Week 10 Strictly Come Dancing

A-ma-zing.

A-ma-zing.

Last week strictly packed its

ballings and hot-footed to the

seaside.

Some stars illuminated the Tower

Ballroom.

24 carat gold.

While

others didn't shine so brightly.

It

needed more of sort of everything.

But in the end it was Jonny whose

roller-coaster came to a halt.

This week, our celebrities's work

loads are doubling.

Training for one

dance was tough enough.

Now we have

two very different dances.

We will

be side by side dancing

competitively for the first time.

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This will be the first ever paso

doble-athon.

One slip and there be

no hiding.

To win this competition

you have to stand out from the

crowd.

Live from the BBC, this

is Strictly Come Dancing!

Please welcome your

hosts, Tess Daly...

And Claudia Winkleman.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to

Strictly Come Dancing!

In last week's Blackpool special,

we saw some truly spectacular

performances, and it was Alexandra

who quickstepped her way

to the top of the leaderboard

with a near perfect score of 39.

In a shock dance-off,

it was Jonnie and Oti and Debbie

and Giovanni who faced each other,

and sadly, it was

Jonnie who lost out.

We are now left with seven

celebrities who will have

to raise their game once more

if they want to make it to next

week's quarterfinal.

Also tonight, we have

a Strictly exclusive.

Our couples will be taking part

in our first ever paso-dobla-thon.

Capes optional.

I'm already on board.

All seven couples will be

competing against each other,

at the same time, on this dance

floor, which means extra marks up

for grabs for everyone.

And dishing out those extra

marks will be these four.

Please welcome the judges.

Darcey Bussell.

Bruno Tonioli.

Craig Revel Horwood.

And Shirley Ballas.

APPLAUSE

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APPLAUSE

The judges, everyone.

Ole.

Our couples are backstage.

They're eager to impress

you not once, but twice.

So let's get them out here.

Please welcome our Strictly stars.

EastEnders star Davood Ghadami

and his partner, Nadiya Bychkova.

Popstar Mollie King and her

partner, AJ Pritchard.

Actress and radio presenter

Gemma Atkinson and her

partner, Aljaz Skorjanec.

Entertainer and radio

broadcaster Debbie McGee

and her partner, Giovanni Pernice.

From Holby City, Joe McFadden

and his partner, Katya Jones.

Comedian and presenter Susan Calman

and her partner, Kevin Clifton.

Singer and theatre star

Alexandra Burke and her

partner, Gorka Marquez.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE .

And then there were seven.

The group may be getting smaller

but we're expecting big things

in the ballroom tonight.

You will be able to vote

for your favourites later on.

Your votes will be added

to the judges' scores to decide

which two couples will face

the dance-off in Sunday

night's result show.

And dancing first tonight is Joe

and his partner, Katya.

For tonight's dance they're

a couple of workers building

a New York skyscraper.

After last week's flying clock,

we know Joe's got a head for heights

but has he got the fast feet

for the quickstep?

How was Blackpool?

I really enjoy

it. I thought it was brilliant.

To

put op an ambitious routine, I was

having a ball.

That was exciting.

The attitude you brought to this

dance.

What a routine.

We want to take risks. . Safe is not

a good thing to be. And to still be

here, week ten. I am so proud of

you. Well done.

Salsa. Tick.

Today has been very tiring. The

hardest part of the quickstep is

maintaining the energy, and

remembering which rhythms you are

going into. What did I do wrong? It

is set on a skyscraper. So we get to

go to New York?

No but we might take

it to new heights.

It is the shard. When the lift doors

opened, oh, this is high. It was

overwhelming. You can see all of

London, from one point. Look at the

view. Spectacular. London Eye. Tower

Bridge. It is such a beautiful

place. It is awe-inspiring.

Now we

have seen this amazing London

skyline, remember that feeling, and

you have to channel it into your

dance.

Let us hope we are both on Cloud

Nine after performing at the

weekend.

weekend.

Dancing the quickstep, Joe McFadden

and his partner, Katya Jones.

MUSIC: Jumpin' Jack

by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

APPLAUSE

You will need a lie down after that.

What an energetic quickstep, they

are on their feet. A good start for

Joe. Brilliant.

While you two get your breath

back, let's welcome our

fabulous live singers.

It's Hayley, Lance, Andrea,

Tommy and of course Dave Arch

and his brilliant orchestra.

APPLAUSE

Fantastic.

APPLAUSE Fantastic.

What an energetic quickstep.

Shirley, you love Joe's energy,

did you love that?

You are definitely going on your way

to next week. You were unbelievable!

