Aww I enjoyed Ellie S & Nikita and thought they had a really nice and fun partnership. Her elimination was a little sad to see coming as she did go out on her best dance, the Charleston, but she just never really had that proper breakthrough dance. But she had a handful of good 7/8 dances.
And great write-up on Jayde & Karen there, Chris! Jayde wasn't the strongest or best dancer of her respective series, but she had a lot of fun and was enjoyable to watch. I also love that she got to live out so many of her dream dances on her run. She got to dance to Adele, whom she impersonates, she's a big fan of Flashdance (agreed that one was a bit overscored) and most importantly got to do a dance dedication for her sister (her best dance). She accomplished a lot of important dances to her in her short time. Sadly, I thought her Charleston was very disappointing and I wasn't too upset when she left when she did (especially against Molly & Carlos). Agreed this is a great spot for Jayde & Karen to come in here.
Though lol I noticed you referred to Jayde as "Karen" a few times in the write-up.