Week 3 Strictly Come Dancing

Last week on Strictly Come Dancing. Some impressed. Wow! Absolutely

corking. For others the claws were well and truly out. You were

wriggling around like a slug in salt actually. And we said goodbye to our

first couple. This week, romance is in the air. It's love week. Which of

our remaining couples halls what it takes to win yourer heart? -- win

your heart? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Live from the Strictly ballroom. It's a night of love songs on

Strictly Come Dancing. Please welcome your hosts, Sir Bruce

Forsyth and Tess Daly. APPLAUSE

What a lovely crowd. A great crowd tonight. Please, please sit down.

That's lovely. Good evening, ladies and gentleman and children, it's

That's lovely. Good evening, ladies nice to see you, to see you... Nice!

What a lovely audience. Aren't they. You're so much better than last

week. I was watching. It's really nice to see you, Brucie. Welcome to

Strictly Come Dancing. I love a good wedding. What a fantastic way to

start the show tonight. A wonderful start. It's all about love tonight.

Love, yes and I'm glad you mention that, because I have a confession to

make. Yes, I enjoyed a holiday romance last summer. What? No. I'm

shocked. I know, everybody is going to be shocked, but it's true. For

three glorious weeks I enjoyed a steamy, saucy holiday romance. What

happened when you finished your holiday romance? I took the book

back to the library. LAUGHTER

And I paid the fine! Good. Last week we said a fond farewell to our first

celebrity, Tony Jacklin's under par performance saw him make his way out

of the competition. Yes, it was a shame. I know. Len was upset about

that as well. On this Strictly night of love we can expect lots of

excitement, joy, tears and even some rejection - sounds familiar. Shall

we see what our gorgeous gang have in store on this romantic evening?

Yes, come into my arms. Was that romantic. Not half.

Because it's time to meet - that will be slinky - the stars of our

show. Pop Princess, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her partner,

Brendan Cole. Star of stage and screen, Mark Benton and his partner,

Iveta Lukosiute. BBC Breakfast presenter, Susanna Reid and her

partner Kevin Clifton. England rugby hero, Ben Cohen, and his partner,

Kristina Rihanoff. Coronation star, Natalie Gumede, and her partner,

Artem Chigvintsev. Fashion designer, Julien Macdonald and his partner,

Anya Garnis. Vanessa Feltz and James Jordan. Model and TV presenter,

Abbey Clancy and her partner, Aljaz Skorjanec. From Hollyoaks, Ashley

Taylor Dawson and his partner, Ola Jordan. Star of Dragon's Den,

Deborah Meaden, and her partner, Robin Windsor. Patrick Robinson and

his partner, Anya Garnis. Countdown presenter Rachel Riley and her

partner, Pasha Kovalev. TV chef and Hairy Biker, Dave Myers and his

partner, Karen Hauer. And finally, Bond girl and author, Fiona

partner, Karen Hauer. And finally, Fullerton and her partner, Anton Du

Beke. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

There they all are and I know all of you at home and all of our dancers

here are surprised to see me back this week. I would like to explain.

I had the flu. I hadn't been voted out. Never. Our fabulous 14 look

ready. They're ready to dance some of the greatest ever love songs.

Shall we get started? Our first couple this evening is Abbey Clancy

and her partner, Aljaz Skorjanec. APPLAUSE

For Abbey's dance she's going to take us back to the 1960s. I loved

the 60s. I was a huge fan of the mini skirt. Why not, if you've got

legs like mine? APPLAUSE

Higher, higher. We hay. Those -- Behave. Those pills are working.

Here they are in training, good luck to everyone.

Last Saturday was a real nervewracking one for me. To go out

and dance knowing millions of people are watching at home, it's

terrifying. What's important for me is to know that I've done my best.

Last Saturday I didn't do my best. You can dance. You're a good dancer,

you are. I thought the judges were really, really generous with their

scores. I was really, really happy. This week it's love week. Obviously,

I'm from Liverpool. I love my city. So I thought it would be a great

idea to take Aljaz there. I showed him some famous sites, the Liver

bird, the Liverpool docks. # Ferry cross the Mersey #

The cabin club where the Beatles performed. Me and my family were

trying to teach him some Liverpool Lynningo. They do though don't they

though. It was so nice taking Aljaz to Liverpool. I'm so excited for

Saturday night now and I hope I can make my city proud.

Dancing the jive, Abbey Clancy and Aljaz Skorjanec.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That was wonderful. Oh, Abbey and

Aljaz, that was so wonderful. Look at them all here. We all loved it.

OK. Of course, we have our judges. Let's welcome our judges.

APPLAUSE As I've still got a little bit of

the flu, you know, but the show must go on. I've got myself a hot toddy,

it's... Is it here? Yeah, fine. Your recipe. Half lemon and half

whisky, OK? Cheers. Good luck for the show.

And Craig, thanks for the flowers. It's the nicest wreath I've ever

seen. Len, what about this couple? It was

a bit like a Beatles medley, there was a lot of please, please me and a

little bit of help near the end. I've got to say overall, I thought

your energy, your enthusiasm, the way you attacked the dance was

great. Your technique sometimes needs a little bit of help, the toe

heel swivels, you could have had a bit more swivel. Sometimes your legs

were a little bit loose. It started bit more swivel. Sometimes your legs

off great, loving pumping action. You lost it a bit here and then. But

overall - good job. Lovely. Bruno? Oh, groovy Abbey, you

can work that look, baby. Oh, she was giving it all that. A photo

shoot for Mary Quant. Like the best pout in the business. Oh, yeah, give

it to me. It's good. I love what people come out here and give all

they have. Len is right, the legs, kicks and flicks have to be sharper,

stronger and sometimes, when your hand is free it flies about a bit,

but it's good keeping it on the dress because you can work that,

work it well. All good. Craig? You were sat for an awfully long time on

Penny Lane there. Your timing, when you did start to dance, your timing

was out at the beginning. The drunken sailor sections I thought

were slightly laboured and getting behind the beat. Unlike Len, I

thought you lacked a bit of attack and could have given a bit more. No,

she had attack. Come on Craig. It's only my opinion. She had attack, the

girl work so hard. APPLAUSE

Anything to add? From last week, the attack was brilliant. You do have to

work harder when you're tall in the jive especially because you have to

get over, get down on the kicks and flicks because you're a little bit

upright, that's just about a strong core. That's because you have such

long limbs. But the energy an the story and the style was lovely. Well

done. Are you happy? Yes. Away you go.