So let me tell you, you had a

mixture between basic steps,

intermediate steps and advanced. You

had beautiful chassises, double the

time, so many things, in there, your

posture was great. When you took

your hand and put them behind your

back and you went opposite side by

side, that is a well-known technique

in my industry and it is for superb

dancers that get that sensitivity of

touch between two people. It was

superb!

APPLAUSE

High praise.

The sky is the limit for Joe.

Excellent workmanship. Master

builder Joe. Solid technique,

beautiful detail, especially the

footwork. It was so light, so

accurate and yet you managed to

enhance all the rhythmal subtleties

in the music. Everything was spot

on. I love that hopping round step

you did, that was just brilliant. By

the way...

APPLAUSE

You can build my extension any time,

darling. After this. I will book you

in. For a refit.

Craig?

I thought

you were holding a bit of tension in

your top line. But, I have to admit

it was clean, it was light, it was

bright, the phasing through the

whole dance was exceptional, the use

of the floor, in fact stupendous

darling.

Stupendous. Darcey?

Wonderfully

authentic, it was a gorgeous

routine, it was quick, light,

spirited. How you played with the

music as the judges have said, I

would say your right elbow was

bobbing a little bit, if you could

fix that, it is true, but how you

filled the floor with the skip,

skip, oh... Skip, skip, such

wonderful moves. Brilliant.

Thank

you so much.

Fantastic comments.

Can't rest on your laurels. The paso

doble is later on. Great start. Well

done, Joe and Katya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done. I love, during the

comments you looked very happy but

it is your face, because you must be

so proud of him, you worked very

hard, I know there was a dance strap

you hate.

That is getting burned.

She knows what it could be, so that

is why she is happy.

You enjoyed it.

It must have been hard, you were on

such a high after Blackpool but to

get back in the training room, I

think you said it is like Cheaming

Everest in flip-flops on Mondays

You

keep on going.

He worked so hard.

The energy for the dance we kept

building the stamina.

Well done. The

scores are in.

The judges have their scores.

Climbing Everest

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow. Wow.

That could have been such

a different story.

That is your

highest score. You haven't had a ten

for a while.

It has been far too

long.

Very well done. Well done do you and

your choreography, if you thought

the quickstep was an excellent start

and you want to give them your vote

all the details you need are on the

screen now.

Please don't call yet

as voting won't open

until the end of the show.

Now later on, all of our

couples will take part

in the paso-dobla-thon.

So to get us all in the mood,

it's time for a little

Spanish guitar and some

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You can vote online by visiting

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The vote won't open

until after the paso-

dobla-thon, so please don't vote

until then as your vote won't count

and you may be charged.

Thanks, Ramon.

Tess.

Next up, it's Alexandra

and her partner, Gorka.

Alexandra is really enjoying her

Strictly experience.

It's fair to say she's

fallen in love with dance.

And tonight, she's performing

the dance of love, the rumba.

I loved Blackpool. I knew it was

going to be fun, it was going to be

an epic week. I didn't think it

would be that good.

The detail, the

style, the accuracy, it was magic.

You did something that could come

out of a classic Hollywood movie. It

was that good.

Every dream box was ticked, because

of that moment.

We are dancing the rumba to the song

A low by Beyonce.

One of my greatest

achievements was to sing with

Beyonce. When I listen to this song

it reminds me of the People around

me who are so loving and supportive.

The rumba is very slow. It means we

have to fill all the movements

between the steps with our body and

hips.

The rumba is really hard.

Because it is so slow and how

emotionally attached I am to the

song, I am finding it difficult to

relax.

To help with the motion,

Gorka has invited along Alexandra

boyfriend.

I want you two to try to

dance the rumba together so we can

get the feeling we will create when

we are dancing. Let's give it a go.

One, very good, two. Josh has helped

me to relax. I hope I can channel

that emotion into the dance with

Gorka.

Good luck with the dance on

Saturday. I will be watching and

sending you lots of love.

Dancing the rumba, Alexandra Burke

and her partner, Gorka Marquez.

MUSIC: "Halo" by Beyonce.

CHEERING

Alexandra and Gorka, gorgeous.

Beautiful when you dance.

Your boyfriend's watching at home

I'm sure he enjoyed that.

And you enjoyed

dancing to that song.

Yes.

Top of the leaderboard last week,

how did Alexandra do tonight, Bruno?

Well, we got the drama of the week

sorted, the torment, the conflicted

emotions, it was like a couple going

through a break-up and then getting

back together at the end. It was

really like a drama set to music. I

like very much the interpretation.

