Bad news: The first weekend of live Strictly Come Dancing is over. Good news: the standard this year looks incredibly high.

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While the top score of opening weekend 2015 was 30 points (Peter Andre & Janette Manrara), Daisy Lowe and Aljaž Skorjanec hit an impressive 32 last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkHhh_Q85NY

And it wasn’t just the judges who were wowed with her waltz. Twitter was dishing out high praise for her dancing...

https://twitter.com/ClosetKate/status/779743185279025152

However, many thought Danny Mac and his dance partner Oti Mabuse's cha-cha was the only thing to watch this week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaxHg6UsUis

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Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturdays, BBC1

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