APPLAUSE Come on my darling. We're feeling

the love up here tonight. Oh, yes! Right, good job with that jive said

Len. Do you feel like you've done your home town of Liverpool proud? I

hope so. I'm sweating. I think she did, safe to say. Aljaz have you

been working on your Scouse accent? I have. "They do though don't they

though. Needs a little bit of work, unlike that jive. The scores are in:

28 out of 40, fair score? One more time. They do though, don't they

though? Voting lines don't open until all

our couples have danced. Please don't call now. If you do your vote

won't count and you may be charged. Love is in the air and so is fear in

the dance off. Vote for your favourites. Kisses to camera.

Now our next couple, Patrick Robinson and his partner, Anya

Garnis. Now, in this dance Patrick is trying

to would -- woo Anya away from the -- from Vegas. Will I be able to do

it? I said, "It depends, is it Las Vegas or Johnny Vegas? He's a right

handful. Here they are in training. I felt that all the hard work last

week paid off. Fantastic attack. Your timing is impeccable. I was

very proud of Patrick. You won't be beating it for ages. You'll be

hanging around. You are one to watch. The dance this week is the

foxtrot. It's to Let There Be Love. I know you're excited about this

week. Very excited because it just reminds me of Sunday mornings and my

dad used to play Nat King Cole. It still has fond memories for me. It

was glorious to hear that kind of stuff. It always help when you love

the song and I feel that Patrick will show a different side of him.

Frame and energy and I want you to shine from within. Anya's

choreography is beautiful. I see a happy Patrick. So beautiful.

My dad most live spends time in Jamaica now. I think my dad would be

proud to see my dancing to Nat King Cole. It would be a joy to dance and

do a really good job on Saturday. Dancing the foxtrot, Patrick

Robinson and Anya Garnis. MUSIC: Let There Be Love.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Lovely, absolutely lovely. One of my

favourite songs. You did sung a good job of it. That was great. Now then,

whilst you two get your breath back, it's a good time to welcome our

fabulous singers, Dave Arch and his fabulous orchestra.

There they are. APPLAUSE

Thank you. Now then, Bruno, what did you think? That was a correct,

proper and distinguished kind of love, accept -- except when you got

your feet in a twist down there. You messed it up a bit. There are

moments of dash, and moments that were a bit restrained. You have to

drive through the dance all the way through. If you make a mistake, it

doesn't matter, keep going. Keep the flow. I would like to have seen a

little bit more movement around the floor. I think you need to start

thinking about adding swing and sway. You have some gapping issues,

but you are style, you really are. APPLAUSE

You chose the right word. Darcey? Yeah, you have. You brought panache

and class to this. I wasn't expecting that at all. The timing

and phrasing is very nice. It is a bit neat and tidy. I would like you

to take a couple more risks and not be so safe, then you would travel

more, you know drive through that, as Bruno said. Very nice, very nice

connect between you, the eye contact. Ive liked it a lot. --

contact. I liked it a lot. What about Len? The foxtrot is a very,

very difficult dance. I thought it had an eels Andrew -- ease and

elegance about it. You've got style with a smile. Lovely. Well done.

That's what it's all about. Away you go. Well done, Patrick and Anya.

APPLAUSE Come on over, you foxy trotters.

Come to the love den. Style with a smile, says it all really. You were

Come to the love den. Style with a channelling gene Kelly down. There

Yeah, I would love to recreate anything that he does. Little bit of

magic. Your dad is a big Nat King Cole fan. I loved that. Three weeks

in, are you loving the whole Strictly experience, it's loving

you? Absolutely. Just need to do more. The scores are in:

Well done. Due enjoy that? -- did you enjoy that? Then the numbers to

call: More fabulous dancing to come with

Mark and Iveta. Next couple is Dave Myers and his partner, Karen Hauer.

APPLAUSE He's very popular. Right, now

they're doing the Spanish paso doble. Please, please, give them a

chance. We were chatting earlier and Dave asked me if I liked Spanish

food. I said I love it, Spanish food, I love it. Seville with its

paella, Madrid with Tapas and Benidorm with its egg and chips.

LAUGHTER It's true! Here they are in

training. Last Saturday I think it was a vast

improvement on the first week. I love you, you no ethat. You have

beautiful long arms. Buff they get a bit -- but they get a bit paddly.

Mum used to say I had arms like a monkey. Tonight, Dave Myers and

Karen Hauer doing the paso doble. I think this is my signature dance.

You have to intimidate me. There's nothing fun about a doble face. I've

never seen a matta door the -- matador the way Dave does it. I need

you to find the passion. I have got passion. I have a passion for

motorcycles and the open road. Come on, the sun is shining, a bit of

leather. I persuaded her to get on the bike,

blow the cobwebs away and she can have a go in my world. I hope Karen

loved the motorbike and our little excursion as much as I did. I'm not

that sure, though! Let's just hope that I can rev

myself up and put as much passion as I -- into the paso doble as I do my

bike. Dancing the paso doble, Dave Myers

and Karen Hauer. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ole! Look at them. Dave, look. You've

done it again. You've done it again.

CHEERING I love the bull. The gallop was

good. It's meant to be an antelope, Bruce.

Right, who do we start with, Craig? Lock at the face, oh, dear. It's

like a bulldog eating pickles. LAUGHTER

What did you think, we know what you think by your look, can you put that

into words? One word: Dreadful. BOOING

All right, Darcey? You had a very strong attitude. Maybe not a

matador, but it didn't follow through into the shaping.

LAUGHTER You've got to tone up and create...

He's got it. I've got ten pence. The conviction I love. I nearly cried,

but the conviction... I enjoyed that Darcey. But Bruno is the only one

that's allowed to stand up. It was nice. I liked it. Well, it was like

being waxed. It was painful while it's happening, and lovely when it's

over, really. Wafting the tea towel at the beginning. You're not the

judges' champion maybe, but what's better, you're the people's

champion. APPLAUSE

They loved it. The whole crowd. We've seen it all. This tops

They loved it. The whole crowd. everything I've ever seen. But

darling your face. Number nose, you looked like you were smelling bad

cheese. Then like you had toffee stuck in your teeth. As for the

dance, it's beyond description. Thank you. Thank you. Do what you

said at dress rehearsal. Gentlemen, some people have different ways of

showing love. And that was one of them.