At times, I felt like you could have

extended a little bit more the

lines. It was so acted that you

could have stretched a little bit

more through your body, especially

on the hips, but I was very

intrigued by the performance.

Thank

you. The passion.

Craig. You needed

straight lens in your rumba waltz.

The reaches, as Bruno said, you need

to fondle extend them. Further

expert -- further extend them. I

thought you were missing the

placement. Unlike Bruno, I felt it

was more of the technical display

and I felt it lacked any connection

and chemistry. I really did. It is

only my opinion. But you should be

proud of yourself, it was a

beautiful dance.

Thank you. Darcey.

I can see you have worked incredibly

hard trying to finish of those lines

with your feet and everything. There

were some really nice accents. This

was the first time I have seen you

not express, it is the music, you

have such an ability to express the

music through your body. For me, I

was not seeing that desire, and as

Craig said, that connection, which

was unusual. I would have liked to

see more caress and resistance

through the floor of your feet, but

you are stunning dance.

I just

expect more. They are getting very

picky. The quarterfinals are only a

week away.

As your resident rumba

expert, where do you stand? I

thought you had quite nice emotion.

That part was good. I feel that

perhaps, when you dance to your

cha-cha, you got over this

brilliantly straight leg, you locked

it and moved your body weight over

it. To date look like your feet were

in front of your body. You wanted to

step. You stepped on every beat of

the music. There are four beats,

three steps, and one should be a

halt. The whole part is the part

where you can give more emotion. If

you are constantly moving on every

single step, busy, busy, you do not

have that moment in time. But you

are a great performer, you will come

back strong, well done.

Thank you.

Not your best comments, but three

weeks to the final, they are getting

picky. You can come back fighting in

the paso-dobla-thon. Let's hear it

for Alexandra and Gorka.

CHEERING

Well done. Thank you. You love the

quickstep last week on that bouncy

floor.

Talk about a gear change?

Yes, one fast and once loved. You

were worried because you said if it

is law they will see all my

mistakes.

It is important to grow

and learn. I enjoyed this dance. I

felt so great with you and I had a

wonderful time on stage but it is

good to get that kind of criticism

so I can work towards something and

hopefully get better.

OK, good girl.

Well done.

The scores are in.

The judges have their scores.

I felt the Halo.

That is great. I

thought it was going to be worse.

Very well done.

If you don't want Alexandra and

Gorka to be out of the competition,

then you will need to make sure

they get your vote.

All the details you need to see them

dance again next week

are on your screen now.

Please don't call yet as the vote

won't open until later on.

Still to come, Mollie and AJ

quickstep and Debbie and Giovanni

perform an Argentine tango.

Tess.

Next tonight, Gemma

and her partner, Aljaz.

This week, Gemma's doing

a samba, the party dance,

and after receiving her first tens

of the series for last

week's American smooth,

she's got plenty to celebrate.

The routine starts with them in bed.

I bet she's dreaming of a place in

the quarterfinal.

What a cracking

weekend we had.

Saturday night Fever

in Blackpool. It is too good to be

true. That is what it felt like on

Saturday.

I had to keep pinching

myself. You got a standing ovation

from Shirley.

Two names, two tens.

Hi-fi.

This week we are doing the

samba. The samba is a lot more

complicated than what I thought. It

is so confusing. There is a lot to

it, it is hard. The samba is fast

and punchy. It sounds like Thai

boxing. You know that outside of

dancing I do Thai boxing. Do you

fancy seeing what it is all about?

Yes. Really? Years. OK, Aljaz, this

is without train.

Let's get some

gloves on. I am scared. I've even

skipped like a dancer. I think

coming here is definitely going to

help. Seeing Gemma, how much energy

she has when she does boxing, we

need to put that on the ballroom

floor.

Just being in this

environment has given me a little

boost of energy, more confidence.

Hopefully we will have a knockout

performance on Saturday.

Dancing the samba, Gemma Atkinson

and her partner, Aljaz Skorjanec.

MUSIC: "The River of

Dreams" by Billy Joel.

CHEERING

Gemma and Aljaz. The crowd are going

wild. Come on. They are sleeping on

the job. Come on. You can leave your

pyjamas over there. You're

exhausted. Well done.

Craig, you were blown away

by her ballroom last week.

How was her Latin tonight?

In the promenade, your hands looked

like soup ladles. You need to sort

them out. It was lumpy and awkward

at times. I felt this dance exposed

your weaknesses, sadly.

Rubbish. The

dream has turned into a nightmare.

