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Tonight, on strictly, five semifinalists, two challenging | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
dancers, and one last chance to make it to the final. I've never danced | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
before and I've got to the semifinals, but last week, I was | :00:23. | :00:24. | |
bottom of the Leader Board, so I really have to give it everything | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
I've got. I'm feeling the pressure, big-time. It's tough learning two | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
dances and we can't afford to waste a single moment. I seem to have been | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
good at the ballroom, but I'll have to work really hard at the | :00:38. | :00:39. | |
charleston to stand any chance of getting to the final. I was top of | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
the Leader Board last week but I stumbled and blanked in the past so | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
I can't let that happen this week. Doing two dances is extremely tough, | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
double the work, double the risk. I've been top of the Leader Board | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
three times now but I took a big knock last week being in the Dance | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
Off. I'm determined to come back stronger this week. I do not want to | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
miss out on the final. I've been in the Dance Off more than anybody else | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
but it's making me more determined. I'd be devastated to miss out on the | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
final at this stage. I don't want this to end. | :01:13. | :01:53. | |
Live from the BBC, this is Strictly Come Dancing - | :01:54. | :02:03. | |
Please welcome your hosts... | :02:04. | :02:17. | |
Hello and welcome to Strictly Come Dancing. | :02:18. | :02:36. | |
Tonight our five remaining couples will have to perform not one, | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
So it's double the dancing, double the excitement | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
In last week's Dance Off, Helen and Aljaz faced Georgia | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
and Giovanni and it was Helen who left the competition. | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
And with only one week to the final, who stays? | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
With the standard so high ? who knows? | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
One thing we do know it's going to be a busy night | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
Now, all we're missing is our semifinalists ? so please | :03:08. | :03:48. | |
EastEnders actress Kellie Bright, and her partner Kevin Clifton. | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
TV presenter Anita Rani, and her partner Gleb Savchenko. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
From BBC Proms and Radio 3 presenter Katie Derham, | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
Actress Georgia May Foote, and her partner Giovanni Pernice. | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
And finally from The Wanted, pop star Jay McGuiness, | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
Each of them just two dances away from the final. | :04:17. | :04:38. | |
The judges' scores from both dances will be added together to determine | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
where they end up on the Leader Board. | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
The two couples with the lowest combined viewer vote and judges' | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
scores will face the Dance Off in tomorrow night's Results Show. | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
Sadly, one of our couples will not make it through to | :04:54. | :04:55. | |
Dancing first for a place in the final is Katie Derham | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
Their first dance tonight is a Charleston, to "Too Darn Hot". | :05:02. | :05:16. | |
It's a very appropriate title, because with a place in the final | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
at stake, things are really hotting up. | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
Saturday was just fantastic. The foxtrot was definitely my favourite | :05:27. | :05:35. | |
dance so far. Standing, it was beautiful. You were amazing. Just | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
brilliant. I can't believe I'm in the semifinals of Strictly Come | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
Dancing. This is way, way better than I thought I would do in this | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
competition. It's lovely to watch people develop and grow. I'm getting | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
emotional, shut up! Our first dance this week is the charleston. All the | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
charleston As that everybody has danced so far have been really | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
brilliant and they have scored really well. That's intimidating. It | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
has to be hugely entertaining. The strong, characterful, characterful | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
dance and Katie has those attributes in abundance. I've not done anything | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
like this before and we've got a lot of work to do. It's lovely to know | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
that so many people are voting for us. Anton showed me the messages | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
from viewers which was just lovely. Double -- good luck, Katie, we love | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
you. Good looks, Katie and Anton. Katie, your legs are wonderful. You | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
have lovely legs. I hope you do really well in the semifinals. Good | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
luck in the semis. How nice was that? It was really nice, | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
heart-warming. I've worked hard this week on the charleston and now I | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
want to pull off because everyone loves watching the charleston, so I | :06:56. | :06:56. | |
want to do a good one. Dancing | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
the Charleston, "Too Darn Hot" ? too darn right, | :07:03. | :07:04. | |
that was sizzling - Whilst you two cool down it's a good | :07:05. | :09:06. | |
time to welcome our fabulous live singers, Hayley, Patrick, Andrea, | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
Tommy and of course Dave Arch CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :09:11. | :09:26. | |
Lynne, they have two chances to impress you tonight. How did they do | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
with the first? I am hoping the other is going to be a lot better | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
because you looks hot, but the dance was not. It was a struggle. It | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
wasn't slick enough. Some of the lifts were a bit clumsy. You looked | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
as though you were outside your comfort zone. You didn't come out | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
and just give it wow. It's the semifinal, I want to praise | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
everyone, but I have to be honest. For me, it wasn't your best moment. | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
I'm sorry. Fair enough, I'm not sure the audience agreed. Bruno? Listen, | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
you have the looks and you have the figure. What more do you want? You | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
went a bit Lucy Goosey. You went Lucy Goosey on me. The charleston | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
went off with it, you went off timing. It's the quarterfinals, I'm | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
sorry, the semifinals. OK, OK, I'm jet-lagged still! Calm down. Don't | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
take it away from you... APPLAUSE | :10:30. | :10:37. | |
It's the momentum, you got a bit tense, you went off timing, you went | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
Lucy Goosey, you will come back for the next dance and get it together. | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
There you go. Fair enough, Lucy Goosey. Craig? The swivel was | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
nonexistent in that at all, it was awkward. I thought it was too | :10:53. | :10:57. | |
placed, it was stiff looking at times. You looks most uncomfortable | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
throughout the entire dance. The kicks were completely out of time. | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
AUDIENCE BOOMS. I hope your next dance is perfect because I can't | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
feed that done is getting you into the final. A second chance. Darcey, | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