APPLAUSE There's different kinds of love

Craig. Thank you for the flowers. I'm glad you're better. It was so

lovely. I can't influence the judges, but I can influence the

audience, thank you Karen and Dave! APPLAUSE

Oh, thank goodnesser, the smile is -- thank goodness. The smile is

back. Let's have the paso face. It's arrogance, dominance with, you know,

it's all attitude. That's my dance, Tess. It is your dance. I'm not

arguing. And neither are they. You loved it, didn't you audience?

CHEERING Quite possibly the longest standing

ovation we've ever had, ever. You are definitely the people's

champion. What a mighty matador. You were second to bottom last week. You

wanted to impress the judges this week. I've done everything I can.

And then some. You have a daringly low cut shirt tonight. That's

conviction for you. The scores are in.

16, tough scores from the judges. Are you the people's champion

tonight? If Dave and Karen rock your world... I think I need your votes.

Call: He's right. Or get yourself online to vote for free. Maybe Dave

will do that. What is that by the way? What? That. I won't do that.

Oh, that? I'd do anything for love. Would you? Yes, I'd tear down trees,

cross oceans, the whack. Thanks. Still to come: Ben and

Kristina will get really romantic with the rumba and can Sophie

Ellis-Bextor's samba live up to last week's charleston. Ive need a sit

down, what about you Dave? No, I'm all right.

Back to you Bruce. I love the bull gallop. Any way, our

next couple is Fiona Fullerton and her partner, Anton Du Beke. Last

week, they had a hiccup with their cha-which-had, this week --

cha-cha-cha, this week it's an elegant waltz. Here they are in

training. I think the performance went quite

well until the very ebbed. I stepped onto the wrong leg, that completely

threw out the choreography. You were very good until the point you kicked

Anton in the shin. Craig was unbelievably generous. I like

watching you dance. If I could just get the steps right. T.ive took on

board what Bruno said to me. You can play the part, but you cannot go

wrong any more. He's right. I can't afford to go wrong again. Love, it's

about family, children, your husband, the people that you hold

dear. I've been told by a small bird that it's your birthday this week. I

know she's a bit sad to be away from her family. Her husband is going to

come in with a cake as a surprise. A birthday wouldn't be a birthday

without a cake. Happy birthday, my darling. You need somebody to love

and to be loved. It's such a lovely surprise to see my husband, the best

birth Dale present ever would be to -- birthday present ever would be to

get through to another week. I'm having such a wonderful time.

Dancing the waltz, Fiona Fullerton and Anton Du Beke.

very nice. Fiona Andrew ton, that was -- Fiona and Anton, that was

wonderful. Are you pleased? Yes. Darcey? Oh, you have turned into

Grace Kelly. You danced with ease and elegance. There weren't so many

nerves there. I would only say one thing is to open up the shoulders,

then you give yourself to create more ability to use your neck and

it's just the upper, lift out of the waist and the ribs and you'll create

so much better. But it's very beautiful and you looked much more

comfortable. Well done. So thrilled for you. Well, you're

playing snakes and ladders. Last week you went down the snake, but

this week, back up the ladder! Well done.

Bruno? Nice and classy, Princess Fiona, that's the way to go. Your

turns are better, your balance is better, you are starting to extend

some lovely lines. At times I can still see you losing slightly focus,

don't do that, because you've got it within you. Because when you do it

right, especially the last turn into the lovely drop at the end, it's

beautiful. So you can do it. Very nice. And Craig? Your chest

needs to be higher to give you a nicer top line. You overbalanced at

one stage, but you managed to catch up. It's true. Timing was slightly

out, but I thought the whole thing was extremely elegant and

beautifully done. Did you have a nice birthday

yesterday? Yes, thank you, I had a lovely birthday. My wife's birthday

today. I'll be home for supper, darling. No, but it's live. Thank

you so much, Anton and Fiona. # Happy birthday to you

# Happy birthday dear Fiona # Happy birthday to you #

Was that the best belated birthday present, getting it all right? It

was fantastic. It was an amazing feeling. I loved it. That's what you

wanted to do and you didn't go wrong. Even Craig loved it and a

Christmas present all rolled into one. The scores are in:

A great score, with the king of the waltz, happy belated birthday. Thank

you, that's the most wonderful present.

Vote to keep Fiona in. Who's next to dance on our night of love?

Next up is Rachel Riley and her partner, Pasha Kovalev.

Now then, Rachel's show Countdown has a lot of word games on it. She

asked if I was good at English. I said, "Yes, I was always good at

English, but I'm even better now. In fact, my English is lots weller than

anyone else what did do it. Innit? " That surprised you! Here they are in

training. I knew I wasn't going to be amazing

at the salsa. But I tried my hardest. I went out to have fun and

that's what I did. I thought some of the comments were mean. You were

wriggling around like a slug in salt. I'm not going to acknowledge

that comment. It was like watching a gorgeous rag doll. I really do need

to work on my strength. There is lots of sugar but not a lot of

spice. Which is my personality. Ive need to focus -- I need to focus the

movements, the sharpness and the SAS. I've always -- sass. I've

always loved Strictly Come Dancing, but a better time to show my love

than this week. The glamour, music, the dance, the movement, the

characters. I love Strictly Come Dancing so much that I had my 21

birthday party as a Strictly theme. Dancing so much that I had my 21

We had our sequins and false eye lashes. To be here to make

custom-made dresses, 21-year-old me is dancing for joy. My wedding first

dance we had a Strictly routine. Pasha would have told me off because

I was the one in the driving scene. In this room, Pasha is definitely

the boss. This time you didn't get it. I've loved Strictly Come Dancing

for so long, I hope this week's cha cha cha doesn't leave me broken

hearted. Dancing the cha cha cha, Rachel

Riley and Pasha Kovalev. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, Rachel. Lovely. Listen to that. Pasha, that was really lovely.

Great feel to it. Len? You got your old hips going there, lovely. Like a

bionic bum working away. Occasionally you lose a bit of

control. It goes a little bit unstable. But overall, I thought you

did good leg action, nice feet, cube an breaks -- Cuban breaks were going

right on time. Well done. Does that make you feel good? Yes. Lovely.