Darcey. The whole narrative of this

dance was a little strange. It was a

sleepy party and I wanted it to come

alive and have the vibe of the

carnival like the samba should be.

It never woke up for me. It kind of

came through your body, the posture

and everything. Craig is right, that

free arm was not really directed.

The body should follow through right

into the arm, it should have

direction as much as your legs and

feet. All those technical things. I

do not believe this is your dance.

What do you think, Shirley?

I quite

liked the bedroom scene. They looked

as snug as a bug in a rug. You look

like you did not want to get up but

once you got started... Let me

clarify what I feel Craig means by

lumpy. When you hit the promenade

run you do one, two, three and you

do the movement. The non-standing

like should be passing beneath the

body ready for the next step. It

should be like one, two, three. That

is what gives the feeling that it

stops a little bit and it can lead

lumpy. You did a nice Volta. I was

quite pleased.

Well done.

Focus on

that. Thanks, Aljaz.

Bruno. It was

an absolutely perfect samba with a

hangover. It was the morning after

the night before. Absolutely right.

I have been there myself. Quite a

few times. Get on with it. The thing

is, you cannot let the

interpretation, which I thought was

very clever, you have to try

different things to keep interest.

But the interpretation stop to the

rhythm flowing through your body.

The samba is almost like being

hypnotised. You never lose that

sense of rhythm. It is continuous. I

think it is because you were trying

to play so many different parts, you

lost it a bit, but it was very cute.

Sometimes you try things and they

work better than others, but good

for you for trying something

different.

Thank you. Those are the

comments. You have another dance to

go.

I do not understand it. I do not

speak English.

Off you go.

You smashed it.

Well done darling.

Last week again, was absolutely

amaze, you didn't like the samba,

you didn't like the rolling.

I did

enjoy that, I thought it was fun to

do a dance that was different to the

last one.

Bruno loved the fact you

were trying something different.

Thank you Bruno.

I would rather try

and fail than not try.

I am really

proud of you.

An excellent voltas, whatever they

are.

An excellent voltas,

whatever they are.

The scores are in.

The judges have their scores.

Massive progress!

It is normally the

other way round. It is normally the

celebrity...

It is

If you enjoyed Gemma and Aljaz's

samba and you want to see them

dance again next week,

then please vote for them.

All the details you need are up

on your screen now and voting

will open after the paso-dobla-thon.

There is all of this still to come.

It has been an intense week, every

part of my body aches, I have a

friction burn on my side. Things are

getting more serious.

Think about beat and whether you are

low and high on the steps. A lot to

take in.

It is vital that you move when you

are meant to, because otherwise you

end up kicking each other and

getting entwined in each other.

I

have to pick up the pace, I am

moving like a snail. I need to get

going.

Do the correct steps.

Oh,

that is a good tip!

Oh, that is a good tip!

I can't wait to see all that,

and I'm really looking forward

to Susan's routine set

on a cruise ship.

Where is Susan going

on her cruise ship?

Alaska.

OK, because I would like to know.

Alaska!

Good.

And when she tells you, let me know.

Alaska, Claud, Alaska!

If it's too much trouble,

I'll ask her myself.

Our next couple is Mollie

and her partner, AJ.

Tonight they're dancing to a swing

version of the Rihanna song

Umbrella, so get ready

for a quickstep from

Mollie and her brolly.

Blackpool was amazing. When we were

doing that spin, for the first time

ever, everything went into slow

motion, it was a feeling I will

never forget. Really you are getting

better, well done.

All I can do is my best, if she sees

an improvement, that is the biggest

compliment I could ask for.

This week we have the quickstep, I

am so excited about it, this looks

so much fun. You have to be like

lightening round the floor, the fact

I have to move fast is daunting.

Daunting.

Have to be revenge niced

together, we have to stay calm

together so we stay matched.

I get

so nervous on the Saturday night, I

know last time we did a ballroom I

tripped up. I need to build my

confidence up. Here a timely visit

from her biggest fan. You are so big

aren't you. This afternoon my nephew

and sister came down to visit us.

Did you watch us dancing? Shall we

watch it again?

Yes.

I have the best

family in the world. Their support

means everything to me. We love

watching Mollie dancing an we can't

wait for Saturday. William loved the

dance. I hope more than anything I

don't let them down this weekend.

Auntie Mollie.

Auntie Mollie.

Dancing the quickstep, Mollie King

and her partner, AJ Pritchard.

MUSIC: "Umbrella" by The Base-balls.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Yes, yes.

Beautiful job. Beautiful

job Mollie and AJ. Standing ovation

in the studio. Well done.

Listen to that.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What a reaction from the audience.

