Week 5 Strictly Come Dancing

Last week our celebrities exploded on to the Strictly dancefloor. With

Ore setting the scoreboard on fire. This week our celebrities will have

to dig even deeper. Each week that goes by we have to push harder and

harder. There's so many steps, so much choreography. I'm working so

hard this week. You have to make sure your dance is fantastic. I want

to show the judges I can dance. This competition is so hot, it is on

fire! I have found it really stressful. I will do the best I can.

Everybody is trying incredibly hard. Everyone is getting better and

better every week. Every week. You have to believe in yourself. When

you move from the training room to the studio it suddenly becomes real.

Rehearsing here on the Strictly dancefloor really gets your heart

racing. I know I've got to give it my absolute all. I do not want to be

in that Dance Off. Live from the BBC, this

is Strictly Come Dancing! Hello and welcome to

Strictly Come Dancing. Last week we saw some

incredible routines, including an energetic

Charleston from Lesley, a superb quickstep from Danny, and

that unforgettable jive from Ore. It was a routine so good,

it made three of our judges reach for their

10 paddles and Ore And sadly, after losing

out to Anastacia and Brendan in the Dance

Off, Naga and Pasha became the fourth

couple to leave the Speaking of Brendan, as many of you

know, he's been ill this week, so the brilliant Gorka has kindly

stepped in and will be dancing with Anastacia tonight.

APPLAUSE. All of our couples are backstage,

desperate to come out here and entertain you all again, so

please welcome our Strictly stars. TV presenter and singer,

Louise Redknapp, and her Star of Judge Rinder,

Robert Rinder, and his partner, Actress Lesley Joseph

and her partner, Olympic gymnast Claudia

Fragapane and her BBC sports presenter,

Ore Oduba, and his partner, Model Daisy Lowe and her

partner, Aljaz Skorjanec. World champion longjumper

Greg Rutherford and his Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls,

and his partner, Katya Jones. Actor Danny Mac, and his

partner, Oti Mabuse. And singer Anastacia

and Gorka Marquez. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Also, the eagle-eyed amongst you may have

Laura has injured her ankle and she's currently resting at home,

so won't be able to dance with Giovanni tonight.

Laura, if you're watching, we wish you a speedy

I hope you've remembered your dancing shoes.

Now, we do have ten couples ready to pull out all

the stops in their performances tonight and you

will be able to vote for your favourite later on.

Your votes will be added to the judges' scores to

decide which two couples will face the Dance Off

It's then down to our judges alone to decide who

And with the standard so high, I really don't envy their task.

Dancing first tonight is Judge Rinder and his

For this week's jive, the Judge will be a GI and

Oksana is hoping her little soldier will get a salute

from the judges, and a quick march through to

How do you think last week went? Not so good. I wanted really badly tole

prove. When you go out there and it doesn't live up to what you expected

and what you hoped for, it's just so frustrating. It's like I see you

overthinking, and you don't need to. I think there's a lot of quality in

there and we want to see that now. I want to get to the end, look at you

and think, yeah, that was the best we could have done it. This week we

are really going to come out and just dance. I'm doing a jive this

week. We have very little time to train, because I work during the

week, so it is really hard to remember the steps. How do you find

training this week? Oh dear, well, I've had eight cases today and I'm

finding it really hard to remember the steps. You need to come to my

court and see what's happening. I who love to come and watch. Oksana

goes to see how hard Judge Rinder really works. He is terrifying, not

to me, but to other people. I had the curious daydream today. Madam

Oksana, you are charged with filling my brain. Are you guilty or not

guilty? Not guilty. Of course you are guilty. I sentence you to 10

years in jail. It was disappointing but then there she was teaching me

even more dance. If I can remember the steps in my courtroom, hopefully

I can remember the dance on Saturday night.

Dancing the jive, Judge Rinder and Oksana Platero.

Oh yes! They're on their feet for you Judge Rinder! I loved it.

She's really putting you through your paces.

I have to thank her. Isn't she marvellous? Deliciously terrifying.

The pair of you are marvellous together.

While you two stand at ease, let's welcome our fabulous

live singers - Hayley, Lance, Andrea, Tommy and of

course Dave Arch and his brilliant orchestra.

I know how much you wanted to impress this week. Len, did he? I

don't know what you just said, so I can't anticipates that. Did he

impress you, darling? Hey? He impressed me immensely. You...

CHEERING. You put the camp into boot camp, you really do. A lovely mix.

It was like the history of jive. You got a bit of jitterbug, Linde, rock

'n' roll, into some jive. Full of energy, full of enthusiasm. You did

a step called the toe heel survive el. Could have had a bit more

survive el in it, but I will tell you what, that was as tight as a

bugle boy's cheeks. Right on it. Well done!

CHEERING. You impressed the head judge. Bruno? Talk about jumpy. You

were bouncing around like Jiminy Cricket in camp camouflage. You

weren't just dancing. You were erupting. Among the steps your legs

were so high it looked like a can-can. Then I thought you were

going to fall on your butt. The last survive sell you did, it was

something to behold. I have to say, the energy and enthusiasm you put

into it, it is not perfect but it is eminently watchable.

CHEERING. Absolutely watchable. Craig, last week you said there was

a dancer hidden within Judge Rinder. Did that dancer emerge tonight?

Well, die like the fact you dance with tempestuous abandon. That's a

very good thing. However, for me it was a little bit flat-footed. It

needed to be a lot more precision in there. There needs to be retraction

on those kicks, my darling. I did however love the one-handed scart

wheel. Not easy to do. CHEERING. Great start. Thank you

Craig. Darcey? It was one hard routine that you gave him, Oksana.