did Katie capture the character of the charleston? It was absolutely | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
charming. When you started off, I thought yes, yes. | :11:23. | :11:24. | |
APPLAUSE The only thing is you have to follow | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
that through until the very end and I just saw you fade, just that | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
stamina, that energy, that you need to carry you until the end and | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
because you got out of sync, both of you, it let it down and that was a | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
shame because I can feel the nerves and I totally understand. We are | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
hearing the semifinals and we have high expectations. It's a shame it | :11:45. | :11:46. | |
wasn't your best. APPLAUSE | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
You still have another chance to impress, do not despair. Go and get | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
your scores. We all loved it, ladies and gentlemen. Katie and Anton. | :11:58. | :11:58. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That must have been a bit of a | :11:59. | :12:16. | |
shock, because you opened, it was a semifinal, look at you. Well, I | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
loved it but obviously I wasn't watching it, I was doing it. Fair | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
enough, fair enough. The audience absolutely loved it. How hard is it | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
doing two dances? The two dances, you said yourself, slightly out of | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
your comfort zone because you'd love the ballroom. I love the ballroom, | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
I'm looking forward to the waltz. I love that too and I've loved every | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
week on the show. No disappointment from me there really. I thought it | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
was good. The audience will dictate at the end of the day. | :12:49. | :12:50. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Correct. The scores are in. It's | :12:51. | :12:59. | |
time to get the scores from the judges. Craig Revel Horwood... | :13:00. | :13:15. | |
What do you want to say about the floor? I want to say this, is there | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
any chance we can get Donny Osmond on the phone, quick? Donny would | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
give it 25. If you want to see Katie's legs in the final, obviously | :13:27. | :13:33. | |
with the rest of the herb, it comes as a package. Call: | :13:34. | :13:46. | |
You can do it as many times as you like. | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
Calls cost 15p plus your network's access charge. | :13:51. | :13:52. | |
Please ask the bill payer's permission. | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
To vote online, visit bbc.co.uk/strictly, where you'll | :13:56. | :13:57. | |
Voting won't open until after our couples have danced twice. | :13:58. | :14:04. | |
Dancing next is Jay McGuiness and his partner Aliona Vilani. | :14:05. | :14:33. | |
Their first dance is a Viennese waltz. | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
This is a dance that involves a lot of fast rotations, | :14:38. | :14:39. | |
which can often cause dizziness, but it's been learning two dances | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
this week that's really had Jay's head in a spin. | :14:43. | :14:45. | |
Last Saturday night we had a really simple rumba and it meant we could | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
focus on telling the story. I just felt every minute of it. I felt | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
wicked. Tonight you've convinced me you're a terrific dancer. | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
CHEERING. We've got a 39, which is one point higher than last week. We | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
want to continue that trend if we can. Now we are so close to the | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
final I would love to be there. That's why I'm going to bring my A | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
game. My first dance this week is the Viennese waltz. Anything can go | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
wrong in our waltz. One misstep and the fluidity and the grace of the | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
dance can be ruined. Is it going to be done in time? We'll see. If I'm | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
going to get through to the final, this Viennese waltz has to be | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
perfect. Now they are putting us into the finals I have some good | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
luck messages to show you. Aliona has brought me some support | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
messages. I can't wait to see them. Good luck Jay and Aliona. Good luck | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
with the jive. Good luck, we love you. Love you too. We've been | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
getting so much support and it is awesome. It really gets you through | :15:58. | :16:01. | |
the rough patches. Good luck Jay and Aliona. We want you to win Strictly. | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
The support is incredible. Do them proud and deliver two great dances. | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
Let's do it. CHEERING. | :16:12. | :16:13. | |
Dancing the Viennese waltz, Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani. | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
MUSIC: "Have You Ever Loved A Woman". | :16:18. | :17:54. | |
Oh, beautiful. Beautiful storytelling. They're on their feet | :17:55. | :18:16. | |
in the studio. CHEERING. You've had to learn two | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
new routines this week. How has that been? It's been pretty difficult but | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
we've got quite different dances, so I'm trying to separate them in my | :18:28. | :18:35. | |
mind. Carlston next. Bruno, how did he do, do he deliver? It was simply | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
beautiful and absolutely loveable. You take such care on everything you | :18:41. | :18:53. | |
do. I love your lyrical arms. You could have been at the Royal Ballet, | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
which I love. A tiny little bit more drive, oomph. But still very nice. | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
Cheers, thank you. APPLAUSE. He topped the leaderboard | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
last week, Craig. How did he do tonight? I really loved the opening | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
sequence. I loved that you put a pirouette into a turn into hold. It | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
is simple, it is effective. I think your top line could be more | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
exaggerated, getting the head to the left even more would be good. I felt | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
story-wise it looked like Aliona had just dumped you. You didn't smile | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
once through it. It didn't look like you were enjoying it. | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
AUDIENCE BOOING. Your face is extremely plain. That's my only | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
bugbear with you. You told the story well. I disagree. Saving it for the | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
Charleston, Craig. Darcey? Sorry, I disagree with Craig. | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
CHEERING. You created, the first note of the music I could feel the | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
romance between you. It doesn't have to be facial expressions, especially | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
in a Viennese waltz. A it had to be a feeling, a breath, and you did | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
that. Just how lyrical you were. And when you did that two-and-a-half | :20:09. | :20:11. | |
turns to the floor and touched her as you came out of it. All of those | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
things. Sometimes, because your technique is so good, you sometimes | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
look comfortable and you could step out, make larger moves across the | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
dancefloor. But still a very nice performance. | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
CHEERING. Len? Well, actually I'm in a bit of a pickle here. I really | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
don't want to. I loved that start. You went into a reverse fleckerl. I | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
loved that and into a natural fleckerl and I thought, this is | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
going to be great and it was great. It had lovely movement. All that | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
opening section. Let me tell you and try to understand. This is nothing | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