That must feel good. Oh, perfectly

matched. You have such great

chemistry, I can see how hard you

have been working.

have been working.

Darcey, last week you saw a real

improvement, what about tonight?

Very good Mollie. It was so

confident, focussed, it was assured.

With all that footwork, the

complexity, how you kept it clean

and crisp impressive. It is so

exhausting and I could see the

second half the shoulders started to

rise, so keep those down, and you

know it is in the feet. Making sure

we never notice when you are coming

to the end. Keep that energy level

right until the very end. Well done.

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Shirley.

Well Mollie you have made

huge strides when it comes to your

frame and the three-quarters of the

way round today you were amazing, I

agree with Darcey you ran out of

stamina which affected the end. The

way you kept your arms, like wing,

they were like wings, and they flew

this time, there was no hanging, no

sagging, you kept it up. That showed

me your core was improving, then

your footwork improve, you did

rolling pivots, you step forward,

turned, that is one of the most

difficult things.

Very good.

Well done, Shirley is

applauding you. Brow know.

The fog

has lifted. What we have got, a

bright, lively clear quickstep. You

have improved so much. Usually, what

happened in the past, in the flow of

things you never clearly finished

the movement, you were doing fast

turn, and it was a bit wobbly at the

end. Tonight, no, my darling, there

you were, clear and crisp, keeping

the lines beautiful, placed

footwork, keep going, that is the

way to get to the final.

That is what we like to hear. Craig.

I am seeing the effort in your

footwork being reproduced in your

top line, you dropped the ball

really towards the end of it. I

thought you were jolty on some of

the runs and there was something

happened at the end, I don't know

what that was supposed to be.

That

was my fault.

Whatever it was, it

wasn't anything. You are making so

much progress, I have to agree with

them. Wonderful to see. It really is

wonderful to see.

They all can see

improvement. Just when it matters

the most you step it up to the

place. Can't wait to see you in the

paso doble. Well done, Mollie and

AJ.

APPLAUSE

Well done. They love you. They love

you. All you want is to hear that

you have improved and all four said

it

That is biggest compliment ever.

I know I am not naturally the best

dancer here but I am just trying so

hard, if you can notice an

improvement so that is so much for

me and thank you for you, for

putting up with me.

The scores are

in.

The judges have their scores.

APPLAUSE

Yes!

They are all shouting kiss, we

would all like it, but, OK, we will

wait till the wrap. Can I share this

with the group. That is your first

nine.

I know!

Plaus plaus. Week ten

and it is your highest score.

Thank

you Bruno.

They are shouting, OK.

They are shouting kiss, we will

ignore them. If you love the

quickstep and want to see them next

week make sure you vote.

All the details you need

to are on your screen now

and the vote will open

towards the end of the show.

They are like, do it now. AJ. Come

on!

This has taken a weird turn.

This has taken a weird turn.

Still to come, Debbie

is in Argentina.

I think she took the wrong exit

driving back from Blackpool.

Dancing next is Davood

and his partner Nadiya.

Last week, Davood delivered

a James Bond paso that would have

impressed Daniel Craig,

but for tonight's waltz,

the only Craig he has

to win over is this one.

Blackpool.

Amazing.

I think it is

the most memorable performance.

Absolutely.

I don't think I will

forget it

I think you have earned

your license to thrill.

To get good

marks and knowing Nadiya was

pleased. I was emotional because I

felt like we achieved something

good.

Mission accomplished.

It is a different style of dance

week for Davood.

Waltz in general,

it is a difficult dance, especially

for a man to lead me into every

step.

You have to make sure your

weight is in the right position,

your alignment, the relationship

with your partner.

Davood struggles

a bit, every movement is a different

timing.

There are beats you have to

hold and positions you have to hold,

if they are not right it will be

obvious. You have to remember the

rise and fall which is important in

the waltz.

One and two, three. On

the one, this is the lowest point

and you start to rise on two, and on

three is the highest point when you

are on your toe, and it is again,

one two three.

Practising the one,

two, three of the waltz. Even got my

hand in the right position. One,

two, three, OK. Keep working on it.

Straighten your elbow this way.

Have

have been working hard all week, I

hope we get it right when it count,

because it can be such a beautiful

ballroom dance and I didn't want to

risk it not looking that way.

ballroom dance and I didn't want

to risk it not looking that way.

Dancing the waltz, Davood Ghadami

and his partner, Nadiya Bychkova.

MUSIC: "With You I'm Born Again"

by Billy Preston and Syreeta.

CHEERING

Wonderful. A wonderful waltz.

