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Len Goodman picks his eight all-time favourite Strictly dances

Best music: Jay McGuiness & Aliona Vilani’s Pulp Fiction jive (2015)

Pop star Jay McGuiness was possibly the most nervous contestant ever to grace Strictly.

Presenter Tess Daly revealed the former Wanted singer had been “shaking like a leaf” when the series kicked off.

But in week three he got his first 10 for his jive to Misirlou – and he went on to lift the Glitterball trophy.

Len says: “What a bit of music, and what a routine to put to it! They didn’t dance it again in the final, but I’m convinced people’s memories of it are what helped them pick up the trophy. I was grinning from ear to ear at the end of that routine.”