nasty. I'm not... The natural turn, you have to close your feet. OK. | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
Forward, side, close. You never did. You were doing it almost like a | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
reverse turn, where you crossed your feet. So that got me into a pickle, | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
because as much as I loved it, I have to be true to myself and I have | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
to look at the technique. And you did that not well. OK. | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
AUDIENCE BOOING. Well... I am so passionate about getting the right | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
people into this final. Nothing I say is meant other than to be | :21:27. | :21:28. | |
helpful. APPLAUSE. Passionate about footwork. | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
My heart has to reflect all that in my head. It is not a terrible mark. | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
It is the semifinals after all. Thank you judges, one down, one to | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
go. We'll see you later in the Charleston. Well done, off you go. | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
Jay and Aliona! CHEERING. Jay and Aliona. Your | :21:47. | :21:58. | |
expression when you received those comments is adorable, because you | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
looked quite nervous but you want to take everything they say to heart? | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
Yeah, we focus a lot on technique and performance. Everything they say | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
we do want to apply. I don't reject any of it. I believe you preferred | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
the Viennese waltz more than the Charleston? Yeah, I really enjoyed | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
the romance. People think, oh your technique is good. But I'm not a | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
robot, it is really difficult. I do make mistakes. I really wish my | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
performance would be... See? No, we thought you were brilliant. | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
APPLAUSE. It is hard. I was trying. The judges' scores are in. | :22:40. | :22:56. | |
Are you alright? I was expecting a lot worse. Phew! You are edible. | :22:57. | :23:06. | |
If you want those dance steps to get Jay one step closer to the final, | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
call 6 22 52 14 from your mobile, 09015 22 52 14 from your landline | :23:11. | :23:13. | |
Still to come, Anita has a baby grand piano, I just hope its parents | :23:14. | :23:21. | |
Our next couple is Georgia May Foote and her partner, Giovanni Pernice. | :23:22. | :23:29. | |
They're doing a cha-cha to the Gloria Gaynor classic | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
"I Will Survive", but after they were in the Dance Off | :23:36. | :23:37. | |
last week, the big question is - will they? | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
Last week we opened the show and got a score of 36. But unfortunately we | :23:45. | :23:53. | |
ended up in the dance-off. It's time to decide. It was horrible. Georgia | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
and Giovanni. I'm really excited to be in the semifinal. I have had the | :24:01. | :24:11. | |
best time. I don't want it to end. It's Monday morning and I've woken | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
up with the sorest throat I have had. Time to see a doctor. You've | :24:16. | :24:25. | |
got pharyngitis. We've started the cha-cha today. I'm finding it a | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
little bit difficult. I wanted to give it the last push and everything | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
I've got and I've got ill at the opponent when I need to do it, and I | :24:36. | :24:38. | |
can't. The opponent when I need to do it, and I | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
can't. -- when I needed to do it and I can't. It is a really difficult | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
week but maybe this will help you. Good luck, Georgia. I hope you do | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
good on the semifinals. All the best. Good luck with the show. You | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
didn't deserve to be in the dance-off. Gorgeous. Team GG. It is | :24:57. | :25:04. | |
amazing to think people have supported me so far. I didn't think | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
people would pick up the phone to support me. Good luck, Georgia. I | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
hope you win. You can't give up now. You can't. | :25:14. | :25:15. | |
CHEERING. Dancing the cha-cha-cha, | :25:16. | :25:17. | |
Georgia May Foote and Giovanni CHEERING. Oh, well done. Well done. | :25:18. | :27:17. | |
Yes! What a comeback. Are you feeling better, my darling? Not | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
really. You can't breathe now? Your throat, bless you. I know you've had | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
little time to rehearse, so you've done rel well. Craig, what do you | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
think? You were losing huff action on the straight leg just about all | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
the way through, sadly. But I adored the number. The disco was fantastic. | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
The storytelling, great. Darcey, what do you make of their cha-cha? | :27:41. | :27:46. | |
Well, the energy was fabulous. I loved the cheeky attitude. There was | :27:47. | :27:52. | |
this lovely connection all the way through and your playing off each | :27:53. | :27:55. | |
other was really important. Craig's right, I think there could be a lot | :27:56. | :27:59. | |
more straight leg action. When you've finished, get that straight | :28:00. | :28:07. | |
leg, but basically the dance content, the performance value, | :28:08. | :28:08. | |
amazing. APPLAUSE. Obviously it lacked a bit | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
of polish, burr those forward locks are a tricky bit of business, | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
because you've got to straighten them and as you close you have got | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
to get hip action. The hip action wasn't, there but somebody who's had | :28:24. | :28:26. | |
limited time, I thought you did great. Thank you. | :28:27. | :28:30. | |
APPLAUSE. Did it make you feel like dancing? You would have to be dead | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
not to! I'm all shaken and stored and ready for action, you sexy | :28:37. | :28:42. | |
little thing. Disco diva fabulous. Wonderful feisty, sexy. Yeah, | :28:43. | :28:46. | |
there's a tiny thing, I'm not going to repeat it again. What the point. | :28:47. | :28:51. | |
I had a great time? Who cars? APPLAUSE. We had a great time with | :28:52. | :28:56. | |
you. Thank you. That's your first dance done. We look forward to | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
seeing your Viennese waltz later on. Have a rest. Georgia and Giovanni! | :29:01. | :29:13. | |
CHEERING. Well done. You've had a very emotional week. Yes. And you've | :29:14. | :29:17. | |
been ill. You are in the dance-off, you were in the dance-off. How are | :29:18. | :29:22. | |
the nerves for everyone? Everyone is nervous this week. It is two dances, | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
so the pressure's on. We finished our routine yesterday. And you've | :29:28. | :29:31. | |
got the Viennese waltz coming. Which dance do you prefer? I love Latin | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
and ballroom. I've always been more drawn to ballroom but I do love them | :29:37. | :29:38. | |
both. Very well done. Still to come, Kellie and Kevin do a | :29:39. | :30:22. | |
rumba and an American smooth, but not at the same time, I think. Who | :30:23. | :30:24. | |
knows? Tess. Our next couple is Anita Rani | :30:25. | :30:31. | |
and her partner, Gleb Savchenko. After being bottom of | :30:32. | :30:33. | |
the Leader Board last week, Anita is determined to bounce back, | :30:34. | :30:35. | |
and determination is something this Last Saturday was incredible. I | :30:36. | :30:51. | |
thought I'd done it all right, until Craig at the Luke List later date. | :30:52. | :30:56. | |
Your feet were flexed you, you have a tendency towards pigeon toes. 31, | :30:57. | :31:01. | |
it put me at the bottom of the Leader Board. When they called my | :31:02. | :31:06. | |
name out, I couldn't believe it. I'm doing two very different dances this | :31:07. | :31:10. | |
week. My first dance is the beautiful foxtrot. Two dances in one | :31:11. | :31:18. | |
week is so, so difficult. There's a floor spin that for some reason I | :31:19. | :31:22. | |
just have a mental block about. It's not a natural thing for the body to | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
do. It's scary when you have to drop your body. Stop. See? As soon as you | :31:27. | :31:33. | |
do it a couple of times you overcome the fear. This week is tough but the | :31:34. | :31:37. | |
thought people supporting me is pushing me through. I'd like to say | :31:38. | :31:41. | |