Really, to get through it, your enthusiasm obviously takes over and

gets a little bit carried away, but what you packed into there, the

tricks, the tours, the kicks were a bit wild, a bit high, but I loved

it. CHEERING.

Let's hope the people at home loved it as much as we did. Well done.

Left, right! Very, very well done. I remembered

the steps! You are quite hard on yourself, you have said, all you

want is to finish the dance and say, have I done it right? I just

listened to the music and had so much fun! It is lovely that you had

that, the standing ovation, and your mum is in the audience! There she

is! I hope you have got the right person, oh, yes! These goals are in.

The judges have their scores. Craig Revel Horwood...

Six. Darcey Bussell. Eight. Len Goodman. Aid. Bruno Tonioli. Seven.

Are you all right with that? It is an improvement, I know Craig meant

seven, I am sure he did. He probably couldn't find it under the table,

poor darling. If you want to see Judge

Rinder and Oksana back next week in our Halloween

special, all the details are on your screen now,

so you can vote for them when voting opens at

the end of the show. Now, I have some

exciting news tonight. We're joined by Strictly superfans

Steve and Rod. Hi! Thank you very much! What are

your favourite things about the show?

I love the costumes, and the dancing.

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Our next couple is Lesley Joseph and her partner, Anton Du Beke.

and Lesley is going to be a fortune teller.

She starts the routine by gazing into a crystal ball

and would love to see herself here next week.

It was good last week, I was really pleased. Brilliant. I thought it

went very well. You showed brilliant energy, you kept on going until the

end. It was strong, vibrant, I loved it. You are improving every week,

with energy and personality. You know I am really enjoying it, and I

cannot wait to see what this week old install. The tango! I need to

play a fortune-telling in my tango, so he has been showing me some of

his fortune-telling prowess. Can you read tea leaves? Yeah, I can, it

says you are going to finish top of the Leader Board - or something like

that. Secondly, we had cards, quite extraordinary. A Glitterball! Four

tens! Standing ovation from the judges! That is what I want. That

looks like a perfect result. Thirdly, the crystal ball. I can see

Craig smiling! Oh, the glasses cracked. I can see Blackpool Tower,

I can say blackball Our! Yes! I can see me kneeling, I see the Queen,

arise Sir Anton Du Beke for services to dance! No-one can predict the

future, so fingers crossed I remember the steps and we stay in

another week. Dancing the tango,

Lesley Joseph and Anton Du Beke. Goodness me! Absolutely brilliant,

come on over, they are on their feet, you smashed it. Absolutely

smashed it, Madam Lola and Sir Anton, I have never seen you so

stern! She has broken character! What do you see for Lesley in your

crystal ball? Well, I can see Mystic Lesley, so intense, she really

cracked the crystal ball, and Anton's back, by the look of it. You

were hanging on to him like the alive, he is mine, I am never going

to let him go! Really attached for ever. You know what you want, don't

you, girl? You are going to get it! I love your intent city, I love the

way you acted. Unfortunately, a lot of the steps, you messed it up a

little bit. Just a couple of times. Then it becomes Skippy, the tango

always glides, you cannot skip, and because of your attachment and the

intensity, you were literally like that! No shoulders, no neck, keep

away from him, make him want you. I can barely resist myself! That is

the understatement of the evening! Craig, last week you were shocked by

how good Lesley is, what about tonight? Well, not the same, sadly.

This should be danced on one level, and Bruno is right, you were going

up and down through the whole thing, there were stumbles, I felt like

your neck was very stiff, I was missing the V shape that you need to

create, your right shoulder was up. This is not really a dance for you.

Darcey. Well, I enjoyed the amount of dance content you had. The amount

you have picked up in one week coming he gave you everything, and

you nearly achieved it all. Wonderful, nice, short head snaps

and all of that, you were achieving those. I know it is difficult when

you haven't got the frame, which is hard, to create that drama and that

intensity that you need in a tango. That is all we're missing, that

neck, you have to lower and relax your shoulders. But the energy was

there, you still did a very good job. Darcey, thank you very much.

Len. It was all there! The steps, the mood, staccato, musicality.

Unfortunately, there were one or two little incidents along the way, but

you are going to get them if you are dancing with Anton! You were

spot-on, Anton, pull it together, William?! Well done, Lesley.

Thank you, judges. I know you want to see what the future holds, well

done, my darling, Lesley! I made a mistake, didn't I? I know!

We absolutely loved it up here, but I saw the disappointment. I know, I

went wrong in a couple of places, it is difficult to have passion and be

relaxed at the same time, the passion makes you want to grab them!

Darcey loved the intensity. Look at him, he has got my eyeliner! What I

loved about it, your positivity each week, you love it, you always do. I

have got the jive next week. I know you are desperate to do it. The

scores are in. Five. Darcey Bussell. Six. Len

Goodman. Seven! Bruno Tonioli. Six. It is not your worst score, that is

the good news! It is not my best either!

If you want Lesley and Anton to be here next week,

all the details are on your screen now, so you can vote

for them when voting opens at the end of the show.

Still to come, Anastacia is in the park with a Pot Noodle.

Next on the floor is Greg Rutherford and his partner, Natalie Lowe.

For an athlete with no dance experience,

Greg has been consistently good so far.

This week, he's dancing the cha-cha, and Natalie decided a visit

to where he won gold in 2012 would be the perfect place

to keep him, quite literally, on track.

