Lioness Karen Carney Was The Surprise Runaway Hit Of This Year's First Strictly Live Show

Strictly Come Dancing stars Karen Carney and Carlos Gu performing on Saturday nightAll eyes were on Strictly Come Dancing stars Lewis Cope and Amber Davies when this year’s series officially got underway over the weekend, with the stage performers’ dance experience leading many to assume that one of them would be top of the leaderboard and deliver the stand-out performance of the night.But while the Emmerdale star and former Love Island winner did both manage to impress the judging panel and Strictly viewers during Saturday’s live show, neither of them secured the top-performing number.Instead, that distinction went to former Lioness Karen Carney, and if you still haven’t had the chance to watch her routine yet, watching it for just a few seconds will make it abundantly clear why.Karen and her partner Carlos Gu closed the show on Saturday with a football-inspired Jive to Blondie’s One Way Or Another, earning them a seriously impressive week-one score of 31 points of a possible 40.Since then, Karen and Carlos’ performance is by far and away the most-watched on YouTube, racking up 127,000 views in less than two days (their closest neighbours, Stefan Dennis and George Clarke, each stand on around half of that, on 68K views, at the time of writing).Check out Karen Carney’s fast-paced routine for yourself below:Sadly, it was a rather different story for Hollywood reporter Ross King.His Cha Cha Cha to Katy Perry’s California Gurls earned him just 10 points (including scores of two from Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas) making it one of the lowest-scoring routines in Strictly history.Watch Ross’ efforts for yourself in the clip below:Because Saturday was the first live show of the series, there was no dance-off over the weekend.However, that’s all about to change later this week, when one celebrity will be the first to leave the dance floor for good.Strictly continues on Saturday evening at 6.20pm on BBC One.MORE STRICTLY:Dianne Buswell Hits Back After Hurtful Comment About Her Competing On Strictly While PregnantStrictly Pro Nancy Xu Shares How She's Really Feeling About Not Having A Partner This YearShirley Ballas Reacts To Thomas Skinner Drama During Strictly Come Dancing Interview

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