good luck to Anita and Gleb. Good look neater and love the Gleb. | :31:42. | :31:51. | |
You're doing amazing job on Strictly, good luck on Saturday. | :31:52. | :31:54. | |
Thank you. To see real people saying Carreon boosted me. Good luck. Come | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
on, Anita, take no notice of what Craig said, you can do it. Good | :32:01. | :32:06. | |
luck, Anita. That's so nice! I'm dancing for every single person who | :32:07. | :32:10. | |
is voting for me. I want them to go, oh, we really enjoyed that. I want | :32:11. | :32:14. | |
to get out there and dance like I've never danced before. | :32:15. | :32:17. | |
Dancing the foxtrot, Anita Rani and Gleb Savchenko. | :32:18. | :32:24. | |
Brilliant reaction. From the audience. And what a fitting tribute | :32:25. | :34:19. | |
on what would have been Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. Deed. A | :34:20. | :34:26. | |
beautiful foxtrot, your first dance is a semifinalist. How does it feel | :34:27. | :34:31. | |
to be here? Amazing, it feels so good to be here. Darcey, what did | :34:32. | :34:37. | |
you think? Are great in the style of the style -- understanding of the | :34:38. | :34:40. | |
style. You had the quality to pull it off. On the top line you still | :34:41. | :34:46. | |
sometimes get lost. You get sunk down. If you could keep pulling up, | :34:47. | :34:51. | |
keep pulling up, don't let him take over. Just keep holding your own in | :34:52. | :34:56. | |
the top line. But I have to say the extensions, everything, I could see | :34:57. | :34:59. | |
you were thinking about, really lovely, well done. | :35:00. | :35:02. | |
APPLAUSE Len, what did you think of the lot | :35:03. | :35:08. | |
foxtrot? Once you got off the piano, you got in the hold, I thought the | :35:09. | :35:14. | |
further step, he'll turn, all the things Isle of Dogs, and moving | :35:15. | :35:16. | |
along swimmingly, and then, I don't know what happened but it went into | :35:17. | :35:21. | |
an American Smooth version. You forgot all about staying in hold and | :35:22. | :35:26. | |
being on hold, and virtually the last 50% became a bit of an American | :35:27. | :35:36. | |
Smooth. BOOING The American Smooth you did was lovely however I was | :35:37. | :35:40. | |
looking for the foxtrot. The start was great, the rest of it, not quite | :35:41. | :35:45. | |
to my taste. But well done. APPLAUSE | :35:46. | :35:50. | |
Bruno. Look at you, my darling, refined, refitted, and empowered. | :35:51. | :35:53. | |
Now that's what I'm talking sometimes a connection with the | :35:54. | :35:57. | |
music and the style, you got it right tonight. You were on it. You | :35:58. | :36:01. | |
understood what this dam is required. | :36:02. | :36:02. | |
APPLAUSE Not just as a dancer but as a | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
performer. Sometimes I have been hard with you because I've is the | :36:09. | :36:13. | |
intention and the flow, the night it had the flu, the intention was | :36:14. | :36:16. | |
correct and you were participating beautifully. Times a bit of a | :36:17. | :36:19. | |
problem with the top line but otherwise, my darling, I think it | :36:20. | :36:25. | |
was wonderful. Thank you, Bruno. Craig, last week you gave them a | :36:26. | :36:31. | |
very measly six. Were you more impressed tonight? Yes, slightly. I | :36:32. | :36:35. | |
liked your foxtrot stuff, I just worry when you do go into American | :36:36. | :36:41. | |
Smooth stuff and you start using your legs and extending them, every | :36:42. | :36:45. | |
time you go into an extension it seems like you are not fully | :36:46. | :36:49. | |
extending the lead, like on the piano, in the layout turnaround | :36:50. | :36:54. | |
here, and in fact, Gleb, I would have cut all of those hand-held and | :36:55. | :36:58. | |
being foxtrot to be honest, because I think that let you down. It lets | :36:59. | :37:02. | |
the line down of the whole thing and if you can't do it then don't do it | :37:03. | :37:07. | |
what my advice is. I loved it, I thought it was beautiful. | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
APPLAUSE There's still one more dance, | :37:14. | :37:16. | |
everything to play for, you have the sulphur coming up next. Absolutely, | :37:17. | :37:19. | |
yes. Off you go, Anita and Gleb. That is so interesting, Craig says | :37:20. | :37:36. | |
do this, don't do that, and ends with, but I loved it. You have | :37:37. | :37:41. | |
trained so hard, you were so moved that the public saved you, so you | :37:42. | :37:45. | |
want to do everything correctly, didn't you? I really didn't I was | :37:46. | :37:49. | |
thinking about my feet, pointing my toes, every week I think about | :37:50. | :37:52. | |
something else, there's something new for me to take on board. | :37:53. | :37:58. | |
Everything that judge -- judges say is good advice. The dance on Frank | :37:59. | :38:02. | |
Sinatra's birthday to New York, brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. The | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
scores are in. The judges have their scores. | :38:08. | :38:21. | |
Nine! To vote for Anita and Gleb, please call... | :38:22. | :38:41. | |
The vote opens when all the couples have danced twice. Still to come, | :38:42. | :38:48. | |
Katie is dancing to an aria from an opera. It is not from the one about | :38:49. | :38:50. | |
an ice cream, I'm lost. Our next semifinalists | :38:51. | :38:54. | |
are Kellie Bright and her partner, Their first dance tonight | :38:55. | :38:56. | |
is the dance of love, but they can't get too | :38:57. | :38:59. | |
starry eyed about it, because with a place | :39:00. | :39:01. | |
in the final up for grabs, there's an awful lot | :39:02. | :39:03. | |
riding on this rumba. Last weekend, I loved our routine. | :39:04. | :39:17. | |
Not elegant, had absolutely no class. I had completely bought into | :39:18. | :39:21. | |
the fact that he thought it was going to be awful. I loved it. So | :39:22. | :39:27. | |
when he said he loved it I was over the moon. We were expecting the | :39:28. | :39:34. | |
light to go red, no doubt about it. Kellie and Kevin. We were shocked. | :39:35. | :39:39. | |
We were shocked. The Rumba is the dance of love. Do you know what I | :39:40. | :39:46. | |
mean? We've come to a dance where we have to be very intense, even the | :39:47. | :39:49. | |
mention of the word, she starts laughing. Do you know what, the | :39:50. | :39:55. | |
whole thing about doing Strictly is you just have to let go, all right, | :39:56. | :39:59. | |
Sheikh off those inhibitions and go with it. I've got something to show | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
you. OK. I'm rooting for Kevin and Kellie. Go, team Eastenders. I've | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
been watching Strictly since you were little -- I was little and you | :40:12. | :40:15. | |
bring it to life for me. Get into the final and let let's win this, | :40:16. | :40:20. | |
yes. Good luck with the semifinal. We will cheer for you. It's really | :40:21. | :40:28. | |
lovely. It means ever so much. Up until now Kevin and I have done a | :40:29. | :40:31. | |
lot of fun, entertaining numbers, which we love, but the Rumba is a | :40:32. | :40:34. | |
whole different level. I just hope that we've done enough work and have | :40:35. | :40:39. | |
enough time to make it the best it can be on Saturday. | :40:40. | :40:42. | |
Dancing the rumba, Kellie Bright and Kevin | :40:43. | :40:44. | |
Chery-macro you were brilliant. -- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :40:45. | :42:40. | |
. The Rumba, Kellie and Kevin, come over, darling. You are getting | :42:41. | :42:47. | |
romantic. And all these people watching more your friend. Rumbas | :42:48. | :42:58. | |
have been a bit like Marmite for you, Lynne, what did you think? Was | :42:59. | :43:04. | |
like a pickled walnut and I like them. There were so many elements | :43:05. | :43:07. | |
Isle of Dogs, there was the spiral, to have the nerve in a semifinal to | :43:08. | :43:14. | |
do a forward and back basic and fully settle into your hip, no | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
wiggling your bum and everyone whooping, no, proper proper, lovely | :43:20. | :43:26. | |
light and shade, slow, and then out again, lyrical movement, I have put | :43:27. | :43:31. | |
down perfect mix of steps. There was a wobble and I wished they hadn't | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
been there because without that I was struggling to find anything I | :43:38. | :43:43. | |
didn't like. A shame. A little wobble, just tiny. Their heels. | :43:44. | :43:48. | |
Otherwise he thought it was perfect. Bruno. Prim, proper and correct, | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
your mother would approve. You had the right sentiment. It was a | :43:54. | :43:58. | |
question of taste, like a brother and sister dance. It was beautifully | :43:59. | :44:08. | |
done. You must balance on that extension -- you lost balance. Some | :44:09. | :44:13. | |
of the side ones, the arms, could have been more stretched, but again, | :44:14. | :44:17. | |
the content was fantastic apart from that slight mistake. It was a very | :44:18. | :44:22. | |
good performance. I like it a bit hotter, that's all. We know you do, | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
Bruno. Craig, was that Rumba rousing enough for you? I can tell you have | :44:30. | :44:34. | |