Another standing ovation.

Another strong performance.

Soak it up. Beautiful.

You've stripped things back tonight.

He has proved himself an

all-rounder. He has delivered for

two weeks in a row.

Has he done it

tonight? I do believe he has. You

have taking me back in time. Here

are breath of fresh air. Matt Teale

suit is stunning. I stripped back

version of the classic waltz. The

most beautiful clothes when you

brought your feet together. Not too

much beautiful -- not too much

popping and dipping.

On a beautiful

even plain. Bruno, I'll be looking

at the quarterfinal is?

Definitely.

Look at them. They look like movie

stars. Gorgeous. A gorgeous waltz.

It was stylish, it was extremely

elegant, it was simple but so

effective. I was totally charmed.

We

all were.

Beautiful. Craig. The only

thing it needed was more swing and

sway, which is that forward and back

were side to side movement, which is

very difficult. The professionals

have that, obviously, but elegance,

Grace, taste, gentility, darling,

simplicity, beautiful.

High praise.

Darcey. It was effortless. The care

that you had on hold with Nadiya,

the control, no affectations, I love

that. The amount of travel as well

and this lovely romance. My kind of

waltz.

For someone who had not dance

before Strictly, you make it look

easy. Effortlessly brilliant. It is

Davood and Nadiya.

CHEERING

Very, very well done.

As they said,

Tess said and the judges said,

simple.

You wanted to strip it back.

Yes, we decided to do that.

Lucky

socks. They are back on. Excellent,

they have not been washed.

The scores are in.

Will the judges please reveal their

scores?

Very well done.

The same score as

last week. So happy, so happy, thank

you.

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This week, Gorka reveals his horse

whispering background.

Tess.

I know. They just did a horse

impression. Everything is complete.

Dancing next is Debbie and Giovanni.

Last week, Debbie found

herself in the bottom two

and survived the dance-off.

Tonight she's got to put that drama

behind her and focus on the intense

drama of the Argentine tango.

Saturday, I really love doing the

dance. I was just really sad to be

in the dance-off. It might have been

me that went. I did feel that I give

it an extra something to prove that

we deserve to still be in the

competition.

I will save Debbie and

Giovanni.

We have lots of hard work

ahead of us, one of the biggest

performing challenges that I have

ever faced in my life. The Argentine

tango is a really intimate dance. It

is very, very difficult. I am really

tired. My brain does not want to

work. I felt my age today. I could

not push it any further than I was

pushing it.

To help Debbie get her

groove back, Giovanni takes her to

see a demonstration by former

Argentine tango world champion

Vincent Simoni.

Your noses touch,

sensual.

Of course. Not only do you

dance with the top, your feet have

another story to tell. It is the

look and they embrace that you guys

are going to have when you dance

this beautiful dance. It is all

about the Passion of every single

step. I think they are going to do

an amazing tango.

I feel totally

inspired. If I can perform this

well, this will be one of my most

memorable weeks on Strictly.

Dancing the Argentine tango,

Debbie McGee and her

partner, Giovanni Pernice.

MUSIC: "Por Una Cabeza".

CHEERING

Wow!

Yes. Mesmerising. Just sensational.

Look how happy Giovanni is. Listen

to the audience. Multiple splits. So

flexible. Focus, Sharp. I know the

dance-off is not a nice place to be,

but you meant business tonight.

How

did she do? Debbie, the queen of

Buena ciders. More than that, you

really use the dance floor tonight.

Like it was a canvas. Your legs,

they were like a paintbrush in the

hand of a great artist. Drawing the

most beautiful pictures you could

imagine.

It was splendid.

Thank you.

More artistry.

Do you agree, Craig?

You truly amaze me. You're totally

unbelievable. I wish I could dance

like you, my darling. I do have one

small note, however, there is always

something. Your legs, if you do this

again, and I hope you do one day,

you're like action is a little bit

too placed. The man leads and the

like should sort of plot. It should

be a loose leg and that makes it

look a little bit more spectacular,

but while.

Craig wants to be you. --

but wow.

The articulation and the

line in those legs is outstanding.

Beautiful. Your balance, with the

amount of technical detail, is

extraordinary. I only have one

little pic, and I can because you're

stunning, when you had that amazing

circle lift. If you could hold your

frame. It was like you were taken by

surprise. But my goodness, the end,

that little French, I loved it. --

little fringe.

I found the whole

thing to be quite emotional. I am a

57-year-old woman, I pride myself on

my balance, but I have never seen

balance like that.

Your outstanding.

Thank you, judges. High praise

indeed. What about that ladies and

gentlemen?