Hurricane Greg hits the salsa and shakes it for all it is worth! The

lift at the end, it was going to be an epic talking point. That lived at

the end was absolutely brilliant! I am chuffed to bits that we nailed

it. Your bum was going to town, oh yes! It was a good finish to what

had been a really tough week. This week, we are doing the cha-cha.

There are no heel leads, there is a lovely straightening of the knee,

which Greg has never done before. The steps are so precise, I'm going

to be so exposed, I have to nail it and show I have got good will would

work. It is a different challenge to what

Greg faced at the 2012 Olympics, and Natalie has got a treat lined up. I

brought into the Olympic Park stadium for some inspiration for

Saturday night. I love at here, London 2012 was huge for me,

hopefully I can bring their performance on Saturday. Outside of

the training room, getting onto the track, it has definitely helped.

This is sacred ground to me, the best training session we have had

for the cha-cha. For being so fantastic and training, I thought I

would give him a surprise. I have a piece of the London 2012 track that

you won gold on. Wow! Where did you get that from? You didn't just pick

it up, did you?! That is incredible. I am hoping this is a good omen to

keep me on track for a good score on Saturday night.

Dancing the cha-cha-cha, Greg Rutherford and Natalie Lowe.

CHEERING. Well done. Oh yes! Absolutely brilliant! Come on.

CHEERING. Dave Arch doing dance music. Yes, Dave. That was a proper

party dance. And very intense. You raised the roof in here. I know

you've been working so hard on that footwork. How did you find it,

Craig? Well, one good thing is you did show Natalie off in this dance,

and that's what it's about. But sadly it looked very stiff. You are

pigeon toed and naturally bow of leg, which makes you an Olympic

champion but in this particular dance you have to try to rectify

that and lose less of the gap by turning your feet out a little bit.

And especially the walks. They are very awkward. They difficult to do

and this dance I'm afraid really did expose all the stuff that you really

can't do, sadly. That's the thing about the cha-cha characters it is

very exposing isn't it? Darcey? You must remember, Greg, you've

accomplished so much every week... CHEERING. Every dance. There will

always be one dance that isn't yours. Sadly this one is not your

dance, OK? You will come back stronger, but it is just unfortunate

if you can't straighten your knees very well or if you can't turn out

the lower leg. But really, as a whole, you had your gorgeous

Natalie. Just enjoy it for what it is, yeah? Don't get down on this.

Come back stronger. APPLAUSE. Len? We mustn't forget,

you're an athlete. You've never danced before. You're right out

here, not in your comfort zone at all. I must say, you didn't, if I

can go into your brain, you didn't look comfortable and confident. I

think that had a lot to do with it. I don't think you really liked the

cha-cha-cha. I'm not sure, but it was like you had the attitude, oh, I

don't like this, and that sort of came out a little bit. There was a

horrendous blunder early on but you disguised it, covered it up. I

thought you gave it a great lot of content, Natalie, Cuban breaks here,

there and everywhere. Listen, you did a great job, be proud of

yourself. Well done. APPLAUSE. Bruno? Listen, I always

love your heroic, muscular stance. So statuesque, framing your partner

so beautifully, very caring about your girl. I love to see that in a

man. And, I think what happened, you stiffened up a little bit. That's

why... Sometimes you overattack a dance, especially the cha-cha-cha,

when you have to have such smooth hip action that comes from the foot.

If you overattack it, you stomp it and the hips won't happen. I am sure

next time you do it, will you be fabulous.

APPLAUSE. Thank you judges. We all loved it. You started the party

here. Go and join Claudia's party upstairs.

CHEERING. Well done. You know what was so

sweet, the moment you finished that dance, you turned to Natalie and

said, sorry. We had a couple of good rehearsals today, and this morning

it seemed to be working. And then annoyingly with this one I haven't

been retaining it. I've been trying to hard all week, put so much into

it but it hasn't come in. I'm sorry about that. No, don't be, you gave

it absolutely. You're sparkly. Rihanna go have loved it.

That's better. 24. Everyone was shocked by the 4. Everyone behind me

went, what! As Darcey said, come back stronger. If we have to do it

later, we'll do it better. They found love, and if you can,

find a pen, jot down All the details are on your screen

now, and voting opens Don't forget if you want to vote

online, you'll need to register Three couples have danced,

and there's still all this to come. Brendan's not feeling well, so we

have Gorka coming in to help the routine until my Brendan is ready to

go back. I will do whatever Kevin throws at me. Whether I do it

correctly or not is another story. I'm really scare of the rumba.

It's such an honour to go on that floor and dance these wonderful

dances with a great band and a wonderful partner. I hope to do my

best, and I'm going to. APPLAUSE.

Brendan was unable to train and still isn't well enough to dance

with Anastacia tonight. Get well soon, Brendan, from all of us.

Stepping into his shoes is Gorka Marquez. Here he is with Anastacia

in training. I wished my score was higher. It was

disappointing, because I worked really hard. I was focused on making

my arms more girly. Such expressive arms. The reality of what I see in

the competition, it was very hard. Anastacia and Brendan. I want to

stay in as long as I can. This week Anastacia and Brendan... Hold it

right there. Brendan, you look different! It's Gorka. You are my

temporary new partner, as Brendan isn't feeling well. So this week we

are doing the quickstep. Quickstep is one of the most fast numbers we

are going to do. We are going to travel around all the floor very

fast. We are going to have so much fun, you will love it. OK, I'm

excited. It will be interesting to work with another another person. I

want to be a good student and want to have Brendan be really proud.