worked a lot on that dance, I really can. Technically I thought it was | :44:35. | :44:39. | |
absolutely brilliant and I'm with Len, almost perfect, darling. Almost | :44:40. | :44:47. | |
perfect. Almost, Craig! Darcey, that was the last of our first dances. | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
How did they do? I wasn't expecting that. You have worked hard. I could | :44:54. | :44:58. | |
see you trying to fill that moves it out, lyrical, pulling out stretching | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
every limb you did, you caressed the floor, you did a very good job, it | :45:04. | :45:08. | |
was a shame there was one moment but it shows you how difficult this | :45:09. | :45:11. | |
dance is. I would have loved a bit more chemistry but overall, | :45:12. | :45:20. | |
fabulous. Well done. CHEERING. Her husband is watching | :45:21. | :45:26. | |
over there. I've got high hopes for you two in the American smooth | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
later. Can't wait to see you. Kellie and Kevin! | :45:33. | :45:38. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. I'm so annoyed with myself. The male pros | :45:39. | :45:51. | |
are kneeling for you. They said beautiful, almost perfect. I thought | :45:52. | :45:55. | |
you were going to cry then. I'm so annoyed with myself. No, don't be. | :45:56. | :46:00. | |
You've worked really hard and you are one of the few people on the | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
planet who enjoyed the rumba. I did. I like learning something new. It | :46:06. | :46:08. | |
was so challenging, this dance. I know. It is so difficult. Well, I | :46:09. | :46:12. | |
think it's difficult. Of course it is. The scores are in. | :46:13. | :46:32. | |
CHEERING. Very well done. They are shouting, undermarked. | :46:33. | :46:49. | |
All our couples are danced once, which means we've reached the | :46:50. | :46:55. | |
halfway point in our semifinal. Let's look at the leaderboard. | :46:56. | :46:59. | |
Currently at the top, sharing the top spot, Jay and Kellie with a | :47:00. | :47:02. | |
score of 34. CHEERING. And down at the bottom, | :47:03. | :47:08. | |
Katie and Anton with a score of 25. But our couples still have one more | :47:09. | :47:12. | |
routine to professional tonight so the leaderboard could be turned on | :47:13. | :47:17. | |
its head. Voting lines won't open until all our couples have performed | :47:18. | :47:22. | |
twice. We still have all of this to come. What I know about the Viennese | :47:23. | :47:29. | |
waltz is it can make awe very dizzy. Lots of spins. Very, very dizzy. | :47:30. | :47:34. | |
Lifts are really difficult. They injury you, they bruise you. You | :47:35. | :47:39. | |
need to jump. They challenge you mentally. There's a lot going on. | :47:40. | :47:45. | |
There's been a lot of show-stopping Charlestons so far, so we've got to | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
make ours as good as it can be. Anton says he talks to me as if I | :47:51. | :47:57. | |
were a dancer. That was an amazing transformation. I'm touched that he | :47:58. | :48:01. | |
said that, buts pressure too. It is all about keeping that top line, | :48:02. | :48:06. | |
looking like you are doing nothing from the waist up while everything | :48:07. | :48:10. | |
is happening down below. CHEERING. I'm really looking forward | :48:11. | :48:16. | |
to seeing Jay as Doctor Who. He will be time travelling in this daredis. | :48:17. | :48:22. | |
I'm going to borrow it for a minute. Oh, hello! It's time to welcome back | :48:23. | :48:28. | |
Katie Derham and her partner, Anton Du Beke. | :48:29. | :48:28. | |
CHEERING. During this competition Katie has | :48:29. | :48:37. | |
had a few tricky weeks when she's But here she is, just one week | :48:38. | :48:39. | |
away from the final. Tess? I have some information. I've | :48:40. | :48:53. | |
been to the future and it turns out the dolphins are in charge. | :48:54. | :48:56. | |
LAUGHTER. May I suggest you get one of these and learn to do this? | :48:57. | :49:08. | |
Imitates a dolphin. Katie, what a class act. As an old dance teacher | :49:09. | :49:13. | |
once said to me, it is not the best dancer but the one that looks the | :49:14. | :49:18. | |
best. And you've got to say, on ballroom she looks cracking. Don't | :49:19. | :49:21. | |
forget she topped the liked with that Viennese waltz. I wasn't | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
expecting anything that beautiful. It wasn't only beautiful, it had | :49:26. | :49:29. | |
attack as well. Look at that rotation. Blackpool, the American | :49:30. | :49:35. | |
smooth. Oh, Len. It was joyful. Really dazzling. That's your best | :49:36. | :49:41. | |
dance, so question. She does look so confident in Anton's hands. I'm | :49:42. | :49:44. | |
really pleased that Anton has got this far in the competition. He's | :49:45. | :49:48. | |
got somebody he can work with and really shine. The problem is though | :49:49. | :49:53. | |
when she is left to her own devices... Her paso went horribly | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
wrong out of his arms. She is really weak at the Latin. Her biggest | :50:00. | :50:04. | |
weakness is, there is virtually a dance where she hasn't made a | :50:05. | :50:08. | |
mistake. What a pity. Shame about the stumble. This is the highest | :50:09. | :50:14. | |
standard semifinal ever. This is the Viennese waltz, it could be the star | :50:15. | :50:20. | |
vehicle for her. All she has got to do is not make any mistake. I think | :50:21. | :50:27. | |
the waltz could be her best dance. Anti-is ramping the the detail and | :50:28. | :50:32. | |
the level of choreography. There's a certain expectation for Katie and | :50:33. | :50:35. | |
the ballroom dance. You're in a semifinal, come online. She's been | :50:36. | :50:39. | |
so much stronger in the ballroom dances. This is the semifinal. | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
Everything just has to be just so. Don't turn your head. There is no | :50:45. | :50:48. | |
margin error. CHEERING. | :50:49. | :51:11. | |
You certainly impressed the audience. It's your last chance to | :51:12. | :52:50. | |
impress this little lot. The judges. Let's find out what they thought. | :52:51. | :52:57. | |
Bruno in To capture the power, the beauty of Puccini's divine music | :52:58. | :53:01. | |
through dance is a really tall order. You are aiming to the | :53:02. | :53:06. | |
artistic stratosphere. It is very, very difficult, because the phrasing | :53:07. | :53:10. | |
and the emotion you have to portray as you dance this, it has to be | :53:11. | :53:17. | |
perfect, and it wasn't, my darling. You were throwing away your arms, | :53:18. | :53:23. | |
moments of imbalance, you lost the arch of your back. Listen, I'm | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
Italian, Puccini is God me. Everything pops to my eyes. When you | :53:31. | :53:33. | |
approach something of that level of perfection which is a work of | :53:34. | :53:38. | |
genius, you have to live up to it. You know, you aimed high, you didn't | :53:39. | :53:41. | |
quite get there. AUDIENCE BOOING. Sorry. Craig, you | :53:42. | :53:47. | |
scored their Charleston a 4. Surely you thought this was better? Yes, I | :53:48. | :53:51. | |
totally disagree with Bruno. CHEERING. I couldn't disagree more. | :53:52. | :53:59. | |
I really enjoyed it and I thought you redeemed yourself in this. There | :54:00. | :54:04. | |
was a slight balance issue where you had to pinch Anton's arm a little. I | :54:05. | :54:09. | |
saw that. You put a little bit of your weight on him, but well done. | :54:10. | :54:16. | |
CHEERING. Darcey, is Katie a contender? Well, you did such a | :54:17. | :54:21. | |
better job on this, well done. You have done wonders with your | :54:22. | :54:25. | |
ballroom. I have to say, we are getting picky here, as I've said. | :54:26. | :54:30. | |
But the only thing that the dance, the transitions, the changes that | :54:31. | :54:33. | |
you created were really good. You did control it. The only thing is | :54:34. | :54:37. | |
you do become a little bit upright in your top line. I would loved you | :54:38. | :54:43. | |
to have been more daring and to have leaned out and trusted your partner, | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
but overall a lovely dance. CHEERING. Len, you were hoping that | :54:49. | :54:52. | |
waltz would be better. Was it? Well, in a world of glitz and razzmatazz | :54:53. | :54:58. | |
it is nice to see something that's just quiet and understated. | :54:59. | :55:04. | |
APPLAUSE. Now, the thing is, the waltz is so slow and you need great | :55:05. | :55:12. | |
control. Unfortunately, and... AUDIENCE BOOING. Look, over there | :55:13. | :55:19. | |
you circled and went into a whisk. Somehow you got on the wrong foot | :55:20. | :55:24. | |
and that created not just a mistake over there with the whisk but the | :55:25. | :55:29. | |
next section. There were lots of... This is breaking my heart, please | :55:30. | :55:33. | |
believe me. I know it's breaking yours, but it was just unstable and | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
I've got to say that. I'm sorry. AUDIENCE BOOING. Well... You can | :55:39. | :55:46. | |
always judge what you see. That's their opinion. You have done all | :55:47. | :55:50. | |
that you can and it is out of your hands. Go and get your scores. Katie | :55:51. | :55:59. | |
and Anton. I'm so sorry. Don't be. Well done. | :56:00. | :56:08. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Let's focus on Craig, because Craig loved it and | :56:09. | :56:13. | |