CHEERING

Well done, sweetheart.

You were in

the dance-off. You felt that was

going to happen but you did not

mind.

You have struggled this week.

Yes, I pulled a muscle in my back

three weeks ago. With all the lifts,

it really played up, so with a

couple of days left, we thought we

would have to cut them, and I have

really pushed it.

Very well done.

Working hard. The scores are in.

The

judges have their scores.

Yes, yes, well done. Very, very well

done. You must be over the moon with

those scores.

Jealous.

If you thought Debbie and Giovanni's

traditional Argentine tango

was perfect, then you will need

to give them your vote.

All the details are on your screen

now, and the vote will open

at the end of the show.

Well done.

Still to come, the paso-dobla-thon.

Imagine the Black Friday sales set

to Spanish music.

Tess.

Our final couple to dance

before the paso-dobla-thon

is Susan and her partner,

Kevin.

Last week's paso saw Susan

at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Tonight's American smooth is set

on board a luxury liner but will it

be good enough to see them cruising

through to next week's quarterfinal?

To do that number in that wonderful

dress, in Blackpool, was just

brilliant.

At times it looked like a

paso doble that had shrunk in the

wash.

25, bottom of the leaderboard.

I was sure we were going to be in

the dance-off. Susan and Kevin. It

was just the euphoria of thinking

that we were going to go through.

Well done. This week we are dancing

the American smooth foxtrot to

beyond the sea.

At courting couple

on the deck of the ship, having a

romantic dance. I should get you

more in the mood so I have arranged

a trip on the Waverley, the world's

last seagoing paddle steamer. That

sounds great. Shall we have Anna

Holligan five.

Ahoy. -- an ahoy

five.

Here we go. And we are there.

Kevin, it is like Titanic, so

romantic.

Here we go. This is where

the action is. We have had a great

day. Susan took me the Waverley. I

was pretending I was captain,

steering the ship. How inspired do

you feel about our dance?

Inspired

enough to dance right now. We have

worked really hard in the training

week. I hope it is full steam ahead

for are American smooth.

Dancing the American smooth,

Susan Calman and her

partner, Kevin Clifton.

MUSIC: "Beyond The Sea"

by Bobby Darin.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You American smoothie, that was

lovely. Well done. Well done.

Thank

you.

I think I counted three lifts.

Yes.

One very high one.

Some lovely

bench work too. Craig, has Susan

done enough to stay away from the

bottom of the leader board?

Probably

not. There was gapping, your feet

never closed, your hand were plonky,

timing issue, getting on to and off

the bench. Legs had a mind of their

own in that last lift. You need to

think about where you are going to

put them. As an entertainment piece

I thought it was sweet and

charmingful

Darcey.

There was a

glimmer of Hollywood films there, it

was cool, charge, sophisticated and

it was never overdone, which was

nice, it was subtle. I could see you

had your Fred Astaire, you could

have have crated more -- created

more sweeping lines, in the

transitions you get the feet

together every time to make sure

they are cleaning it up. I enjoyed

the lovely liftings and everything.

A bit more of that would have been

fabulous.

Shirley?

Think you looked

beautiful today Susan, I want to

comment on that.

Thank you.

Your

setting, the music the cheeky kiss

with Kevin, the entertainment factor

for the audience is outstanding but

it is coming to that time in the

competition where you need

particularly in this dance, to feel

your standing leg flexed and long

strides back, much more technique I

would have liked today in the

foxtrot. It missed out on that but

you did do some entertain work.

Thank you very much.

Bruno?

Beyond

the sea and beyond belief. I was

going to scream iceberg ahead, she's

going to go down, but you didn't.

You were saved by the bench. She

went up and down so many times it

was like a bouncing ball. But the

thing is with you, you have at this

stage you are beyond criticism, what

you do, you do a charming turn, I

love watching you, people love

watching you, you are approachable.

But they all say technically you are

not quite as advanced as you could

be at this stage, so, if you stay in

apply a bit more technique because

entertainment value is there, but

technically you need to work a bit

harder.

OK, no problem. Thank you

very much indeed.

Hugely

entertaining and you have one more

dance to go.

Absolutely.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Work

Work

THEY CHANT "Kiss". There you go. We

absolutely loved that dance, and

what I adore is you said this is the

best week you have had.

This is my

favourite week, doing a bid of Fred

and Ginger with Kevin, a bit of

romance, it was a delight.

The

scores are in.

The judges have their scores.

That is all right. We are going to

win the paso doble-athon. Well done.