Turn your head. It is really important especially for Anastacia

to keep always this projection like outside. Now change. Gorka has been

motivating me to have great posture. Everything has to be relaxed from

here. I say to her, if you keep here, Brendan is going to be happy.

Happy Brendan, grumpy Brendan. As the week draws to a close Anastacia

is given the news that Brendan still isn't well enough to dance this

weekend. The amazing Gorka is going to be my Prince Charming. We are

going to do a greet performance and we want to make Brendan very proud.

Get well, young man. CHEERING.

Dancing the quickstep, Anastacia and Gorka Marquez.

CHEERING. Yes! Well done, Anastacia and Gorka!

That was my kind of quickstep, let me tell you. Well done, darling.

Come here. Thank you for stepping, in Gorka the corker. Gorka makes me

walka. Makes me wanna work. Understand song must have meant a

lot to you because it's your home town. It did, the my Granada is

upstairs going, you go, girl. You go! How have they done, Darcey? That

was such a lovely surprise. You are so light on your feet.

APPLAUSE. What I really love is the pendulum step in this corner. It was

beautifully instructed. Really nice. And you flowed off. There were many

stops and starts which makes it difficult for that continuity and

keeping the flow. There were moments where it could have been smoother

and you could have lent out, but this was one lovely dance. Well

done. Wasn't it judge? Well done. Was it your kind of dance, Len? It

was 100%. Getting a new partner is a bit like getting a new pair of

shoes. It's awesome? It takes a while to get them broken in and

comfortable. But you looked in your comfort zone. Light and bright, fun

and frivolous. It was easy on the eye. I don't want to upset Brendan,

but it was your best dance. CHEERING. A bit of Spain does

wonders to you. I tell you. You were like a lick coquettish swinger. You

couldn't wait to jump into action. I love The Verve, the renewed energy.

Light on your feet, great musicality, mind the gap though. The

gapping. Be careful. Don't get carried away and into your own

world. Lovely, very, very nice. Thank you.

APPLAUSE. Dance Off last week, Craig, better this week? Well,

there's no gap now, darling, but there certainly was through that

dance and you could have felled a tree through it. It was that bad

Darcey. You need body contact in this and that's what makes it

difficult. However, all that being said, it was, as the other judges

say, very light and I wasn't expecting that. You flew across the

stage... APPLAUSE. I thought you performed it

absolutely brilliantly. Thank you. Crew Craig. I'm sure Brendan is very

proud of you Anastacia and Gorka. CHEERING. Very well done and thank

you so much, Gorka. Like a superhero, he said, I'll help. But

confusing for you to go hi, I'm Anastacia? All the pros are amazing.

I'm so lucky to have been able to dance with two, let alone one. They

are so good. Thank you so much. My pleasure. They said it is your best

dance. I know Brendan is unwell at home. Would like to send a message

to him? Brendan, get busy, we've got to go to work next week.

That's your highest school ever. You are top of the leaderboard.

If you loved Anastacia and Gorka's quickstep and want to keep

her in the competition, you can vote for them when voting

Still to come, Ed is looking for the way to Amarillo.

Our next couple is Louise Redknapp and her partner, Kevin Clifton.

Tonight, Louise and Kevin are doing a tender loving rumba set

Tonight, Louise and Kevin are doing a tender emotional rumba set

in the most romantic city in the world.

How did you find Saturday night? It was good, I really enjoyed it. I

like the foxtrot. I was apprehensive going into it, because it was

ballroom. I thought I loved the Latin for some reason. It felt

different from everything else. Was that a standing ovation and your

technique was amazing. I was delighted with how you did. Get in!

Check out you and your footwork. I think it's my favourite so far. The

rumba this week. We've got to conquer the theme of our dance. It

just so happens our dance is set in Paris by the Eiffel Tower. We are

going to Paris! Of course we are. Right, welcome to France. Today

we've got to fit in as much research as possible. And some shopping? I

don't know about that, Redknapp, but we are going here first. So here we

are in Paris. Rumba walks, here we development Kevin! Straighten that

back, Quasimodo. Because the theme is dancing under

the Eiffel tower, it was important to come and understand that. Kevin

has made me do the rumba walk down the shots Elysee, under the Eiffel

tower, anywhere there was space for me to do it, I did it. The rumba is

definitely the hardest I have done so far, and I have to go out and

just do my best on Saturday night. Dancing the rumba,

Louise Redknapp and Kevin Clifton. C'est magnifique! You really brought

the romance of Paris alive, delightful! What is on your mind,

then? It was a dance in France and getting an Eiffel was delightful!

You are consistently good, no-one, if any of these judges say you are

not good, they are not telling the truth. You are consistently good.

But for me, you were on a plateau, you know? You are on this plateau,

and something has got to happen to give you that extra boost, because

there is one or two others that are also on a plateau but it is a little

bit higher. We have got to come out now and dance with that clarity and

purity, but also a little bit more wow! Well done. Bruno?

# Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise... #

I went into French mode, but it was distinguished, elegant, very chic,

and there was a sequence of turns, it was like watching Gene Kellie in

American In Paris, I absolutely loved the cultural references that

are so relevant, and you gave it that French tone, that flavour,

thanks to Kevin as well. And to me, that is what it needed.

Were you feeling the romance, Craig? Well, for me, it lacked excitement,

I have got to admit. There was nothing really dangerous about it.

