Week 1, Show 2 Strictly Come Dancing

Last night, six stars sparkled, dazzled and is delighted as they

kicked off the competition. What a lovely way to start the show! There

were passionate performances. You need a fire extinguisher! Promising

starts. You have so much potential, I can't wait to see more. And

sizzling routines. Gorgeous! Tonight... Nine more celebrities

will take to the floor. They have trained for weeks. But is it enough?

Who will get off to a flying start? And who will run out of steam? No! I

don't like it. Is that the best you have got? This is Strictly Come

Dancing, live! This is ridiculous! That's a wrap!

Live from the BBC, please welcome your hosts, Tess Daly!

And Claudia Winkleman! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Hello and welcome to Strictly Come Dancing.

What a breathtaking performance from all our incredible dancers.

Absolutely. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Thank you to

everyone who took part in that routine. Of course, the judges, the

London choir and our dancers from across the UK, Roger and Glenda,

Malcolm and Yvonne, Little Louie, Mike and Carol... I know you want to

thank everybody individually but we have only got an hour and a half! I

will find you afterwards! Last night, six couples braved the

ballroom for the first time. We saw amazing routines including that

cha-cha from Judge Rinder, it would be a crime to miss it! Over the past

three weeks, the celebrities have been locked away in a training room

perfecting their routines and they have done nothing but eat, sleep and

breathe dams. So we thought we would give them a night off, I am kidding.

Tonight, the remaining nine couples perform live for the first time on

the stands for. And they will also be trying to impress four very

important people. Please welcome the judges!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

And Darcey Bussell and Craig Revel Horwood.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. The judges, everyone! Still got it!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. But have this year's celebrities got

what it takes? We are about to find out, they are ready, raring to go,

it is time to meet... Our Strictly stars! TV presenter and

Zinger Louise Redknapp and her partner Kevin Clifton. Judge Rinder

and his partner Oksana Platero. Lesley Joseph and partner Anton Jay

Beck. TV presenter Melvin Odoom and his partner Janette Manrara.

Claudia Fragapane and AJ Pritchard. Ore Oduba and Joanne Clifton. Model

Daisy Lowe and have partner Aljaz Skorjanec.

Actor and pop star Will Young and partner Karen Clifton.

From BBC Breakfast Naga Munchetty and her partner Pasha Kovalev.

Greg Rutherford and Natalie Lowe. Gorka Marquez and EastEnders star

Tameka Empson. Each June -- Ed Balls and is partner

Katya Jones. Giovanni Pernice and Laura Whitmore.

Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse. And finally Zinger Anastascia and

her partner Brendan Cole. -- Zinger. Don't they look glorious?

And to think, one of them will be lifting the glitterball in three

months' time. Let's concentrate on getting through the next 90 minutes.

Baby steps. Just like last night, there is no public vote and no

couple will leave the competition this weekend. But the pressure is

still on because the judges will score the routines and as always

they will be watching very carefully. Both schools will be

carried over and added the next week's scores. That is when you will

get your chance to cast a vote and one couple will leave the

competition. But nobody is leaving tonight, so that the dancing begin!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE! First to perform is TV presenter Anne Zinger

Louise Redknapp and her partner Kevin Clifton. They are doing a Jive

and in this routine, Louise is waiting for her sailor Kevin to

return from the sea. This could be nautical, but nice!

Having gone from megastar to make the mother, Louise Redknapp is

managing expectations. I am worried I will not get through it, I am not

as fit as 20 years ago. Kevin! Louise thinks she has danced in the

past. I have seen some of her videos and she hasn't! Kevin has made it to

the final three years in a row! Help! I love dancing and performing

and I will do my best to give Strictly all I have got. Feeling

just kind of apprehensive and nervous. So here I go. High! The

stands is to divide macro. Jive, OK! The story of our dance, it is 1940s,

I am in the Navy. Because I want to get into the character of our dance,

I have organised a surprise. OK. I have brought Louise to the

Portsmouth historic dockyard and we will dance on the declaration. I

might get a bit seasick! We will be all right. Welcome on board. A crew

of about 72, they have been away for three years at a time. We have been

away three years and you are excited to see me. And you are about to

Jive. Exactly, what these guys do! Shall we Jive? All right, yes! I

imagine when the guys arrived home the excitement. If I can get a small

bit of that feeling into the routine, it will be absolutely

amazing. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Dancing the Jive, Louise Redknapp and Kevin Clifton!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Oh, yes! Oh,

yes! Yes! Two! What a starts to hours Saturday!

Can you breathe after that? Shaking! I am not surprised, that was high

energy, composed of cells and that's welcome our great live singers,

Hayley, month, Andrea, Tommy and Dave Arch and his amazing orchestra.

