surely a BAFTA winning moment. Absolute chaos with Instant Dance. I love it."
When the challenge was first announced, head judge Shirley Ballas explained how it had "the power to change everything for our couples" and added that it would "challenge them in ways they have never been challenged before."
Although the challenge didn't quite change everything, it did lead to some alterations to the leaderboard, with Amber's 4 points putting her alone at the top after she scored a perfect 40 with her first dance, while Lewis leapfrogged Karen – who had also scored 40 earlier in the show – into second place.
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