It was romantic! You need to accentuate your hips a little bit

more, but I suppose at least you got a free trip to Paris out of it,

darling. However...! That being said, you have wonderful lyricism,

which I think is brilliant. APPLAUSE

Darcey? Louise, it was one classy rumba, you bring out the best in

her, Kevin, you really do. Beautiful quality, beautiful relationship

between you. I would love a little bit more tension when you caressed

the floor. Like the boys are saying, you have all the ability to be at

the top of the Leader Board, and you are getting there, going in the

right direction, but just keep working, exaggerate those moves.

Extend yourself more. Good work. They want to keep pushing you, they

know you can do it! Louise and Kevin!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CHEERING

Well done! You got a standing ovation, I have to ask you, we have

got to say hello to your mother-in-law. She had an accident,

and she said, the only thing I care about, I must say my

daughter-in-law. She was in the ambulance, she was saying, I need to

be well for Saturday night and Strictly! You enjoyed that, didn't

you? I found it so hard, you are so exposed in a rumba, everything is

slow, you are trying to feel the music, but I loved doing it, Kevin

is the start. The scores are in. The judges have their scores, Craig

Revel Horwood. Eight! Darcey Bussell. Eight! Len Goodman. Eight!

Bruno Tonioli. Nine! Yes! You were getting eights,

saying, this is fine, then you got the nine!

If Louise and Kevin are always on your mind, vote for them.

All the details are on your screen now.

Still to come, Daisy is dancing to a song about body parts.

Could be Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes, Knees And Toes.

# Heads, shoulders, knees and toes! #

Dancing next in the ballroom is Ed Balls and his partner, Katya Jones.

and they're going to be playing the part of hitchhikers.

I just hope Ed holds his thumb in the right place,

or there'll be hell to pay from Craig.

No, darling, down, down! See what I mean?! There we go! Last Saturday

did not really go to plan. My mind blanked, and suddenly I was doing

this. It looks like you were directing traffic, what is this?!

You were mincing around like you were in an episode of Some Mothers

Do Have 'Em! The marks were low. On the positive side, we are getting

better. This week we are dancing American

Smooth foxtrot. After the comments from the judges, I think Ed is

really determined to get the dancing right, the technique, the footwork.

Open left leg a bit more. I find the little things difficult. Compared to

the last few weeks, with this big character, how are you feeling the

American Smooth? I want to entertain people, but I want to show you can

learn and get better. I know you can do it. Ed came in this week really

determined to impress the judges with his proper dancing. Is that

right? Perfect! Better! I have shown I can throw myself into it and

perform, but I want to show that we can do the dance steps, and I am

learning and getting better. Learn once me to show I can do it, this is

my week to prove it. -- Len. Dancing the American smooth,

Ed Balls and Katya Jones. MUSIC: "Is This The Way

To Amarillo?" Oh! Oh, look, they are doing the

lift again! No, no! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It went so well in Ozil, and it went very well there. It was ambitious!

That is the way to entertain! Oh! Bruno, you have never doubted Ed's

efforts, but is is dancing improving? Are you kidding?! One

thing is for sure, you are never going to join the Royal Ballet, I

will tell you that! That ride nearly ended in disaster, I thought, my

God, he is going to drop! There is one thing I have to say, you always

take us places I would never expect. LAUGHTER

But there was a point where you just tried, he went into the hold, you

tried to do a proper foxtrot, OK, he can actually do it. Then you go all

over the place, like you read the hitchhiker's guide to ballroom

backwards! You can do it, I really do think you can, it is just you

have to be consistent, do not overstretch yourself in the Carlos

Acosta lift, they are not going to happen, love, I will tell you that!

He is trying so very hard. APPLAUSE

Craig? Well, that was the antithesis, I am afraid, of smooth.

Plodding, pedestrian, I felt he were fighting one another all the way

through. Absolutely no style whatsoever out of the hold. And this

dance, you are allowed to do three lifts, you did four, three of which,

I thought, were very good. But that horrific one, darling, you really

didn't need to demonstrate afterwards, because it wasn't that

good. It was a risky move, he wanted to prove he can do it. It is a

really good lift! It is a good lift. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I could do it to you as well, I think!

We could try that in the bar later. We will try up later! Darcey! You

did start incredibly well, and the lift that you did achieve... I mean,

you do have the strength to do it, and it is just a shame that you did

stumble there. But, you know, like show, things go wrong, even in a

live show, and it was a shame that you were not able to recover out of

it. It is the kind of thing where you have to find your composure,

make a mistake, get back on the programme, focus. I note you can do

it, you tried again, which was great! Comeback next year... Next

year?! LAUGHTER

No, thank God! We know you have it in you, so comeback next week! You

have got it in you, Ed. What is going on?! This is the trouble with

hitchhiking, you always get a dodgy lift!

LAUGHTER Now, in your defence, and totally

against Craig, let me say, OK, you got into hold, you started off a

further step, lovely, reverse turn, Federer finished, a little bit of

dancing, into a weave. All of that section, I thought, was terrific,

and you were on the way, it was just a rotten shame that your big

spectacular moment went a bit pear shaped. But well done, I liked

watching you! Don't we all?! Thank you very much, Ed and Catania! --

Katya. Ed! That lift looked incredibly

complicated. I'm pleased you showed us what it was going to be. You

enjoyed it though? I loved doing the lift. It was fabulous. We invented

it this week. Really, the two of you? It was the glitterball special.

It was going to be dedicated to Tony Curtis and Peter Kay. But after

that, I won't. Ed, the good news is that it is

better than last week, yes? Yes, but not as good as the week before. The

other good news, you've had your first spray tan. I did.