Yes, that looked absolutely action packed. He doesn't do things by

half, Kevin! No, I found that out. She cannot breathe. Enough content,

Len? Give over, yes indeed, that floated my boats totally.

It really did, you are jumping and driving, I was wailing, go on,

Louise, get stuck in! High energy, level and I have got so high

expectations. High expectations! Do you think that

showed off her potential, Bruno? Two destitute family addition -- to the

family tradition, you score big-time first time out! What I always love

and finds delicious is the accuracy of the swinging 1940s detail. The

style was absolutely perfect. And I love the dainty pointed but work.

You just kind of went a little bit, there was a minor floor, we will

just overlook that. One here and one there, you know that. But as a

debut, it is extraordinary! Craig? Craig?. It was clean, very

precise, crisp finishes. You need more retraction in the flicks to

make it more of a jive. And a messy turn at the end, but apart from

that... For a first dance, outstanding.

CHEERING. Darcey, what would you like to add? The spring in those

kick ball changes at the beginning and when you repeat them with the

turn, you were able to keep it goingment really impressive. You

have definitely got a very nice student to work with here. He is

going to, I can't wait to see what you do next. Really lovely work.

CHEERING.. You couldn't hope for a better start. We've all got high

expectations of you. Well done. Louise and Kevin. Off you go. I'm so

proud of you. CHEERING.

Well done! I know the only thing... I can't talk. Well don't talk. You

can mime. I know all you said is, I don't want to go first, and then you

were told you were going first. But you handled it, you did brilliantly.

Craig said outstanding. I know, I'm going to live with that forever and

hold on to those comments. And your husband is in the audience.

AUDIENCE: Ah! He will literally never come again! Your boys are

watching at home. I love you, boys, see you in a bit. You did so well.

This is how the leaderboard looked at the end of last night.

Kevin, it's ridiculous, would you give yourselves 40? 40?! That would

be perfect. Do you want to top that? Yes, I would like to Top 40, if

possible. Well I'd give you 78. Thanks Claudia. The judges' scores

are in. Top of the leaderboard. There's a

lot of people to go yet. Because you're new, you are like, that seems

nice, but we know that for country to bring out the 8 paddle in week

one, I don't think that's happened before. You can vote next week.

Still to come, Daisy dances to a song by Nat King Cole, who I believe

is Brendan's uncle. Tess. Our next couple is TV presenter and radio DJ

Melvin Odoom and his partner, Janette Manrara. Melvin's first

dance will be the cha-cha. In training he's been using a secret

weapon he doesn't want anyone to know about. Don't worry, Melvin,

mum's the word. Eager to express himself is music maestro and DJ

Melvin Odoom. The whole Strictly experience has been absolutely

crazy. Janette jumped on me and said, I wanted you. That made me

feel good. I love to please people, I don't want to let anybody down,

whether it is Janette or my mum. He's the cutest and funniest and we

are going to be crazy on the dancefloor. I can't wait. Hey,

what's going on? Hello! First dance, the cha-cha-cha. I will give you a

scenario. We are in Mexico. You are going to be going lo co. So far so

good, Melvin is picking up the routine really well. We might be

going loco in the training room but I've got a place we can take it to

another level. This is my family. My Casa is your Casa. This is my mum.

Hello darling! Welcome to the family. Any tips for me? If you push

him enough you will get what you want. I know it's cha-cha-cha but

this is the closest I could find. This is the Mexican version. Feeling

hot, hot, hot... Good luck, Melvin. We are really proud of you. Proud

sister. Good luck. As a young child I used to dance at family parties

and if I did really well I would get money stuck on my head. And I've got

to say in front of my family, we did it.

CHEERING. Dancing the cha-cha-cha Melvin Odoom and Janette Manrara.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. You did it! Melvin, Janette. Come over here. I

was grinning from ear to ear all the way through. You put a smile on

everyone's face. Are you happy? Yeah, very happy. I'm still alive.

Thank you very much. Bruno, did that get you shaking your maracas? I need

a cocktail after that. You captured the festive mood of the dance, but

you forgot the hips. It was fun, light hearted and frothy, plenty of

maracas action, and a lot of this. Were you chased by a swarm of bees?

But you've got to put the hips into the cha-cha-cha. It is very

important. You can't keep that area of your body stiff. It's got to

loosen up. I will work on it. It's there. Craig, it put you in the

holiday mood? It's put me in a wooden mood, darling. Bruno is

right. Darling, an ironing board is less stiff down below. The hip

action is very important. Very square. Not your dance I'm afraid.

It is only week one, Darcey. Exactly. What are you going on

about? He was having a great time out there.