Bruno? Well, well, well, my little Rachel is starting to feel the

tingle. You have done well tonight. You're starting to use your assets

to your advantage. It's true! She was much stronger. You have to have

confidence in yourself. Don't doubt yourself. Because it's all there.

It's all there and when you do it, Len is right, when you do it right,

it looks good. You're still, at times, a little bit automan. But

you're moving in the right direction. You should have faith in

yourself. Thank you. Keep doing the good work. Counting the beats.

Everything is in beats. Craig? The look of concentration on your face

was startling. If only you were smiling that would have brightened

the entire thing up. The move on the stairs, don't lower your knee, it

needs to be in the same place. You were plonking your body down in a

very, placing yourself very heavily in all the finishes. You need to

work on your finishes, but your free arm placement that we've been

banging on about is much, much better.

Craig, it is improving. Darcey? You have really take continue on board

from last week, your focus, your arms are cleaner and precise, the

choreographic finishes are there, well done. Overall, your confidence

through the whole peace -- piece was fabulous. Go on, off you go. It was

lovely. APPLAUSE

Better than last week. Much more than last week. After the salsa I

was crestfallen, but I than last week. After the salsa I

enjoyed that. It looked like you enjoyed yourself. Bruno said have

faith in yourself. You don't have a performance background. Is it tough

going out there live? I'm normally like a happy, bubbly person so to go

out and be serious and sultry is quite a challenge. But he's been

out and be serious and sultry is teaching me some stuff. He's a good

teacher. The scores are in: They're back. She's been putting in

the work. Call to vote: Or vote for free online. Voting opens later.

We've still got a whole lot of love tonight. And a lot of dancing. We

have Deborah quickstepping across the floor and Julien proving that

everybody needs somebody to love. Our next couple is Mark Benton and

his partner, Iveta Lukosiute. Yes, now then, Mark has recently

been starring in that hit musical Hairspray, where he had to dress as

a woman. I said, "What's it like having to get dressed like a woman

every night of the week? He said, "It's a drag." What's wrong with

that? Seven! Here they are in training.

When you start the dance, it goes really quickly until the very end

and everyone cheers and just like tunnel vision in a way. Dancing is a

joy and for me, you make me feel good. I loved it. His comments are

so lovely and it means so much that someone as talented and experienced

as him says that. Now it's love week this week. I wish someone would tell

Iveta. Don't walk into my space. You see that, "Don't walk into my space.

I will crush you." I started thinking about love and what comes

to mind is a family. I have a delightful wife and three wonderful

children. My children range from 15 to eight. That's the great thing

about Strictly. They can all watch it and enjoy it. Is anyone coming to

watch? My son Archie and my wife Sarah. Oh, wow. Finally I get to

meet him because I met all your children. And he's got a suit. That

is brilliant. He is hand HM and good -- is he as handsome and good

looking as you are? Much more so. Ive thought he would be embarrassed

by my dancing on television. Kids say stuff at school and he tells

them to shut up. Good on you son. I'm looking forward to see you. I

think the kids are proud of me. It makes it all worthwhile really,

because they're the most important people.

Dancing the American smooth, Mark Benton and Iveta Lukosiute.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Very lovely. What a bit of show

business, real bit of show business. Well done both of you. Bruno? And

they lived happily ever after. Ive tell you, you can -- I tell you, you

can tell a story. It was mimed to perfection. I could read every

moment. Let's go into this journey together. You played it beautifully.

It is an American smooth, there were a couple of rough passages,

especially from one section to the other. Watch your turns, but a story

telling was, it was perfect. Hold on, Craig? Yes, you definitely are a

fantastic story teller. However, you really have got to work on your

hands. They are absolutely ruining the line. It's only a small thing,

but it's a very large part, it's the finish. That's what will give you

much better points from the judges, I promise you. Tells a lot of

things, the hands. Darcey? I did miss the glamour and flair of the

American smooth, but as they said, you tell a story very well. But

being, you know you dance a little you tell a story very well. But

small for such a tall gentleman. Use your height and extend and travel.

That would be the only thing I didn't approve of. Generally, you

know, you have this lovely woman and you supported her so well in that

promenade. Keep that up. Keep working on that technique down

below. Very nice partner. Len? It's madness really, isn't it? That was a

joke because of that track was from Madness. Oh, so smart. Where does it

come from? I don't know. You capture the essence of every dance. Every

dance has got a character to it, American smooth, you have to be

glidy, Latin, crisp. You get that straight away. I'm not saying the

dancing is top notch, fantastic, but what I love - watching you, you get

it. That's great. You get the character. The character is there.

Who looks at the feet in I way? Away you go. Work on the hands.

APPLAUSE It must be love. Mark, we can always

APPLAUSE count on you to tell a story, after

last week's crazy salsa, this week, the American smooth. More glamorous.

We enjoyed it. Very much. It was good for you? Absolutely. Your son

is in the audience. He's here, my wonderful boy. In his new suit. He

looks proud. There he is. He's embarrassed now. He's shy now.

Scores are in: To vote call: Don't forget, can you

vote online, but only after all our couples have danced. That deserves a

kiss. If you think Mark and Iveta in the dance-off is utter matness --

madness they will need your votes. Next up Ben Cohen and his partner,

Kristina Rihanoff. Another popular couple. Now, let me explain to you,

Ben suffers from a 50% loss of hearing and I asked him how it

affected him on the show. He told me, "It's a disadvantage when it

comes to hearing the music, but it definitely is an advantage when

you're doing your jokes." I'm not definitely is an advantage when

reading that! Why should I read that. No, here they are in training.

What was going through my head - don't mess it up. Oh, you have a

little. I'd gone stone faced. From then on I was thinking, smile. You

smiled once and then it lit up and then you looked terrified. I have to

sort my nerves out. You look magnificent butch you don't move

much. I've got to relax. This is the main thing, better than last week.

For me my family are my everything. I've been busy with Strictly. I

haven't spent much time at home. I'm missing Abbey and my girls. We miss

daddy while he's dancing. Ben as a husband and a dad he ticks all the

boxes. He does the cooking, he cleans. He's perfect. Who loves you?