CHEERING. Well done. If I come back, do I do a full Jeremy Vine, the

whole lot? Of course you do. Let's not pull on that string! If you

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This week we've got to somehow keep the composure with the waltz. It's

going be difficult but I'm really up for the challenge. Can we dance now,

please? The Charleston is 1920s flapper girls, lots of ankle swivels

and it is about having a good time. I've been finding it really, really

difficult. The routine is so fast. I feel like my brain is going to

explode. There's a long way to go. Switch and

catch. Hopefully come Saturday night we'll be ready to rumba.

She's going to be dancing a samba underneath a giant mirrorball

that's going to be dangling from the ceiling.

I know, and I'm holding it up for her.

Our next couple to take to the floor is Ore Oduba

They're dancing a waltz, and Ore starts off under a spotlight.

I don't think we need it - if this is anything like last week's

jive, he'll be lighting the floor up all on his own.

That was better than even the way it happened in my dreams. I couldn't

believe what happened. You are the one to beat in this competition.

What?! What is he talking about. A star is born. That's when I couldn't

hold it in. 10! You know me. A cuddle. Let's not speak, just

cuddle. This week from the quickness of last week's jive we are on to the

smooth class of the waltz. So we are going to slow things down. They

might be slowing things down in the training room but life is busier

than ever for Ore and Joanne is going along for the ride. We are in

Manchester, the Paralympic and Olympic parade is going through the

streets of the city. Let's go on the float. I do have for you a Team GB

bracelet. Excuse me. It's an absolute treat. Manchester looking

resplendent mere. We have had a bit of rain but you can hear the cheers.

Ore! As soon as he saw me, he ran to the back of the float and said, is

that alright? I said yeah, but we are doing the waltz. I have some

gold medal-winning athletes. Can you teach me? Good luck Ore for this

Saturday. The best of luck. It is a winning atmosphere. We've just got

to try and tap into that and bring some of it to Saturday night.

CHEERING. Dancing the waltz, Ore Oduba

and Joanne Clifton. Brilliant from Ore and Joanne. Come

on over. Oh, breathtaking. What an amazing performance from our singer,

Andrea. Yes! A beautiful voice. As for you, we saw your softer side

tonight, didn't we? Slowing things down after that jive. Yeah, that was

hard. Euro managementic side. It's there somewhere. He was top of the

leaderboard last week, Craig, how did he do tonight? Extremely well.

This is normally done in 4-4 time but the orchestra did it in 3-4 time

to marry it into a waltz. A the fraying was wonderful. There was

rise and fall, which was delicious. A bit of swing and sway. The

storytelling. The you are just incredible.

CHEERING. Darcey? Well, I feel the same. It's calm. It's elegant. You

are able to produce something with such control, it's not easy. You

still had great energy as you moved across the dancefloor, which also is

hard, but there was lovely moments of stillness. Stillness. You were

able to hold on to your frame. You had moments of a little right

shoulder popping up now and then, but beautiful control. Well done.

APPLAUSE. Len? It was quiet, it was calm and it was sophisticated.

People think the waltz is like a dainty, small dance, it's not. It's

a big, flowing, full on dance, and you showed that. I loved that hover.

I did. My old dance teacher used to say the hardest thing to do is

nothing, and to just stop and hold that for a bar and then come out.

Gorgeous. A little bit of a problem with that turning lock. It got a bit

sticky over there. However, having said that, you are an incredible

dancer. CHEERING. Bruno? Love is in the air.

It's irresistible. You two look so good together. They've all explained

the technical merits of the dance, but I want to go further. What you

have is a connection and a chemistry that is outstanding. You seem to

communicate through moves effortlessly. You have a connection

within the tune and the music that's outstanding. So wonderful to see.

Every week you surprise me, you really do.

APPLAUSE. The judges loved it and I think this audience will always love

you too. Off you go, well done. Ore and Joanne!

CHEERING. Well done. Ore and Joanne. Craig just said you were incredible.

I don't know what just happened. So did Len. It is quite hard, that

pressure What they don't know is just before we started that dance my

knees went, absolutely shot. I was shivering. So nervous. It's been a

really difficult week. This is the one with the control and just the

pressure from last week, it was a really nerve-racking week, but she

was so patient with me, my mate, coach, my better dancing half. So

patient. I'm chuffed. So, so chuffed.

Well done. Top of the leaderboard. Really, really good.

If you don't want Ore and Joanne waltzing off

the show, all the details are on your screen now.

So you can vote for them when voting opens at the end of the show.

Still to come, Danny is doing a rumba to the Sam Smith

Our next couple is Daisy Lowe and her partner, Aljaz Skorjanec.

This week they're taking on the charleston,

and they're going to start off the routine in the dark.

Not only is this a first for Strictly, but it also means

the judges might not be able to spot if they make any mistakes.

They will, they definitely will. I loved dancing that dance with you.

It felt like we were completely in the moment and everything else fell

away and I was just there with you. It was really special. Long, languid

move it is, very difficult to control and sustain. To get that

balance every time you stretched out, very impressive. There was no

hiccups, no mistakes. It just sort of flowed the whole way through. A

terrifically difficult dance and I thought you did a terrifically good

job. It was beautiful. Honestly. But this week we are dancing the

Charleston to a song called Happy Feet. My feet are very happy this

week. We are going to start in the dark dressed all the black. The only

thing that's going to be visible is white gloves and white shoes. I

thought to get you used to functioning in the dark, here they

serve food in the pitch black. Enjoy your food, Daisy. Yeah, bon appetit.