CHEERING. You are a natural cheeky chappy. I would say put that cheeky

stuff into those hips and as soon as you were standing still, those hips

worked, die see it. Just a little bit more work. And you'll be loving

it and we'll love it even more. What was best was the performance was

down to a T. It was brilliant. Thank you.

CHEERING. Len? Well, I'm not going to go loco over it. I don't know

what's happened to Craig. He was so positive last night. I thought, the

boy's turned a corner and suddenly the nasally little person came out.

Honestly. Listen, you came out there. It was fun. You were going

for it. I didn't think it was stiff. I thought it was more loose than

stiff. CHEERING. The cha-cha is a cheeky,

fun dance and that's what you portrayed. So good on you.

CHEERING. It put us all in the party mood didn't it, ladies and

gentlemen. Well done. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. You did it!

Yes, thank you. Yes! We are in love with you. We were dancing. We were

moving up here, and Darcey said, you enjoyed it. I loved it. It was a

great dance to start with. We put in a lot of work this week, so I'm

happy. Are you happy? So happy. He works so hard. And you have the most

amazing family. CHEERING. Are you happy with that?

Yes. You just went, it's alright, baby. It's OK. If you would like to

vote for Melvin and Janette, and I hope you can hear me over thenoids

of Melvin's shirt, you can do so over the noise of Melvin's shirt...

Tess? Our next couple is model Daisy Lowe and her partner, Aljaz

Skorjanec. They are dancing a waltz to the song Unforgettable by Nat

King Cole. Daisy wants to dedicate her performance to a very special

person. Daisy Lowe is no stranger to the glitz and glam of the fashion

world, so naturally she's pretty plays day about being strictlified.

All the hair, all the make-up, all the glittery things. I can't believe

my luck that I get to dance with him. I'm so happy. We will have

loads of fun but when we work, we work. We've been in this beautiful

Strictly bubble but we still haven't done a live show yet. For our first

dance we are doing the waltz to Nat King Cole's Unforgettable. He was

really special to me, because he was my grandfather's favourite. I really

thought gramps was going to be here in physical form for my journey of

Strictly but he passed away on my first day. It made me quite teary

today. Just trying to get to grips with the fact I can't give him a

hug. But I'm so lucky to have Aljaz, because he is extraordinary. Is that

you when you were little? But look how happy I am just to be with him.

He's been so warm and supportive. The perfect partner. We'll

definitely make the good. I don't want to practise too much to the

music, because I can see her wandering away. My brain isn't

working. I want her to make herself proud with a beautiful waltz. As

long as I know in my heart of hearts I've done by best and hope I've made

gramps proud, that's all that matters to me.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Dancing to waltz, Daisy Lowe and Aljaz

Skorjanec. SONG: Unforgettable

by Nat King Cole. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Thank you.

Beautiful. Talk about unforgettable! What a first dance. You melted all

of our hearts then. He would have been so proud. Thank you. Are you

proud of her Aljaz? Extremely proud of her. She did an incredible job.

CHEERING. Absolutely. Craig, how do you think they did?

I found it very sickly sweet, over the top, that says a lot more

probably about me than it does the dance! But you danced it

beautifully. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Hard on her

posture and framing, but that show, Darcey? It certainly did, Daisy, you

instantly set the romantic feel. The atmosphere came about, shivers down

my back, beautiful. The lilting and flowing action you produced, and

this is your first dance. I only say use those long legs and extend and

stretch at every opportunity, but dreamy.

Len. I was looking for a Daisy and I found an English rose. Listen, I get

older and forget things, you do, I promise you! I don't think I have

seen a dance better than that for week one ever! It was brilliant!

That is amazing! Best week once -- best week one dance ever, Bruno.

This season, the beauties keep coming, one more beautiful than the

other, and you are dazzling, Daisy. This had the radio the quality of

old school glamour and high-class fashion combined -- the radiant

quality. You made it look easy and I have to say the slower the waltz,

the harder to maintain. You made it look so easy. Emotionally engaged. I

am totally surprised and delighted. Surprised and delighted, so are we

after those comments! I imagine you are as well, well done, simply

beautiful. Thank you, I am just lucky I have the best partner, he is

incredible. Over the Claudia.

Yes! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Yes! Well done! We were just going, can she get through it? Well done.

How do you feel? You did it! Yes! Really good! Your mum is in the

audience. She was willing due on, go on! She did great. Amazing,

absolutely amazing, it was a really hard stands because the music was

slow but you controlled perfectly. Well done. -- hard dance.

The scores are in. With the judges please reveal their scores? Craig

Revel Horwood. Seven. Darcey Bussell. A dreamy eight. Len

Goodman. Nine. And Bruno Tonioli. Eight!