Daddy, mummy. Good night. Being at home with the girls is very

important to me. They've been watching the show. They just repeat

mine and Kristina's dance. I can join in and have a bit of fun with

them. They are my biggest critics. Do you reckon daddy looks like

Stonehenge? No. Do you know what Stonehenge is? No. I love being at

home with Abs and the girls. We Stonehenge is? No. I love being at

daddy, we love you! Dancing the rumba, Ben Cohen and Kristina

Rihanoff. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, look, they're on their feet. I didn't see that Ben, Kristina, look

what you've done. Ben, you dropped your lollipop. Oh,

it's yours, sorry. You've got a certain way with you. I tell you

what, I think it's coming all together. Do you like it? Don't! All

the women on your side, don't do that for goodness sake. Craig, start

us off. I want to love you too my darling.

I'm willing you to do well and dance well. And you know what, you did.

APPLAUSE You're not Stonehenge this week.

You're not Stonehenge. You were marvellous.

Darcey, dear? Yes, I wanted to see connection. You gave it to me. Well

done. You loosened up. You created a true intensity between that dance,

between both of you, fabulous. There's no nerves. They've

disappeared. Well done. And I saw areas of fluidity. And even a little

hip rotation there. Keep that up. I want to see it next

week as well. Don't go and kiss her for God's

sake. It's nice it see a big, butch bloke being gentle. Lovely

partnering. I thought you needed a bit more hips going on on occasions,

buff I thought you -- but I thought you showed your feminine side out

there. Bruno? I'd love to see more of that

side as well. Any time, any time! That was really a touchy, Fehily

kind of love -- feely kind of love, hands everywhere. It was like a

series of erotic freezes, one more interesting than the other. Which

way are you going with this? Whichever way you're going, keep

going, because you're going well. You're not going any farther! Get

off before they all start. Well done indeed Ben and Kristina!

APPLAUSE Wow. We can all feel the love after

APPLAUSE that one. That was one romantic

rumba, in a Strictly first, you made Craig blush. I don't thip that's

happened before. Quite tough getting in touch with your feminine side.

Well, it's interesting. You did a great job. Your little girls are so

gorgeous. I know, bless them. Are they up watching? They will be, I

love you two very much. Little darlings. I'm getting a tear now.

The scores are in: Yes! All right call to vote: Or you

can vote online later, if you want Ben and Kristina to keep dancing.

Now don't forget, as well as voting online, you can get all the gossip

on Facebook, Twitter or on our website. If ballroom is the food of

love, we'll dance on with all this: Got to look like dancing. That's

your right. I can't bear it. Brutal. I'm out of my depth here. When I

hear the rhythm I can't stop dancing. Samba is horrible. This

dance is going to kill me. Look at me.

Lovely. Now, for our next couple, it's Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her

partner, Brendan Cole. Remember their dance last week? Oh!

Sowive said, "Just because I'm a singer, you're not going to try and

sing, are you? I said, "Of course not." Now tell me more about your

big hit, Murder on the Dance Floor. Now then, was the murderer sent down

for life? Is the name of the game... APPLAUSE

Sorry, Sophie. I couldn't stop myself. Any way, here they are in

training. Saturday night was a bit of a dream

moment for me, to have all the stars aligned, really felt lick a lovely

moment. -- like a lovely moment. I can't believe it was me. It was

really special getting such lovely feed back from the judges. Wow!

Great routine, beautifully done. It's a tricky one to enjoy getting

36 points and also not worry about the fact that might be the only time

that happens. It wouldn't have been half as special if my husband hadn't

been there to enjoy it with me because we have to share in it. It's

really important. This week it's a samba. We are dancing to Lionel

Richie. It was the first dance at my wedding, this song. Hello guys. It

was nice that Richard came into training. We did a little routine

when we got married. We had a choreographer actually. Did you do

that? Definitely did the guns. I saw them dancing, it was nothing like

our wed das -- wedding dance. It's a different dynamic dancing to your

wedding dance with another man. It makes me so proud. I'm so in love

with my wife right now. Oh, Sir! Can you do this without touching my

wife? I love Richard and knowing he's behind me, means everything to

me. Dancing the samba, Sophie

Ellis-Bextor and Brendan Cole. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, yes. Look at this. They all loved it.

You want to do it again, right? No, you can't. Sophie and Brendan, once

again a lovely samba. Your dance content is fabulous and great

choreography, all the way through. You bring quite a cool kind of party

vibe. I might have liked to have seen a fun, wild, carnival vibe, but

you still have it. You really do. I would only say one thing, you

overextend your arms in the running promenades, it's a little out there.

Just bring it in. Buff you have brilliant isolation, especially the

ones against Brendan. They were very nice. That was nice! We practised

that a lot. # You have such natural timing and

musicality and that shows so easily. You're going to go so far because of

that. You've got it all there. With a good teacher too. Len? It lacked a

little toning on occasion, but having said that, I loved the back

rocks into the little, then you went into another favourite, which look

at it, there we go, go on boys and girls. That's another one of my

favourites. Natural roll and so full of all my greatest hits. It was

lovely. Well done. Bruno? What you did was a

sophisticated samba, a samba from an uptown girl, chic yet sexy. You did

it all without breaking a sweat and looked good at it. Without breaking

a sweat. She has that cool look about her. Craig? I thought you

could have done with a little more double bounce action but I really

could have done with a little more loved it. You even attempted a

difficult move. Fabulous. A cleaner finish would have been great, but

well done. ?ment -- well done. Off you go, be happy.

APPLAUSE I could have watched that all night

long. The audience another standing ovation. I was so nervous before

that. I was scaring Brendan a little. Last week calm as anything.

What was more nervewracking the first dance at your wedding or the

Strictly ballroom? Definitely this one. It was so much more complif

Kated. -- Complicated. Your husband was watching and he seemed happy.

The scores are in: Really happy about that. One of the

coolest sambas we have ever seen. She makes it look cool. To vote

call: Or vote online. Voting doesn't start until the dancing stops. It's

call: Or vote online. Voting doesn't a night of love tonight. Still to

come: Susanna and Kevin - can they get romantic and Ashley and Ola with

a saucy samba. Our next couple is Julien Macdonald

and his partner, Janette Manrara. Now then, Julien and Janette have

been described as a pair of pocket rockets. They are like rockets,

she's small and explosive. And he rockets. They are like rockets,

lives on another planet. Any way, here they are in training.