Yum, is that chicken? I don't think I have anything on my fork. Eating

in the dark was delicious and hilarious. My nose was slightly

injured. He fed me a full breast of chicken at the end of a full... Yes!

Sorry, shall we do some promise. Loved dancing in the dark. Hopefully

on Saturday night we c illuminate the dancefloor.

CHEERING. Dancing the Charleston,

Daisy Lowe and Aljaz Skorjanec. Oh, that was superb, come on, Aljaz!

That was superb, so original! We have never seen done like that

before. Lots of happy hands for you. They were so lovely, you capture the

quirky playfulness of the silent movies, you are in there, and that

was just heaven, your style really suited you, not easy when you are

tall, because you have to be really contained to achieve all those

moves, especially with the white shoes and white gloves, very

revealing of the technique, so well done, well done! Very good! I would

only say, at the very end, you get tired, and the crispness goes just

in the moves. No, it wasn't bad, I am being really picky, because I

loved it. Just tighten up the core, get it around in those lifts, but it

is difficult to do those at the end. Well done! You have got happy feet,

I am happy, I know everyone in here is happy, and ideal you did a

wonderful charleston, well done! Bruno? Wonderful, clever, full of

joy, smart concept, it was like watching Betty Boop coming back to

life, I loved it, very nice indeed. Did it give you a happy face? Yes, a

very happy face. Mistakes are going to be amplified considerably with

those big old white shoes, but you danced on the off beads, slightly

late, tired, but I loved it, I thought it was brilliant. Lovely to

see something different, take those happy feet up to Claudia! Yes!

CHEERING So different from last week's rumba,

you were like, what, what am I doing?!

I am very warm in all the clothes! The scores are in. Craig Revel

Horwood. Eight. Darcey Bussell. Eight. Len Goodman. And other eight.

And Bruno Tonioli. Fauldhouse, eight!

Well done, Aljaz, that was amazing. If you enjoyed their Happy Feet,

use your happy fingers to vote All the details you need

are on your screen now. You can vote for them when voting

opens at the end of the show. Still to come,

Claudia tries some samba rolls. Our next couple was going to be

Laura Whitmore and her partner, But as we mentioned earlier,

Laura has injured her ankle and is therefore unable

to perform tonight. Here's what happened

during the week. I really enjoyed the quickstep, I

had loads of fun. It was nerve wracking, especially since I was in

the dance of the week before, but I really had fun doing it. Plenty of

lights, plenty of cameras, plenty of action. If you are in the bottom two

this week, I am going to pickle my walnuts, I promise! I just want to

get better every week, so I was really happy.

This week, I am learning how to jive, and I am so excited. With the

jive, it is fast, but it is also about the steps. Jive is quite a

difficult stance, you have a lot of kicks, a lot of stamina. Jive is my

favourite dance, so I want to make sure that it is going to be good.

During the week, all the training is starting to take its toll on Laura.

Laura got an injury on the ankle. I have put too much pressure on it, I

have not been 100%. The left leg is grand, but I have an issue with the

right. As the week continues, the pain gets worse, so Laura is seen by

a Strictly physio for assessment. The physio has just said that I

cannot dance. I am just really gutted because of the dance as well,

because from before I started Strictly, the one I wanted to learn

was the jive. I am devastated, but I have to look forward to getting

better, think about resting it and sorting myself out for next week,

which is the most important thing. Laura, if you're watching,

we send you all our love. Laura and Giovanni will not be up

for the viewer vote tonight. They have been given a bye through

to next week. The medics have said she should be fit enough to danced

then. I know you are both devastated, and it is your

favourite, are you all right? Yes, we are both a little bit sad, but

jive is my favourite, she was learning forward to learn it, but it

is about the health, so maybe it is better this way, I think it is

better this way. I know she is watching at home, do you have a

message? Yes, all of us, we are missing you, get rest, looking

forward for the next week, it is going to be a different stance.

Thank you very much. Thank you, we send all our love.

Dancing next is Danny Mac and his partner, Oti Mabuse.

Danny will be the first male celebrity

It's a notoriously difficult dance for the men to master,

but if anyone can do it, Dan's the man.

The weekend was amazing. It was the best. The judges were pretty pleased

with you. It was absolutely wonderful! Outstanding! You are on

fire! You look good, you dance good, and by golly you did good! Nine! It

was the most incredible feeling. This week we have got the eight, I

think it is going to take so much focus and concentration. Buys this

feels so weird. The rumba is a very technical dance, it requires

precision and balance. To help with the precision and balance, Oti has

an idea. I have come to the circus to try my hand at tightrope walking.

The same stills you need for a rumba, balance, precision, really

strong core. You expect me to do that?! That is really good! To be a

tightrope walker, you have to be strong, you have to be flexible, you

have to have good balance. Restarted off really shaky, but he looked

pretty good towards the end. Really good, look at you! Yeah! It has been

really fun at the circus, and I think this is going to help my

technique in the rumba this week. I just hope my performance isn't

ropey! I have got to stop this. Dancing the rumba,

Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse. Oh, yes! Oh,

easy. -- you smoothly. My legs were Oh, yes! Oh,

little bit staccato, which was not so pleasant. However,

little bit staccato, which was not I loved very nice, you stuck a turn

in. I loved very nice, you stuck a turn

you like it? One thing is for sure, those

you like it? One thing is for sure, subtlety, and you did it overall

very well, subtlety, and you did it overall

became a bit jagged, but I am telling you, I would

became a bit jagged, but I am Not any dance-off! I would like to

see it Not any dance-off! I would like to

much attack for me. Too much powering

much attack for me. Too much than rumba. But I love, love,

much attack for me. Too much Darcey? I have to agree with the

boys, you have Darcey? I have to agree with the

was very consistent as well. You know, you

was very consistent as well. You for rumba. I know,

was very consistent as well. You Well done, are you all right after

that? I am, I just did not want to fall over, that was my main focus!