he doesn't like much. I've always liked that Craig, you know. Was it | :56:14. | :56:18. | |
nice to be back in hold after the Charleston? Yeah, I've said it | :56:19. | :56:25. | |
before and it is probably making me sound boring but I have loved every | :56:26. | :56:29. | |
minute, I have loved dancing with Anton. I could kick myself when I | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
make mistakes and spoil it for you. You don't spoil it for me. It is | :56:36. | :56:40. | |
still a joy for me. I'm not interested in what goes on down | :56:41. | :56:44. | |
below anyway. I like what's up top! LAUGHTER. That's Anton. | :56:45. | :56:57. | |
That's higher than the Charleston. Should have had more smoke, up to | :56:58. | :57:12. | |
our next, I Back for their second dance, | :57:13. | :57:26. | |
are Jay McGuiness and his partner Early on in the series Jay really | :57:27. | :58:02. | |
set the bar with that jive, then after a few weeks | :58:03. | :58:06. | |
in the doldrums he got himself back But has it been enough to grab | :58:07. | :58:09. | |
a place in the final? I never get sick of his technique. | :58:10. | :58:23. | |
He's precise. The driving week three was extraordinary. For someone to | :58:24. | :58:27. | |
have that much presence, that much style, he was great. It was his feet | :58:28. | :58:33. | |
and legs, incredible. The sharpness of that. I gave him the first time | :58:34. | :58:41. | |
on that jive, which for me is one of the best drives ever. But then what | :58:42. | :58:45. | |
was ridiculous, the following week, how he messed it up! That was a one | :58:46. | :58:51. | |
off. My biggest problem with Jay facial expression. All he has got to | :58:52. | :58:58. | |
do to get to the final, I think, it is a bit more face. He's got to | :58:59. | :59:03. | |
think about exaggerating so that we notice. When you have fun dance, you | :59:04. | :59:07. | |
want to see fun coming out. This week he's doing a charleston. You | :59:08. | :59:12. | |
have to come out and threw caution to the wind. It's about being | :59:13. | :59:20. | |
naughty, being in a party, being in the action. Comedy, goofiness, | :59:21. | :59:24. | |
slapstick. He will have to pull out all the stops. Aliona is making sure | :59:25. | :59:28. | |
I look forward, reminding me to stop performing outwards so by the time | :59:29. | :59:35. | |
Saturday comes it's in my body. Eyes up. This is an opportunity for me to | :59:36. | :59:40. | |
show I can sell a dance so now I can't wait to get out there and | :59:41. | :59:42. | |
enjoy doing it. Dancing the charleston, | :59:43. | :59:45. | |
Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani. Chery-macro -- | :59:46. | :01:40. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That was out of this world. That was | :01:41. | :01:49. | |
just what the doctor ordered. Brilliant. Listen to that crowd. So, | :01:50. | :02:01. | |
Craig... I can't hear anything! Enjoy that, you have earned it. | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
Let's ask Craig, shall we? Did you get that smile you wanted in the | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
charleston, Craig? Jay, that was brilliant. | :02:13. | :02:23. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes, look who's smiling now. I'm | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
smiling, I didn't know whether you meant to drop Aliona. | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
LAUGHTER I don't know if it was a style | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
choice. Anyway. LAUGHTER | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
That was a yes, Craig. Darcey? It was, it was energetic, allies, full | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
of style. I loved the use of the accents in the music. You really | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
defined all those and that was really special. | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes, that was awed at the end, but | :02:55. | :03:02. | |
you recovered well. You picked her up, flung her around and got back in | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
the box. I loved it, well done. Glen Moore pro, he's the last boy | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
standing in the ballroom, how did he do? -- Len. What I loved you didn't | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
appear to be under pressure. You came out confidence, it was a walk | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
in the park. You just got on with it. It. It was a fantastic routine, | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
well done to both of you. Lovely. He loved it. Is it going to be four out | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
of four, Bruno? Exhilarate, exhilarate, the doctor dance the | :03:34. | :03:42. | |
storm. I thought it was intentional. It made me laugh. I thought it was | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
meant to be. It was. Thank you very much, they loved it and it's so nice | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
to see that cheeky smile on your little face again. Off you go, was | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
not brilliant? Jay and Aliona. -- wasn't that brilliant. | :04:03. | :04:03. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Very well done. The audience loved | :04:04. | :04:16. | |
it, so did Craig. When he said Jay, then there was applause, I was like | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
oh my goodness. You must have loved that? I really enjoyed it. It was | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
cool, the charleston is cool. Who knew? It is when you do it. The | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
scores are in. It's time to get the scores from judges. | :04:34. | :04:46. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE If you want to see Jade travel to | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
next week's final, call... Still to come, Anita dances to a | :04:56. | :05:11. | |
song by somebody called Pit bull, I don't know if it's not the real name | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
but nice to meet you. Dancing next in the semifinal | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
is Georgia May Foote and her partner They spent three weeks at the top | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
of the Leader Board and yet last The competition this year really | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
is that unpredictable. Let's see if the judges think | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
they've got what it takes to get Georgia, beloved her. She is for me | :05:29. | :05:47. | |
a great all-round competitor. She is. Ballroom and Latin, it doesn't | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
matter, her charleston, brilliant. That particular dance gave her the | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
confidence that she needed for all of the ballroom stuff. Her American | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
Smooth, incredible. I can really see how this little girl that started a | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
little bit shy and retiring has really become a fantastic dancer. A | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
performances -- her performances are getting stronger and stronger, not | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
just technically but as a character. She's mature to this beautiful lady. | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
She does have weaknesses and we can't deny that. The shoulders tend | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
to rise up, she loses her neck. The moment you lose your topline it | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
spoils the picture. It was so good but once she starts going like that, | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
the line goes. What Georgia needs to get to the final is not to raise | :06:36. | :06:43. | |
those shoulders, continue a long, lovely, Lilia neck. You are going to | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
be gorgeous in the Viennese waltz. There's no reason she can't achieve | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
everything we need to see. She is developing into a beautiful dancer. | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
This is our ballroom dance before the final, so we had to impress the | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
judges. I think the judges will be looking for solidity in the dams and | :07:03. | :07:05. | |
also watching my shoulders and posture, we're down to the finest | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
details now. It's the last push before the finals. So we have to get | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
this Viennese waltz perfect. Dancing the Viennese waltz, | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
Georgia May Foote and Giovanni Well done, Georgia and Giovanni. The | :07:18. | :09:12. | |
reaction from the audience... Back in the game. Come on. They are | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
dancing for a place in the final. Darcey, did they win you over? You | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
are a breath of fresh air. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