Yes! Top of the Leader Board! Top of the Leader Board. Well done. If you

would like to vote for Daisy and Aljaz, you can when voting opens

next week. There is more Strictly on Facebook Twitter and the website.

Still to come, Tameka, what you dancing?

Bless you! Thank you! Dancing next is actor

Danny Mac and his partner Bettina Blues Day! Danny is absolutely

terrified of the judges, I don't know why because as long as his

armography is perfect and his fingers pointing the right way and

his footwork spot-on and his dancing is in time with the music, he moves

with the beat and he does not fall over, he will be fine, right? Right!

Former Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac is stepping out of his comfort zone and

into his dancing shoes. I have always played characters and hidden

behind those, this experience is not anyone. At the launch waiting for

our partners was the most exciting bit. It is Oti! She is great and we

will have a good time. I am over the moon, I am so happy. I want to work

hard and I will be interested to see who brakes hard, me or Oti. Please,

there is no way I am going to break first. Ready, bring it on. Day one

and we are doing the cha-cha-cha and it is very quick. It is a tough one.

My brain and I can do it and is having a constant argument with my

body. I don't know why I am not getting it. He does get frustrated

with himself a lot, he has such potential. It's not going to happen!

How are you finding it? I am trying to do the best I can but I am

definitely terrified. But why? You are doing such a good job. Oti is

great and sticking with it and I think she totally believes in me.

Yes! Ore Oduba is getting me to focus on the things I am getting

right now rather than getting stressed about the things I am

getting wrong. You got it. I am so terrified about performing in this

routine in front of millions of people, but as long as I can stop

being so hard on myself, I can perform my best on the night.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE dancing the cha-cha-cha, Danny Mac and Oti

Mabuse. Is this

Listen to the audience! Is this

is the most incredible feeling Is this

astonishing. Darcey, how about Is this

Yes! That was fast, packed Is this

know what they going to be like so you look at the pretender and the

contender. 100%, you are a contender. I have got to tell that.

You have to justify your mark because people say, you say positive

things. It is a good mark, so don't cry about it. I have just got to say

we've got that same boyish grin, you and me! Did you notice that? You are

good at that stage dancing, whatever they that. I thought the cha-cha in

the middle was fantastic but there was a little bit too much, for me,

of stage dancing. Don't do that, I said he is a contender, boyish grin,

great dancer, don't get on my nerves early on!

Bruno. I loved the arena spectacular! That is what you did!

It was everything I wanted. Incredible performance power, it

was, I loved the Michael Jackson moves you put in. Absolutely

brilliant! Very well moving into the cha-cha-cha and no luck of hip

action. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Breakdowns, great comments. He is a contender, Bourdy is waiting, go

upstairs, Danny and Oti. -- Claudia. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Danny Mac! I am so sorry you are such a rubbish dancer! By the way,

we all were like, or what?! Did you love it? I had the best time. That

is three weeks work to do that and we've got one for the next. It is

all down to Oti, she has been The Boss of me for three weeks. But he

did really well. He worked so hard, he does everything in practice and

he never gives up so I love that. And thank you! Well done. We should

say that was Latin and you have ballroom next week, Viennese waltz,

can you move in that situation? It is just one week, slow down.

Slowly, slowly. The scores. The judges have their scores, Craig

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

Bruno Tonioli. Eight. For your debut. You've got to be happy with

that, Danny? Amazed, over the moon. Remember, the scores will be carried

over the next week when you will have the chance to vote so if Danny

and Oti floated your boat, vote for them then, Tess.

Next, EastEnders start Tameka Empson and Gorka Marquez. Her first downs

is the passionate paso doble with our handsome new Spanish dancer

Gorka, I have a feeling this will get pretty hot.

EastEnders actress Tameka Empson is fulfilling her dreams and ready to

make her Strictly debut. I have always wanted to be in Strictly Come

Dancing and now it is really blowing my mind! When it came to the starter

show and Gorka swept me off my feet, I was dazed and confused! I am from

Spain, Gorka Marquez, 20 years old, this is my first series on Strictly.

I am super excited to be with Tameka. With Strictly, there has

been a long history of EastEnders actors. Now my turn, feel the

pressure! It is my first day of training, this is a dream come true.

I am here, I am ready, I am going to dance. Welcome to rehearsals. Thank

you! This dance is the paso doble. I am doing the paso doble... Paso

doble? I am doing that! In paso doble, you need to show more drama

or this is not a proper paso doble. I need her to stop laughing. It is

all... I need more drama for the paso doble! Let's go! Keeping a

straight face. That is difficult. The drama begins!