The tango was a hard dance to have mastered. I'm relieved to have

finished it. If tango is a plant, it's a cactus. You're more of an

orchid. I am an orchid. I knew I would be in the bottom two. The

worst thing is doing the dance again. I was like, will I get it

wrong? Will I be bad? Will I be worse? I would like to see staying

Julien and Janette. We made it through. I didn't want to go home. I

have struggled with the jive. I've been so billsy in training, I hardly

get -- busy in training, I hardly get to see the love of my life.

# And they call it puppy love # #. I love is there's lots of tricks,

buff he does a high five. Are you I love is there's lots of tricks,

going to dance with us today? Jake's jive techniques are better than

mine. He's very light on his feet. Jive is about being lifted and up.

Julien needs to put a spring in his step. I've brought in trampolines. I

was so excited. I got a sense of being light on my feet. Jake has

inspired me to do a great jive on Saturday night.

Dancing the jive, Julien Macdonald and Janette Manrara.

MUSIC: Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes, how about that? You've been

working hard. I've been dancing in my sleep. I can see that. Len? I

really enjoyed it, because you had that wild, devil may care attitude.

You just came out. You said, well, this is it. What happens is what

happens. I'm telling you, as far as I'm concerned, that's your best

dance to date. Thank you, Len! Now then. It was a

criminal attack on the jive. Full of whacky attitude. You went for it. I

tell you, I enjoyed it as well, but if you stay in the competition, you

really have to focus on time. Because you keep going on and off

really have to focus on time. it, on and off it. You have to stay

on it all the way through, because if that isn't there, everything else

falls apart. The energy was great. Thank you so much! Craig? Yes, I can

say, that the energy was great, but it was a bit like a three-year-old,

darling at a dance resital after ten bags of sweets. It had lots of

energy, which I loved. What did you say? I said it's love weekend, I've

asked Craig to love me especially tonight.

Oh, what a shame, darling. Right, Darcey? You've certainly

brought the energy and love into your jive, as the boys have said. I

would just love you to point those feet and make that crisper kick and

flick. But that was the only thing that would polish your performance.

Nice energy, well done. Lovely moves. Come on, be proud. Off you

go. APPLAUSE

Best dance yet! I'm so happy, I've worked so hard. I'm dancing in my

sleep. Dancing when I eat and dancing wherever I go. I've seen a

change in his work ethic, big time. He's upped his game. Was it being in

the dance-off, did that make you real aisles you want to stay in the

competition? I love the show so much. I find it incredibly

difficult, but I'm trying my best. We see that, honey. Great energy.

The scores are in: Better than last week. Improvement,

that's what we're about on this show. If Julien got you jiving call:

Don't forget you can vote online if you like. Remember, you can't vote

until everybody's danced and there's plenty more dancing and romancing to

come. Yes, our next couple is Susanna Reid

and her partner, Kevin from Grimsby. APPLAUSE

Susanna impressed the judges from day one. Can she impress them again

tonight with her Rhone yees waltz? -- Viennese waltz? Here they are in

training. The tango was fierce. As soon as we

started dancing, in my head I went, you have one-and-a-half minutes to

enjoy this because you are never going to dance this ever again. I

think you put the go in tango. Can I dance with you next week? Yeah, all

right. It's love week. We are dancing the Viennese waltz.

Obviously the love of my life is my family. Kevin and I share a passion.

You're goi to be substituted if you keep going back to the leave back. A

mutual love of football. Susanna is a fan of complas. -- Crystal Palace.

He's always encouraging me to glide across the floor It's really

important. We can't cut it short. We need more space.

You wouldn't think there was any connection between football and the

Viennese waltz. But on the football pitch, you can glide and that, I

think, can inspire our dance. Is she going to dive into the box? No.

Kevin was clever at showing how we could move around using all this

space. It's inspired me. Dancing the Viennese waltz Susanna

Reid and Kevin Clifton. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, Susanna, look! Enjoy it. You don't get that on the news desk.

That's lovely. A lovely dance, beautifully performed. Such a

feeling to that. Bruno, what did you think? Yeah, you're so lovely and

versatile. Just watching you makes you happy. You have a natural feel

for the dance. You just naturally go with it. Lovely movement, lovely

flow. You have that in both ballroom and Latin. So it's so good to see. I

think you're going to go very, very far, my darling.

What did you think Craig? Chin up. Left shoulder down, darling. Also,

you need to really when you put your arm out, the shoulder ins gats the

move, then you -- inter-Bates the move -- anstigates the move. I'm

only trying to make it better for you. You made a difficult dance very

easy. You made it look easy. Darcey? Your technique is very good with

your foot work. Only at the beginning, because you have lovely

extensions, but at the beginning, instead of doing this use your

shoulders and your upper body so you get more stretch. She's up again.

It's only in your top line, that's the only thing letting you down.

Every week you get better and better. You're right.

It is a difficult dance. Isn't it Len? It is a difficult dance. I must

say. I'm telling you what, this is love week and I'm in love with that

Viennese waltz. Beautiful rotation, lovely fluidity of movement. You

attempted the fleckle. It was the best I've seen tonight.

Are you all right? Shall I carry you up the stairs? No, you can. Away you

go, Susanna and Kevin! APPLAUSE

Yes, Miss Thing made it look easy. APPLAUSE

Love week, Len is in love with your waltz. I think I'm in love with Len.

It's a mutual love-in. The audience love you. They were on your feet.

You have a lot of fun in training, was it tough channelling the

romance. Yeah, every time I told her to look in my eyes, she started

laughing. I thought it would be about rejection, not love. It's easy

to be in love with Kevin for two minutes because... For two minutes!

Just two minutes. He's such a lovely money and a boutiful dancer. He's

adorable. And so are you, a beautiful dancer. The scores are in:

If for Yes! Susanna is having a moment.

That was two 9s. Maeg. -- amazing. That's because Kevin is brilliant at

dancing. For two minutes though! LAUGHTER

Susian aand -- Susanna and Kevin would love your votes. Yes, call or

vote online. Plenty more love to give. Let's get

back on the floor. Our next couple is Radio 2 DJ,

Vanessa Feltz and her partner, James Jordan.