If you think Susan and Kevin deserve

a place in next week's quarterfinal,

then please make sure

they get your vote.

All the details you need

are on screen now and voting

will open after the paso-dobla-thon.

Right, off you go.

You have about four

minutes to get ready.

While Susan and Kevin get changed,

let's see how the leaderboard looks.

But with a maximum of seven extra

marks up for grabs tonight,

all of that could change.

Over the years we've had

a waltzathon, a quickstep-athon,

even a cha cha challenge

but never a paso-dobla-thon.

So what does it mean?

How does it work?

And here's the big one,

should chorizo ever be

allowed in a paella?

To answer at least two of those

questions, here's Shirley.

This is the paso doble-athon. The

chance to see all seven couples

dancing at the same time on the

Strictly dance floor. So how will it

work? The couples will draw their

starting positions on the floor out

of a hat. So everything is fair and

square. Rule one. All couples must

remain on the floor and dance for

the entire duration of the song.

Rule two. Lifts are not allowed. Any

couple seen to be doing a lift will

be automatically disqualified. You

have been warned. Rule three. It is

really important that couples

respect the direction of the dance.

That means travelling in an

anticlockwise direction, and they

should also by a wear of the other

couples' positions. No bumping into

each other.

And finally. Capes are optional. So

what will we be looking for? As

judges we want to see proper paso

doble technique. This means strong

leg and foot action. Strong

charactererisation of the dance.

Beautiful floor craft and don't

forget to shape your body.

So how will the couples be scored?

The first placed couple will receive

a score of seven. Amazing. The

seventh placed couple will receive a

score of one. Oh dear. The paso

doble-athon scores will be combined

with the scores from the couple's

individual dances, to create a new

total score, which could truly

change the look on the leaderboard.

Let's do this. Ole.

Thank you very much Shirley. So, to

recap whoever comes first in the

paso doble-athon will get an extra

seven marks, whoever comes second

will get six and so on and the

bottom couple will receive the one

extra mark.

Shirley, with so many

people on the floor,

what can they do to stand out?

Well each couple to stand out, they

have to listen to the music and they

will dance to an epic piece of

music, today, it has many different

rhythm, and also some really crash

highlights, so when you hear that

bang you should see everybody stop,

twice there is a first highlight and

a second one. So they have to really

get in tune and they have to avoid

each other. Put your elbows out,

whatever you do don't stop because

the music is phrased so good luck to

all of them. Quite difficult.

Hello!

Hello!

Thank you, judges.

That noise means the wait

is finally over and it's time

for the paso-dobla-thon to commence.

Please welcome all

the couples to the

floor for the paso-dobla-thon!

APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Espana Cano".

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Brilliant.

Drama on the dance floor.

Oh well done. So well done to all

our couples.

So well done to all our couples.

What a sight to behold!

Let's see what the judges thought.

Bruno, our first ever

paso-dobla-thon.

What did you make of it?

Oh, a stampeding power, more than

the bull run. It has much flavour of

Spain as the most delicious paellla.

At times there was a bit of a jam

here and there but I think

considering you have nerve done this

before, managing the floor, not

having any accidents, you did all a

great job.

Well done.

APPLAUSE

I think he liked it.

APPLAUSE I think he liked it.

So, there is an extra seven marks up

for grabs for the winning couple.

This could turn the leader

board on its head.

Shirley, starting with seventh

place, please reveal the results

of the paso-dobla-thon.

That the most exciting thing I have

seen, it was amazing.

And difficult. You were good but we

have come to the following decision.

So into seventh place... Susan and

Kevin.

APPLAUSE

Into sixth place... Mollie and AJ

APPLAUSE

Into fifth place... Gemma and Aljaz.

APPLAUSE

Into fourth place... Davood and

Nadiya.

Nadiya.

APPLAUSE

Into third place... Debbie and

Giovanni.

APPLAUSE

Well done.

Into second place... Joe and Katya.

APPLAUSE

Into first place Alexandra and

Gorka.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. So much. So Alexandra and

Gorka came first in the paso

doble-athon and have an extra seven

mark, congratulations to you both.

And commiserations to Susan and

Kevin who finished last and receive

just one extra mark, but they were

excellent. They were. Take a look at

how that has affected the

leaderboard.

It is Joe and Katya with 44 at the

top. At the bottom are Susan and

Kevin with a score of 22.

At the bottom are Susan

and Kevin with a score of 22.

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CHEERING

What a busy and brilliant night it's

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Our seven stars have dazzled and now

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So please pick up the phone or go

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Yes.

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She'll be here performing her latest

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And we have a spectacular

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