APPLAUSE. Dancing the paso doble, Tameka

Empson and Gorka Marquez. Dancing the paso doble, Tameka

Empson and Gorka Marquez. Viva Tameka! Hot and Spanish. Not

you, Gorka, the dance. I bet that was a challenge keeping a straight

face throughout, because it not? Are you still in character, or can't you

breathe? CPR needed immediately! Len, first paso of the series. Did

you get what you were looking for? It was corker, I'm telling you! You

come out and you... This dance is all about the attack and you

attacked it. But in the same way you maid it fun somehow. I thought it

was terrific. It was full of impact. You came out... It was great. I

thought it was really good. CHEERING. CHEERING.. Thank you. Did

you love that? Drama? I loved that woman. She was chewing the scenery!

I'm talking to you about getting into character. You played 27. I

lost count. The cape, the matador, the arena, the public. You just went

for it like a fury. And I love that. CHEERING. Hold on a second. Shaping.

You have to extend the shaping a little bit more, my darling. Because

then we get the more correct line. But I loved that little run at the

end. You were just going like the clappers. I loved it!

LAUGHTER Sorry. Craig? Well, you certainly owned the stage, my

darling. CHEERING. That goes without saying.

Full of attitude, full of passion. I thought you were more on the matador

side than the cape. You were driving that dance and running things. I

know you planked the floor like an RSJ, darling. Bang! But you

survived. I lived to tell the tail. Well done. Cher cheer. That's a lot

coming from him. Darcey? As the boys said, the most perfect dramatic

moody senorita I have ever seen. You took over that dancefloor. My own

thing, a bit like Bruno, exaggerate the moves. Don't throw the arm away.

Really fill the space, yes? But oh, that character, you are overpowering

us all. It is fabulous, darling. CHEERING. Thank you my love. Well

done you! CHEERING. Ole! Well done. What do

you need? I need a fan. Faster! Faster! Literally, whatever you

want, Tameka. You know we can find where the dancers are just from your

laugh. I love watching you training. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you

Gorka. An excellent partnership. Gorka the corker. And my favourite

thing is when you can't breathe... The scores are in.

APPLAUSE. CHEERING.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Cheer Very well done. Thank you. I want to

share with the group next week you are doing the Charleston. Next week,

not tonight. Maybe in the bar afterwards. If you are going

crackers for Tameka's maracas, you vote for her next week. Yes I know

they are castanets but you try rhyming castanets. I have lots more

the come, including this: Stay with me. At an amusement park I don't

even go on the right.ds spinning in here is a lot of anxiety like I

really do need a moment. I haven't cracked smiling when I'm dancing. I

am really quite enjoying it but I need toe relax and smile a bit. What

I'm finding difficult is all the steps. There is nothing that easy

about it, to be honest. I struggle with everything. Doing aggressive

moves which are needed for a tango. It is all done on Sunday effects.

CHEERING. Why are you dressed as an elf? That's a good question. It is

for Ed Balls. He is dancing to an elfish song. Elvis, not elfish!

LAUGHTER Would you excuse me? LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE. Next, it is singer Anastacia and her partner, Brendan

Cole. CHEERING. They are doing a cha-cha,

but during a break in training broken Dan took Anastacia sight

seeing in London. I wonder if they saw the cha-cha Changing of the

Guard. Elfish?! Interest superstar Anastacia is used to the pressure of

performing but dancing on Strictly is another story. I felt like this

is such an out of body experience. It's Brendan! My partner is maize

balls. First thing I said to him is we're winning this thing. And he was

just like, alright! Know how impressive she is on the stage. She

is ridiculously famous throughout the world. If it's all wrong, it's

his fault. Just saying. With that winning mentality it is straight

down to training. The first dance is the cha-cha. I'm very excited about

it. Enityic, fast, sultry. I think it is going to be really coollet We

are not going to do training today. A birdie told me it is your

birthday. It is. As the birthday girl is from out of town Brendan is

treating her to a tour of lobbed. You guys have your own bus? Snookers

snookers over there is Buckingham Palace. It is so cute. On our bus

ride Brendan told me a few facts. That was done by 14 Egyptian

monks... Which I think are questionable. Piccadilly circus,

lots of little clowns... No! Hello Mr Beefeater. May I try on some

crown jewels? Of course you can! It's been amazing to celebrate my

birthday in London and end it at the Ritz. That's pretty darn awesome.

Thanks Brendan. CHEERING.. Dancing the cha-cha-cha. Anastacia and

Brendan Cole. CHEERING.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Oh yes! That had everything in it.

Bags of attitude. Even the splits! Did I do that? Yes, you did. You

looked like you were in your element. No, no, no, I wish you

could understand... Andrea? Girls, she sung the song, I'm humbled by

the dancers really. APPLAUSE. Bruno, were in ...

the dancers really. APPLAUSE. Bruno, were in Were you in

your element? Anastacia, I have to say you are hot and sexy. Oh my God.