Now then, I was listening to Vanessa while I was having a bath this

morning. Has she got into my house, I'll never know.

LAUGHTER Let alone in the bathroom, where

does it stop? Here they are in training.

Last Saturday night, the performance felt just wonderful. I felt as if I

was floating. It was almost like watching a scene in a beautiful

musical. Yet being the star of it yourself. You're connected. You're

involved. You feel the music. As someone who has never danced, I was

involved. You feel the music. As really chuffed. I'm going to be

perfectly honest, I'm delightly concerned about the tango. Sorry.

perfectly honest, I'm delightly This dance is jolly fast. What,

what, what? Side, close? I'm in the sure I can even, I'm not joking,

move that fast. I was just in the middle of training with James,

trying to do this tango and I really wasn't getting head nor tail of the

whole thing, suddenly then my fiance appeared. Oh, look who's here! You

sweet head! You're doing so well. On Saturday night I was so proud of

you. I wanted to do Strictly because Ben is such a fantastic dancer. And

it would be heavenly, the best feeling in the world to dance

beautifully with the man I really love. Dancing the tango Vanessa

Feltz and James Jordan. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, you stomp around the floor there. You've been getting it.

Craig, what did you think? Your left hand, you've got a broken wrist on

that. You need to straighten that out. Your head position needs to be

to the left when it needs to be. It lacked a little focus for me and

sharpness. Your head at times didn't look like it belonged actually. And

you messed up the first Corus -- chorus as well. At the beginning,

couldn't even catch him. He was down the Finchley Road. I've made

enormous progress to keep up with this dude, honestly.

Quite right. Give him a bit of stick back. I did like the fire in your --

in you. You gave that attack straight away. You went for it. But

the only thing is you're not, it's not about liking the smell of your

man. You're not meant to like the smell of him. You're meant to keep

your head to the left. He doesn't smell. Scrupulously clean. It's

about keeping your head away. That's the only thing that lets you down,

the direction of your head. Find it hard, keeping your head away from

me. I'm sure every woman agrees. Len? I thought there was a lot of

content into that routine. James, you didn't take the easy option and

just do a little bit of mincing about. The overall feeling of it

just do a little bit of mincing a bit lick a decalf coffee, it --

decaf coffee, it looks OK, but it lacks a bit of bite. Overall, well

done James, and lovely, Vanessa. You really had a go there. Bruno?

You did the disdainful, broken-hearted woman very well. You

were going at it like a battle axe at the beginning. "Don't mess with

my man." You were good at it. You messed up your foot work and what

happens sometimes, you just stop driving the dance, darling. You

know, you do it all up here, and then you do a bit by number. You

have to keep going. You started well, keep going.

APPLAUSE That was a fierce and passionate

tango. You can't say she didn't sell it. She gave it everything. It a lot

of character. A lot of content. I'm glad Len commented on that. Excite

the mixed -- despite the mixed comments, are you loving the

ballroom? Even if I look outside on the outside, on the inside it's

fantastic. That's the shame TV all. You look far from awful. You're

giving it your all. The scores are in:

Better towards the end. It's relative. It's from where you start

and where you finish up. Strictly is about someone that you take that's

never danced before and you're improving. I'm proud of you. So

whatever the judges say, I'm proud of you. Thank you.

Well done. Call or vote online later if you think that Vanessa and James

deserve to dance again next week. Lick a candle-lit dinner for two,

we've had the first two courses, a few glasses of bubbly and now

dessert as our final three couples dish up their dances.

Next is the couple, Ashley Taylor Dawson and his partner, Ola Jordan.

Now then, tonight, they are doing the samba. It's the party dance.

Ashley is going to be the host and Ola will just drop in. You'll see

what I mean. Here they are in training.

After the first week I wanted to go out there and just enjoy it a little

bit more, which I think I did. So impressive. You are going to go far.

Darcey gave me a nine. That's amazing. I couldn't believe it.

Thank you Darcey. Getting positive feed back from the judges has

boosted my confidence. Hopefully, in E week, I can -- next week, I can

improve again. My next dance is the samba. It's also my new nightmare.

Samba is hips, hip action. It's like someone has had his hip replaced.

Ola brought in lovely props today. I really think she's brought them in

to stand there looking pretty herself. I haven't been able to

spend much time with my family at the moment. Today I've invited them

to training so I can get to see them. It really hit home what this

week is about - it's love week. I love you more. I love you more. I

want to go out there on Saturday love you more. I love you more. I

night and hopefully I will make them proud. Who's the better dancer, Ola

or daddy? Daddy. Dancing the samba, Ashley Taylor Dawson and Ola Jordan.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Ashley, look! I tried to stop them,

but it was there. You haven't been very well, how are

you feeling? You're all right now. You lost a day. Absolutely

marvellous. That was great. Darcey, dear? I liked it. Especially the

percussion part, your rhythm, you kept that all the way through, and

that's not easy. It was only one thing, you have to lift up your eye

level. Just rails the chin and -- raise the chin and you'll have

better finished lines. Very nice, raise the chin and you'll have

just maybe do up the shirt next week and I won't be distracted. Puts you

just maybe do up the shirt next week off, yes. Len? The voltas were a

little bit heavy here and there, but the bottom line is, you've coped

well with a very difficult dance. Well done.

And on the beat all the time. Oh, yes, you're going to get plenty of

love after this dance, you dream boat from Brazil. Let's ehope. Let's

go all the way. You got your feet wrong at the corner, you just went

on the wrong foot, other-wise Len is right, you did a great job.

Marvellous. Craig? Hip rolls were absolute filth and I loved it! Watch

your mouth. I've never heard him say that before. Off you go.

APPLAUSE Love is in the air. Closing his

shirt as he comes upstairs. Len said you coped well and you're the

highest scoring male celebrity last week. I justed -- just wanted to get

the dance right. It was all over the place. We didn't notice. The scores

are in. Great score. All that and he has a

week old baby. Respect to you. Well done. If that dance made you think

love is in the air, everywhere you look around, call: Or go online.