I have to say, with all those terms, with all of that, how you controlled | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
it, you still kept that frame. That was beautiful. You didn't muffle at | :09:33. | :09:40. | |
all -- buckle at all. It was smooth gliding transitions, it was | :09:41. | :09:52. | |
exquisite. When Q. -- thank you. Len, has she proved herself in the | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
ballroom tonight? Certainly, it was full of content, rotation, lyrical | :09:59. | :10:00. | |
movement and I'm full of admiration. Well done. It doesn't get better | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
than that, does it? Bruno, he looks happy. My darling, look at you two, | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
adorable sweethearts, swept away by the whirlwind of romance. Totally | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
believable. As a Viennese waltz, right on the money, honey. | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE If you are back tomorrow when the | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
Dance Off, I'm going to have to do it in speedos. Fantastic. Thank you, | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
Bruno. And Craig, what did you think? I have to be honest, I could | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
watch you dance all night were gorgeous. | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Wonderful. Down to the finishing | :10:46. | :10:55. | |
line, the judges liked it. Thank you. See you later, go and get your | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
scores. Georgia and Giovanni. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
So happy, aren't you? Did we mention before you were ill, you didn't | :11:11. | :11:18. | |
train a lot. I have to mention your boyfriend, who was standing alone | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
manically clapping. It was adorable. There he is. Darcey was talking, you | :11:22. | :11:29. | |
must be incredibly proud, your whole family. Did you like that more? I | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
liked both of them but I felt more comfortable in ballroom because I | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
think it's because I was watching videos of Joanne Clifton. I didn't | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
totally understand what you said. The scores are in. Ladies and | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
gentlemen, the judges have their scores. | :11:47. | :11:54. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That's the highest score of the | :11:55. | :12:18. | |
night. Thank you so much. If you'd like to see Georgia and Giovanni in | :12:19. | :12:19. | |
next week's final, call... Are you crying? Or some! -- all | :12:20. | :12:35. | |
some. Still to come, Kellie is Ginger, from the 1930s. I've got | :12:36. | :12:38. | |
some of that in the back of my kitchen cupboard. Tess. | :12:39. | :12:41. | |
Dancing next is Anita Rani and her partner, Gleb Savchenko. | :12:42. | :12:43. | |
During this competition Anita has been both top and bottom | :12:44. | :12:46. | |
Can she find the consistency required to make it | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
Anita, really, this is the story of determination, hard work, it really | :12:50. | :13:07. | |
shows that when you apply yourself you get results. She's been a | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
revelation. She's taken every risk, she has gone forehead. Anita has | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
improved the most. If you look at her at the beginning and now, she's | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
become a caterpillar into a butterfly. She comes from a very | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
intellectual approach, she listens, looks and learns and takes it on | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
board and grows as a dancer. Samba, weak four, such a difficult dams and | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
it shows you the elements of control. A couple of times you got a | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
bit tangled. We suddenly saw she wasn't a natural dancer. Her | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
weaknesses are her feet. She is very picked -- pigeon toed, her footwork | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
doesn't always come together. Her strengths outshine her weaknesses. | :13:50. | :13:55. | |
Like Robin look at the paso doble, she was becoming the character, pure | :13:56. | :14:01. | |
theatre. This week, she is doing the salsa. What we want to expect is a | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
bit of those guts that she has. She needs to concentrate wholeheartedly | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
on her footwork. It's a fun dance, you have to come out and have fun, | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
look as though you're in some club and you are out there shaking and | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
baking. The salsa could well be our most difficult routine Soviets. I | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
can't remember the steps. There's so much going on, a lot to learn, | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
lifts, flips, it's hard, it's really tough. You need to put energy into | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
it. This salsa could be the difference between me making it to | :14:35. | :14:36. | |
the final, or not. Dancing the salsa, Anita Rani | :14:37. | :14:38. | |
and Gleb Savchenko. We've all got our arms up in the air | :14:39. | :16:42. | |
after that! Wow! You pulled out all the stops for the semifinal. Those | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
lifts are amazing. You are so brave. Are you still allergic to buttons, | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
Gleb? He gets very hot. He certainly does. Len, they threw everything | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
into it. They did. Dance is a balance. So if you do too much of | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
one thing, you lose a bit of something else. Now this was... | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
AUDIENCE BOOING. Why are you booing that, it was true. This was | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
athletic, full on. Plenty of attack. However, you lost a little bit of | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
the salsa rhythm and the juice of the dance, so as much as I admired | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
your athleticism, I would have liked a little bit more salsa rhythm going | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
through. OK. AUDIENCE BOOING. Did that get you | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
raving, Bruno from I feel like a cheerleader. She was thrown into | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
places and positions where under any other circumstances you can get | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
arrested for, you know. I don't think it is actually legal, but I | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
appreciate everything you did. But because of the speed you had some | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
shaky moments and you lost the fluidity of the salsa. Salsa is a | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
fluid dance but I really enjoyed this. I really did. | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
APPLAUSE. And it was packed with armography. You were certainly one | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
brave woman, I can say that. CHEERING. It was like watching the | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
Olympics, darling, rather than the salsa. But strangely I really | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
enjoyed that. CHEERING. Darcey? How... I was going | :18:19. | :18:31. | |
to be rude then. How did you learn all of that dance in one week, with | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
another dance as well? The complexity. Oh my God, you are so | :18:35. | :18:41. | |
daring. Most ladies would have cut half of that out. I'm so impressed. | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
It is a shame the speed was so fast that in a way the guys were right, | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
you were losing some of that salsa technique, but phenomenal. | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
CHEERING. Really. Phenomenal. A total crowd pleaser. We all loved | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
it. Go and have a rest. Anita and Gleb! | :19:05. | :19:11. | |
CHEERING. Wonderful. Wooh! Anita, that was extraordinary! That was | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
more like a show dance. Craig said it was like the Olympics. Those | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
lifts. Were you not scared? No time for fear. And I have no choice, by | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
the way. No, of course, look at him, Ricky Martin, I mean Gleb. | :19:29. | :19:43. | |
Are you happy with that? Very happy. Well done. You are so brave. If you | :19:44. | :19:53. | |
don't want Anita to go back to Countryfile just yet, and it is cold | :19:54. | :19:56. | |
and wet out there, please call: The vote will open after all our | :19:57. | :20:08. | |