You winter for everything I like. I think you cracked Len's lens at the

moment there. Very ambiguous. Anyway, it was a very good dance.

But what happened, you went wrong quite a few times. I think it's

because of the nerves. First I'm out, and a new platform. You are a

singer not a dancer and you attacked the performance so much that you

lost quite a few times the choreography. But you're very

talented and very good. Based on this, I'm expecting fantastic dance

next week. APPLAUSE. Craig? Absolute filth and

bordering I have to say on indecency. Clear cheer I loved it,

darling. Thank you. Brendan unfortunately has a habit of

bringing this sort of behaviour out in his partners... I only do it to

impress you, Craig. That split in second, my darling. It's called a

box split. Right down. I loved it. Mistakes and all.

CHEERING. Darcey? You are certainly a supple chick on that dancefloor.

The accents in the moves. Even with a couple of mistakes it was clean.

Well done. What I did love is that cheeky, sexy attitude. If you can do

that with a cha-cha I can't wait for the Argentine tango. Neither can I.

Good point, Darcey. Len? Lady Marmalade. It was tangy and slightly

fruity. Oh yes. You don't suffer from stage fright. You were out

there. I know you are American. As you bent over... I think I saw the

Rocky Mountains! LAUGHTER I enjoyed it very much.

Frisky Len! Great comment from the judges. What is he like?! Well done,

my darling. Go and see Lady Winkleman up stairs. Anastacia and

Brendan Cole. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Well done! My

favourite thing was the scream when Craig said he loved it. You went

Aaargh. I was expecting him to say horrible things to me, so I was

nervous. You've got used to going and singing in huge stadiums. But as

Tess said, this is not your element. But I'm so excited to be part of it.

Really. APPLAUSE. An amazing girl. And you

look after everyone. The scores are in.

It normally works the other way round. No, it's OK. I have a lot of

work to do, I get that. I got you dudes, wherever the cameras are. If

you liked that routine, I'm not sure I've mentioned it, you can vote when

voting opens next week. Still to come Claudia and AJ and a gym. I'm

not sure who Jim is. Next attempt is former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls

and his partner Katya Jones. They are going to dance a waltz and it is

set on Westminster bridge, so where better to get inspiration than the

Houses of Parliament. I hope his timing is as good as Big Ben's.

Former politician Ed Balls is more used to the House of Commons than

the Strictly ballroom. I've walked up red carpets lots of timings

before. But on the launch show the press wanted to take photos of me on

the red carpet. When I found out Katya was my partner, I thought

brilliant. I'm Katya Jones and I'm four times undefeated British

national champion and the world Latin Showdance champion.

I know I have got a lot to learn, Katya, you have your work cut out!

It all starts here. Your brain, your elbows! Wrong-foot! We are doing a

waltz and Katya is a tough teacher. Follow your left... If she wasn't,

we would not make progress. You were doing great and we've got limited

time so I have got to be tough. I'm used to it. In the House of Commons,

dispatch box, hundreds of MPs, you should have a block, why don't you

see? This is the House of Commons

chamber. It is where the opposition stands. This is where the Prime

Minister stands. Was it a tough job? Sometimes it was really heated, very

intense. Some people have shouted in here even louder than you. We will

see about that, it's time for training. I think Katya was worried

she was being too tough but she has seen I am used to tough environments

so let's hope I can handle the pressure when I step out onto the

dance floor. Ready? And... Posture! Get your frame up! CHEERING AND

APPLAUSE. Dancing the waltz, Ed Balls and

Katya Jones. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Katya, you do

not see that every day in the Houses of Parliament! Are you relieved it

is over? Relieved, yes, it was fun. I think I was better in rehearsal

but it was great. You did very well. But relieved! It might be

short-lived, guess who is first? Craig. I thought it was a little

industrial, if I am honest. You also need to get some rise and fall,

Darling, you need to do that by raising onto the Balls of your feet

and as that is your last name, you could remind yourself about that.

And shaping is out as well, you need to get at least some hand shaping.

And went horribly wrong going across at the beginning, but I knew no you

knew that but it was obvious in this particular dance. Better luck next

time, Darling. He is really out of his comfort zone, Darcey. The nerves

when you first go out on the dance floor and myself when I danced here

as a professional, my goodness, it is so nerve wracking and we did feel

that and I know you feel that. Don't worry, there was glimmers of a nice,

elegant gentleman. I saw the posture. By the end, you were really

working well. The best thing with nerves is to think of a narrative, a

story to give you direction and feeling. And build on that character

and you will be fine. Well done. Thank you, Darcey. Len.