Voting will be open at the end of look around, call: Or go online.

the show. You'll get to have your say very soon indeed. Now it's a

night of love here, close the shirt. We're distracted. It's a night of

love here and Ola, we hear that you are celebrating today, ten years of

marriage. Yes! Congratulations. I believe we've got a photo of the big

day. Brendan has a little something for

you. Excuse me guys. APPLAUSE

James and Ola, happy 10th wedding anniversary. From all of us. Thank

you guys. We will all have a piece of that.

Congratulations James and Ola. Beautiful. That was lovely.

Unexpected but lovely. Our next couple is Natalie Gumede and her

partner, Artem Chigvintsev. They are doing the rumba, the dance

partner, Artem Chigvintsev. of love. I was chatting to Natalie

partner, Artem Chigvintsev. about love and I said, "When I was a

young man, whenever I kissed a woman, I kept my eyes open." She

said, "Why? I said, "I just couldn't believe there was a woman there."

Here they are in training. From the last two shows I'm learning

how much I love to dance. It's just magic. It's a dance and as a

performance, absolutely corking. To get great comments from the judges

is really encouraging, because it means we're on the right track. We

weren't expecting nines in week two at all. We were absolutely thrilled.

This week we're dancing the rumba for love week. I'd say the big loves

in my life are my family and friends. I haven't had much time to

see them, so I invited Artem round to get to know them a little better

too. I was really looking forward to it, then I realised It's the girls

night! In onesies? We got in our onesies. We watched movies. He loved

it. There was a little chance for a rumba. We got to practice. We've had

our fun and it's time to work hard and hopefully, enjoy Saturday night.

Dancing the rumba Natalie Gumede and Artem Chigvintsev.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes, no surprise at all. Real

connoisseurs. Look at them. May I say, lovely to see you so graceful

and being so pleasant. It is beautiful. Len? That was fabulous.

Bruno? Expressive, meaningful, beauty in perpetual motion. Oh,

well. Craig? Love, love, love! And Darcey rgs darling? You speak with

the whole of your body. It's beautiful. And especially that end.

I loved that and smooth onto the ground. Brilliant.

I was just going to say that. Absolutely beautiful. It's lovely to

see you like this. Off you go. What a job you're doing, Artem.

Away you go. APPLAUSE

Wow! Wow! . That's what I call romantic. Three weeks in a row,

three incredible dances. Is there anything you can't do? Dance with my

hair down, I don't think. I can't see. It didn't stop you. Artem, you

look like you're welling up. Maybe a little. Terminator is about to cry.

That's a first. Go and pop your onesie on and you'll

be fine. The scores are in. An incredible score for an

incredible dance. Really great. They keep going upwards. To call: Or vote

online if you think Natalie's rumba reeked of romance and you want to

see what they can pull out of the bag next week. Someone's growling

behind me. Get those fingers flexed and ready. Voting opens soon. Who's

having the last dance of the night. Ignore them!

To our final couple tonight, Deborah Meaden and her partner, Robin

Windsor. Now then, after her routine last

week, Deborah said she didn't think Craig liked her dance. She said he

just sat there, stony faced, expressionless and never once raised

a smile. I said, that's nothing do with your dance, it's the botox.

Is he smiling? We wouldn't know if he's smiling or not would we. Any

way, here they are in training. I loved the cha cha cha. Dragon

versus drag queen darling, be careful. I don't know what Craig

meant. I presume he was talking about himself. You must straighten

your legs. It made it look stompy, unfortunately. Craig is right, I was

a bit stompy. Ive know I can do better. I can always do better. It's

love week and what two better people to be dancing around the ballroom

floor than me and my wonderful Deborah. To me love isn't just about

the slow seductive music, it's about the joy of life. Robin has taken me

into this world of Strictly and all the glitz and glamour and I'm

showing him the other loves of my life, horses. He'd rather just stand

there. I think I might be a country boy after all. I adore Robin. I love

the stuff we're doing together. My son is about a love of life, love of

horses. We have to pick that up. What -- with what? My hands? With

brooms. To find something you love so much so late, I wish I'd found it

earlier. Dancing the quickstep, Deborah

Meaden and Robin Windsor. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Deborah, look at that! Look what a dragon can do.

Isn't that wonderful to see them all standing up for you. You did such a

Isn't that wonderful to see them all great job. Bruno? The dragon is

turning into a butterfly. You can fly if you want to, my darling. You

were more light footed than ever. Just one thing, be very careful,

you're losing your neck. Don't turn into a tortoise by the end. So much

better. Craig? You put a smile on my face, darling. I really enjoyed

that. Lovely. Darcey? It was fast and

furious and you didn't end up in Robin's chest, which I thought you

might because you do have to fix that frame, so we don't get bounce

in the top line. I love the pleasure you get from dancing. It's fabulous.

She loves it. And Len? Your best dance to date, my lovely.

You love it don't you? You're enjoying it. Go and enjoy it, run up

those stairs and enjoy your marks. APPLAUSE

What a way to end the show with a standing ovation and you put a smile

on Craig's face. You're not expecting me to talk, are you? Don't

talk, just take in air rapidly. You must be so proud of her. Totally, we

worked so hard this week. Deborah is improving is much. I'm so, so, so

proud. He does a bit too. Yes he does. You covered every square inch

of that floor, incredible. It feels like it. Did it feel good? I loved

it. I'm loving dancing. How different is this to your real life

in the boardroom? What life? I've lost that, that life's gone. This is

your new life. Dancing is your life. The scores are in.

Come on! Your votes can lift Deborah and Robin higher and higher, call:

Or you can vote online if you want to see this pair dancing again. Your

votes make the difference between our couples having a successful

relationship in the ballroom or a dance divorce in the Results Show.

We don't want that. No! All our couples have danced. They've faced

the judges, let's lack at the leaderboard:

Remember, you can make or break their hearts by picking up the phone

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bbc.co.uk/strct strictly. High standard of dancing tonight.

Very high. Thank you, didn't you all do well? However, one of our 14

celebrities is heading to the heart break hotel. They muff leave the

competition -- they must leave the competition. It will be you who

makes the difference. If you don't want to say goodbye to your

favourites, pick up the phone or go online and have your say. The

romance has to end some time. Tomorrow night two of our couples

will have to face the dreaded dance-off. Sad. Join me and Claudia

at 7. 20pm to find out which of our stars has danced the last dance.

Stay with BBC One for all the action in Atlantis. In the meantime, watch

and learn. Keep dancing!