{"id":25240,"date":"2022-11-05T21:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T20:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1733330"},"modified":"2022-11-05T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T20:54:17","slug":"strictlys-hamza-yassin-tipped-as-winner-after-judges-dub-cha-cha-cha-best-theyve-seen","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictlys-hamza-yassin-tipped-as-winner-after-judges-dub-cha-cha-cha-best-theyve-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Hamza Yassin tipped as winner after judges dub Cha Cha Cha \u201cbest\u201d they\u2019ve seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 05 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Strictly Come Dancing fans are convinced they have worked out this year\u2019s winner after the judges dubbed <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/hamza-yassin-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Hamza Yassin<\/a>\u2019s Cha Cha Cha as the \u201cbest\u201d they\u2019ve ever seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Yassin opened tonight\u2019s instalment of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">alongside his professional partner <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-line-up\/&quot;\">Jowita Przystal<\/a> \u2013 and their\u00a0Cha Cha Cha to I Can\u2019t Help Myself soon\u00a0won over the judges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse were very impressed by the performance, with the former gushing:<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"> \u201cI\u2019m finding myself overwhelmed and quite emotional. This is the true language of the Cha Cha Cha my darling, let me tell you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She continued:\u00a0<span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cFor me I have to say that\u2019s probably one of the best Cha Cha Chas I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Motsi said: \u201cI totally agree with Shirley. This is one of the best Cha Cha Chas ever,\u201d before adding: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">I felt like the music was in your body on the dance floor.\u201d<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Anton Du Beke then said he couldn\u2019t find any faults in Hamza\u2019s performance, which he termed \u201cbrilliant\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cSometimes the Cha Cha Cha can get a bit stilted but you had great fluidity, great leg action, great timing\u201d, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Craig Revel Horwood was less enthusiastic and criticised Hamza\u2019s footwork,\u00a0<span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">prompting some boos from the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cAll that being said,\u201d he added,\u201dThe hip action was there, you had beautiful straight legs, the body rolls, it was fantastic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">When the time came to give the scores, Craig opted for an eight, whereas the other three judges awarded Hamza scores of 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">I\u2019ll be shocked if these don\u2019t win this. You could tell last year from about this point that Rose was going to win and I can feel that with Hamza this year<\/p>\u2014 Daniel Winfield (@danielsw1997) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielsw1997\/status\/1588972582568853504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">While he didn\u2019t receive full marks, the judges\u2019 glowing praise led to some viewers predicting that Hamza would go on to win the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Responding to a clip of Hamza and <span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Jowita\u00a0<\/span>dancing the Cha Cha Cha on the official Strictly Come Dancing Twitter account, one fan said: \u201c<span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">I\u2019ll be shocked if these don\u2019t win this. You could tell last year from about this point that Rose was going to win and I can feel that with Hamza this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">If Hamza doesn\u2019t win Strictly Come Dancing then something has gone terribly wrong.<\/p>\u2014 Rosie P ???? (@rosemariee_) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosemariee_\/status\/1588971946636894208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Another fan <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/callikitson\/status\/1588972403031695360&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cHamza to win I said what I said<\/span> <span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">#Strictly\u201d, while another <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/callikitson\/status\/1588972403031695360&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>: \u201cIf Hamza doesn\u2019t win Strictly Come Dancing then something has gone terribly wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Catch up now on BBC iPlayer. 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