You are out of the Shadow Cabinet and into the dancing Spotlight and I

will be honest, I thought, he isn't going to be much good, that is for

sure. That is what I love with Strictly. And for me, you watch

Strictly is about. You are someone who doesn't dance. You come out,

you've got a nice hold, you have worked on your heel leads, you move

around the floor. I was pleasantly surprised and I congratulate you.

I think a lot of people were, Bruno. Desperate -- definitely surprisingly

Conservative. But it came out well. It was very prim and proper. You

tried to place it well and you stepped out of line one time, get

the whip out! Don't let her do the work at the end. You need to do

more. Overall, very politically correct. A

steady start. Ed Balls has loved the dance floor! Ed and Katya.

Ed and Katya, you just did a waltz live on television to Elvis. Sort

of! No, he did well. Really well. Also, it is Labour party conference

this weekend and you are in a sparkly shirt, life is strange! I

hope they are having a good time in Liverpool.

Good luck with the scores. Will the judges please reveal their scores?

Craig Revel Horwood. Five. Darcey Bussell. Five. Len Goodman. Six. And

Bruno Tonioli. Five. 21, would you like to answer

those scores? I think you were really... Len was pleasantly

surprised. Happy with that? At base to build on. Exactly, journey, that

is the key. It is certainly a journey! You are having fun? Yes,

loving it. Good, the scores will be carried the next week.

Still to come, Will Young has a chess set, I am more of a real girl

myself, you? Yes. Next to dance is Olympic

gymnast Claudia Fragapane and her partner AJ Pritchard. Claudia is the

youngest person on Strictly, I can't believe how young she is, I have

older things in my fridge! But she has a lot of support at home and

with the help of a family, she is ready to go for Gold on Strictly.

As an artistic gymnast, Olympian Claudia Fragapane creates works of

art with her body but how will she cope with the dance floor as a

campus? Really excited, time to put on the heels and start dancing. The

think I need to work on most is being graceful and ladylike because

in gymnastics... Excited to be with AJ. I am AJ, British open and

nationally Latin youth champion. So excited to be strict leave this

year, I can't wait to get started. I have been told he does look in the

mirror quite a lot. Still good. I will be like, come on, let's get to

work. Hello! OK? Like Cinderella. We are

doing the cha-cha-cha and all I can think about is moving your body

fast. I don't know anything about dancing! We have been training for a

week and it's time for you to meet my family. That is a bit soon! The

only person you have to impress is my dad, he is very strict and you

have to impress him. Hello, Papa! It is AJ. All right? He

looks like a nice young kid. Not a kid, a man.

How is training? Really good, she has a great personality and is easy

in the studio. This is my Trophy Room. Four Gold

medals? That is cool, I like that. AJ, I want to see the stands, I am

watching the! Today's visit to her family has gone

fantastic, Claudia's dad is a bit softy.

My dad is going to be in the audience watching and he will be

really excited. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Dancing the

cha-cha-cha, Claudia Fragapane and AJ Pritchard.

SONG: That's What Makes You Beautiful.

Goodness me! Fantastic! On their feet, Claudia. A backflip in high

heels! I haven't seen that since Craig! We know you use the

backflips, how did you find the dancing? Absolutely incredible, I

enjoyed every minute. You have done a backflip now, incredible, Darcey,

impressed? Mike, Wow! You are adorable to watch, you two, it is

heaven. It is clean and exact and those tricks, they are dynamic. I

would only say if you can put the same sort of dynamics into the dance

moves, you will both, live! You have ticked off the first dance, well

done, good job. Does she will come alive. Good job,

you are a massive fan of One Direction, what did you think of the

routine? I don't want to talk about One Direction, I haven't got over

Zayn Malik leaving! Told you! I will say this straightaway, I know you

are a fantastic gymnast, but I'm not a big punter for gymnastics in

dancing. No, it is only a warning. She's a nice little girl, don't get

like that. I am just telling you because if you are not careful, you

end up putting gymnastics in everything. What you do, you do

lovely. A little placed in some parts and needed a bit more action

but lovely and you have great coordination.

You will do great. Thank you. Bruno. My goodness, she is so cute, you

want to take her home, look at her. And you! Come on, they are perfectly

matched! What happens is you are so strong and powerful and you have

this kind of natural rhythmic ability. You know when you do

gymnastics? You prepare and you go. In dance, you never interrupt the

flow. So if you do one of your tricks, try not to interrupt the

flow of the dance. Keep it continuous. The moment you stop, it

kind of stops the magic and dance is a different technique to gymnastics,

it needs a continuous flow through the body. You will get it next week.

You will get it next week. Craig, be careful, her dad is in the audience.