Were you thinking that while you were doing it? I had her in my arms

for a few of the bits, it could have been carnage! And you did not want

to show your chest, I believe? I had a big argument with costume but they

ran out of buttons. Don't be never so about it, it is working for us on

every level, I cannot even look at it, it has become a thing! It is

your grandma's 82nd birthday. Happy birthday, Nanna! The scores are in.

Ladies and gentlemen, the judges have their schools, Craig Revel

Horwood. Eight. Darcey Bussell. And nine. Len Goodman. Nine. Bruno

Tonioli. Nine! I was not expecting that! You are

second on the leader board so far. If you liked that, put down your TV

remote and vote for them, all the details are on screen now. Voting

opens at the end of the show, only one couple left to dance.

Our final couple tonight is Claudia Fragapani

This week they're doing a samba, and it's going to have a disco vibe.

But will this dance under a mirrorball get them

one step closer to picking up the Glitterball?

I really loved it at there, doing the foxtrot, it is so bad I got the

steps wrong. You really put your mind to it, I can see you have been

working hard, so well done. What did you think? So happy, it was great. I

am so proud of you from week one to week five, I know the foxtrot was so

hard, it was amazing on the night. Thank you. This week we're doing the

samba, it is fast, fierce, it is super complicated. Oh, gosh! Pivot,

pivot. I have been finding it really, really difficult. That was

not the normal speed. Some of the technical stuff we have been

learning, it has gone in one ear and out the other. Release the core,

that gymnastics training. Try not to get angry! No anger, take the anger

out on the step. He says I need to loosen up my rib cage. Samba is very

rhythmical, very free, I need you to relax and loosen up. It is really

hard, I have done 12 years of gymnastics, being fixed and still,

so this is a challenge in four days. It is our most intense, fastest, the

hardest choreography we have done so far. That is the speed you are

dealing with. If I slip up or forget any of the moves and Saturday night,

it will go horribly wrong. Take me back to gymnastics!

Dancing the samba, Claudia Fragapane and AJ Pritchard!

Amazing. Look at that for a reaction! Well done. That's what I

call a glitterball and that's what I call a Samba. Brilliant job. Soak it

up. Reversing 12 years of gymnastics in just six days, not easy. Did that

make your young heart run free, Bruno? Forever young, darling, after

this. I wanted to enjoy it so much. You've got the biggest disco ball I

have ever seen. You put so much stuff into that samba, the girl had

every single step you would expect. You did that on purpose to make it

harder for you. The pressure. Oh my God the pressure is so difficult to

do and you did it overall very well. But there is just one little thing,

my darling, don't rush the music. Don't go ahead of it. Because it is

like, oh my God! Is she going to do it? You can do it. Take it ease.

Stay on it. Don't overrush it. Never change the music, but fantastic

dancing. APPLAUSE. The samba rolls were

awesome. Craig? It was a little bit then ittic, you were like a tornado,

darling. BOOING.. Please. The bounce action

unfortunately suffered because of the speed of it but I have to say an

absolutely brilliant endeavour. Really, really good.

APPLAUSE. Darcey? I have to say, at first I was getting really excited

when you strutted down those steps you meant business, but it was a

problem. I did feel you were being overpushed to travel. And to step

out. As the speed got faster and then you lose the finesse of the

steps. We weren't getting the right action. That was the only thing that

really bothered me, but I see you have it all. Don't lose confidence,

because you are a natural performer. You've gained so much with this

competition. Don't lose it now, OK? APPLAUSE. Thank you. He threw some

tough choreography at you, to be fair. Len? The last couple and then

the party starts, so that's great. I know you looked at me with that

boyish little face of yours. I did enjoy those stationary samba walks,

because you did them slow and oily, which I enjoyed. Let me tell you the

truth and I don't care if you boo, because it's the truth. You exactly

ties technique... Oh... For the speed of the music. I saw you on the

VT working on hip action in the voltas. She couldn't do it. It was

too fast. It all became hectic. However, having said that, you are a

beautiful dancer. I enjoyed the party spirit so good on you, and

young hearts run free. APPLAUSE. He loved the party spirit.

Our pocket rocket lit up that floor. Up you go. Claudia and AJ.

CHEERING. Well done! Craig said it was a brilliant endeavour. It was

hard. You put so much in, there AJ. You do that on purpose just to show

off Claudia's brilliant moves. That's true. I love about you two,

you are always so positive and you can be quite negative, you go, I'm

rubbish, when you are amazing. But he is doing such a good job isn't

ehe? He is. Is. He's doing a really good job.

CHEERING. That's 32. Two more than last week. I'm so happy with that.

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All our couples have done everything they can to impress

the judges and you at home, so before we open the vote,

let's take a look at the leaderboard.

Ore and Joanne are at the top with a score of 36.

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Voting closes at 8:45 tonight, so you don't have much longer

Next week is our Hallowe'en special, and they all want to be there.

Your votes could help them avoid the dreaded dance-off in tomorrow

night's results show at 7:15, when sadly one more couple

will be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing.

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