couples have danced twice. For lots of behind the scenes news and | :20:09. | :20:15. | |
gossip, go to Facebook or Twitter or our website. Tess. | :20:16. | :20:18. | |
Our final couple to take to the floor again is Kellie Bright | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
Kellie has had a topsy-turvy series, she's been first on the Leader Board | :20:22. | :20:29. | |
but she's also been in a couple of Dance Offs. | :20:30. | :20:32. | |
With the competition so close no one is guaranteed a place in the final. | :20:33. | :20:35. | |
Let's see what the judges think of Kellie's chances. | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
Kellie Bright is just right in my world. Absolutely. All over, with | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
everything from the Latin to the ballroom... She doesn't hold back | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
and her characterisations I think are brilliant. You've got the | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
character of the dance. It was great. Her acting skills are really | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
shining in every performance. Yes. The only thing that let's her down | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
is her top line. Only in ballroom. Trying to keep those extensions and | :21:07. | :21:13. | |
trying to stretch that back. You can file that under B for brilliant. | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
Everything came together for her. I loved it. This week she's going to | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
do the American smooth. She has all the elements to make it | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
unforgettable. I think we might have some problems with the lifts. She | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
throws so much energy and effort into the lifts, she has to rely on | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
Kevin. The beauty about Kellie is she is really brilliant out of hold. | :21:38. | :21:41. | |
Side by side. Very confident. I love it. It is going to be one of the | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
best moments of my life. I'm so excited about the American smooth. I | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
get to wear a ball gown. Yes! As soon as I started showing her the | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
routine her face lit up. I love it already. Kevin has thrown everything | :22:00. | :22:07. | |
into it. It's got turns, it's got lifts, lots of fast footwork. On on | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
top of this it has to look effortless, but let me tell you, it | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
definitely isn't. It means a lot to be able to do this number. I just, I | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
can't wait. Dancing the American Smooth, | :22:21. | :22:22. | |
Kellie Bright and Kevin Clifton. MUSIC: Let's Face | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
The Music And Dance. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Oh, gorgeous. | :22:28. | :24:21. | |
Magical. Beautiful. The last dance of the night. Your lance chance to | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
impress the judges. You have faced the music, now it is time to face | :24:28. | :24:34. | |
this lot. Fred Astaire and ginger Rogers' legacy is alive and well. I | :24:35. | :24:38. | |
love the cross-reference of all the moves. I can see you picked the | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
steps from the collection of their films from the round jumps to the | :24:44. | :24:47. | |
last position. Even to the little looks. I find those things | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
absolutely delicious. CHEERING. Delicious! Craig, would | :24:53. | :25:03. | |
they have done Fred and Ginger proud? That was a classic, darling. | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
A classic American smooth. I thought you danced it absolutely | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
beautifully. I really do. It is a little bit of a shame about the end, | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
you came down a little late with that final butch, because that would | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
have set the whole thing off beautifully. Darcey? It was. It had | :25:23. | :25:32. | |
glamour, flair, all the Hollywood quality we wanted. Those four fan | :25:33. | :25:36. | |
lifts, and then you were side by side all the way down. That was | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
Heaven, really. You've done it. You really have. | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
APPLAUSE. You've done it! Len, you loved their rum rumba. Did you love | :25:48. | :25:58. | |
their morning smooth? Tonight is all about who deserves to get to the | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
final. 100%, if you're not there... Well. | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
CHEERING. He believes you should be. Let's see where it leaves you on the | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
leaderboard. Thank you so much. Off you go. A beautiful job. Kellie and | :26:13. | :26:25. | |
Kevin. Come on. CHEERING. Well done you two. You | :26:26. | :26:34. | |
know what's so sweet? For 13 weeks, you said, I would like a princess | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
dress and an American smooth. Yes please, I would like one. I loved | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
it. I had the best time doing this dance. This is a dream come true. I | :26:44. | :26:51. | |
know. You've been working so hard. EastEnders from 7.00am and training | :26:52. | :26:54. | |
until midnight. This week has been so hard. What do you think of this | :26:55. | :27:02. | |
girl's attitude? She's the hardest working girlive ever met. I'm the | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
one who says I'm tired. She never says it. She's worked so hard. I'm | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
so proud of her. CHEERING. From Len, a 10. And here | :27:12. | :27:37. | |
we go, a 10! CHEERING. That's the highest score | :27:38. | :27:45. | |
of the competition. So well done. Very well done. Thank you! If you | :27:46. | :27:53. | |
don't want them in the dance-off, please call.. | :27:54. | :28:09. | |
Up at the top we've just seen them, Kellie and Kevin with a score of | :28:10. | :28:17. | |
3673. Down at the bottom are Katie and Anton, with a score of 56. But | :28:18. | :28:22. | |
you of course can change all of that. You are voting for your | :28:23. | :28:30. | |
Strictly Come Dancing 2015 finalist. Things have within getting a little | :28:31. | :28:34. | |
out of control up here in the last few weeks. We need to conduct | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
ourselves in a professional manner. Dave Arch, in you come. | :28:41. | :28:44. | |
CHEERING. Would you mind... You do the honours. I can announce that the | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
voting is now open. CHEERING. | :28:50. | :29:15. | |
Our stars have danced their heart out, not once, but twice tonight and | :29:16. | :32:10. | |
are desperate to stay in the competition. Here is why it means so | :32:11. | :32:14. | |
much to them. Now that we are here there is just that one hurdle left | :32:15. | :32:19. | |
between us and the final. I really, really truly don't want to see it | :32:20. | :32:24. | |
ends this week. Standing under the spotlight, wondering if you're going | :32:25. | :32:27. | |
to be the Dance Off and going home, is very nerve wracking. Puttering | :32:28. | :32:37. | |
feeling. Please say my name and not in the Dance Off. You are clinging | :32:38. | :32:40. | |
on to your partner, you have no idea what's about to happen. Kellie and | :32:41. | :32:45. | |
Kevin. They're in the Dance Off. Then you are safe. Georgia and | :32:46. | :32:53. | |
Giovanni. It's like the biggest sigh of relief. In the general scheme of | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
things it shouldn't matter but right now so pleasing. Just get over that | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
final hurdle, would be unbelievable. Incredible. Immense. It would be | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
fantastic. I've learned so much, I don't want it to. | :33:10. | :33:11. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The vote closes at 8.55 tonight, | :33:12. | :33:13. | |
so you don't have much longer Your votes will help to decide | :33:14. | :33:16. | |
who will make it to next week's grand final and who will fall | :33:17. | :33:20. | |
at the final hurdle. The competition is so close - | :33:21. | :33:22. | |
no-one is safe and, as we found out last week, any of our couples | :33:23. | :33:26. | |
could end up in the Dance Off. Find out who it will be in tomorrow | :33:27. | :33:29. | |
night's results show at 7.20pm. Also on tomorrow's show | :33:30. | :33:33. | |
we have an amazing group routine from our professional dancers, | :33:34. | :33:35. | |
and the Queen of Pop, Kylie Minogue, will be singing | :33:36. | :33:38. | |
"I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter". We'll see you at 7.20 tomorrow night | :33:39. | :33:46. | |
to find out which of our stars will be dancing in the final | :33:47. | :33:50. | |
and who will be in the Dance Off. | :33:51. | :33:54. |