I thought it was a bit stumpy. A little square. Lacking hip action. I

loved the aerobics and doing that in heels. Amazing. Virtually

impossible. Fantastic, thank you very much. Only One Direction to go

in now, upstairs with Claudia. We loved it, thank you so much. Claudia

and AJ. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. You were

brilliant! I know you were absolutely terrified. Your dad is in

the audience. We are rather in love with. What would you give your girl,

Paolo? CHEERING. How do you feel about the

judges' comments? Absolutely fine, I take criticism really well. The

scores are in. APPLAUSE.

CHEERING. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Cheer 26. Are

you alright with that? Yes. OK, good. If you enjoyed that, you can

vote for these two next week. AJ, I always say you are 11, so I brought

you a present to say well done. LAUGHTER You can play with it. So

cute. I've got some colouring in as well. We've had 8 performances which

means there is is only one couple left to dance. Yes, our final couple

of the night is Will Young and his partner, Karen Clifton.

CHEERING. Will has four number one singles in his name, but forget the

singing. Tonight is all about the dancing. Will he be number one on

our leaderboard? Let's find out. Chart topping pop star, check. Will

has four number one singles in his name, but forget the singing.

Tonight is all about the dancing. Will he be number one on our

leaderboard? Let's find out. Chart topping pop star, check. Award

winning actor - check. But what is next for Will Young? I love learning

new things and I've got a fantastic dance partner. General fitness

levels, I'm like an old mini, and she is like a 1990s Ferrari. I'm

hoping that Karen can improve that and I'm really sorry that I'm not

that fit. Hello! It is my first day of training. There's a mixture of

excitement and terror. I bet you are dying to know what dance you are

going to do. The tango. I've always wanted to do the tango, so this is

literally a dream already. It is looking good so far but we have to

put a lot of hours in. Sorry, I've got to leave rehearsals early

because I have band practise. Can I come with you? I've always wanted to

be in a band. I can be a drummer. Yeah, come on! Karen had a go at the

drums and I think she shows some real promise. That That's awful.

Sing me one of your best known songs. I think I'm gone Florida

leave right now... I don't know that one actually. She knew. She

definitely knew it. While waiting for his band I managed to squeeze a

little bit of tango training, so I'm happy. It was really brilliant of

Karen to come down to the studio. I hope I can make her proud on the

night. CHEERING.

Dancing the tango, Will Young and Karen Clifton.

Tango! Come on over. CHEERING. Oh yes! I don't know who

won that chess match. I don't even play chess. It was such a dramatic

end to the show. How was it for you? Don't speak. Thumbs up will do.

Let's judge. Len? The hold was a little bit wide. It could have been

slightly more compact. It could! I'm going to say, not quite checkmate

but an excellent performance. Well done.

CHEERING. What did you think of his moves Bruno? Not just the moves. It

is the mood. It was like watching a passion play in three acts. The

acting and the interpretation was brilliant. You were so focused, so

intense. Yes, Len was right, you have to be careful with the

technique. When you get into that character it is all very well, but

you have to retain the position and the style of the tango, but I loved

it. Really good. APPLAUSE. Craig did you? I thought

the feet were turned out in places but it was full of drama, purpose,

sharp staccato. Everything we love. CHEERING. The word love. Was that a

worthy end to the show Darcey My gosh, that attack. That the power

you gave to that tango. Fabulous. The stalking moves. The boys are

right. You've got to fix that top line. Especially when you give so

much power, so it doesn't give. You have so much potential.

CHEERING. Thank you judges. It Takes Two to tango. You did very well.

Move on up to Claudia. CHEERING. Well done. Well done. Will

and Karen. Really scary going last isn't it? Everyone is watching you.

But are you happy? I am. Yes. You did great. The scores are in.

CHEERING. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Cheer Oh my

God! CHEERING.

You will be very happy with that. It was fantastic. If you want to vote

for Will and Karen you can when voting opens next week. It is all

change on the leaderboard. Let's have a look.

Remember, those scores will be added to next week's when our couples

perform again. That's when you get if chance to vote for your

favourite. That's it. Let's celebrate. Naga, hit the triangle.

CHEERING. Thank you. Let's look at the routines you've seen this

weekend. SONG: Unforgettable

by Nat King Cole. SONG: That's What

Makes You Beautiful. CHEERING.

CHEERING. What a weekend it's been. Yes, we're back next Saturday

and Sunday for our first results show of the series,

when one of these couples will sadly You can get your fake tan

updates and all the gossip from the training rooms every day

next week with the brilliant Zoe Ball on It Takes Two, starting

Monday night at 6.30 on BBC Two. We'll see you next Saturday

at 6.20 - that's 6.20 - It promises to be an

epic night of dance.