Eastbourne's Nathan Potter, 26, is still strutting his stuff on the BBC1 show Strictly Dance Fever after a particularly toe-tapping performance on Saturday.
Nathan, and dance partner Kristy, scooped 34 out of 40 with their jitterbug, coming second in the judges' panel, and Nathan was told he had the best style of the evening.
But the couple have had a couple of hard weeks before that, tackling Latin dances which they admit are not their forte.
'I have not been positive once,' said Nathan. 'The tango was difficult but it was a favourite one and the boogie woogie was fun.
'It is great to be able to learn a new dance and understand why people are passionate about it.
'Kevin and Vanessa (the dance coaches) are really great support. The professionals are really good, but you only get about six hours with them.
'I am still just as nervous now about the live show, even after four weeks. In fact it is more nerve-wracking now because it is really serious and all the dancers left are so good.
'Couples we think are amazing keep going out – like Alex and Katie. Everyone in here has different strengths.
'We are good technically at the footwork, but we have a hard time with the lifts. That is really hard, but we have just about nailed the lifts by Saturday morning on the day of the show.
'Kristy is covered in bruises – in fact most of the girls in here are. I have discovered muscles I never knew I had before.
'When I leave the show I will be like a brick outhouse – I am certainly not skinny any more.'
Nathan admits it has been difficult to receive low marks from the judges for a couple of weeks – especially after their triumphant boogie woogie which scooped them top marks – but he was thrilled to be back in the judges' good books with a top performance on Saturday.
'We have been picked up on a couple of things in the previous two weeks. But when Vanessa and Kevin said we were one of best couples there, that was amazing. That was really nice.'
Nathan and Kristy are not just in step on the dance floor, the duo also get on well when the cameras are switched off.
'We are both quite laid back and don't really argue. We have had a couple of small disagreements, as anyone would spending that much time together, but we just sort it out when the cameras are not there.
'I get on really well with Kristy, and also got on well with Toby before he went, and Cem and Gemma. I get on very well with everybody really, but I am a little bit of a loner in the house.
'It is a very stressful situation. The cameras are following you all the time and I don't want to be seen getting upset or arguing with anyone.'
When the couples are not hard at work rehearsing, they have been performing in public and even managing to sneak home for the odd day.
'I came home on Sunday and it was really nice just to relax. I came back feeling really refreshed.
'This week we have been taught 10 basic steps and we pick from them and make the dance our own – so it will be mambo in the style of Nathan and Kristy or mambo in the style of Cem and Gemma.'
Nathan and Kristy's strength is the high-energy, pacey dances such as the boogie woogie or jitterbug – and he openly admits that the Latin dances are more difficult for him to get to grips with, after years of dance training has taught him a formal posture.
'We are dancing outside our comfort zone,' said Nathan.
'When we did the tango we had prepared by going to an Argentinian tango club and we basically performed a hardcore Argentinian tango.
'Kirsty should have been practically draped across my shoulders the whole time with her eyes shut, but some of the others did a very strong, passionate type of tango, which the judges seemed to like better.
'I would have liked to be doing the Charleston instead of the lambada in previous weeks, and the hustle instead of the tango.
'When we learnt the lambada my brain was a flatline for the whole week. I basically had to forget everything I have ever learnt.'
The couples don't know what dance they will be tackling the next week until Zoe Ball reveals it on her Saturday night show.
And the dancers don't even get to see each other's routines until the run through on Friday – although they occasionally help each other out with some advice during the week.
'We all struggle with the choreography. We get given a piece of music and taught the basic steps, and then it is up to us to interpret it.
'Last week before our performance on Saturday we were very down. We found it hard that Kevin and Vanessa said we were one of the top three couples in the show, but we were coming near the bottom.
'We work as hard on every routine, even if it is a routine that we think we can nail pretty quickly.
Some couples finish theirs in a day.'
The judging panel – Arlene Phillips, Luca Tomassinni, Stacey Haynes and Jason Gardiner – are not always popular with the studio audience, but Nathan defends them.
'The four judges are all at the top of the industry.
Arlene has her finger in most of the West End shoes, Stacey has choreographed shows like Rent and Luca choreographs people like Madonna.
'We really want to impress them. The comments may come across on TV as if they are horrible and a bit panto, with everybody booing, but they really know what they are talking about.
'We don't argue very much with the judges. Some couples will argue the point but I think we decided early on not to say anything back, but just to take in their comments and do our best the next week.'
But who does Nathan think is likely to be making it through to the final in four weeks' time?
'Everyone is our biggest rival. They are all excellent dancers with their individual strengths, but you really don't know what the judges are looking for each week.'
Nathan is thrilled from all the support he is getting from the public, as well as friends and family.
'I would just like to say thank you to everyone who has voted for us and everyone who is supporting us – and I hope they continue.'
n Strictly Dance Fever is on BBC1 tomorrow (Saturday) at 6pm.