'Perfect' routine from Ellis-Bextor  Brendan Cole and Sophie
Ellis-Bextor Brendan Cole and Sophie Ellis-Bextor  Singer Sophie
Ellis-Bextor was compared to a heroine from the Great Gatsby as
she danced her way to glowing praise from the judges on Strictly
Come Dancing.  The songwriter and model, dressed in a gold
tasselled 1920s flapper-style dress, performed the Charleston on
the hit BBC One show with dance partner Brendan Cole, to the
music of Rock it To Me by Caravan Palace.  The pair were given
the score of nine - a total of 36 - from all four judges in
spite of Cole admitting that he had never danced the Charleston
on the show before.  He told Ellis-Bextor he had "never really
liked it" - but added "I do now, now I am dancing it with you."
Strictly's judges gave the pair's performance rave reviews last
night, with Darcey Bussell describing 34-year-old Ellis-Bextor's
performance as "just perfect" and Cole's choreography as
"brilliant". Len Goodman said: "It was a great routine and it
was just beautifully